MOTM

This has been happening to me for weeks. I read messages on the Yahoo
website, which recently underwent changes to thread messages, etc. In
fact, I just want to read all messages in order but sometimes that's
impossible.

I just found myself reading an old thread on a MOTM-102 super S&H and
thought we had discussed it before. I didn't catch on until I read a
post from Paul H.

@#$%^&* Yahoo!

Moe

Yeah, it stinks.  They "organized" us into threads and messages and I
also think things don't get posted and sometimes double posted (see
Elhardt's recent re-post of the 450 issue, for e.g.).

What I do is use Firefox with the Wizz RSS plug-in.  It gives you a
sequential list of messages that I can go through in order.  Works
like a champ.

Mike

--- In motm@...m, "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@...> wrote:

>
> This has been happening to me for weeks. I read messages on the Yahoo
> website, which recently underwent changes to thread messages, etc. In
> fact, I just want to read all messages in order but sometimes that's
> impossible.
> 
> I just found myself reading an old thread on a MOTM-102 super S&H and
> thought we had discussed it before. I didn't catch on until I read a
> post from Paul H.
> 
> @#$%^&* Yahoo!
> 
> Moe
>

It does indeed stink. It stinks somewhat less if you go into your settings
page for your subscription and change the format from the new one back to
the old one. (I forget exactly what they call it, but it's obvious once you
get there.) Then it doesn't stink any more than it did before they invented
the threading and formatting stuff.

--Adam 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Marsh [mailto:michaelmarsh@...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:12 AM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Re: What is going on with the Yahoo list website?
> 
> Yeah, it stinks.  They "organized" us into threads and 
> messages and I also think things don't get posted and 
> sometimes double posted (see Elhardt's recent re-post of the 
> 450 issue, for e.g.).
> 
> What I do is use Firefox with the Wizz RSS plug-in.  It gives 
> you a sequential list of messages that I can go through in 
> order.  Works like a champ.
> 
> Mike
> 
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@...> wrote:
> >
> > This has been happening to me for weeks. I read messages on 
> the Yahoo 
> > website, which recently underwent changes to thread 
> messages, etc. In 
> > fact, I just want to read all messages in order but 
> sometimes that's 
> > impossible.
> > 
> > I just found myself reading an old thread on a MOTM-102 
> super S&H and 
> > thought we had discussed it before. I didn't catch on until 
> I read a 
> > post from Paul H.
> > 
> > @#$%^&* Yahoo!
> > 
> > Moe
> >
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--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@...> wrote:
>
> This has been happening to me for weeks. I read messages on the Yahoo
> website, which recently underwent changes to thread messages, etc. In
> fact, I just want to read all messages in order but sometimes that's
> impossible.
> 
> I just found myself reading an old thread on a MOTM-102 super S&H and
> thought we had discussed it before. I didn't catch on until I read a
> post from Paul H.
> 
> @#$%^&* Yahoo!
> 
> Moe
>

Moe

I'm with you. Ever since they made the change, I find myself reading
through posts from months and even years ago, when I think I'm reading
recent stuff.

If you are reading through the Yahoo website there is a toggle for "List as Individual 
Messages" - which seems to default to "Group by Topic." Also, on the Messages page you 
can switch between ascending and descending message order - seems to default to the 
opposite of what it used to. As for e-mail, change your preferences to: "Traditional" 
instead of the default "Fully Featured / New & Improved!".

Barry S.

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@...> wrote:

>
> This has been happening to me for weeks. I read messages on the Yahoo
> website, which recently underwent changes to thread messages, etc. In
> fact, I just want to read all messages in order but sometimes that's
> impossible.
> 
> I just found myself reading an old thread on a MOTM-102 super S&H and
> thought we had discussed it before. I didn't catch on until I read a
> post from Paul H.
> 
> @#$%^&* Yahoo!
> 
> Moe

Okay, forget some of what I said - but not all. They seem to be
changing the defaults around. If you are reading/posting through the
website and haven't dumped your browser cookies, you may be stuck in
the "topic" mode. Also, you may want to ignore the treaded links at
the bottom of an individual message - it seems to muck things up if
you use those links. The only plus side I can see is that the search
function seems to be a lot better.

Moe: got your PM and just verified what you said - different behaviour on different 
machine/browsers - I give up!

Is there any way we could dump all the group messages (some kind of script or bot?) and 
move this list to a private server?

Barry S.

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "coyoteous" <antithesist@...> wrote:

>
> If you are reading through the Yahoo website there is a toggle for "List as Individual 
> Messages" - which seems to default to "Group by Topic." Also, on the Messages page
> you 
> can switch between ascending and descending message order - seems to default to the 
> opposite of what it used to. As for e-mail, change your preferences to: "Traditional" 
> instead of the default "Fully Featured / New & Improved!".
> 
> Barry S.

Har. That was supposed to go to the list. Yet another bass ackwards
behavior of the website - reply should mean REPLY TO LIST as the default.

Moe

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "coyoteous" <antithesist@...> wrote:
> Moe: got your PM and just verified what you said - different
behaviour on different 
> machine/browsers - I give up!