Re: user-visible goals

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And one more..

Users want to be able receive mail from people they dont know.

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Crowley <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, February 2, 2004 6:29 pm
Subject: Re: user-visible goals

> 
> Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > On Feb 1, 2004, at 8:31 PM, Keith Moore wrote:
> > > Who said users were realistic?  We're talking about what users 
> want,> > not what they can get.
> > 
> > Maybe you are. I'm looking to find what we can build, not what 
> we can
> > promise.
> 
> That's true, but it can be useful first to noodle on what mail system
> users would ideally prefer, and only second to consider what of those
> goals we can deliver, and to what extent.
> 
> I would say also
> 
> -- Users want messages delivered ASAP.
> 
> -- Users are particularly keen to have almost instantaneous delivery
> of short messages where possible (for IM like applications)
> 
> -- Users want to know which messages are in response to which and what
> discussions they form part of.
> -- 
>  __  Paul Crowley
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> 
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