On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 10:47:16AM -0800, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
On 2/18/02 10:37 AM, "Jay R. Ashworth" jra@baylink.com wrote:
You'll have to forgive me, but this sort of 'too-clever by all' solution gives me hives.
And you have to be wary of solutions that make it tough for the naïve/novice net user to figure out what needs to be done. Those of us who geek tend to forget those that don't. And Mailman can't create systems non-geeks can't figure out, even if your preferred audience is geeks.
Well, it sounded to *me* like he was *trying* to mediate for the UnGeeked, merely unsuccessfully.
I get paid to remember what you've pointed out, and I'm pretty good at it, but I still sometimes forget...
Cheers,
-- jra
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