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>"Why we even still bother with the letters and mailboxes metaphor is beyond me" Well for one it enables us to apply a whole lot of law and case law without re
by TZubiri 2y ago
>"Why we even still bother with the letters and mailboxes metaphor is beyond me"
Well for one it enables us to apply a whole lot of law and case law without reinventing the wheel.
Mail contents enjoy a lot of privacy privileges, while headers do not as they are used for routing purposes.
>Just send the file, what does "attaching"
Ah yes just send the file, how didn't we think of this sooner, you must publish your findings with the engineering community, pronto open an rfc
- Spivak 2y agoNo need to be snarky, this is a UI issue. In any chat application you open the chat with your desired recipient(s) and send the file. And it works, you don't have to write a message and then attach the file to it. You also don't have to think about the difference between attaching an image and having an image in the message. It's unnecessary ceremony on the part of the user, you would never invent it again.
- TZubiri 2y agoBut you can send an empty message and attach a file. Not sure what the issue is. On a more general note, email is a standardized protocol and originates from the network, while standards do sometimes define interface requirements, it's for sure sparse. Also most software tends to implement standards comprehensively and unimaginatively, so I agree that email UI is an issue.