On 4/8/06 7:35 PM, "Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<so it doesn't tend to get a chance to annoy me more than occasionally. > :)>> > > YOU are lucky -:) !! >
The continuing outcry against the old way was the reason the alphabetic way was tried. The old way produced pages of 30--I think--addresses (count was modifiable), with an index of available address ranges presented on each such page. For small lists, the two ways are equivalent (except for the odd-looking one-entry index if the old way showed that--I forget). For huge lists, the larger alphabetic pages get broken into parts anyhow, but at least there are fewer parts to consider. For in-between sizes, the amount of complaining seems to vary with the connection speed of the person(s) using the member list. Various ways to improve matters have been discussed. I tend to favor gathering initial characters (not always letters) together to make up one (configurable-max size) page. Even fairly large lists might have just one page devoted to addresses starting with digits, that way. The modern way would probably be to publish a web service which sends out the list in XML, and a couple of working sample programs which display according to different tastes, with the XML described clearly enough that more display programs would be written (and contributed, one hopes). --John ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
