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I just moved to the outlook webmail in a large-ish organization. It surprised me that Reply All is the default reply-button, and a regular reply requires expand
by yagyu 10y ago
I just moved to the outlook webmail in a large-ish organization. It surprised me that Reply All is the default reply-button, and a regular reply requires expanding a drop down! The ui really encourages the mistake.
- JoshTriplett 10y agoFor mails not sent to millions of people, Reply All is the correct default; anyone receiving the original mail should normally see the reply, and narrowing the communication to a subset of people should require thought (and often an explanation). To help avoid this situation, when sending emails to a large number of people (or a list that goes to a large number of people), if you know that responses should not go to that same set of people, use BCC.
- Too 10y agoThere is no correct default, show both buttons next to each other with the same size! Now you have to open a tiny drop down to get to normal reply, it's very easy to forget that there is another option there just replying to all without thinking.
- matt_wulfeck 10y agoProbably because "reply-all" is almost always the preferred method of response when responding to a group email.