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Re: Direct link to member pages from newsgroups
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
Date: 
Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:46:35 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Kyle D. Jackson wrote:
> G'day Todd (or whoever else),
> 
> When using the web interface to read the newsgroups, I am often interested
> in looking at the member page for a poster, to know more about them (or
> more often than not, to remind myself who they are, since I've only
> recently come back to LUGNET after a 2-year absence).  But there is no
> direct link that I can see from a member's post to their member page
> (at lugnet/members/NNN).  In the past I just worked around this (tediously),
> but it wasn't until I'd spent a lot of time on another website that I
> realized it needn't be this way.  This other site has a "Who is" link
> displayed immediately after the poster's name/email address on every
> single post.  Clicking on that opens a window with their identity page.
> 
> Could this be added to LUGNET?  It seems like it would be a small change,
> but would be incredibly helpful to many people.
> 
> Thanx and regards,
> KDJ


Has there been any activity on this suggestion?

BTW, thanx for adding the "Sign in" link to the home page.  I don't know when
it appeared, but it's very useful.  Thanx, whoever you are!

KDJ
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G'day Todd (or whoever else), When using the web interface to read the newsgroups, I am often interested in looking at the member page for a poster, to know more about them (or more often than not, to remind myself who they are, since I've only (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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