Well said!
Steve Greenfield, listowner Homebrew_PCBs
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David McNab <david@r...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Noting that this list runs over with such rich diversity of skills,
> ideas and insights.
>
> Alas, though, this is somewhat of a downfall when a thread goes off
on a
> tangent into a whole new topic, which tends to inflict some opacity
on
> the list when trying to use it as a knowledge base.
>
> May I humbly suggest that people, when replying to a thread post and
> taking it off its original topic, start a whole new thread with an
> updated subject line?
>
> I notice that some people are considerately changing the subject
line
> sometimes - this is good, but the replies end up in the old thread,
so
> end up getting buried in the thread tree under a completely
unrelated
> subject heading.
>
> I'd like to suggest a simple method I'm sure many will appreciate:
> 1. open a new message compose window, not a reply window
> 2. set 'to' address to Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, and 'subject'
> to whatever
> 3. click 'reply' on the post you wish to reply to
> 4. copg across the needed text from the 'reply' window to
> the 'new message' window
> 5. close the 'reply' window
> 6. type in whatever, into the 'new message' window
> 7. send
>
> Sounds complicated, but it's only 5-10 seconds extra work, and it
will
> mitigate the entropy on this list and make it more useful for all.
>
> --
> Cheers
> David