Re: [Evolution-hackers] Re: detecting forgotten attachments (was Re: [Evolution-hackers] bounties)

[Nat Friedman <nat novell com>]

On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 18:44 +0200, Till Adam wrote:
> On Saturday 09 April 2005 18:34, Nat Friedman wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 16:48 -0700, Ray Lee wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 19:23 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > > The hard part is detecting when the user meant to attach something.
> > >
> > > As with anything in the domain of automatic double-checking of humans, a
> > > 90% solution is nearly always better than a zero, as a 100% solution is
> > > unobtainable.
> >
> > KMail looks for the i18n string "attach".
> 
> Actually it looks for a user configurable set of strings. i18n("attach") is 
> among the defaults. The feature is configurable, but on by default. We've had 
> a lot of positive feedback on this little bugger. Many of us were very 
> sceptical that it would be well received, but it seems users like it a lot.

It seems like a great idea to me certainly.

One way to deal with potential user irritation is to include a 

        [ ] Don't ask about this again
        
on the warning dialog.

Nat