REPLY ALL Dumb

Glendon CDN · 27 May 2014, 01:46 AM

Generally, the FastMail web client works well for me and seems to be well thought-out and designed. It was, therefore, horrible to read on the blog this morning that the default REPLY button, and the corresponding shortcut key, have been reprogrammed to REPLY ALL.

REPLY ALL is a major scourge of email, a constant annoyance when employed by the uninformed, thoughtless, careless and rude users who lack the common sense and good manners to be selective in whom they subject to their usually valueless responses. This change makes it easier for the mentally challenged to spam everyone in their email circle without regard to whether the recipients need or want to know their response. It's an assault on our inboxes.

Whoever thought up this change and whoever approved it need to be thrashed for their disservice to rational and polite discourse.

Please, return to "the old way".

gcrouse · 27 May 2014, 01:58 AM

Yes - flogging!

janusz · 27 May 2014, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Glendon CDN

Whoever thought up this change and whoever approved it need to be thrashed for their disservice to rational and polite discourse.

Hear, hear ....

danieldk · 27 May 2014, 04:05 AM

Indeed, that's a very weird change. First of all, it removes Fastmail's shortcuts further away from GMails. Second 'r' for reply and 'a' for reply to all was very logical, shift-r not such much. Third, I think replying to the sender is far more frequent than replying to every recipient. An accidental reply to sender when you wanted to reply to all has far less impact than replying to all when you wanted to reply to the sender.

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Whoever thought up this change and whoever approved it need to be thrashed for their disservice to rational and polite discourse.

Erm

akorvemaker · 27 May 2014, 05:26 AM

While I might word my objection a little less strongly

, I also add my voice to those who object to Reply All as default.

horatio8 · 27 May 2014, 07:37 AM

Didn't the internet decide 10 years ago that "Reply All" is never the default? I'm stunned by this decision. I live in huge fear of reply all. Please allow a setting to make reply to sender the default. Choice is good.

cptlo306 · 27 May 2014, 08:10 AM

When I read that on the blog I thought I was reading it wrong. I can't imagine why anyone, certainly not a majority of users, would want reply to all to be default.

somdcomputerguy · 27 May 2014, 08:36 AM

Well I'm glad that change wasn't made in the classic web UI. I hope too that I'm not counting my eggs before they've hatched..

- Bruce

bwat47 · 27 May 2014, 09:01 AM

Yeah, this is a poor decision, reply-all should never be default.

nighthawk700 · 27 May 2014, 11:26 AM

I rarely chime in with a "Me too", but as soon as I read the blog posting, I came to the forums to see if others were as surprised as I was to see this change. I rarely use Reply All, and I've seen many people get burnt for using it. While I'd much rather have two buttons, one for Reply, one for Reply All, if there can only be one, it needs to be the safer Reply. If anything, a shift-Click could do Reply all.

JMac · 27 May 2014, 01:27 PM

Total agreement here. I read the Status email and my jaw dropped a bit. I had to wonder if this was a popular trend that had somehow passed me by.

I rarely use the Reply to All feature and I cringe at the thought of it being the default for all replies.

Who composes the blog now? Rob? I'm really hoping that the message was simply a mistake and that he meant to say the opposite. If not then I also voice my strong opposition to this new "feature". It's a terrible one.

Thanks!

Jim

tlvee · 27 May 2014, 02:07 PM

I add my vote for a firm flogging. The R and A were so logical, and I use R much more often just to reply to sender.

Berenburger · 27 May 2014, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JMac

Total agreement here. I read the Status email and my jaw dropped a bit. I had to wonder if this was a popular trend that had somehow passed me by.

Yes, I'm wondering too what's the reason behind it.

adamlau · 27 May 2014, 06:04 PM

Agreed. Wasted mouse motions and an extra click through More > Reply to Sender.

B4its2L8 · 27 May 2014, 06:40 PM

All I can say is, since first getting a computer and going 'online' in 1999 I have never once used 'reply all.'

27 May 2014, 01:46 AM	#1
Glendon CDN Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Markham, ON Canada Posts: 80	REPLY ALL Dumb Generally, the FastMail web client works well for me and seems to be well thought-out and designed. It was, therefore, horrible to read on the blog this morning that the default REPLY button, and the corresponding shortcut key, have been reprogrammed to REPLY ALL. REPLY ALL is a major scourge of email, a constant annoyance when employed by the uninformed, thoughtless, careless and rude users who lack the common sense and good manners to be selective in whom they subject to their usually valueless responses. This change makes it easier for the mentally challenged to spam everyone in their email circle without regard to whether the recipients need or want to know their response. It's an assault on our inboxes. Whoever thought up this change and whoever approved it need to be thrashed for their disservice to rational and polite discourse. Please, return to "the old way".

27 May 2014, 07:37 AM	#6
horatio8 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 112	Didn't the internet decide 10 years ago that "Reply All" is never the default? I'm stunned by this decision. I live in huge fear of reply all. Please allow a setting to make reply to sender the default. Choice is good. Last edited by horatio8 : 27 May 2014 at 08:54 AM.

27 May 2014, 08:36 AM	#8
somdcomputerguy Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Rupert, WV Posts: 909	Well I'm glad that change wasn't made in the classic web UI. I hope too that I'm not counting my eggs before they've hatched.. - Bruce Last edited by somdcomputerguy : 27 May 2014 at 08:44 AM.

27 May 2014, 01:58 AM	#2
gcrouse Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 18	Yes - flogging!

27 May 2014, 05:26 AM	#5
akorvemaker Master of the @ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 1,015	While I might word my objection a little less strongly , I also add my voice to those who object to Reply All as default.

27 May 2014, 08:10 AM	#7
cptlo306 Essential Contributor Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 260	When I read that on the blog I thought I was reading it wrong. I can't imagine why anyone, certainly not a majority of users, would want reply to all to be default.

27 May 2014, 09:01 AM	#9
bwat47 Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 41	Yeah, this is a poor decision, reply-all should never be default.

27 May 2014, 11:26 AM	#10
nighthawk700 Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Suburbs (US) Posts: 242	I rarely chime in with a "Me too", but as soon as I read the blog posting, I came to the forums to see if others were as surprised as I was to see this change. I rarely use Reply All, and I've seen many people get burnt for using it. While I'd much rather have two buttons, one for Reply, one for Reply All, if there can only be one, it needs to be the safer Reply. If anything, a shift-Click could do Reply all.

27 May 2014, 01:27 PM	#11
JMac Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: USA Posts: 377	Total agreement here. I read the Status email and my jaw dropped a bit. I had to wonder if this was a popular trend that had somehow passed me by. I rarely use the Reply to All feature and I cringe at the thought of it being the default for all replies. Who composes the blog now? Rob? I'm really hoping that the message was simply a mistake and that he meant to say the opposite. If not then I also voice my strong opposition to this new "feature". It's a terrible one. Thanks! Jim

27 May 2014, 02:07 PM	#12
tlvee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 172	I add my vote for a firm flogging. The R and A were so logical, and I use R much more often just to reply to sender.

27 May 2014, 06:04 PM	#14
adamlau Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 161	Agreed. Wasted mouse motions and an extra click through More > Reply to Sender.

27 May 2014, 06:40 PM	#15
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	All I can say is, since first getting a computer and going 'online' in 1999 I have never once used 'reply all.'