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Suggestion for Max

12 Jun 99 - 05:17 AM (#86117)
Subject: Suggestion for Max
From: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au

I have noticed a number of comments about long threads and the time it takes for them to load. I wonder, Max, if it would be possible to put in a function that controls the number of postings in a given thread to load. Like search engines do. They give you the first ten choices and then the chance to ask for the next ten.

If you haven't logged in for a long time, you would probably would want it to be "head" oriented. That is the first ten, then the next, etc. If you log in regularly, however, you would want it to be "tail" oriented. That is the last ten, etc. It would be good to have a choice there, as well as a choice of how many to load at a time.

Murray


12 Jun 99 - 10:59 AM (#86157)
Subject: RE: Suggestion for Max
From: Chet W.

They have just such a function on the Musicians and Instrument Makers Forum (mimf.com).

Chet


12 Jun 99 - 11:32 AM (#86161)
Subject: RE: Suggestion for Max
From: Barbara

You can, if you are fast, hit the sort Ascending/Descending switch at the top, and that will make the thread load in reverse order.
Blessings,
Barbara


12 Jun 99 - 12:01 PM (#86166)
Subject: RE: Suggestion for Max
From: Dale Rose

I guess I have been missing the comments about slow loading. (I am a lot more selective about what I read than I used to be) Anyone complaining how slow it is ought to think about how it used to be. I am satisfied with the way it is, and I seldom get more than a 26.4 connection.


12 Jun 99 - 09:46 PM (#86259)
Subject: RE: Suggestion for Max
From: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au

People are not complaining about the slowness of Mudcat, Dale; but rather about their own computers/modems/connections. When I am lucky I get a 14.4; but I am not often lucky.

Murray