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| | | (...) Ya, I like that. The traffic cube is pretty cool looking although it doesn't evoke anything in particular. What's it supposed to look like? Now, another nit, can I have a back navigator? Right now, when I am here: (URL) can easily click on (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Local/native langauge forms of country names —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Nothing in particular...just a grid of dots, some of which are active and some of which are inactive. (...) really "part of the system" -- it's just setup information, mostly. Hmm, is there still something there that's not available elsewhere? (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | Todd Lehman wrote (after heavy snippage): (...) It's the page that lets you easily get to the traffic page. To me it collects all the stuff together neatly. I remember that when last I used it, all the pictures on the right actually took me places. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) OK, you can get to the traffic page now pretty much from anywhere. (...) I'll hafta take some new screenshots before making the pictures clickable again. (...) Its purpose (always has been) simply as the introduction-point to the news-server (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) I should back up a couple steps and explain the objectives of the /loc/ page. There are two at this stage: 1) For repeat visitors who know where they're going, it's a stepping stone from the root homepage to the individual town or country (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | Todd: Just like Larry, would I find it very useful to have the country names in my native language[1] on the /loc/ page. It is kind of messy to mix several languages on the same page. Even if it is just place names. How do you choose how to sort? (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) For right now, it's sorting ASCIIbetically, which is bad, and messes up Austria, for one. (...) I would *looove* to do that. But where, oh, where will I find a n^2 list of country names in multiple languages? Maybe just starting with a few (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Local/native langauge forms of country names —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | .7AJ@lugnet.com> Distribution: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Todd Lehman: [ /loc/ page in all languages. ] (...) Yes. (...) Different country[1] (even though Danes do seem to think they own it). Jacob 1) <URL:(URL) (and this one should work) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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