[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Citation notice and funding for development - your feedback is neede
From: |
Ole Tange |
Subject: |
Re: Citation notice and funding for development - your feedback is needed |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:39:45 +0100 |
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org> wrote:
>
> One problem I see with that is that (by default at least) it violates the
> UNIX’s
> "Silence is Golden" principle:
>
> http://catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch11s09.html
Good call. ESR gives 3 reasons:
| Programs that babble don't tend to play well with other programs.
This will not be the case as any redirection will disable the notice.
| The user's vertical screen space is precious.
That is true; but if it becomes a problem the notice tells the user
how to disable it.
| Junk messages are a careless waste of the human user's bandwidth.
Here I will argue that the notice only becomes a junk message if the
readers are already aware of the content; and in this case they also
know how to disable it.
Better ideas are still welcome.
/Ole