[wplug-board] A Few Notes

[Robert Dale]

On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Evan DiBiase wrote:

> On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 12:23 PM, Robert Dale wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Evan DiBiase wrote:
> >
> >> Namely, for items that don't require active affirmation, you still need
> >> to click "Wait" at some point during their sit in the pending items
> >> queue if you want to register the fact that you wouldn't mind if the
> >> proposal passed. This, I think, is the best way to deal with the 
> >> bylaws,
> >> which state that everyone has to see a proposal for it to pass without
> >> assuming that just because you loaded up the entire list of proposals
> >> for three seconds that you've "seen" my latest three-page rant about
> >> ordering tacos at install-fests.
> >
> > Put a fourth, default option in there, such as "not read".  Otherwise,
> > the default option of "wait" is confusing because ones that have
> > been actually set to wait and have not can't distinguinshed.
> 
> I like this idea -- less confusing, more functional. Should "Wait" be 
> changed to something like "Mark as Read"? That would seem to eliminate 
> the problem altogether.

That would be changing only the name, not the number of options.
There are four possible options:

1. You have not done anything, not even read it.
2. You have read it.
3. You object to it.
4. You affirm to it.

-- 
Robert Dale

wplug member since 1998