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Especially in email, the clear name is rather a comment. Showing just the comment instead of the real data is negligent, at best. (It's actually quite the oppo
by masswerk 4y ago
Especially in email, the clear name is rather a comment. Showing just the comment instead of the real data is negligent, at best.
(It's actually quite the opposite of what is going on with URLs, where everything is suppressed but the core domain name. Here, the originating domain and user is suppressed. It's more like showing the document title in the location field.)
- masswerk 4y agoThe preference for real names in email clients is actually quite annoying. E.g., some of my clients are using institutional email addresses, which are used and processed by multiple real-person users with associated clear names. Every time, I mail to one of these addresses (not addressing anyone in particular, but rather to whom these may concern, which is the expressed purpose of these addresses), I've to go back to the address and to discard the auto-filled, nonsensical clear name (which may be the person using that address, I received mail from last). In some email clients, this may involve multiple steps, as they really want to show a clear name and a clear name only.