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Re: Double posting.
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 1 Aug 2000 04:49:52 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> Might it be nice if a separate window popped up which you could then just
> _close_ and have to not worry about? Some way to reply with a TARGET=foo
> in the <A HREF=bar> or something like that. Although...then you'd have to
> worry about whether or not it was "safe" to close that window (i.e., whether
> or not its local history went back before the reply).
Ah, that would be good. Normally I don't like browsers automatically poping up
new windows (if I want one I'll center click at work, or right click and chose
"open in new window" at home), but in this case, the new window for the reply
(or new post - handle that the same way) would follow the same interface
dynamics most GUI news readers follow.
Heck, even store the preference for each user.
Frank
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| (...) Additional thought, can you close the window when the posting is complete without errors (none of the newsreaders I use put up anything for successefull posts - in fact, in general I hate having to click on a "your action completed (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) No, nothing to do with server load... It has to do with the stack paradigm of web browsers in general...hitting the Back button _really_ brings you back to where you were (assuming the browser isn't buggy), as opposed to a facsimilie of where (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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