Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 08:42:43 12/16/98
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On December 15, 1998 at 12:41:20, Peter Kappler wrote: > >There have been 175 posts to CCC in the last 24 hours! This place is getting >popular! I am happy to see the club so active. > >But, I'm finding it difficult to follow threads that are more than a few hours >hold because they quickly get hidden by new discussions. Following a thread >that is more than a day old is even worse. > >I posted about this yesterday, but only received one response, so I'm trying >once more: > >Most Usenet news readers (Free Agent is a good example) only show the title of a >thread on the main page. You have to click on the subject line to see all >replies. I'd suggest that CCC adopt the same convention. When a new thread is >started, the subject line of that thread would appear on the "master" page as an >HTML link. Clicking that link would take you to a separate page containing all >replies to that thread. > >The advantage of this is that you are less likely to miss an interesting thread >- something that is easy to do with almost 200 posts per day. > >This idea works well with Usenet, it seems natural that it would work here, too. > >Is there any support for this idea? Interested in feedback. > >--Peter I use a longer look-back. I don't remember if it's set to 3 days or 7 days, but anyway, it's a lot tougher to miss a thread that is just short. I just select the range from filter, and bookmark the resulting page. You can use this bookmark over and over, and many more messages will be visible. This is entirely adequate for me. Even if it's not for you, it might be a good "workaround" until something that appeals to you more comes around. Dave Gomboc
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