Re: Don't like.

2011-08-09 Thread Walt Farrell
On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 20:52:31 -0500, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: And is there any way to turn off the preview pop-up on mouse over? Sometimes it's useful; often it's distracting. Yes, via the Preferences link in the Options panel on the right side of the page. Probably the

Re: Don't like.

2011-08-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:24:35 -0500, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: The new listserv. Fonts, layout, etc. Yuk. :( And when I do an Archive Search, I'm presented with a hit list. If I select a hit to view it, then exit back to the hit list, it appears to re-drive the query. How wasteful! (I should

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-20 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:24:35 -0500, Mary Anne Matyaz wrote: The new listserv. Fonts, layout, etc. Yuk. :( Does Reply To the Poster work? I get no confirmation when I click send. I'm trying to reply to one of my own messages as a test. -- gil

Re: SR - was: Re: Don't like.

2011-07-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:35:00 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: o I had the site bookmarked with my user ID in the query_string so it was preset on the login page; all I needed to type was my password. Isn't that a preference set somewhere in the operating system? I never let the OS 'help' me by

Re: SR - was: Re: Don't like.

2011-07-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:35:00 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: o It's bandwidth-profligate: 100KB for a 10-line message payload? Sheesh! Almost all of IBMs webpages are. ... Speaking of profligacy, it appears that when I do a search, then click on one of the hits to view the page, then click the

Re: SR - was: Re: Don't like.

2011-07-12 Thread Barbara Nitz
What does SR stand for? 'service request'. It's the replacement tool for ETR IBM forces on us. Note that reporting a bug is now called a 'service request', as in, the customer begs IBM to do something we're entitled to get due to our contracts and the warranty that contract has. Cite? Or must

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:48:57 -0500, Barbara Nitz wrote: The graphic things are a quotation mark, but it seems hard to figure that out initially. +1 It was more intuitive than anything IBM throws at their customers (see SR) :-). I know you're not responsible for SR, Walt! Maybe it's getting

SR - was: Re: Don't like.

2011-07-11 Thread Barbara Nitz
Maybe it's getting better. It now uses HTTP instead of insisting on HTTPS. Really? After authentification (which *I* would insist on being https) it stays https for me. Which makes a lot of sense, as we don't want our company's software problems to become common knowledge. o I had the site

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-10 Thread Barbara Nitz
The graphic things are a quotation mark, but it seems hard to figure that out initially. It was more intuitive than anything IBM throws at their customers (see SR) :-). I know you're not responsible for SR, Walt! Barbara --

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Tom Marchant wrote: I seemed to be unable to use 'Quote Original text' function as it was available in the previous version. There is a graphic on the lower right, above the send message button to quote the original message. Yes! Thanks, after I hovered my rat, oops mouse :-D, over that two

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Barbara Nitz
Yes! Thanks, after I hovered my rat, oops mouse :-D, over that two green graphic things, I then saw the pop-up help text 'Quote Original Message' . Whew! :-D And here I thought I was the only one who didn't have a clue how to quote in the new version :-) Barbara

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Jan MOEYERSONS
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:51:24 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za wrote: Oh, come on Darren, please bring back the 'Quote Original text' function back! Darren does not have to do anything... It is still there. Use the button with the two teardrops just above the 'Send

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Walt Farrell
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 05:24:14 -0500, Barbara Nitz nitz-...@gmx.net wrote: Yes! Thanks, after I hovered my rat, oops mouse :-D, over that two green graphic things, I then saw the pop-up help text 'Quote Original Message' . Whew! :-D And here I thought I was the only one who didn't have a clue how

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 15:36:10 -0500, Tom Marchant m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com wrote: On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:51:24 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: I seemed to be unable to use 'Quote Original text' function as it was available in the previous version. There is a graphic on the lower right, above

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Andy Wood
I hardly ever go to the web site, but on seeing the comments here I headed over to take a look. Not being a regular user it did not strike me as being that different. If there is anything about it that I don't like, it is that I get exactly the same problem that I used to see on the odd

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Rich Greenberg
In article 6675795069199427.wa.woodagozemail.com...@bama.ua.edu you write: For example, I just tried for July 2011, and on the first attempt I got only a line with Logged in as: with Basic Mode over on the right. On the second attempt it got as far as showing the column headers Try putting

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Andy Wood
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 17:48:02 -0400, Rich Greenberg ric...@panix.com wrote: In article 6675795069199427.wa.woodagozemail.com...@bama.ua.edu you write: For example, I just tried for July 2011, and on the first attempt I got only a line with Logged in as: with Basic Mode over on the right. On

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:43:22 -0500, Andy Wood woo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: I hardly ever go to the web site, but on seeing the comments here I headed over to take a look. Not being a regular user it did not strike me as being that different. If there is anything about it that I don't like

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-08 Thread Shane
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 17:29:25 -0500 Mark Zelden wrote: On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:43:22 -0500, Andy Wood woo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: ... I go to the archives page and click on a particular month, and it thinks for a while and then brings up a page with a list of posts, but that page is often

Don't like.

2011-07-07 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
The new listserv. Fonts, layout, etc. Yuk. :( -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-07 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
, mouse, somewhere. I like the wider message text window where I can enter my comments. It is very nice! Some things I don't like: The column's width are still fixed. I can't adjust them. The from and date fields have too many white spaces to the right. The subject column width is too small. I

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-07 Thread Walt Farrell
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:24:35 -0500, Mary Anne Matyaz maryanne4...@gmail.com wrote: The new listserv. Fonts, layout, etc. Yuk. :( If you're referring to the appearance using the web interfaces to the list archive, you can change some of the appearance using the preferences link on the right

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-07 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
Agreed on all of your points, Elardus. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: Don't like.

2011-07-07 Thread Tom Marchant
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:51:24 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: I seemed to be unable to use 'Quote Original text' function as it was available in the previous version. There is a graphic on the lower right, above the send message button to quote the original message. I haven't figured out how