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Lauchlan M
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 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:42 am Post subject: Re: Forum readability |
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| Quote: | Just wanted to draw your attention to the fact that: using the format "Re:
xxxxx " as a subject line when replying, may be useful on mailing lists, |
where there is no graphical representation of the flow of discussion. Same
is true for some web based forums.
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However, such a reply syntax is very uninformative. Moreover its not
necessary when using most common news readers that graphically lay out the |
discussion flow. Wouldn't it be better if we all try to make the subject
line more meaningful, thus contributing to discussion flow readability?
I think it should be part of the ng guidelines that when the topic
disdcussed in a thread changes, people adjust the subject line accordingly.
I'm with you on this.
Regards,
Lauchlan M
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Lauchlan M
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:11 am Post subject: Re: Hey! |
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| Quote: | Hey Lauchlan
You did not change the Subject line 
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I did not change the topic ;)
| Quote: | I think it is a great idea too.
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Great!
Lauchlan M
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Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:37 am Post subject: Re: Forum readability |
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:07:37 +0200, SupportX wrote:
| Quote: | Just wanted to draw your attention to the fact that: using the format "Re: xxxxx " as a subject line when replying, may be useful on mailing lists, where there is no graphical representation of the flow of discussion. Same is true for some web based forums.
However, such a reply syntax is very uninformative. Moreover its not necessary when using most common news readers that graphically lay out the discussion flow. Wouldn't it be better if we all try to make the subject line more meaningful, thus contributing to discussion flow readability?
Lets make this thread a study case ;-)
Just thinking aloud, that's all…
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I find I hardly ever look at them, what would make it much easier for
me would be line wrapping so that I don't have to scroll from side to
side to read a post.
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Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
marc rohloff -at- myrealbox -dot- com
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Captain Jake
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:42 am Post subject: Re: Forum readability |
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"Marc Rohloff [TeamB]" <"on request"> wrote in message
<34xqpfm5l4xq$.dlg (AT) marcrohloff (DOT) 40tude.net>
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I find I hardly ever look at them, what would make it much easier for
me would be line wrapping so that I don't have to scroll from side to
side to read a post.
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Funny, I think wrapping messages at 80 characters is silly and totally
unnecessary. It is a throwback to the old days when Unix newsreaders were too
retarded to be able to handle text themselves.
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***Free Your Mind***
Posted with Reader3000-BETA 0.9.4.885
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Dave Nottage [TeamB]
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:57 am Post subject: Re: Making it a part of ng guidlines will certainly help.. |
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SupportX wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks, that there are two of us.. the revolution begins!
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Just curious: Your newsreader doesn't seem to supply User-Agent and/or
X-Newsreader headers. Is it one of your own?
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Eric Grange
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:26 am Post subject: Re: Forum readability |
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Thunderbird & Mozilla can handle line wrapping automatically, no need
for scrolling whatever the size of your message viewing window.
Eric
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Rudy Velthuis [TeamB]
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Forum readability |
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At 04:07:37, 29.06.2005, SupportX wrote:
| Quote: | However, such a reply syntax is very uninformative. Moreover its not
necessary when using most common news readers that graphically lay out
the discussion flow.
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Most newsreaders add this anyway, and sometimes, if the flow is broken
(followup to different group, cancelled message, etc.), it is a useful
indication that something is missing. It may be uninformative, but it
doesn't hurt either.
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Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] http://velthuis.homepage.t-online.de
"So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang up
and he said 'You've been promoted'. And I swerved.
And then he rang up a second time and said 'You've been promoted
again'. And I swerved again.
He rang up a third time and said 'You're managing director.'
And I went into a tree.
And a policeman came up and said 'What happened to you?'
And I Said 'I careered off the road.'" -- Tommy Cooper
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Rudy Velthuis [TeamB]
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:17 am Post subject: Re: Making it a part of ng guidlines will certainly help.. |
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At 06:57:39, 29.06.2005, Dave Nottage [TeamB] wrote:
| Quote: | SupportX wrote:
Thanks, that there are two of us.. the revolution begins! ;-)
Just curious: Your newsreader doesn't seem to supply User-Agent and/or
X-Newsreader headers. Is it one of your own?
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Judging from the many test posts in .test, it would not surprise me. <g>
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Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] http://velthuis.homepage.t-online.de
"The perfect computer has been developed. You just feed in your
problems and they never come out again." -- Al Goodman.
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Sasan Adami
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:35 am Post subject: Re: Making it a part of ng guidlines will certainly help.. |
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"Dave Nottage [TeamB]" wrote:
| Quote: | Just curious: Your newsreader doesn't seem to supply User-Agent and/or
X-Newsreader headers. Is it one of your own?
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My newsreader (Mozilla 4.8, yes I know it's old...) can't open any of
his messages.
Sasan.
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Rick Carter
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject: Re: Forum readability |
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| Quote: | "Marc Rohloff [TeamB]" <"on request"> wrote in message
34xqpfm5l4xq$.dlg (AT) marcrohloff (DOT) 40tude.net
I find I hardly ever look at them, what would make it much easier for
me would be line wrapping so that I don't have to scroll from side to
side to read a post.
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Captain Jake replied:
| Quote: | Funny, I think wrapping messages at 80 characters is silly and totally
unnecessary.
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I'm with Marc. You don't know what interface your reader is using, and
it's still common courtesy to make the message readable. At work, I
have no newsreader access, and I can only get to these groups via a
browser-based interface. Neither delphi.newswhat.com nor
newsgroups.borland.com do automatic word wrapping, so I skip over a lot
of messages just because it's too tedious doing all the horizontal
scrolling.
Rick Carter
[email]carterrk (AT) despammed (DOT) com[/email]
Chair, Delphi/Paradox SIG, Cincinnati PC Users Group
--- posted by geoForum on http://delphi.newswhat.com
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SupportX
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject: RE: Re: Making it a part of ng guidlines will certainly help |
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Subject: RE: Re: Making it a part of ng guidlines will certainly help + LOL!
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| Quote: | At 06:57:39, 29.06.2005, Dave Nottage [TeamB] wrote:
SupportX wrote:
Thanks, that there are two of us.. the revolution begins! ;-)
Just curious: Your newsreader doesn't seem to supply User-Agent and/or
X-Newsreader headers. Is it one of your own?
Judging from the many test posts in .test, it would not surprise me.
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Just playing around with Indy. Tyring to figure out a couple of things about NNTP behavior. IMHO, what I am putting together could be a productivity booster for Borland Group members; but then again - I may be wrong.
Be it as it may, It would be an educating experience to see your comments about it. I hope to finish by early next week.
SupportX
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