[REBOL] Re: GMANE --> was {Re: Re: List subscription}
From: SunandaDH::aol::com at: 26-Aug-2004 12:10
Jason:
Commenting on a couple of your comments....
> no dull screen redraw
That's because it uses frames -- which are a terrible idea for a web
interface.
One random reference for the problems with frames:
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/frames/goodorbad.html
That's part of the reason why it **needs** some Javascript to work. Again,
not a great idea as something like 15% of people (and 100% of search engines)
don't browse with Javascript enabled.
So overall, GMANE's interface is not one I'd **recommend** for general use.
Of course, it's fine for the people it works for.
> Giving people such visible feedback
> by uwse of screen wide color bar makes it less tiring to
> use for long sessions.
> Would be very cool if Rebol.org copied that inteface idea.
I don't even see that on my browser....Possibly it's a feature that works
only on some browsers, or my browser of choice is tripping up on one of the HTML
errors.
Either way, it's a good point......There was no way at REBOL.org to see where
you are in a thread if you are reading message-by-message.
I've fixed that. Sorry, it's not a colored bar. It's a navigation bar, at the
bottom of the message, that is consistent with the other nav-bars used on
REBOL.org, eg:
http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/ml-display-message.r?m=rmlJRHC
Sunanda.