On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 09:18:29PM -0700, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 19:36 +0200, sascha brossmann wrote:
> > 2) the newbie argument is IMHO far overrated: this problem has been > > ~ vastly discussed in the literature for interface & interaction > > ~ design (see e. g. cooper/reiman, about face 2.0 - the essentials of > > ~ interaction design, indanapolis: wiley, 2003 - very recommendable!) > > ~ the bottom line goes like: think of your main and most important > > ~ users as intermediate (neither rookies nor wizards) and > > ~ intelligent, but with limited time. this can be applied to nearly > > ~ every context. > > ~ => e.g. a decent and beginner-friendly _how-to-subscribe_ is more > > ~ helpful in the long run as the main users won't be impacted by > > ~ negative side-effects. > > I agree with your point. Also worth noting is that a subscription isn't > necessary in this case. A one-time challenge and response (initiated by > an attempt to send something to the list) would be just as effective, > without constraining people to join. The challenge could provide > instructions to join as well as allowing the user to just post the > message. Thus, the simple instructions are provided in the most direct > and natural way possible. A C/R system on a mailing list? Please don't even consider it. -- Chris. ====== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
