From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: ding@gnus.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8050: Gnus does not connect to my IMAP server any more
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:17:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3wrkdkbgw.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87hbbs4awm.fsf@lifelogs.com
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> LMI> The question that's relevant is "do you want to save the password?"
> LMI> That's the only thing a normal user could possibly be interested in, and
> LMI> it's a yes or no question.
>
> I disagree. It's a single extra letter in a y/n prompt. I don't see
> how it's intrusive. You can set auth-source-never-save to t right now
> and never even see the y/n prompt. I've accomodated all the prompting
> suggestions but I'm not removing that functionality.
It's an extra letter, but it's a completely incomprehensible extra
choice for the users. I know that when I'm using something, I don't
want to be faced with options that I have no possible interest in.
The normal reaction to such a prompt is "oh, should I edit this? How
should I edit this? Do I need to edit this?"
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-16 1:54 bug#8050: Gnus does not connect to my IMAP server any more Stefan Monnier
2011-02-24 1:03 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.0.1298509609.2066.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-02-24 12:50 ` Ted Zlatanov
[not found] ` <87y655bnr4.fsf@lifelogs.com>
2011-02-24 15:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-24 16:29 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-25 4:29 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
[not found] ` <87wrkobutr.fsf@gnus.org>
2011-02-25 11:21 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-25 11:50 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-05 12:17 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-02-25 17:27 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-05 20:13 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.17.1299357452.24947.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-07 18:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-07 23:10 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.2.1299548219.4111.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-08 16:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-08 19:49 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-08 21:34 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.12.1299620228.21372.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-08 21:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09 3:04 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.4.1299640020.25099.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-09 11:20 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09 18:34 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.4.1299703021.13037.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-09 21:34 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-10 2:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-12 3:43 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.1.1299902822.7270.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-03-12 18:08 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-14 13:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-08 18:33 ` Ted Zlatanov
[not found] <mailman.12.1297821996.25725.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-02-16 18:29 ` Ted Zlatanov
[not found] ` <874o836dfv.fsf@lifelogs.com>
2011-02-16 21:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-16 21:34 ` Michael Albinus
2011-02-16 22:08 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-18 0:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2011-02-18 2:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-18 8:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2011-02-18 20:16 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-18 22:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-22 21:51 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-18 23:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2011-02-22 22:46 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.4.1298416010.11499.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2011-02-22 23:47 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-16 21:26 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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