Re: [Evolution] Reply for list messages should go back to the list
- From: Paul Smith <paul mad-scientist net>
- To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org>
- Cc: evolution-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Evolution] Reply for list messages should go back to the list
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:40:03 -0400
On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 16:18 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
So how would you get Reply to Author if it _is_ a list message?
Message->Reply To Author
That's a *really* bad idea. The standard reply button and Ctrl-R should
give a *private* reply. Changing that to suddenly send *public* replies
is asking for trouble.
I'm afraid I agree with David (assuming I understand the proposal
correctly). Having standard key sequences and buttons change meaning
based on whether the message being replied to is a list or not seems
like bad design to me. I would definitely swear at such software daily.
Even moreso if, as David mentions, you change from a normally private
reply type to a public reply type.
I would be OK with having a separate button that was "reply to list"
that would be greyed out when the current message was not a list
message, or something.
I'm afraid I don't agree with the militant publicists here: there are
definitely not-rare times when I want to reply to a person privately,
even from a public mailing list. I don't agree that just because a
correspondence starts publicly, it's required that all aspects of that
correspondence remain public at all times.
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