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Subject:RE: What can you see in your reader? From:"David Chinell" <dchinell -at- email -dot- msn -dot- com> To:"'Jean Richardson'" <jean -at- bjrcom -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:53:35 -0400
Jean:
To answer your survey . . .
Outlook 98
Yes - My signature file at the end of this
message.
Yes - The email address I sent this message to.
Yes - My email address in the From field.
Yes - Email addresses in the CC field.
Please post your conclusions.
Listers:
This is an issue that's been on my mind a bit --
what to take for granted about email.
My approach is to treat the "header" information
as if it were the envelope of a paper letter.
Anything I need or want the reader to know, I
include in the body of the email.
Of course, the header doesn't get thrown away, but
lots of things seem to shift around when I reply
or forward email.
Also, I am reminded a GUI design precept I
absorbed long ago: If it's not visible, it doesn't
exist. In other words, don't assume the
reader/user will remember information or controls
from a previous display.
