Ok, I'll reiterate. *Initially* we had everything on one link, and the easiest quick fix to assuade all the lusers using clients that broke the link was to break things out.
I pick the door labelled a) (didn't try very hard). Working with the principle of Occam's Razor - just moving the data bits around (AND maintaining reverse compatability with anyone out there with emails they hadn't clicked the link on!) was the quickest, simplest solution. Once that was done we moved it to the back burner, as there was other issues to work on (ya know, renewals, system rearchitecture, slacking off) So, while we're always working hard to improve the system (and trust me on that, it's the main part of my job) there's a lot to juggle in terms of timing and resources. I'll put this on my plate, we WILL get to it (some day) and I appreciate the support :) How's that ;) Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: David Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: October 18, 2001 1:36 PM > To: Charles Daminato; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Transfer confirmation "password" terminology is confusing > > > > Charles Daminato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Not saying technically it's not possible... just other fish to fry for a > > mostly working (albeit, at times inconvenient) system. > > Chuck, > > Whoah..... That's not what you said first. This is what you said: > > > We tried links before, but unfortunately certain clients *cough* AOL > > *cough* would break the link at a line break and we had to split the > > variables away from the link ... > > Read: We *tried* and were not able to get it to work. > > Chuck, chuck -- the solution that I described is pretty easy to come upon > and to implement. It's used all over the web. You'll see it on lots of > commercial opt-in e-mail where they do click-tracking (especially from > mp3.com). > > It *scares* me to hear that OpenSRS did actually try and were not able to > get something as simple as this to work. If OpenSRS really did > try and fail, > then either (a) you didn't try very hard or (b) you had some dull > technical > people on the job. > > That's what I'm really saying. > > I understand that NOW that you don't currently have the time to > go back and > adjust this part of your code. That's a different issue. Now that > you're no > longer working on the transfer approval process, going back and changing a > detail takes more time.. someone digging back into the old code, another > round of QA, etc, etc. > > P.S.: I'm hard on you guys because I want to see you continue succeeding!! > > David > > >
