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Re: problem with dat groups.
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:19:34 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > -Every message in the subgroups shows up. Example: I open .cad, and I get
> > messages from cad.dev, cad.dat.models, etc. It is waaay too confusing to
> > try to figure out what is going on. When I open .cad, I want nothing *but*
> > messages posted to .cad.
> >
> > -I can't figure out what message I'm on, number wise. When I view in
> > compact view (which I prefer), the directory tree(1) ends with *121 (-20).
> > I realize that the 121 is because cad.dat.models and cad.dat.models.sets
> > are joined, but the message numbers are still from their respective group,
> > which I find quite confusing.
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> OK, so you'd like a link to the part that displays just lugnet.cad, but not
> lugnet.cad.* ?
Yeah, that's what I meant, and thanks for implementing it! :)
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> > -Canceled messages show up.
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> This is a feature, not a bug.
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> Of course, it's not true that the canceled articles actually show up; you
> can't read them. Only the empty shells/skeletons of what the article once
> was show up.
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> It's important to include them because often they are a missing link when
> you look back over an old thread. That is, it messes up perusal of the
> threads without them when someone has replied to a canceled message, and
> the reply is still there with no parent article.
Maybe I should've been clearer. They were showing up in the compact view. I
don't remember them doing that before.
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> > -The 3 most recent messages don't show up in compact view. I don't need
> > (or want, it is just extra load time as far as I am concerned) those short
> > descriptions. They just get in my way when I am trying to get to the
> > messages.
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> I'll see what I can do about including them in the first page of the compact
> view.
Thanks!
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> > -Please make the title the link. The little square is a lot harder to
> > click on precisely, especially when my resolution is set really high
> > (necessary for what I do here at work.)
>
> Done.
Once again, Thanks!
>
> > -Since scripts are used to access messages, can't you allow the user
> > to select how they want to view the groups? (it would be stored in
> > cookies, or there could be an alternate series of pages)
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> This might be an enhanced feature later. But note that the web interface
> isn't intended to be a replacement for a real newsreader. It'll probably
> never be any better than "just good enough."
I've found that the web interface is *much* more convenient and a lot easier to
use. If you do make that an enhanced feature at a later date, please allow us
to choose variable or fixed width fonts, as I prefer fixed width for email and
newsgroups. :)
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> > -The message headers are really jumbled. I have to actively examine them
> > to figure out who wrote a message.
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> Which?
When reading a message, the title, author, etc. just seem to blur together or
something. It is hard to explain. I think it is probably because there is
nothing dividing them up.
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> > -I liked the reply button at the top, 'cause its a pain to have to scroll
> > the screen when I want to reply to a message (messages with dat files are
> > even worse).
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> Ahh. OK, forgot about DAT files. Doesn't Ctrl-End work, BTW?
Didn't know about Ctrl-End. Thanks for moving the reply button! It took me a
minute to find it this morning, but now I know where it is. ;)
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> > -could you allow the user's color settings to override the defaults?
> > Netscape's standard blue is hard on my eyes, and I don't want to have to
> > keep switching the override on and off.
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> I assume you mean the LINK= and VLINK= attributes of the <BODY> tag? If so,
> these are now disabled and the browser defaults (typically bright blue and
> dark magenta) are used instead of hard-coded link colors.
Yay! Now the links are green! ;) Great shade of it, too. :)
Jeff
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> > Change can be good, and I like change, but sometimes things just don't work
> > out. I hope you will take my critizisms into acount. :)
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> Certainly. Thanks.
>
> --Todd
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| (...) OK, so you'd like a link to the part that displays just lugnet.cad, but not lugnet.cad.* ? (...) This is a feature, not a bug. Of course, it's not true that the canceled articles actually show up; you can't read them. Only the empty (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad)
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