Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcvax!ukc!cheviot!pd From: pd@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk (Paul D. Davison) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.windows.x Subject: User interfaces to mail programs - references needed Message-ID: <2270@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 04:47:20 EDT Article-I.D.: cheviot.2270 Posted: Fri Jul 24 04:47:20 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 18:06:48 EDT Reply-To: pd@cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk (Paul D. Davison) Distribution: world Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE17RU Lines: 26 Xref: mnetor comp.mail.misc:437 comp.windows.x:1155 I'm currently undertaking a project which involves the production of a user-friendly interface to the UNIX mail system, as part of my MSc, and my literature survey has been rather frustrating to date. I need to read material relating to ergonomic aspects of mailers, so that I can develop ideas about how to proceed. I would be really grateful if you could mail me any references that you think might help me. My implementation will use X windows, probably with the Xr toolkit. I remember reading a few weeks ago that someone was going to post a front end using X for the elm program. I'd be very grateful if someone could let me know if I have missed it, since it would be a very useful source of ideas for me. If there's much interest in this subject I'd be happy to post a summary of references that I have been given. I think that the trouble I am having is mainly due to the newness of the material, so I expect other people would be interested as well. Many thanks. Paul. -- Paul Davison, Computing Lab., U of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK JANET: pd@uk.ac.newcastle.cheviot ARPA: pd%cheviot.newcastle.ac.uk@cs.ucl.ac.uk UUCP:!ukc!cheviot!pd