Mike, that is a pretty narrow argument. Sure, some people have dial-up or no Internet at all, and some are running Win3.1, have small discs, and on and on. We all live with some economic trade offs. But it's 2010 and the norm for computer users is a fairly fast computer and some sort of high speed IN. You can't expect to design for the lowest common denominator. Some of the best features of Legacy pretty much require a fast IN and we'd all be outraged if Legacy had not kept up with the technology. (How about a snail mail LUG for those without any Internet?) We even allow discussion of clever Access functions and very few Legacy users are up for that.
But I think the real point isn't the cost of an extra email, it's the need that some people feel to "enforce" the rules, as they perceive them, on everyone else. We've heard many times that this is an unfriendly LUG, intimidating people and generally causing bad feelings. I think we'd do better to give a little leeway to our fellow Legacy users, many of whom are obviously new to Legacy or the LUG (and may not even know about the archives.) Sending a test message when you are not sure if you are getting through to the group seems like a pretty innocuous thing to do. I think Millenia itself should do a better job of keeping people on topic and enforcing the rules...if they feel the need... and discourage the users from doing that. The LUG could then be a friendlier place and more useful to ALL users. (Guess I was bored today...my longest rant ever.) Dick Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
