On 19-Jan-00, Paul Cundle wrote:
>> Erm, which facts? That sorting by date will "remove old stuff"?
>
> You said sorting by date and removing the old stuff would flush the
> old stuff in the Voyager cache, which isn't true. It only flushes the
> sites you visited first.
Still sounds like those are the oldest.
The only way you are going to get what you want (apart from using the MS
software which predicts what you are going to want to visit) is to update
the datestamp on revisited sites and then let the auto flush do it by
date.
Something that I would like to see in browsers is a simple way to flag
selected sites as `never flush' I have done something like that in my
clumsy little way by saving pages to a special purpose dir and making
button or hotlist link File:///<path><file>. (It might be
Localefile://<path><file> in Voyager.)
It works perfectly, but the process of creating it aint pretty. I use it
for such things as the Telecom's whitepages and Aminet's front page.
I'll see about trying to write an Arexx script to do it. There's not much
to the process, just copy the file and add the link to hotlist file.
It would be especially good for sites like Yahoo or Altavista that could
be loaded from file without all the obscene graphics and banners.
You may also be interested in a utility which grabs a whole website to
download. I'll look it up and give you the filename on Aminet if it's of
any use to you.
>> If you think about it you will realise that is quite illogical.
>> How can one just "attempt" sarcasm,
>
> Write a sentence in a sarcastic way. There - if you've written
> something sarcastic you must have tried to. Unless it was by accident.
Aha! Now Paul, if was intentional it was fully successful. Not a `poor
attempt' at all, huh?
>> and how could such attempts be graded into degrees of quality.
>
> When it's clear you were trying to be sarcastic but
> a) it wasn't amusing and
It was not meant to be. I have no sense of humour and absolutely no
comprehension of the concept `amusing'.
> b) it didn't offend me, it just pissed me off.
Oh dear, I am sorry. But . . I have always believed that being pissed off
is far better that being pisssed on. See! There is always a positive way
of looking at anything.
I am sorry you got pissed off, but surely you could have foreseen that
your strident and somewhat discourteous dismissal of what I suggested
would evince a response. You would do well to spend some time in the
hurly-burly worlds of Usenet and Fidonet to develop a thicker skin. Try
Fidonet's Holysmoke. Just make sure you read it for a week before you post
anything, however much your your fingers itch. And I promise you they will.
(Hint: An attempt at sarcasm is unsuccessful _only_ if the target doesn't
respond. Responding that it didn't work is self contradictory.)
There are two special buttons in all email clients and indeed all message
readers for messages containing suggestions you don't like. They are
usually labelled "Next" and "Delete" and you use whichever one gives you
the desired level of satisfaction.
Perhaps you could attach the cartoon sounds of whipping and screaming or
gunshots to the `Delete' event. I have one of Daffy Duck saying, "You're .
. . deshshshPICKKABLE!" which I could send if you like. How about an arrow
sound "whshshshsTT- - twayayang" followed by a long dying groan? Or toilet
flushing sound? Screaming dive bomber, then explosion? No? Oh man, you are
hard to please!
Regards
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