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New item hide and seek
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Feb 9 22:03 UTC 2000 |
This is not a new topic, but every time I join a new conference or a
rollover, I am only informed of the existence of two items. I know this
practice was instituted so as to avoid overwhelming those joining an
existing item, but I would like to discuss the possibility of either
reverting to "full disclosure" or of the technical feasibility of giving
users the choice.
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other
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response 1 of 49:
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Feb 9 22:05 UTC 2000 |
err, change "item" at the beginning of line four to "conference".
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don
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response 2 of 49:
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Feb 10 00:28 UTC 2000 |
I'd like to see something like this too. Maybe a "fixnew" command to
complement fixseen so that everything will be marked new.
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mdw
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response 3 of 49:
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Feb 10 06:02 UTC 2000 |
Why not use "read all"?
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krj
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response 4 of 49:
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Feb 10 06:08 UTC 2000 |
or "read since mm/dd", which is a favorite of mine.
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remmers
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response 5 of 49:
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Feb 10 11:09 UTC 2000 |
Right. In Picospan, there are various forms of "read" command that give
users a choice. I also like "read since -n", which shows everything
that's new in the last n days.
Users have to do a bit of digging to find out what the choices are, but
that kind of goes with the territory when you offer a flexible command
line interface such as Picospan with lots of options.
In Backtalk, the fairwitness can configure what items are treated as
"new" the first time a user joins a conference.
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tpryan
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response 6 of 49:
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Feb 10 23:33 UTC 2000 |
It would be nice if the system could figure out about the
last 5000 words (or 500 lines) and set up a 'read since' for that
time back. That way, a new .cf joined would show about 20 screens
of text and hopefully cover more that two items.
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don
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response 7 of 49:
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Feb 11 03:27 UTC 2000 |
I think that there should be a way to mark everything as new. Many times when
I start looking at a conference there is too much stuff to read at one
sitting, but I do want to keep tabs on activity. Trashing the participation
file doesn't work.
I guess it's the idea that items you haven't read shouldn't be marked read
unless *you* choose it to be like that.
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mdw
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response 8 of 49:
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Feb 11 03:51 UTC 2000 |
The middle items in a conference you join aren't marked as "seen", they
are marked as "unseen". "read unseen" will show them all to you.
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