Re: [Evolution] Bounce/remail command

["Jeffrey P. Lanza" <jpl alumni unh edu>]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Giao Nguyen wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 11:36:37PM -0400, Jeffrey P. Lanza wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Jamie Zawinski wrote:
> >
> > Resend is not an obscure, random, expert-user command; it just happens to
> > be one that *you* don't like.
>
> Didn't discover resend until last year. Woa was I foolish. Didn't even
> know it with my client nor that it was something one could do.
>
> > If I had to edit a text file to enable that option I would, but I'd prefer
> > to see it in a preferences dialog box.  Whether you consider resend to be
> > part of the program or not is irrelevant.  I'm saying that people use it
> > all the time and it should be there, whether or not you prefer it.
>
> Users will always click on the "expert" feature. No one walks around
> saying, "Hi, I'm a newbie. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Please
> software, don't give me the other options that are grayed out in the menus
> and preference boxes because I'm a twit who just doesn't get it." Really. 
>
> One of the most annoying UI elements is a grayed out checkbox/menu item.
> It's like a huge taunt. Nyah nyah. You can't turn me on.

If such an option were disabled, I wouldn't expect it to appear as a
button or in a menu at all.

-Jeffrey