[accesscomp] Re: Problems with this list
- From: "Gene Stevens" <guy.stevens@xxxxxxx>
- To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:29:11 -0400
Absolutely agree. And for the record... backspace does work.
What would you rather do, make history or solve problems? Don't let charisma
blind you. Think before you vote
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 12:22 PM
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: Problems with this list
You don't see everything but you can still remove an address.
Go to the to line, right arrow past the colon and to the first letter of
Access then use shift home, then delete. You may want to try backspacing
instead but I haven't done this. I think making it necessary to reply to
all to reply to the list is a bad idea.
First, this is a very low volume list. There are occasional spurts of
activity but for weeks, the list has only perhaps two or three messages a
week on average, if that. People are going to forget to use reply to all
because lots of lists aren't set up in this way. Also, encouraging people
to reply to the sender in this way may make it less likely that other list
members will see responses to questions. Yes, at times this may cut down
on list traffic and reduce the amount of rangling on list, which doesn't
happen often anyway, but it also may make it less likely that list members
will see answers to questions and thus not know what has been responded to
and how by other members. In addition, in Outlook Express, it appears
that using reply, not to all but just control r adds the sender to the
addressbook if you have Outlook Express set to add addresses of those
replied to to the addressbook. thus, any time you reply to the
individual, a list members address may be added to the addressbook. Even
if someone accidentally replies to the sender, then cancels the reply the
address will still be added if I am correct about what happens when you
reply to the sender.
Finally, why should a list, especially a very low volume list try to solve
a problem by trying to avoid it. The real issue is that so many blind
people don't know how to use their software and may not know much about
Windows basics either. Why not encourage them to learn rather than making
it easier for them not to? If a blind person doesn't know how to reply to
an individual, they will be far better off if they learn how than if the
list is set up to avoid the need.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Stevens" <guy.stevens@xxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 9:04 AM
Subject: [accesscomp] Problems with this list
Am I the only one who when trying to reply to all cannot edit the send to
field in OE? the addresses are read by Jaws, but when trying to edit out
the single address all I hear is semi-colon.
What would you rather do, make history or solve problems? Don't let
charisma blind you. Think before you vote
Gene
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