[imp] Attachment interface confusing to users

Eric Rostetter eric.rostetter@physics.utexas.edu
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:11:49 -0500


Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:

> Quoting Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu>:
> 
> > Also, buttons for to/cc/bcc do appear in other email programs.  I'm not
> > saying they're perfect, or the right choice for IMP, just that they are
> > used in existing email programs, so users may have encountered them
> > before.
> 
> These are relatively common, and I wouldn't be opposed to using them 
> instead of the Address Book link.

Instead of the address book link, or the expand names link?  I don't use
those other clients, so I have no idea what they do.  But I'd rather
see it use expand names rather than address book...  Again, if most other
programs do it one way, I suppose we should to...

-- 
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

"TAD (Technology Attachment Disorder) is an unshakable, impractical devotion
to a brand, platform, product line, or programming language. It's relatively
harmless among the rank and file, but when management is afflicted the damage
can be measured in dollars. It's also contagious -- someone with sufficient
political clout can infect an entire organization."

--"Enterprise Strategies" columnist Tom Yager.