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I'll admit, I think it took me a bit to comprehend offline mode, back when I was like 6 or 7. I feel like having a box like this one I've just drawn you pop up every time you enqueue a message to send while under offline conditions would minimise user confusion. > .-------------------------------------------------------------. > | [-] You are currently working offline [X] | > |-------------------------------------------------------------| > | (!) Messages composed now will not be sent unless and | > | until you deactivate work offline mode. If you want | > | to attempt to deliver the message now, select "Go online". | > | If you wish to save the message to your local outbox, and | > | have it send next time you enable networking, select | > | Remain offline." To save as a local draft instead of in | > | local outbox, select "Draft." | > | | > | If you don't know what this is, you probably accidentally | > | enabled work offline mode, and you should select "Go | > | online". You should also select "Go online" if you have | > | a functional internet connection at the moment. | > | | > | [Go online] [Remain offline] [Draft] [Cancel] | > '-------------------------------------------------------------' As far as I know, there is no email client that does this. I think that that is contributing to the climate of confusion around work offline mode which most people don't even know exists until they stop receiving emails. On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:40:58 +0100 Thomas Walter via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > > > On 04.02.20 11:31, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: > > However, for big web-based email providers like Google, who tend to have > > less educated users ;), it would be a good idea what Brandon already > > mentioned here - some way of signalling in the GUI that a particular message > > has not yet been sent, but is waiting in the queue. > > People don't understand why there are unsent messages in their current > outbox if they accidentally switched their MUA to offline mode. > > They won't understand this either. > > Regards, > Thomas Walter > > -- > Thomas Walter > Datenverarbeitungszentrale > > FH Münster > - University of Applied Sciences - > Corrensstr. 25, Raum B 112 > 48149 Münster > > Tel: +49 251 83 64 908 > Fax: +49 251 83 64 910 > www.fh-muenster.de/dvz/ > > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop -- Large Hadron Collider <large.hadron.colli...@gmx.com> _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
