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Re: A lurkers opinion (formerly: Re: 2 Things...)
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 22 Jun 1999 22:36:09 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Don Heyse writes:
> I like seeing the recent news on the front page, but I would prefer to see
> 20 messages in compact form. Actually I usually jump straight to the
> traffic report page so this isn't a really big deal for me. I like the
> idea of an advanced interface that goes straight to the compact form from
> the traffic page. This would be great!
OK, check out the traffic page now. http://www.lugnet.com/news/traffic/
> 4 messages is NEVER enough to catch up after a few hours of work. 20 is
> better. Because of this I will never use anything but the compact form.
The 4-message intro pages aren't really intended to be used as a newsreader.
They're there as an invitation to see what a group/area is about. Think of
them as "samples" of what lies ahead in a group. Without the partial article
bodies, the site looks rather dead; subject lines alone don't give much of an
impression of activity or spirit.
Luckily, if you want to visit the groups often with a news-reading frame of
mind, you can do that straight from the traffic page, or make yourself a
set of bookmarks such as these:
http://www.lugnet.com/build/?n=,-20&v=c
http://www.lugnet.com/general/?n=,-40&v=c
http://www.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=,-100&v=c
http://www.lugnet.com/loc/?n=*,-20&v=c
A star (*) character in the n= part means to coalesce all the groups down
the newsgroup tree, rather than just a single group. It's like having a
virtual group made up out of dozens or hundreds of other groups.
> Displaying another format first just means an extra mouse click on one
> of those tiny little blue squares. (Ouch, I'm gonna wear out another mouse
> finger at this rate.)
> [...]
> Please give a larger target than those itty bitty blue squares for reading
> the message. Someone mentioned using the title of the message. I like
> that. How about the teeny weeny little square AND the title?
> [...]
> The difference between a tiny dark blue square and a tiny light blue square
> is too small to tell without squinting. This could be solved by coloring
> the title the same as the little square (and making it clickable too), but
> using a more dissimilar color (like violet) would help even more. Perhaps
> someone colorblind would have more to say on this issue.
Let me see what I can do.
> For reference, I use netscape on a 19 inch monitor at 1600x1200 with 15 bit
> color most of the time. I have to use my left (wrong) hand for the mouse
> because the right hand has carpal mouse syndrome. This makes it even
> harder for me to target those very very tiny little blue squares.
Interesting. Wow! Good stuff to know, thanks.
> I'm not old yet, but my hands and eyes are prematurely aged from computer
> use.
How about from LEGO use? ;-)
> Thanks, Former lurker,
> Don Heyse.
No, thank you.
--Todd
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| (...) I like it! I like it a lot better! Now if you could attach the message titles to the little blue squares and make a bigger mousing target I'd be completely happy. Well actually, while you're at it there is one more small thing, and someone (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: A lurkers opinion (formerly: Re: 2 Things...)
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| (...) OK, now there's a way to switch modes when you enter a group area -- you can click the "Redisplay: All | Compact" links to switch views. If you want to read just some specific group without its subgroups, you can also click a special link in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | A lurkers opinion (formerly: Re: 2 Things...)
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| OK, you've forced me out of lurkerdom with the new interface. I realize as a lurker, my opinions may be less valuable than some, but since you seem to be open to suggestions... I like seeing the recent news on the front page, but I would prefer to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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