Re: Improvements
Hi Andrius, I wasn't aware that there were adult content ads being served at all. Can you please supply a URL so I can take a look? If you don't want to supply to the entire group, send to M-A staff at [email protected]. I'm not keen on adjusting aspects of individual messages because that is labor intensive, but we will look at problem cases and possibly make global adjustments when appropriate. Especially if any of this is spam-related. Jeff On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Andrius Kurtinaitis < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > it would be nice if I could turn off ads on certain messages. Some of them > attract sex-related google ads. They make the authors of these messages feel > very uncomfortable seeing their content used for such advertising. > Kind regards > Andrius Kurtinaitis >
Improvements
Hello, it would be nice if I could turn off ads on certain messages. Some of them attract sex-related google ads. They make the authors of these messages feel very uncomfortable seeing their content used for such advertising. Kind regards Andrius Kurtinaitis -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Re: Improvements
Hi Jeff, I wrote: >> The list name links to the info page; optionally not displayed if made >> redundant by the nature of the logo. You wrote: > This one requires too much per-list thinking; we'll only consider > changes that are fully automatic. I understand and accept. If that's the case, then I specifically suggest: Logo and list name at upper left, both linking to the list info page. Your banner and logo at upper right, both linking to your home page. Gets your name out there more consistently, gives a uniform layout across all lists, and is less confusing, I think, for end users. > The other parts sound reasonable to me, but it would be nice to know if > other people have the same preference. Thank you. I hope they do. > Logos are done with a tiny bit of CSS., just in case some > impatient web programmer wants to help out. I wish I could! I can write simple HTML, but I have not been able to wrap my mind around CSS. Mike D. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
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> The list name links to the info page; optionally not displayed if made
> redundant by the nature of the logo.
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This one requires too much per-list thinking; we'll only consider changes
that are fully automatic. The other parts sound reasonable to me, but it
would be nice to know if other people have the same preference. Logos are
done with a tiny bit of CSS., just in case some impatient web programmer
wants to help out.
a#mail-archive-logo { float: left; top: 2px; left: 2px;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
background-image: url(/[email protected]/logo.png); background-repeat:
no-repeat;
width: 273px; height: 50px; }
#listlink { float: right; margin: 0 75px 0 0; }
Re: Improvements
Thanks, Mike. I'll catch up with the other Mail Archive guys to chat over some of these ideas. Your point about the links on the list name & logo sound valid. Jeff On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:42 AM, M.G. Devour wrote: > Dear Jeff, > > Now that my logo is up, I see the top-of-page arrangments have changed: > > My logo is top-left and links to the mail-archive home page. > > The list-name text has shifted to the right, and links to the info page. > > If I had my druthers, my logo would link to the info page, and the list > name text would disappear (actually, revert to the default mail archive > banner, given its location), since the logo displays the name of the > list. > > Since it's a (usually) one-time configuration at setup, it might not be > too onerous to code it so you can tweak the banner arrangment on a > per-list basis depending on what makes sense. > > The logic could be pretty simple: > > The list logo, if it exists, links to the info page. > > The list name links to the info page; optionally not displayed if made > redundant by the nature of the logo. > > The mail-archive banner and logo remain constant at upper right, both > link to your home page. > > I think the result would be logical and consistent across all lists. > > Thanks! All nitpicks aside, things are looking great. > > Mike D. > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected]. >
Re: Improvements
Dear Jeff, Now that my logo is up, I see the top-of-page arrangments have changed: My logo is top-left and links to the mail-archive home page. The list-name text has shifted to the right, and links to the info page. If I had my druthers, my logo would link to the info page, and the list name text would disappear (actually, revert to the default mail archive banner, given its location), since the logo displays the name of the list. Since it's a (usually) one-time configuration at setup, it might not be too onerous to code it so you can tweak the banner arrangment on a per-list basis depending on what makes sense. The logic could be pretty simple: The list logo, if it exists, links to the info page. The list name links to the info page; optionally not displayed if made redundant by the nature of the logo. The mail-archive banner and logo remain constant at upper right, both link to your home page. I think the result would be logical and consistent across all lists. Thanks! All nitpicks aside, things are looking great. Mike D. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Re: Improvements
