Re: message-confirm-send

[asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:58:28 +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:

> Gentlemen, do you realize how easy it is to hit C-c C-c by accident
> while composing an email?

Do you realize how often you hit C-c C-c *on purpose* to send an email?

I dislike computer systems that ask for confirmation of every command
issued often.

> You could send something half-baked to a mailing list of important
> people!

You will quickly get "C-c C-c y" imprinted in your fingers instead of
"C-c C-c", and then you have gained nothing but annoyance.

What will your next step then be - adding a delay before the 'y' is
accepted so the habituated user is forced to think about it?

Couldn't the user just have thought about pressing C-c C-c in the first
place, then?

> Ask yourselves: does e.g., mutt(1) not need a "y" confirmation to
> actually send something?

Doesn't mutt call a separate editor for editing the body of the email? 
That makes it necessary for mutt to have a seperate step for changing
Cc, Bcc, etc. afterwards, i.e. a prompt.

> Imagine sending a mail to people you respect, cut off in mid-

Yeah, those people would not forgive you and certainly never talk to you
again.


  Best regards,

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 "parsley, sage, rosemary and KOMPRESSOR"                     Adam Sjøgren
                                                         asjo@koldfront.dk