Re: Features, usability, etc.

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 07/11/2005 01:12:39 AM, Johan Brannlund wrote:
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>  To me, this doesn't seem like a very compelling reason. After all,   
> it's  not like it's hard to create spoofed e-mail headers manually.

True.  But it's in the spirit of RFC 2822 ("In all cases, the "From:"  
field SHOULD NOT contain any mailbox that does not belong to the  
author(s) of the message."), and there's the convenience of setting the  
header and the identity in one step.

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> > >  I'm not sure how hig-compliant balsa is
> >
> >  It is in some ways compliant but overall it's just a bunch of good   
> > will and nice ideas of the developers... ;)
>
> >  I think especially the menus and the prefs-window should be   
> > redesigned a  bit...
>
> I too sometimes find the menus a bit counter-intuitive, but I can't
> really put my finger on why.

I believe that Balsa has no HIG-csar, but we try to fix the most  
obtrusive non-compliance when it's pointed out.  Reactions from a fresh  
set of eyes are most useful--regular users get used to just about  
anything!

Peter