Re: [WSG] when to post, was - asking a PC user for a page check

[Rene Saarsoo]

Hi,
I just really have to say: don't ask for PC users if you
really mean Windows users. I always check that kind of
posts just to find out they are talking about IE, which
does not run on my system (which still is PC).
And usually you are interested from software anyway -
doesn't really matter if I run Windows on PC or
emulate it on Macintosh or opposite way around...
regards,
Rene
PS. The page looks fine in Konqueror, except the small font,
but this is always the problem when font size is specified
relatively. The lines can become quite long also (why not
specify max-width at least)
And it looks like there is an error in your CSS-file:
#contents   
{
margin-top: 1.2em;;
margin-right: 10em;
margin-left: 12em;
}
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Re: [WSG] when to post, was - asking a PC user for a page check

[Marilyn Langfeld]

Hi folks,

Good discussion. I'd only like to add that for some of us, myself included, looking at sites is one way we can 'pay back' the help we've gotten. I can't yet help others with problems, so I don't mind checking (when I have time). But I also don't want more posts than necessary.

Best regards,

Marilyn Langfeld
http://www.langfeldesigns.com
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Re: [WSG] when to post, was - asking a PC user for a page check

[Bruce]

The below defines it nicely, thank you :-)
Bruce
Lea de Groot wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 23:03:51 -0500, Bruce wrote:
 

As a new member this leaves me in a position of being hesitant to 
post, not wanting to bother anyone. So far I have liked the group, 
and both am interested in viewing the sites posted such as this one, 
and learn from it all.

I am the type though, not to want to "bother anyone", in which case I 
am hesitant to post anything at all...?
   

I'd hate to think that I am discouraging people from posting! :(
I do think it is important to bear in mind that 1000 people are reading 
this, and the list does tend to be high volume at times.
So, for myself, before I post I try to answer the following questions:
- is my query on topic?
- have I exhausted all my options in figuring this out on my own? This 
includes googling for the answer, having a good try and leaving it for 
a bit to see if that aha! moment will strike.
If the answer to both is yes, then I post it.
(I don't claim to be perfect! :))

In your case, if you'd never heard of browsercam, or anything similar, 
then you had, indeed, exhausted your options - how can you check on 
windows without a windows box?  But now someone else who might have 
asked a similar request next week might have a quicker and simpler 
recourse 
There's an old parable about teaching a man to fish. :)

Sometimes I write up a post and the process of phrasing it clearly 
answers it for me and I don't need to post after all - the writing of 
the question was enough.

And some questions are valuable in their own right for the discussion 
they engender. Hard to pick in advance, though. ;)

Don't be discouraged from posting, but do make a definite decision that 
it needs posting, and is in the right place :)
Posting to a mailing list shouldn't be your *first* port of call with a 
problem.

HIH
Lea
 

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[WSG] when to post, was - asking a PC user for a page check

[Lea de Groot]

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 23:03:51 -0500, Bruce wrote:
> As a new member this leaves me in a position of being hesitant to 
> post, not wanting to bother anyone. So far I have liked the group, 
> and both am interested in viewing the sites posted such as this one, 
> and learn from it all.
> 
> I am the type though, not to want to "bother anyone", in which case I 
> am hesitant to post anything at all...?

I'd hate to think that I am discouraging people from posting! :(
I do think it is important to bear in mind that 1000 people are reading 
this, and the list does tend to be high volume at times.
So, for myself, before I post I try to answer the following questions:
- is my query on topic?
- have I exhausted all my options in figuring this out on my own? This 
includes googling for the answer, having a good try and leaving it for 
a bit to see if that aha! moment will strike.
If the answer to both is yes, then I post it.
(I don't claim to be perfect! :))

In your case, if you'd never heard of browsercam, or anything similar, 
then you had, indeed, exhausted your options - how can you check on 
windows without a windows box?  But now someone else who might have 
asked a similar request next week might have a quicker and simpler 
recourse 
There's an old parable about teaching a man to fish. :)

Sometimes I write up a post and the process of phrasing it clearly 
answers it for me and I don't need to post after all - the writing of 
the question was enough.

And some questions are valuable in their own right for the discussion 
they engender. Hard to pick in advance, though. ;)

Don't be discouraged from posting, but do make a definite decision that 
it needs posting, and is in the right place :)
Posting to a mailing list shouldn't be your *first* port of call with a 
problem.

HIH
Lea
-- 
Lea de Groot
Elysian Systems - I Understand the Internet 
Search Engine Optimisation, Usability, Information Architecture, Web 
Design
Brisbane, Australia
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