- From: David G. Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 12:46:48 -0500
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@www10.w3.org
At 7:43 PM 1/8/97, Jon Bosak wrote: >I heartily agree that it's annoying to deal with duplicate posts, >especially after repeated requests from various quarters asking people >to stop replying directly to the person making the post. And especially when the technology exists to remove the headache. This is not a publicly accessible list -- and we could surely adapt to working to get private replies, as far as I can tell. > I find that >it takes me less than ten seconds to readdress my reply to the list >and put the name of the person I'm responding to at the top of my >reply. It takes me probably less time to perform the action, when I remember it. But I usually forget, so I have to try to remember, and then remember to check my out box again before I tell Eudora to transmit the mail, and then I still forget sometimes. I also find that it just annoys me a lot to have to delete the extra posts, which no doubt contributes to my overall level of spleen. > Are we all such quick thinkers that an extra ten seconds to >address a message properly really takes away from the time we have to >compose the message itself? It's just another "flow" disruptor. Like meta-discussions, actually. I am not a number. I am an undefined character. _________________________________________ David Durand dgd@cs.bu.edu \ david@dynamicDiagrams.com Boston University Computer Science \ Sr. Analyst http://www.cs.bu.edu/students/grads/dgd/ \ Dynamic Diagrams --------------------------------------------\ http://dynamicDiagrams.com/ MAPA: mapping for the WWW \__________________________
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