Re: [Asrg] Adding a spam button to MUAs

Ian Eiloart <iane@sussex.ac.uk> Tue, 22 December 2009 11:40 UTC

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--On 21 December 2009 06:23:44 -0800 Dave CROCKER <dcrocker@bbiw.net> wrote:

>
>
> On 12/21/2009 4:44 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote:
>> What we already do know is that many people use "report as spam" when
>> they mean "block". Why? Because they have no alternative.
>
>
>
> One more time:  You cannot be certain of the user interface choices that
> will work well without experimentation.  Good theoretical backing merely
> helps to suggest good UI design ideas, but it does not guarantee that
> they are correct.
>
> Worse, you are trying to assert user needs based on a simple information
> model, rather than a cognitive model, which is quite different.
>
> d/

I've contacted the HCI people at my institution to find out whether they'd 
be interested in doing some research on this topic. I suspect the answers 
might be different for different mail clients, depending on the existing 
interface clutter, and the GUI tools with which they're built.

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Ian Eiloart
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