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Re: Subject-line mutation in thread graphs
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 22 Jan 1999 14:53:11 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <36a85318.73703417@lugnet.com>...
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> [from lugnet.cad]
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> Steve Bliss:
> > Todd Lehman:
> > > John VanZwieten:
> > > > I went through the lugnet.admin.general discussion on this topic. • Actually,
> > > > I had looked for such a thread but would not have found it under the
> > > > "Informal CFD..." heading had Todd not pointed it out to me. (Todd, • what
> > > > about putting new subjects in a new thread? Perhaps with a link in • the old
> > > > thread.)
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> > > Sorry about the subject-line confusion -- I agree, subject lines should • be
> > > changed as appropriate. In this case, the L-CAD sub-topic was branched • out of
> > > an original CFD on a robotics sub-group, and for a long spell, there • were two
> > > semi-separate threads of discussion going in one physical thread of • messaging.
> > > :)
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> > In the web interface, could your really-cool thread-tree show a dotted • line
> > when there's a subject change? Often, the subject header changes • sometime
> > after the messages change subject. So a total disconnect would be • counter-
> > productive.
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> That would be cool! Or maybe a slight color change (not too many pixels • there
> to work with for dotted line, especially on horizontal lines branching off • of
> vertical lines.
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> BTW, if you do "View thread details" below the thread tree, it displays new
> subject lines in red, for example:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/news/thread.cgi?lugnet.cad:549
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> Maybe that's plenty visual info already (?) -- if you're digging through an • old
> thread looking for something, it's probably faster from the thread details
> (with names and dates) than from the little dotted picture.
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> --Todd
I guess the key think that would help me is if a new subject line would
always "appear" as the subject of a new thread in the highest level list.
It might only be a shortcut which would open the "real" thread. The problem
is that for those groups I only scan for "pertainant" information, I'm
likely to miss it if it's under a different topic. Maybe just some notation
on the original thread heading that new subjects have been added would clue
me to open the thread, at which point I'd see the relevant topic.
This of course isn't a major beef, but things can always get better, right?
-John Van
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| [from lugnet.cad] Steve Bliss: (...) That would be cool! Or maybe a slight color change (not too many pixels there to work with for dotted line, especially on horizontal lines branching off of vertical lines. BTW, if you do "View thread details" (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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