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Re: A possible enhancement idea
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Thu, 21 Jun 2001 08:10:47 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Horst Lehner writes:
> > I think it's "safe" enough, and fairly straightforward to implement, but it
> > would be pretty slow to pass multiple articles through on a single form
> > click, due to the way the HTTP server talks to the NNTP server, and I'd be
> > worried about people hitting Stop or Esc when it goes past 5 seconds. An
> > intermediate solution might be to display the articles one-by-one and
> > advance to the next one when the Post It button is clicked, or maybe to do
> > that in groups of three articles, or something.
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> One additional thought for that: Would it be necessary to show the full
> article? For me, just the title and the first and last few lines would be
> enough to know whether or not it is from me in most cases. This is
> especially true when I can have all pending articles on one page. There
> could be links to show each individual full article when necessary.
I like that idea, maybe something like you have on the browser interface in
"brief" mode, but with a button to view the entire message if possible, just
in case the brief version isn't enough.
ROSCO
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| Hello Todd, thanks for outlining a bit of your current thinking: (...) One additional thought for that: Would it be necessary to show the full article? For me, just the title and the first and last few lines would be enough to know whether or not it (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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