On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:43:13 -0600
John Fenley <pontifier(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
In my mind customization features are a symptom of loose thinking: "I
don't know exactly how this should work, but given all these features
they should be able to get it to work."
In which case I'm sure you can come up with the following:
a) A definition of "spam" that will satisfy all the members of this
list both as to accuracy and content.
b) A policy for handling spam for an individual's mailbox that will
satisfy all the members of this list, for their personal addresses,
role addresses, and corporate/work addresses.
c) Ditto the population of a random mall in AnyTownEarth.
Different people want different things. Some of us want very different
things. Bell curves don't only exist in the middle, and quite
significant (in stature, influence, and numbers) populations often exist
more than a standard deviation out.
Want an example?
I do not and will not allow any icon to appear on any desktop I run or
use. Not one. I consider the icon aspect of WIMP (windows icon mouse
pointer) to be an utterly broken user interface metaphor and so simply
don't use them.
I'm a member of a pretty small population there. <shrug> Happily that
fact is neither a problem or the source of any problems.
Customisation is your friend. Humans are tool builders, not work
materials.
--
J C Lawrence
---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
claw(_at_)kanga(_dot_)nu He lived as a devil, eh?
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
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