Now assume you'll want to answer to the author one out of ten times - then
its 28 clicks (9*3 + 1) vs. 15 clicks (9*1 + 6).

Harald
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Balazic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ross Levis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MP3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [MP3 ENCODER] The Pause That Documents


> Ross Levis wrote:
> >
> > David Balazic wrote:
> >
> >  >>Why not make the most probable choice the easiest one?
> >  >>
> >  >
> >  >Because it makes replying only to the author a pain-in-the-ass.
> >  >
> >
> > It currently makes replying to the list a pain-in-the-ass.
> >
> >  > Very hard to double-click the To: field and hit BACKSPACE ...
> >  > ( to delete the authors address )
> >
> > Just double-click the To: field and hit BACKSPACE ...
> > ( to delete the list address )
>
> ( I assume you mean this as an example of sending the reply
> to the author , in case when Reply-to munging is used )
>
> Try that again. You will notice that after you deleted the list address
> the message will be sent to /dev/null as there are no recepients
> listed any more. You must either :
>
> - type in the address of the author ( a big PITA )
> - copy the authors address from the original message and paste
>   it into the reply ( a smaller PITA , but still a lot more than
>   anything needed in the non-reply-to scenario )
>
>
> It is "three or one clicks" versus "one or six clicks".
>
> Explanation :
>
>  - no Reply-To: munging :
>     - reply to list only :
>        1.) click on REPLY
>        2.) select the authors address ( either by double-clicking or
drag-selecting )
>        3.) hit BACKSPACE
>     - reply to author only :
>        1.) click on REPLY
>
>  - Reply-To: munging :
>     - reply to list only :
>        1.) click on REPLY ( or REPLAY-ALL, behaves the same in Netscape )
>     - reply to author only :
>        1.) select the authors address in the original mail
>        2.) click COPY ( or press ctrl-c )
>        3.) click REPLY
>        4.) select the list address
>        5.) hit BACKSPACE
>        6.) click PASTE ( or press ctrl-v )
>
> ( it may be one step less on UNIX where SELECTing and COPYing are one
step )
>
> --
> David Balazic
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