...and where's the always-valuable "up thread" link button?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Also new is the stuff at the bottom, which, when you click the > one > > > on > > > > the left, shows all the messages for that topic threaded, which > > > will > > > > make finding older ones a lot easier. > > > > > > You could arrange them in thread order in the old > > > format too. > > > > > > The Up Thread option was very precise because it > > > tracked specific conversations, so you didn't have > > > to wade through all the posts in the thread to > > > find the one you were looking for. > > > > > > There are uses for both a thread-order option and > > > an Up Thread option. There was no reason to get rid > > > of the Up Thread one. > > > > > > If you look at the "view all messages" option > > I don't even *see* a "View all messages" option. > > Where did you find it? > > , the older/newer messages options go in > > different directions than the previous/next message option when > you're reading individual > > messages. Someone needs to read a few books on human interface > design, and the trade > > offs between implementing radically new designs and keeping older, > less efficient designs. > > > > Unless you're talking about an Apple Computer, which had Nazi- like > control of the > > interface (the interface gurus were called interface-nazis by the > Mac programming > > community), trying to implement a completely new design is foolish. > Even more foolish is > > keeping some arbitrary elements around that are completely > inconsistent with the new > > interface and actually contradict it. There's lots of valid ways of > designing and > > transitioning to a new interface. This isn't one of them. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
