Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: [OT] Thunderbird Reply-button
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:09:15 +0100
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 27
Message-ID: <vhro1s$1j8ud$1@dont-email.me>
References: <uu54la$3su5b$6@dont-email.me>
 <87h67zrtns.fsf@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com>
 <vhqkm6$7dv$1@reader2.panix.com> <vhr0fj$1bq0o$1@dont-email.me>
 <vhr2pa$qid$1@reader2.panix.com> <vhrjcr$1ijr4$1@dont-email.me>
 <vhrlgt$1iv54$1@dont-email.me> <vhrno5$1isi8$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 06:09:16 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3671f733775f5ea762a5d197ce200d76";
	logging-data="1680333"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+c7RetNh3iezyWjKELXyqC"
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101
 Thunderbird/45.8.0
Cancel-Lock: sha1:zkuJMDj7e9/1BJhLvjx3w1bK430=
In-Reply-To: <vhrno5$1isi8$1@dont-email.me>
Bytes: 2595

On 23.11.2024 06:04, James Kuyper wrote:
> On 11/22/24 23:26, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>> On 23.11.2024 04:49, James Kuyper wrote:
> ...
>>> Actually, Thunderbird made the change to how the "Reply" button works
>>> sometime around April 2021, and I'm still making the mistake of hitting
>>> it when I should hit "Followup". At my age it's hard to change a habit
>>> acquired over a couple of decades of posting to usenet; I'm doing my
>>> best to change it, and still failing frequently.
>>
>> Been there. I desperately looked for a way to fix or alleviate that
>> horrendous user-interface misconception. Eventually I was able to
>> fix it, but unfortunately cannot quite recall how that was done.
> 
> I seem to recall that I was advised that I could use an older version of
> Thunderbird to edit the list of buttons that are visible, something that
> cannot be done in the latest version. I'm afraid to go back to an older
> version, because so many of the updates to most of the software I own
> consists of security fixes. I don't want to go back to an older, less
> secure version of TB.

Understandable. - But you noticed that the "Smart Reply" thing was
a feature of my newer Thunderbird version? - I'd think it should be
there, or isn't it in your version? (What version are you running?)

Janis