Good stuff. On point 1), I hope you mean that when using +^ the order of the appends are reversed so that the latest append made appears at the top of the page.
On point 4), I've made a timestamp addition that is quite useful for the users. To have an option of '+@' would be ideal. Regards, Glenn > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Jochen F. Rick > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [pws] append areas > > > I'm redesigning append areas and wanted some input for what would > make sense. > Here are some things that seem like good idea: > > 1) appends should be appended before or after the area. > > Right now, append areas are only so that appends are added before the > append area. Jeff S. asked for this. > Perhaps, this can be done with a ^ in the line, such that '+^' would be > an append area that appends the stuff after the append. > > 2) appends should be separated by lines. > > This is already somewhat supported. How about "+_" would mean that the > appends are separated by lines. > > 3) appends that replicate themselves. > > If you want threads where everyone can append after any append, this is > useful. Currently, this is somewhat supported by '+++++++++'. Keeping > with that, I wonder if '++' should indicate that? > > 4) appends with timestamps. > > this might be useful for understanding the discussions better. I'm > thinking '+@' for that. > > 5) appends without areas. > > In large discussions, a huge number of append areas can take up too much > space, especially with self replicating appends. A simple button called > "append here" that links you to a place to make an append might be better. > I'm thinking '+-' for that one. > > Anyway, summarizing, these are the new options I'm looking to include in > the new append areas: > > ^ append area stays at top and appends go down > _ appends are separated by lines > + replicating appends > @ timestamps for appends > - appends without areas > > These could be used in combination, so that '+_+@-' would be a self > replicating append without an inlined textarea that separated appends by > lines and timestamps. > > What do people think? Any other necessary features? > > Peace and Luck! > > Je77 >
