[8727] in Athena Bugs
[ANGER@mitvma.mit.edu: SendBug difficulty]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lwvanels@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Sun Dec 8 13:24:00 1991
From: lwvanels@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 91 13:23:51 -0500
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: lwvanels@mit.edu
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 91 21:06:11 EST
From: Arthur L Anger <ANGER@mitvma.mit.edu>
Subject: SendBug difficulty
To: Staff <OLC%Athena.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
While logged into an account with the Lowell libraries attached, I tried twice
to use SendBug--once directly from the Dash menu, and once by typing its name.
In each case, it prompted for a subject line, which I entered as
MITVMA Access
After pressing Return, I was advised to answer subsequent prompts. The only
prompt to appear, however, was for Disposition. The first time--after trying
"?"--I entered Use, and it promptly terminated. The second time, I tried
Replace; it told me it was erasing a file and then terminated again. Later
I resorted to mail to enter that particular complaint, and this one.
At the very least, the entry instructions need to be clearer, if there was
some other sequence of actions I should have taken. Very likely, some
redesign to accommodate reasonable alternatives or misinterpretations would be
useful. Possibly, it just is not working as designed.
