Hi:
I do tons of typing at work and that is the main cause.
That is a time saving idea, but unfortunately not a wrist saving one. It takes more keystrokes to read down the list of messages and open those you are interested in than it takes just to open the first message and delete it when you find it isn't interesting. That is because screen readers will usually automatically read a message when it is opened. I usually open the first message and press delete when I am finished reading it. If I want to keep it I press control-gratherthan which takes me to the next message. That means only one keystroke per message unless I want to move it to another folder, which I do once I have read everything. Reading down the list of subjects can only be done by repeatedly pressing down-arrow, which is one keystroke, and if you wanted to read the message it is another key stroke. Half the time you don't know you aren't interested until you read the first part of the message, so it is better just to let that happen. :-)
OT in the subject line will help, but high volume lists will inevitably cause repetitive stress injuries. So will poor quality scans that require validators to stop and fix all the time.
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: OT posts
Rui,
Supposing you look at (or listen to?) the subject lines of all the posts and only click on the ones you want to read? I do that sometimes when I don't have a lot of time. I may miss something of interest that someone has said without changing the subject line, but that's my loss -- and I wouldn't know what I'm missing anyway. Then, when you've finished reading what you want, you could click on Select All and delete all.
The problem with your suggestion, and the idea of putting OT topics on the bookshare-discuss list, is that they usually arise in response to what someone posts here. So the person who chose to respond that way would have to post here to tell people to go to your list or the other list (smile).
It is important, however, for people to remember to put OT and the new subject rather than just answer under the original subject heading. With practice, remembering to do that comes easier, I've found.
Cindy
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