As I'm evaluating things I've just started using the message display interface with this list and there are a couple of things that might make things easier, for me at least... It may be a nightmare to make it work with all e-mail clients and webmail setups, I don't know, but a larger selection of Reply button options would be nice: Reply to Author or List, with or without quoting... Then I could have easily replied to your 'Improvements' thread, now that I'm a member, even though it was posted a few days before I joined the list. In addition, having the option of disabling the reply button(s) would perhaps head off some complaints. I'm a little worried how some of my members will react when random non-members send them messages after finding their posts in a web search. We're a comfortable little community, and having "strangers" contacting them could be unsettling. The other thing I would enjoy would be a control to let me expand the entire thread in the post display. It would be simple enough for threads of reasonable size, though longer ones would require some cleverness to handle page breaks in some fashion. It would make reading threads faster, with less use of the back button or need to open additional tabs/windows. Anyway, you asked for input; those are a few ideas based on my initial reaction to the interface. Be well, Mike D. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Re: Improvements
Jeff, Thanks very much for the reply--it's great news that this is now covered by a spec (RFC 5064, btw ;-) . I started skimming through that--I guess the key thing afaic is the ability to specify the exact location in the archive when the list server first issues the post, which, from what I understand, it can do. BTW, I don't really "run" any mail lists (well, except one on yahoo), so I don't personally use any list server software, but I will start spreading the word that this spec exists and try to get some list servers interested in using it. Randy Kramer On Thursday 28 January 2010 01:59:24 am Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > Bad news first.It is not such a great idea for mail-archive.com to > re-send mail. That's asking for trouble with respect to abuse and > spammers. On the good side, we can get the same effect if the mail > server is in cahoots with the archiving service. A specification > (RFC5604) is in place and implementation is done on our side. The > hard and slow part is cajoling list server software to participate. > What list server software do you use? > > http://www.mail-archive.com/faq.html#listserver > > Jeff -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Re: Improvements
Hi Randy, Bad news first.It is not such a great idea for mail-archive.com to re-send mail. That's asking for trouble with respect to abuse and spammers. On the good side, we can get the same effect if the mail server is in cahoots with the archiving service. A specification (RFC5604) is in place and implementation is done on our side. The hard and slow part is cajoling list server software to participate. What list server software do you use? http://www.mail-archive.com/faq.html#listserver Jeff
Re: Improvements
On Wednesday 27 January 2010 01:10:06 am Jeff Marshall wrote: > What new services would you like to see? This is something I brought up once before (several years ago), but I'll try again ;-) What I'd really like (it probably means that you'd have to "host" a mail list to do this)--I'd like posts to the list to be sent out with the URL for the email in the archives. In other words, all posts to a list would go to you first, be put in the archives, and then sent out to the list including the URL of the email in your archive... (Well, actually, the archived post should also include the URL.) Randy Kramer -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
Improvements
Hello Gossip subscribers, We're always working to improve the service The Mail Archive provides, and we realized that it's been a while since we got any suggestions for the site from users. We always intended the list to be a discussion forum for the list rather than us just sending you annual updates. If you're subscribed to Gossip, it probably means you're nearly as interested in mailing list archiving as we are. So here's your big chance to give us some ideas to improve The Mail Archive experience. What do you like about the site now? What could be better? What new services would you like to see? We happen to have some free time and a whole lotta' network bandwidth, so we'd love to hear your ideas on what we should be improving or adding. All of your thoughts, inputs, or mad ramblings would be appreciated. Feel free to post to Gossip if you want an open discussion, or mail us directly at [email protected] if you'd prefer. As always, thanks for using and contributing to the archive! The Mail Archive Team Jeff, Jeff, and Tom
