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Posted by Nikita the Spider on 10/13/06 18:33
In article <4p9o5iFi0irpU1@individual.net>,
Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote:
> Nikita the Spider wrote:
> > A mail form != an email address hyperlink. The former is less convenient
> > for the user.
>
> Not necessarily, and altogether false for users not using an e-mail
> client on their local machine, e.g., all users of web-based mail
> services, many users of computers at their work place, and all users of
> computers at libraries, Internet cafes, etc.
Fair enough, I hadn't thought of those scenarios. But Web mail users
*do* have an email client on their local machine -- the browser.
> Further, if you are interested in, or think you may ever be interested
> in, capturing information from the user besides the message itself (how
> did you hear about us? is this a bug report, a help request, or a new
> feature suggestion?), then the form is the way to go.
Yes, some of these are good candidates for forms.
--
Philip
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