Re: Google [was: Jesus christ What's going on?]

From: Eric Behr (behr_at_muir.math.niu.edu)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: 7 Dec 2004 19:19:21 GMT

In article <31majcF3bo1lbU1@individual.net>, Skitt <skitt99@comcast.net> wrote:
>Eric Behr wrote:
>
>> maximum compatibility). The layout of the search results is awful,
>> wasting large amounts of screen space. The default view of a thread
>> (as a list in a frame on the left) is gone.
>
>The original format is still accessible by clicking "show options" in the
>top line, and then "show original". The original appears just as it was
>originally typed. The only thing that is partially deleted is the e-mail
>address wherever it is mentioned.

Hmm, let's see.
0. Do a search.
1. Click on a search result. Bottom of thread is shown.
2. Scroll to top, click view as tree. Thread index shown, but blank
   pane on the right.
3. Click on an article in the tree index. Articles are shown as in 1.
4. Click on "show options". Nothing happens. Aha, JavaScript.
5. Enable JavaScript.
6. Click on "show options". Nothing happens. Aha, reload the page.
7. Click on show options.
8. Click on "Show original". Plain text version shown in a new
   window.
9. Close the new window.
10. To view another article in thread, repeat 7. and 8.
11. Remember to disable JavaScript.
12. Delete cookies (as I periodically do). To be fair, it's good
    that at least the tree view preference seems to be stored in
    a cookie.
13. Go back to 0.

>In short -- nothing has been lost, just the access procedure has been
>modified.

Thank you for the comforting words. 

-- 
Eric Behr          | NIU Mathematical Sciences      | (815) 753 6727
behr@math.niu.edu  | http://www.math.niu.edu/~behr/ |  fax: 753 1112

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