In a recent note, Patrick O'Keefe said:
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 20 09:40:23 2007
> Subject: IBM-Main Archive change?
> From: Patrick O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:26:15 -0500
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> Did the format of IBM-Main's Archive (or Listserver's processing of the
> archive)
> change over night, or have I horribly hosed over my profile? The look &
> feel
> is completely different. More importanly, I no longer have navigation buttons
> (next/prev-in-thread, next/prev-by-author) when viewing a posting. I have
> to return to the index to find the next/prev postings.
>
> If this is just me, I'l gladly take this discussion offline if somebody is
> willing to
> help me sort this out.
>
> I purposefully set "nomail". The archive is the only way I access IBM-Main.
>
It's not just you. There has been an "upgrade". Evidently the
providers mistake complexity for value. The source of your
post that I'm replying to is now 763 lines (!) of mostly Javascript.
Like you, I have set "nomail". Thorough yesterday I have been
able to view IBM-MAIN very effectively with a text-only browser
on a minimal bandwidth connection. I could export articles through
a simple filter to convert to "mbox" format, and reply using the
mailer and editor of my choice. I have now lost much of this
facility. I feel much the same as expressed here lately in many
postings concerning the new IBMLink.
Formerly, table of contents entry appeared on one line;
now it is eight lines in a text browser; a dreadful waste
of screen space. This is largely due to the profligate and
improper use of <p> markup in the table entries.
The providers would have done well to heed the guidelines in:
Linkname: Viewable with Any Browser: Campaign
URL: http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/
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