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LD forum style vs. other styles (was The Ambient Ping . . . .)
Thanks scott. Yes, I did notice that my emails to the list are "corrupted" also, and tried to turn it off when I first noticed it. If there is a setting for that it's buried in a sub-menu somewhere in aol. Anyone that know please tell me.
I get the digest version which means lots of scrolling thru tons of html. Occasionally I go to the LD web site so I can browse posts by thread or author . I would actually prefer this to getting email because the html has been removed making the messages easier to read. Unfortunately, you can only view one message at a time and the threads are organised in an "outline" style, which I find cumbersome. This format (sort of a newsgroup style?) seemed more prevalent years ago.
Lots of forums, for example http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.php?forum_us or www.audioforums.com and many others, use a better format. It's become very common and I'm sure most folks here are familiar with it. It's great because when you open a thread, the original post AND all the reply posts all open up together so you can read in a conversational way without constantly using your back button .
I'm sure there's a reason why LD uses the older format. Probably $$ and time This is still one of the most informative forums I've found, I just wish it were easier to use.
SteveK
n a message dated 10/15/2003 11:29:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com writes:
No problem Steve. Just for your info regarding your previous post,
I do have "plain text" selected for all my outgoing e-mail (no html)
so I'm not sure where the large amounts of html are coming from
in your digest version of the Ping updates, unless it's the URLs
included in the posts. The total size is usually only about 6 or 7kb
and believe it or not, I actually edit down the original updates
which go to Ping subscribers before posting to my e-mail lists
by taking out the 2nd week's details, other Toronto area sonic
events of interest, artists calls for works, blah blah...
I noticed that you had some html in your last post (coloured background)
but as a non-AOL person can't advise you on how to turn it off.
Maybe someone else on the list can...
Cheers,
Scott M2
