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Article #5477Re: A basic Wish List
From: Tom Jordahl
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 20:33
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 20:33
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I'd like to put my thoughts on the subject of being able to edit the
headers in the edit buffer:
ICK! ICK! ICK!
I agree with Syd 100%: Elm was designed to be easy for the novice to use
but not so stupid that an expert wouldn't touch it.
I consider this annoying "Feature" of Rnmail to be as good example
as any why the "common person" has/will stay as far away from Un*x as
they can. It presents you with information that is usefull only to
an expert *in some instances*. I don't want to see it, keep it out
of my way.
As for adding it in, but turning it off, I think this would be an
example of "creeping featurism" which elm may (or may not) suffer
from already to some extent.
And the final argument is: Is anyone volunteering to impliment it?
In such a way that I'll never see it?
Tom Jordahl Internet: tom@osf.org
Open Software Foundation UUCP: ..!uunet!osf!tom
"A silly quote is only worth what you put into it." -- me
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!paperboy!surf!tom From: tom@surf.osf.org (Tom Jordahl) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: A basic Wish List Message-ID: <4739@paperboy.OSF.ORG> Date: 7 Mar 90 20:33:54 GMT References: <1066@philmtl.philips.ca> <5644@ists.ists.ca> <6319@orca.wv.tek.com> <1990Mar3.003152.7524@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> <1990Mar3.023142.15799@DSI.COM> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Reply-To: tom@osf.org (Tom Jordahl) Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 24