Posted by Dr. Bob on April 9, 2005, at 11:32:08
In reply to Re: Board style » Dr. Bob, posted by cubic_me on April 8, 2005, at 4:24:39
> > Are they also able to get posts listed by search engines?
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> yes I have found threads in this format while using search engines, so it is possibleThreads, OK, but individual posts?
> > it's a lot faster for me because I don't have to search for where to click. Along those lines, something else on my list is "next" and "previous" buttons
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> wouldn't 'next and previous' buttons involve the same amount of mouse clicking as there is currently?Yes, but for me, anyway, it's not clicking per se, but searching for where to click, that takes time. If they're all on the same page, don't you still need to click to scroll through them? Unless you have a mouse with wheels?
> I regularly use different computers to access the site, so storing cookies on my computer doesn't really work for me
You can save your cookie on the server (log on and off) to make that easier:
http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/extras.pl
> Boards like Psyke (and others) sometimes have sections that only members with a certain amount of posts can access/see - that makes people feel more confident about posting very personal things on a very public board.
Because they trust people who've posted a lot even if they still don't know who they are?
> > With Eudora, (1) you can get a preview of each email at the bottom of the window without clicking on it and (2) you can "space" though a mailbox...
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> What is Eudora?An email program that's been around for a long time:
Bob
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