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Subject: 
Re: Official posts at a glance
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lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 04:51:03 GMT
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Of course, this does no good whatsoever for people who use newsreaders (you know,
those things for reading, uh, news).

Have you looked further into appending footers/headers when they want to make an
official announcement?


Todd Lehman wrote:

> In lugnet.lego.direct, René Hoffmeister writes:
> > I'm wondering why it's not possible to let TLC post coloured if the topic is
> > TLC-related (like announcements or official answers) and uncoloured (like we
> > all) if the topic is normal discussion between us.  [...]
> 
> Cool idea -- nice to be able to distinguish visually.  We're actually going to
> try something a little different than coloring the topic/subject title... an
> idea from long ago: on the web interface, we're going to display an itty bitty
> red square resembling the LEGO logo next to the name of the poster when it's
> an official post (i.e., coming from a lego.com address).  Same thing for
> lugnet.com -- an itty bitty tri-colored triangle.  Should be ready shortly.
> 
> --Todd

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(...) ya, it's a web-only thing. (...) Yes and no... Yes, thought about it a bit. No, didn't write any code toward that. IMHO, anyone sophisticated enough to be using a real newsreader is also sophisticated enough to recognize an @lego.com address (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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(...) Cool idea -- nice to be able to distinguish visually. We're actually going to try something a little different than coloring the topic/subject title... an idea from long ago: on the web interface, we're going to display an itty bitty red (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct) ! 

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