From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Thu May 06 2004 - 07:00:07 CDT
In <40986FEA.2070200@erols.com> Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> writes:
>However it does not permit a followup agent to prompt the user to "supply
>an appropriate subject field text", it does not allow for (e.g.) vi as a
>followup agent, it does not allow for a followup agent that uses AI or
>similar technology to suggest an appropriate subject, etc. In short it
>encroaches upon user-interface issues that we have no business encroaching
>upon.
No it directs the followup agent to prepare a 'default' subject (with or
without "Re: "). After that, the user can override, so it would be
perfectly in order for the followup agent to prompt the user with "please
supply an appropriate subject; if you do not do so, then here is the
default that will be used". It could even provide a "click here to use the
default" button, to ensure that the user took some positive action one way
or the other.
As to AI, I do not think that a likely scenario, but again there is no
objection to showing the user the 'default' header, the 'AI generated'
header, and a blank box in which to write his own.
But I cannot imagine an 'AI' system that would not require some positive
confirmation by the user, so we are left with the situation that all the
draft is saying is what is to be used if the user does nothing positive.
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