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Re: on writing subject lines

From Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c, comp.misc
Subject Re: on writing subject lines
Followup-To comp.misc
Date 2023-12-05 21:45 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <slrnumv6je.hsj.dan@djph.net> (permalink)
References (6 earlier) <87v89fwa07.fsf_-_@yaxenu.org> <ukirvh$30u5h$5@dont-email.me> <87y1e9sfss.fsf@yaxenu.org> <uko0hs$g6d$2@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net> <87fs0gpcnv.fsf@yaxenu.org>

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On 2023-12-05, Julieta Shem wrote:
> Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> writes:
>
>> On 12/3/23 15:29, Vir Campestris wrote:
>>> The problem there is that when you are reading the message you want
>>> the title (summary) first.
>>
>> That's a UI -> UX problem.
>>
>> On 12/4/23 17:34, Julieta Shem wrote:
>>> Can we untie the way it is displayed from the way it is written?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> The UI can be changed so that the UX is improved.
>
> Let's dig further.  How should a mail or a USENET client display a form
> so that the user fills out the subject only after the whole message is
> written?

Perhaps the "poor UX" is simply a product of a person not composing
their thoughts enough beforehand when posting something "new"? 

Can't speak for anyone else, but I do try to at least compose my
thoughts a little bit before writing up a "new topic" for discussion.

> [...]
> Many people couldn't care less, of course.  Many people must think that
> subjects are a totally useless thing.

They're probably the type who also top-post :P


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  Re: on writing subject lines (Was: Re: Recent spam on comp.lang.c) Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-12-03 21:29 +0000
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      Re: on writing subject lines Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2023-12-05 14:18 -0600
        Re: on writing subject lines Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2023-12-05 18:22 -0300
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            Re: on writing subject lines Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2023-12-05 19:10 -0300
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          Re: on writing subject lines Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 14:40 -0800
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