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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / April 2007Copy & Unwrap -- a genuine Eudora bug?
"Option-Copy" is labelled as "Copy & Unwrap" -- but what it actually does is "Unwrap & Copy" -- which is NOT the same thing. Even knowing that many alleged "bugs" are actually "features", I'll assert that this one should be called a true bug: What the command does is not what it says it does; it's not what a reasonable user would think is going to happen; it's undesirable (it unexpectedly destroys information); and it's unnecessary (if you actually *want* Unwrap, then Copy, you can issue those two commands. [Of course, there's the deeper question of why "Unwrap" is not more accurately labelled as "Unformat" -- which is a much more accurate description of what that command actually does.] > "Option-Copy" is labelled as "Copy & Unwrap" -- but what it actually > does is "Unwrap & Copy" -- which is NOT the same thing. In English, "A and B" is the same as "B and A" in many circumstances. It does not say "Copy then unwrap" which would specify which occurs first. > Even knowing that many alleged "bugs" are actually "features", I'll > assert that this one should be called a true bug: What the command does [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > accurately labelled as "Unformat" -- which is a much more accurate > description of what that command actually does.] > In English, "A and B" is the same as "B and A" in many circumstances. But not if you're referring to "Unload and pull trigger" vs "Pull trigger and unload". > > In English, "A and B" is the same as "B and A" in many circumstances. > > But not if you're referring to "Unload and pull trigger" vs "Pull > trigger and unload". And then there was the time my sister couldn't figure out how to unload my single-shot .22, so she unloaded by pulling the trigger--with the gun pointed safely into the floor. Dunno why she didn't take it outside to unload by firing.  SignatureKathy - If you're reading this in your web browser from Google or similar forum, NNTP "newsreaders" are a better way to access the content. <http://www.aptalaska.net/~kmorgan/how-it-works.html> Links to NNTP newsreaders at <http://www.newsreaders.com/> |
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