Re: Can mystr[i]=mystr[ii] be a problem when i==ii

richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Tobin) writes:
In article <lcn073hmhnah171l81gh1s7q4r8161lhdt@xxxxxxx>,
Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Your argument is "idiots might use our software, so lets cater for
them in our interface".

Why is it idiotic to assume that the title will be visible when
reading the start of the article? It's perfectly natural user
interface design. It seems to me that you *want* life to be difficult
for people who happen not to look at things your way.

Let me summarize.

Usenet client programs *should* conveniently display the subject of a
message when displaying the body of the message, at least when
displaying the first page of the body of the message.

It's not clear that all client programs do this; I don't think I've
ever seen one that doesn't, but there are plenty of client programs
I've never seen.

People posting questions *should* put the question in the body of the
article, and not assume that it's going to be noticed by everyone who
reads the message. This doesn't necessarily mean repeating the
subject verbatim in the body. Most posters here get this right, so
there's no shortage of good examples.

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San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
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