Posted on 11/22/2003 7:25:36 PM PST by Lead Moderator
Edited on 11/22/2003 7:41:09 PM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]
"Pantless driver charged over kiddie porn"
Dr Who fans to mark anniversary (40 years!)
DRUDGE "THE 'LOVE' LETTERS TO 'RUBBA' THAT MAY DESTROY JACKSON"
Seeking Help for a Computer Problem (Vanity)
Oklahoma U. Qualifies for College Football Title Game
Man tries to smuggle bologna in shape of car seat over border
Screenless TV's Picture Floats In Thin Air
Syphilis Cases Rising In Idaho - many of the victims are pregnant
Michael Jackson: Take me to South America! (Midair meltdown as he returned to CA)
Teenager narrowly escapes crocodile attack
Dixie Chicks Singer Still Speaking Mind
All of the above were originally posted to news. That means that for a person having their settings for 50 threads at a time, their latest posts page would have had all of these.
All have been moved to chat.
Not perfect but offers an option to nothing at all.
Half the time I am here I am using my WebTV which will not open new windows, and the other half on my computer with it's original small monitor which is little better.
Now, of course, you should not program to your lowest common denominator and perhaps what we (jellybean, Stop Legal Plunder, sweetliberty, etc.) are asking is tougher programming than appears on the surface, but the addition of an "ALL Forums Latest Posts" page would seem to be a simple opt-in addition.
The "Home Page" I am sent to upon opening my browser now is the "News/Activism" Latest Post page. I (and many others) "stick" there. It is FR and, hence, why you get the "junk threads" posted there.
By having posts show up on TWO places (the "Latest Posts" page of it's individual category AND the all encompassing "ALL Forums Latest Posts" page) you satisfy the complaints off BOTH parties without changing the current dynamics...just a simple (?) addition.
[To our webmaster experts] Are we wrong here?
Sorry, we do not have such a feature at this time. Do not know if we ever will.
315 posted on 11/23/2003 12:24 AM CST by Jim Robinson (Conservative by nature... Republican by spirit... Patriot by heart... AND... ANTI-Liberal by GOD!)
That answer was in response to the following question.......
Anyone opting in to the "ALL latest posts" would/should be aware that that's what they're gonna get. Therefore, they have nothing to complain about.
Thus at this stage it seems opening multiple windows or swithing between forums every so often is the only option...
If an "ALL Forums Latest Post" page would take anything more than coding (remember...I know nothing about programming) something like <Place 'reply' to News/Activism and All Forums>....
or take up more than a few hours of John's time....
or have ANY chance of messing up the servers....
I will shut up.
Makes no difference. If you use the pager, it only pings the News/Activism forum.
If the "ALL forum posts" option was available, I wouold choose that as my default starting page.
BTW, eddie, I'm impressed by the length of your responses. You always claimed you were a slow typist. I don't think that's the case anymore :)
I started at dawn. :o)
Sorry, I don't.
I agree with your suggestion of keeping windows open for the latest posts in various forums. I don't think I'd want a Super Latest Posts page; I like the idea of separate forums separating the news from the fluff; just wish it were better enforced. I do understand that sometimes there is a fine line.
It would be nice if the pager worked across forums; I have missed posts to me in forums other than News/Activism for longer than I'd have liked.
In my opinion, (and I know some people will disagree), prayer threads, ongoing daily chat threads, Laci Peterson/Kobe Bryant/Michael Jackson threads and a few others would be better sent to chat -- I'd rather see just news of national and international import (and opinion columns about the same) in the News/Activism forum.
The proposed idea would not change any of the forums. You would click "News/Activism Latest Posts" and see nothing but the posts that had been directed to that forum.....just as it is now.
I, however, would click the "Super" option and see all replies in real time, regardless of what category (forum) they were originally placed.
just wish it were better enforced.
If a poster knew that his latest "brilliant" vanity could be viewed by all that had opted for the Super option, then the temptation to post it "where the action is" would be diminished.... and I would become a "net nanny" myself. ;o)
That's fine. I thought this thread was sort of a poll of the members, and I was stating my preference.
If a poster knew that his latest "brilliant" vanity could be viewed by all that had opted for the Super option, then the temptation to post it "where the action is" would be diminished....
If the guidelines for the different forums were clear and consistently enforced, I don't think this would be a problem either. Right now there seems to be some question as to what belongs where, and, at least in my opinion, it's not consistent. Why, for instance, are some of the "daily threads" in chat, and others in news? Why are prayer threads not in religion? Why are some crevo threads in religion, and some in news/activism?
If the rules were clear and consistently enforced, we'd all know where to go for "hard news" and where to go for lighter, chattier stuff, and could make our choices. Probably have fewer of the "You posted an entire thread just to ask/say this???" type responses, too.
No, it's not, but it's also highlighted every time you post something yourself - as someone pointed out earlier, that's unnecessary.
But I agree the News/activism forum needs to be cleaned up some. The only way it will get done for the time being is for the moderators to enforce it by moving items to their proper forums...
I agree.
The same can be said for the "moderate" influence that taints some threads and supports the further infecting of our govt from top to bottom. Heck , I saw a title labelled with (Misleading Title) as part of its title. I guess we don't need to read things for ourselves anymore, just let someone else do your thinking for you. You can't get much more user friendly that that, huh? ;-)
When we are told to quit having fun, I'm out of here. Seriesly. ;-\
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