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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Hahahahaha!
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On Sep 3, 2019, at 9:33 PM, Glenn Glazer <glenn.glazer@...> wrote:
-- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Glenn Glazer
On 9/3/2019 21:27, J_Catlady wrote:
Yeah, that fixes it. Here's the limerick: There once was a man from St. Bees Who was stung in the arm by a wasp When asked, "Does it hurt." He replied, "No it doesn't." "I'm so glad it wasn't a hornet." ------ There once was a man from Berdoo Who's limericks would end at line two. There once was a man from Verdun. And then there is the limerick about Nero. Best, Glenn --
We must work to make the Democratic Party the Marketplace of Ideas not the Marketplace of Favors.
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Yeah, that fixes it. Here's the limerick:
My haiku you're bent on critiquing, But your own poem's the one that needs tweaking. Your syllable counts Lack the proper amounts. So be careful on that which you're speaking. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Glenn,
Yup. I just couldn't figure out a way to express the ambiguity in the haiku. Speaking of which... J's private lim'rick says my count is wrong. Oh... oops: Lines out of order. A fencepost error: One end and not the other -
miscount the number.
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Re: Remember last message read
#suggestion
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 7:33 PM D R Stinson <dano@...> wrote:
No, we'd remember regardless of how/when you accessed things. This is better than trying to rely on the browser to change the color of links of messages you've visited, as that doesn't apply across machines. Thanks, Mark
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Glenn Glazer
On 9/3/2019 18:22, J_Catlady wrote:
Wow, you guys won't give me any poetic license! That's what I meant. :) Here's a simple correction for the literal-minded: Programming is not given to poetic license. Best, Glenn --
We must work to make the Democratic Party the Marketplace of Ideas not the Marketplace of Favors.
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Re: Remember last message read
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This is a very apropos question given the point ofMark - Would either message be affected by reading messages from two or three different machines? I primarily use a desktop box, but occasionally use a laptop or an Android. Just thought I'd ask. Dano
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Wow, you guys won't give me any poetic license! That's what I meant. :) Here's a simple correction for the literal-minded:
A fencepost error: Mistaking 10 boundaries For 9 parts within. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Re: Remember last message read
#suggestion
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 4:30 PM Eric di Domenico <eric@...> wrote: I would like a visual indicator of which messages are new since the last time I visited the group website. This is a very apropos question given the point of development of the app. I need to flesh this out this week, and I could definitely use y'all's feedback. So, here we go. - A visual indicator would require us to remember and track what messages you've read. - A desired feature of the app would be to be notified when there are new messages, which also requires us knowing which messages you've read. - Also, some email providers (cough... charter.net... cough... cox.net... cough... comcast.net) like to delay or block messages from us at random times. For unknown reasons. - Also, HTML digests are often not handled consistently or nicely. I see two ways of addressing some/all of the above. The easy way and the comprehensive way. Easy Way: We track a high water message number per subscription. That's the most recent message you've seen in each group. Going to the message archives instantly sets this high water number to the most recent message. This lets us send out notifications when new messages come in and display topics in bold when there are new messages. You would see these bolded topics/messages when viewing the archives on a group-by-group basis (ie https://groups.io/g/beta/topics). It does not let you mark some messages as unread. It does not let you read some topics and keep others as unread. It does nothing about inconsistent displaying of digests. It's easy to implement and fairly straightforward for users to understand (I think). Comprehensive Way: We basically re-invent the inbox. Give everyone a groups.io email inbox, but only for group email. One way of doing that would be to add a second set of message delivery options, to control what's delivered to your groups.io inbox. As an example, you could set your existing email delivery setting to no mail, and your new groups.io inbox delivery setting to 'single' or 'digest'. Then only read your messages in your new groups.io inbox on the web or in the app. There would be a new part of the website, which would be your inbox. We could display digests really nicely. This is the most flexible, but also the most complicated solution (both technically and to understand by users, I think). Thoughts? Is there another path I haven't thought of? Thanks, Mark
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
KWKloeber
Mark
What prefs are under Account? I do see “adv email settings” However There are “preferences” (advanced) under “Subscription”. Why not be consistent? What (uggggh) Subscription is, is “Your preferences for THIS group”. How to best convey that in one word? Dunno.
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Glenn Glazer
On 9/3/2019 17:01, Shal Farley wrote:
That's correct, Shal. The other legit answer is to count neither end. It sometimes depends on the nature of the fence. Best, Glenn --
We must work to make the Democratic Party the Marketplace of Ideas not the Marketplace of Favors.
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Re: Remember last message read
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This has been requested many times before. It was added to the TODO list almost 5 years ago, https://trello.com/c/m1HaX8DC/18-keep-track-of-read-unread-messages-on-the-website. At present, the only way to keep track is to let your browser tell you if you've read a message or not by changing the link color.
Duane
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
J, A fencepost error: Nice, but wrong in the context of computer programming (and fence building). A fencepost error: Miscount the number, One end and not the other. Shal
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 03:08 PM, Glenn Glazer wrote:
It's okay as long as he doesn't make a fence post error.A fencepost error: Mistaking a boundary For what lies within. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Remember last message read
#suggestion
Eric di Domenico
I would like a visual indicator of which messages are new since the last time I visited the group website.
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Glenn Glazer
On 9/3/2019 15:04, J_Catlady wrote:
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 02:20 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: It's okay as long as he doesn't make a fence post error. Best, Glenn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-by-one_error#Fencepost_error --
We must work to make the Democratic Party the Marketplace of Ideas not the Marketplace of Favors.
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 02:20 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
I'm on the fenceAre you on the fence post? ;) -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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Facebook integrations not working
Hello, Due to a change in Facebook's API and developer approval process, Facebook integrations are currently not working. I'm working to figure out what additional information I need to provide to Facebook. I'll update this topic when I know more. Thanks, Mark
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Re: suggestion - Consistency (ies)
Hi All, I've gone through and changed a bunch of references to the word post to message instead. I'm on the fence of changing Subscription to Preferences, because there's a preferences section in your account already. I could be swayed however. Also, limericks (and also haikus) are expressly permitted and encouraged. Thanks, Mark
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fix misleading language in confirmation email
The confirmation email now reads "Thank you for your interest in Groups.io and the group [xyz group]. To complete your subscription, please reply to this email." This is misleading when the group is restricted. It sounds like replying to the confirmation email "completes" their subscription. I suggest changing this to "To confirm your interest in joining, please reply to this email" or something along those lines. For years I've been unaware of this language, and I just discovered after running an unrelated test. It might even account for the frequent failures by pending members to return required questionnaires. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones.
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