That happened to my Happy Birthday Fay post a couple of days ago. I was pretty sure I wasn't in Beep Me. Sorry about that, ita-who-mends.
Just call me the computer whisperer.
Willow ,'Lessons'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
JohnSweden - Aug 26, 2003 8:29:17 am PDT #4630 of 10005
I can't even.
Lee - Aug 26, 2003 8:29:48 am PDT #4631 of 10005
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Note to self: Read New is dangerous when you're on a conference call and not paying as much attention as you should.
Jon B. - Aug 26, 2003 8:44:18 am PDT #4632 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Note that the thread name is in bold face right above the posting box.
(not judging; just pointing it out)
deborah grabien - Aug 26, 2003 8:54:56 am PDT #4633 of 10005
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
That's the only drawback I've found with "read new" instead of "read next" within a given thread: if you copy something to respond to and hit new, you're likely to find yourself in an entirely different subbed thread. I've managed two "D'OH!" moments, which is a pretty small percentage of Homers, all things considered.
Training myself to look. at. thread. title. before posting. Truly.
Lee - Aug 26, 2003 8:59:46 am PDT #4634 of 10005
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Note that the thread name is in bold face right above the posting box.
(not judging; just pointing it out)
Hence the D'oh-- pay attention comment.
deborah grabien - Aug 26, 2003 9:07:21 am PDT #4635 of 10005
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Note that the thread name is in bold face right above the posting box.
Indeed it is. Thing is, if I've got six windows open, am working on novel, pushing cat off keyboard, phone is ringing, etc yada onwards, all the script on the page except that which I am actively reading or typing at that precise moment becomes a splotch of grey against white. Other thing is, I'm on similar layout boards that don't have the thread name above the postbox, so the retraining thing is actually a project.
But slowly, I progress to remembering to check above the box and see where I am. Man, internet time is not like realtime. Nanoseconds seem like forever.
Cass - Aug 26, 2003 9:19:37 am PDT #4636 of 10005
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Note that the thread name is in bold face right above the posting box.You know, I seriously never noticed that. I keep looking at the page info at the top of my browser to make sure I am posting in the thread I intend to.
Go Team "Ignore the Obvious" Me...
Thanks Jon.
t goes to bang head against the wall for D'OH moment
JenP - Aug 26, 2003 9:46:20 am PDT #4637 of 10005
You know, I seriously never noticed that. I keep looking at the page info at the top of my browser to make sure I am posting in the thread I intend to.
Well, you're not alone, because I never thought, "Hey, just look at the browser title bar; that way you don't have to scroll up to find out where you are." So, cool, thanks for a scroll-free way to check my environs pre-post message button. So that's my D'oh moment for today. Or, one of them, anyway.
Also -- I learned much about unhealthy board practices reading Light Bulbs and the posts here prior to the housecleaning vote. For what it's worth, and if it doesn't exist in FAQ already, I think a blurb about all the refresh settings, read new, number of posts per screen, etc. stuff that would help contribute to board health could be useful.
Oh hell, I'll just go ahead and admit that I was asking myself, "Where is this message center of which they speak?" And then I cobbled together that if you subscribe to threads you frequent, you get the message center, and, well, isn't that just freakin' handy, and don't I wish I'd figured that out before. (And, all that handy info. could very well be posted somewhere -- I just didn't see it, though I'm pretty sure I read the whole FAQ. But it was a long time ago and may not have struck me at the time). Because before that, I was thinking, "Read New?" But I don't want to read 5,000 movie posts ... Yeah, yeah. Duh.
So, I'm saying that I'm with the folks who suggested putting that all together and posting it where non-board health savvy (or optimum functionality) peeps in my boat would have to trip over it often. Or, bad metaphor because, tripping in boats? Probably not so much good.
Jessica - Aug 26, 2003 9:52:23 am PDT #4638 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And, all that handy info. could very well be posted somewhere -- I just didn't see it, though I'm pretty sure I read the whole FAQ.
JenP - Aug 26, 2003 10:26:14 am PDT #4639 of 10005
Jess -- thanks, yeah, I did actually read that. For whatever reason, I didn't glom onto what subscribing to the threads would mean (I think I had visions of e-mail updates or something) and that the message center appears only once you subscribe, etc., and I never went back and played around with it until this latest discussion. I just figured, well, I'll look only at the threads I want to, and I'll just hit refresh every time I want to see if there are new messages ... which could sometimes mean many refreshes in a short time frame.
I definitely didn't know that setting my page to a higher number (was at 15, is now at 75) was a good thing to do. Well, and obvioulsy the auto refresh in the message center wasn't an issue for me until, uh, yesterday, when I discovered it.
Someone had written a list of suggestions several posts up, and I thought the list form and content were helpful -- might be to others who would shy away from anything with the title "Bureaucracy." Or, dare I say, might only skim the FAQ. As for me, I'm content in my new found knowledge of the world of the board. Aaaand ... off to hit "read new" in the message center now. Because I can.