yahoo changes

Hrm, some things seem better, like a persistant fixed-width
mode (I haven't tested ASCI art yet). Some seam worse, like
the lack of sender information in message view!

-Carl

Hm, not that persistant. :( -C.

> Hrm, some things seem better, like a persistant fixed-width
> mode (I haven't tested ASCI art yet). Some seam worse, like
> the lack of sender information in message view!
>
> -Carl

Ouch! It's horrible. I shall surely quit the list rather than be subjected to such grotesque artlessness.

----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Lumma
To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 06 Haziran 2006 Salı 3:56
Subject: [tuning] Re: yahoo changes

Hm, not that persistant. :( -C.

> Hrm, some things seem better, like a persistant fixed-width
> mode (I haven't tested ASCI art yet). Some seam worse, like
> the lack of sender information in message view!
>
> -Carl

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--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@...> wrote:
>
> Hrm, some things seem better, like a persistant fixed-width
> mode (I haven't tested ASCI art yet). Some seam worse, like
> the lack of sender information in message view!

As usual, my first reaction is negative. We'll see what time does
about that.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Gene Ward Smith" <genewardsmith@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@> wrote:
> >
> > Hrm, some things seem better, like a persistant fixed-width
> > mode (I haven't tested ASCI art yet). Some seam worse, like
> > the lack of sender information in message view!
>
> As usual, my first reaction is negative. We'll see what time does
> about that.
>

As usual, my first reaction is positive. ;-)
I'm in digest mode. Now, it's much easier to -
a) read the messages
b) follow a thread
c) reply

As for formatting a fixed-width table, let's just try the following:

123 456 789
23 56 89
3 6 9

Hmmm, looks alright in the preview!

Regards,
Yahya

PS. That's a manual signature.
PPS. I haven't tried the Yahoo! Rich-Text Editor (beta) yet.

> > Hrm, some things seem better, like a persistant fixed-width
> > mode (I haven't tested ASCI art yet). Some seam worse, like
> > the lack of sender information in message view!
>
> As usual, my first reaction is negative. We'll see what time does
> about that.

Great. Not only do you have to look in the lower-right to
identify the sender of the message you're reading, once you've
read it, the link in the messages list no longer becomes
'followed'. So now when I load the messages view, I have
no idea where I left off.

-Carl

> > > Hrm, some things seem better, like a persistant fixed-width
> > > mode (I haven't tested ASCI art yet). Some seam worse, like
> > > the lack of sender information in message view!
> >
> > As usual, my first reaction is negative. We'll see what time does
> > about that.
>
> Great. Not only do you have to look in the lower-right to
> identify the sender of the message you're reading, once you've
> read it, the link in the messages list no longer becomes
> 'followed'.

That is, by clicking "next".

-C.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@...> wrote:
> > ... once you've
> > read it, the link in the messages list no longer becomes
> > 'followed'.
>
> That is, by clicking "next".

I noticed that as well. Trying to stay optimistic, it seems that
search is improved, or at least a lot faster. Whether it balances out
the other kludge aspects remains to be seen. Remember, if it isn't
fixed, break it.

Cheers,
Jon

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@...> wrote:

> Great. Not only do you have to look in the lower-right to
> identify the sender of the message you're reading, once you've
> read it, the link in the messages list no longer becomes
> 'followed'. So now when I load the messages view, I have
> no idea where I left off.

I don't have that information there, I have it in an annoying box on
the right I'd like to get rid of.

Hi all,

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "yahya_melb" <yahya@...> wrote:
[snip]
> As for formatting a fixed-width table, let's just try the
following:
>
> 123 456 789
> 23 56 89
> 3 6 9
>
> Hmmm, looks alright in the preview!

Still OK when viewed online - it's in my fixed-width font
for the browser, AND it preserves the spaces I typed to
line up the columns of figures on the right.

However, when viewed in the emailed daily digest, it appears
in my variable-width font for the email reader, AND it strips
out any spaces in excess of one. ;-(

Clearly, I need to try something else - maybe the old trick
of replacing spaces by full-stops (periods)? But that won't
solve the use of proportional font problem ...

Looks like I'll be studying the Rich-Text Editior, after all!

Regards,
Yahya

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@...> wrote:
>
> > > > Hrm, some things seem better, like a persistant fixed-width
> > > > mode (I haven't tested ASCI art yet). Some seam worse, like
> > > > the lack of sender information in message view!
> > >
> > > As usual, my first reaction is negative. We'll see what time does
> > > about that.
> >
> > Great. Not only do you have to look in the lower-right to
> > identify the sender of the message you're reading, once you've
> > read it, the link in the messages list no longer becomes
> > 'followed'.
>
> That is, by clicking "next".

Hi Carl,

I have no problem with this, but maybe it's because of my working
habits:
1) My browser is instructed to open followed links in the same
window (to avoid clutter); but
2) From the messages view, or quite generally from any site's
index page, I right-click and select "Open link in new window"
whenever I think I may not be finished with the originating page.
And of course:
3) As soon as I'm finished with a window, I close it.

Regards,
Yahya