Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Alastair Firkin jotted down the following: > >> I agree that this could work, but it will sit in batched e-Mails, and >> in digests, and it is difficult to review what others are saying, or >> indeed catch up with the debate at a later time. There is no real >> record or thread, and you still have to visit multiple sites to >> review the latest postings. > >OK, maybe someone should look into Phil Greenspun's "Loquatious" that he >uses for posting comments on the photo.net site. > >If you click on the "Photo of the Week" link on the first page of >http://www.photo.net/ you'll see an example that could work. The layout is >*much* better in my opinion: no distracting background, plenty of space >between components, and the ability to add comments. Also, I like the idea >that all comments are on a single page: much better and easier to deal with >than a threaded presentation. But I think we could loose the caption, >statistics, etc., the voting mechanism for aesthetics/originality, and the >bit about model releases. > >From what I've read about Loquatious, it can be used on other sites too. >Read more at: > > http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/dead-trees/53014.htm > >(Scroll down to "But What about Comments?".) > >M. > >-- >Martin Howard | Super Cali goes ballistic, Celtics are >Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | atrocious. >email: howard.390@osu.edu | -- British sports headline. >www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +------------------------------------------- Nice site, but looks more complex to me with all the extranious matter. Could you set it up? Cheers - -- Alastair Firkin http://www.afirkin.com