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JiiPee
Jun 30, 2015, 1:29:46 AM6/30/15
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"- Alf
[Sorry, I inadvertently first hit "Reply" instead of "Follow up"] "
Good one/spot Alf... :)
Just watched a good Scott Maeyrs Video about software design. And that
was just one of his point: Button names are not understandable. In
thunderbird newsgroup interface you have just that problem as Alf
writes: replying to a message there are Follow up and Reply button. Me
also (and I bet many many others) have pressed many times that Reply
button. I guess Scott would also complain about it :). I guess better
would be:
Reply = reply to newgroup
Reply Sender = replying to sender
or something else...
Also buttons could be far away from each others.
Just came to my mind as watched that video so recently :). But Scott
opened my eyes , so this is sure what he would also say here.
But otherwise Thunderbird is a good program.
[Sorry, I inadvertently first hit "Reply" instead of "Follow up"] "
Good one/spot Alf... :)
Just watched a good Scott Maeyrs Video about software design. And that
was just one of his point: Button names are not understandable. In
thunderbird newsgroup interface you have just that problem as Alf
writes: replying to a message there are Follow up and Reply button. Me
also (and I bet many many others) have pressed many times that Reply
button. I guess Scott would also complain about it :). I guess better
would be:
Reply = reply to newgroup
Reply Sender = replying to sender
or something else...
Also buttons could be far away from each others.
Just came to my mind as watched that video so recently :). But Scott
opened my eyes , so this is sure what he would also say here.
But otherwise Thunderbird is a good program.
JiiPee
Jun 30, 2015, 1:35:00 AM6/30/15
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On 30/06/2015 06:29, JiiPee wrote:
> "- Alf
> [Sorry, I inadvertently first hit "Reply" instead of "Follow up"] "
>
> Good one/spot Alf... :)
> Just watched a good Scott Maeyrs Video about software design. And that
> was just one of his point: Button names are not understandable. In
> thunderbird newsgroup interface you have just that problem as Alf
> writes: replying to a message there are Follow up and Reply button.
> Me also (and I bet many many others) have pressed many times that
> Reply button.
So, if me also have done that (and its rare I press wrong buttons in
> "- Alf
> [Sorry, I inadvertently first hit "Reply" instead of "Follow up"] "
>
> Good one/spot Alf... :)
> Just watched a good Scott Maeyrs Video about software design. And that
> was just one of his point: Button names are not understandable. In
> thunderbird newsgroup interface you have just that problem as Alf
> writes: replying to a message there are Follow up and Reply button.
> Me also (and I bet many many others) have pressed many times that
> Reply button.
programs) - and others as well - that is a good indication that the
design makes people easy to do it the wrong way.
Fraser Ross
Jun 30, 2015, 9:29:08 AM6/30/15
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menu there is New Message at the top whether your on email or newsgroups
so you easily start the wrong type of message.
Fraser.
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