[FM Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 29, Issue 6 (Any possibility of getting rid of these dicussion digest E-mails for a forum?)
dwp
davidrex at northlink.com
Tue Oct 6 13:51:31 PDT 2009
I have difficulty following the threads of messages in these digests.
I could with this were just a Forum where it is very clear who is
saying what and what the responses are. Also the chronology of the
responses is difficult to track.
For example: this is the first thing that confronts me when I open the
Discuss Digest. Then as i scroll down i see (i think) the original
message and all the responses. I see responses, to responses, to
responses.
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On Oct 6, 2009, at 10:13:35, discuss-request at lists.flossmanuals.net
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> 5. Re: osx anyone? (adam hyde)
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Now if i click the reply link i sometimes get a blank form with no
subject line. Usually when i reply to an E-mail I see the original
subject and then in parenthesis i add the specifics of my reply. Some
repliers don't do this and as a result there fill up in the inbox
identical "RE: subject" With this E-mail based system, there is no
continuity or clear-cut beginning-end point.
Now if this were a forum, I could be in the default Threaded View and
Reply to the main subject topic. Or I could go to a Flat View and find
total text of each main topic reply entry, and then reply specifically
to a commenter.
Forums (at least some of them) permit selectively determining whether
the latest or the earliest entries will come up first. With a forum
that has gone on over the years this is important so you don't have to
go through multiple pages to find the latest post.
NOTE: The following came up when i replied (obviously I didn't,
though i could, delete it; many other posters didn't do it either. I
currently have an E-mail Mailbox with discuss-request at flossmanuals.net
dated from September 11, 2008 to the present. Wouldn't it be nice if
we just had a single forum to go to where the various topics and
replies were there just once.
Oh yes: I almost forgot--I will get a bounce E-mail and a follow up
that it was received (lost track). Forums permit you to check a
Tracking box so that any new reply results in an E-mail so I can look
at the forum.
On Oct 6, 2009, at 10:13:35, discuss-request at lists.flossmanuals.net
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> 1. fm to sf (adam hyde)
> 2. android (adam hyde)
> 3. osx anyone? (adam hyde)
> 4. Re: osx anyone? (Steve Lizardi)
> 5. Re: osx anyone? (adam hyde)
> 6. Re: osx anyone? (quills at airmail.net)
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> From: adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> Date: October 6, 2009 1:53:11 AM MST
> To: floss <discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net>
> Subject: [FM Discuss] fm to sf
> Reply-To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
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>
> hi,
>
> Just to say, Douglas and I will be off to San Francisco in 10 days to
> meet with the Archive people. Archive.org are paying for our hotel and
> flights to get there to talk about booki. Aco was invited by them too
> but sadly cant make it due to work and visa issues.
>
> There will be more info soon...
>
> adam
>
>
>
>
> --
> Adam Hyde
> Founder FLOSS Manuals
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> From: adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> Date: October 6, 2009 6:14:21 AM MST
> To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> Subject: [FM Discuss] android
> Reply-To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
>
>
> hey
>
> Rob Myers tested the FM test epubs on hos Android phone and they work
> perfect...some images here:
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/about
>
> anyone able to test on an iphone/ipod touch ereader?
>
> adam
>
>
> --
> Adam Hyde
> Founder FLOSS Manuals
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> From: adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> Date: October 6, 2009 6:18:53 AM MST
> To: floss <discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net>
> Subject: [FM Discuss] osx anyone?
> Reply-To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
>
>
> hi
>
> is there anyone that can test a FM epub on osx for me?
>
> adam
>
>
> --
> Adam Hyde
> Founder FLOSS Manuals
> German mobile : + 49 15 2230 54563
> Email : adam at flossmanuals.net
> irc: irc.freenode.net #flossmanuals
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> "Free manuals for free software"
> http://www.flossmanuals.net/about
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> From: Steve Lizardi <srgdc at mac.com>
> Date: October 6, 2009 6:20:06 AM MST
> To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> Subject: Re: [FM Discuss] osx anyone?
> Reply-To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
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>
> I can just let me know what you want me to do.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> ____________
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> Washington, DC 20036
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> On Oct 6, 2009, at 9:18 AM, adam hyde wrote:
>
>> hi
>>
>> is there anyone that can test a FM epub on osx for me?
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adam Hyde
>> Founder FLOSS Manuals
>> German mobile : + 49 15 2230 54563
>> Email : adam at flossmanuals.net
>> irc: irc.freenode.net #flossmanuals
>>
>> "Free manuals for free software"
>> http://www.flossmanuals.net/about
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> From: adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> Date: October 6, 2009 6:22:49 AM MST
> To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> Subject: Re: [FM Discuss] osx anyone?
> Reply-To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
>
>
> cheers...sending u the epub and info offlist
>
> adam
>
>
> On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 09:20 -0400, Steve Lizardi wrote:
>> I can just let me know what you want me to do.
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> ____________
>> Steve Lizardi, ACM, AITP
>> PO BOX 18543
>> Washington, DC 20036
>> 202-361-9357 Cell
>> 866-484-9096 Fax
>> srgdc at mac.com e-mail
>> www.stevelizardi.com Website
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2009, at 9:18 AM, adam hyde wrote:
>>
>>> hi
>>>
>>> is there anyone that can test a FM epub on osx for me?
>>>
>>> adam
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Adam Hyde
>>> Founder FLOSS Manuals
>>> German mobile : + 49 15 2230 54563
>>> Email : adam at flossmanuals.net
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> Adam Hyde
> Founder FLOSS Manuals
> German mobile : + 49 15 2230 54563
> Email : adam at flossmanuals.net
> irc: irc.freenode.net #flossmanuals
>
> "Free manuals for free software"
> http://www.flossmanuals.net/about
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>
>
>
>
>
> From: quills at airmail.net
> Date: October 6, 2009 9:30:15 AM MST
> To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> Subject: Re: [FM Discuss] osx anyone?
> Reply-To: discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
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>
> adam hyde wrote:
>> hi
>> is there anyone that can test a FM epub on osx for me?
>> adam
> Yes, I can.
>
> Scott
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Hope nobody else is confused besides me:).
Regards:
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