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(...) A different way of naming pages that seems wrong to EVERY SINGLE person I've talked to. Doesn't that tell you something? If the UI is counterintuitive, change the UI if possible, don't try to change the users. In this case, changing the UI is (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Different, yes... you could even say "unconventional", which is what Tom is saying. Unconventional is not alway "wrong". But when you break a convention you should have a good reason to do so. Users not needing to remember to type .ftx on the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heh :) (...) Ok. (...) Alright, I get it. -Tim (25 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) If it were a directory, it would have a traliing slash and then it would also be a shorthand URL for the index page of that directory. I think you're thinking about it too hard. If a URL has a trailing slash, it's a directory (or the index (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G7uH6z.4K8@lugnet.com... (...) Cool. (...) Oh, ok, I read the statement wrong then. Silly question - but I feel like asking it anyways :) Why is it a page called images versus a directory (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) With very high accuracy, yes. (...) Yes. (...) No, there *is* a page called 'images' there! You can click that URL above and go there. (...) Because that's not the URL syntax for FTX pages. Extensions aren't used -- they're useless baggage. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) counterintuitive relative to most sites is precisely because of the above. (...) "Wrong"? LOL. (...) It's just a different way of naming pages. --Todd (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G7uDtL.IHw@lugnet.com... (...) Any way to differenitate between the two? (...) Hmm...could it? Also, if you're trying to eliminate links to slashless directories, why not put a notice on the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ file (...) Durrrr, that should say, "and at the same time a *file*"... --Todd (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I wouldn't say "incredibly inefficient," but definitely wasteful and inefficient. It's no big deal for occasional hand-typed URLs, but it's extremely annoying for links. (...) I agree completely, and in the case of hand-typed URLs (where (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) IIRC, you can cancel any payment that hasn't been claimed. Check your PayPal outbox. If there's still a problem, write PayPal technical support. --Todd (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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<snip> (...) bad.) Ut oh I think this is what I did. Any solutions? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (25 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Thank you very much. Scott Member 718 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Done. --Todd (25 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Allan, When you say that your credit card has been charged, do you mean that your credit card company confirms that PayPal charged it and transferred the money to your PayPal account? Any credit card issues are stictly between you and PayPal (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, Can you add TennLUG (Tennessee LUG) to the the United States Organizations? This will be greatly appreciated. Rich Thompson will be hosting our website as soon as it is finished. Thank you. Scott Thomas Member 718 (25 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) c/be/have been/ as I am done... :-) (...) Me too, and it does. :-) ++Lar (25 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I haven't been following this thread, so I'll have to plead ignorance. I just happened to note these couple, and threw in my two cents. For the most part MS bashing probably (IMHO) belongs in off-topic.geek or at least off-topic.debate, but (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) We seem to have been having a "followup war" in that different people set followups in this thread to different places. I tend to agree with you that .admin.general was the best, and I think I *did* set FUT .admin.general on several (? at (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Perhaps lugnet.fashion should be set up for bashing Microsoft - as it is a rather fashionable thing to do. I was reading the other day (can't remember where) that "having a go" at corperate Ammerica is a big part of US culture in general. I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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