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dw_suggestions2010-07-16 09:18 am
remember "send me a copy of my own message" selection for next time
Title:
remember "send me a copy of my own message" selection for next time
Area:
private messaging, user interface
Summary:
The system should remember whether you wanted a copy of your own message the last time you sent a PM, and default to that choice the next time you send one.
Description:
I always want a copy of my own message when I send one, just as I keep copies of my sent email, but just now I forgot to check the box to have the system send it to me before I sent the message. Not for the first time, either. I think it would be great if the system remembered what I chose the last time I sent a PM (either checked/yes-send-me-a-copy or unchecked/no-don't-send-me-a-copy) and defaulted to that option the next time I sent one, so that I'd only have to set it once and then change it only for any special cases. (This is how the crossposting option works, right?)
This might confuse a few people who have got into the habit of reflexively checking the box every time without really looking, and might end up unchecking it rather than checking it. And to people who don't have a clear preference on the matter and switch between checked and unchecked all the time, it may look inconsistent (and possibly require clicking the box more often, rather than less). But I suspect that people who have been reflexively checking it every time will be glad to no longer have to do so, once they catch on to the new system; and that most people do have a preference regarding such things (not that I have actual evidence of that; that's what a public suggestion post is intended to discover *g*).
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
26 (78.8%)
Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (3.0%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)
(I have no opinion)
6 (18.2%)
(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)
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