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Re: Suggestions for posting articles using web interface
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:10:57 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, David Schilling writes:
> I have a few suggestions for improving the posting of articles using the web
> interface.
I think Deja.com is not a particularly well done implementation of web access
to news. Lugnet's is better. Or would be, if only ...
> 1) There should be a web interface for canceling your own posts.
#1 were true here. It is on Deja(1). ... and ...
> 2) There should be a "Preview" button so you can see what your post will look
> like before you actually post it. This would actually let you fix line
> wrapping mistakes, urls split across lines, etc.
#2 were true here. It is on Deja(1) ... and ...
> 3) Error messages should be in big, bold, red letters. There's been once or
> twice when a post I made was NOT accepted, but the 'not accepted' page looks
> too similar to the 'accepted' page, so I didn't notice it.
finally, #3 were true here. I dunno what Deja's(1) pages are like (2), but I
hear rumors that Lugnet pages could stand to be a bit more in your face when
you flub up. Not that I'd personally know, mind you, having never seen an
error page(2), but I hear things.
> 4) (this one's for "way out there, when you've got nothing better to do") A
> spell checker for posted articles - tied in with #2, the "Preview" button - it
> could somehow (underlined, or coloured differently, or whatever) indicate
> which words you've misspelled.
This one we can live without. Spelling mistakes by others are fodder for off-
topic.fun and I don't need a spell checker for myself(2).
Great suggestions, David Schilling!
1 - which, as we said, is a not particularly well done implementation of web
access to news. (3)
2 - because as everyone knows, I never make misteaks. (3)
3 - Why do you keep re-reading this footnote, aren't you paying attention? ;-)
(3)
++Lar
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