Duane,
Shal's idea of a default being the same as the email setting with a drop
down menu certainly sounds doable and might be easier to understand and
follow. Having a separate selection and Send would also make sense in
case someone accidentally chose the wrong one. I don't much care for
those boxes that do something as soon as you make a selection,
especially if you make the wrong one. ;>)
I was imagining that one would click the down-arrow to open the menu and the message would be sent when you click on your choice. I also imagined that the menu would fully spell out those choices ("Send to Group", "Send to Sender", "Send to Moderators").
In my thinking they're no more prone to selecting the wrong one than the buttons are. Less so, in fact, because having to click on the arrow to see them gives you an extra moment to think about what you're doing.
And, to Ro's case, I think a member who's prone to dither between the two buttons and perhaps choose the wrong one is much less likely to open a menu at all. That member, I think, would be far more prone to click the one available button.
-- Shal
Shal Farley