Michael Dinowitz wrote: > 2. I'm going to add in a link on each post to send the user directly to the post > in the archive. Should this link be before the message (a header) or after (a > footer)?
Footer. I've been on lists with added junk at the top and it's incredibly annoying. I don't really see the purpose of the link when you already have a link to archive. > 3. As an extension to the previous question, does anyone actually look at the > message footers? No. Then again, I only have time to read less than 1% of all messages that come through cf-talk. As it is, I just skim through the meat of those messages, so if the footers changed tomorrow, I doubt that I'd notice for several months. > 4. As an extension of the previous question, does anyone click on any of the ads > that are on HoF/FA? (such as the new MM ad) I don't think I ever have. > 5. Would people like the option to get their mail in HTML format? No. The problem I see with making this option available to even a few people on the list is that it implies that you'll also be accepting HTML formatted postings. Someone viewing those posts in text-only often sees a fair amount of detritus from the HTML postings, even if their email clients attempt to clean it up. Why you'd want to burden yourself and your mail server with the additional bandwidth needs of HTML is beyond me. Another list I'm on is a complete mess due to the use of HTML. I've seen posts as large as 35k with a single "Amen." tacked to the top. That's due to a combination of HTML and not trimming in replies, but the use of HTML just compounds the problem. After 6 or 8 people reply in HTML without trimming, the posts grow enormously. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
