Re: Ubuntu 8.10 applets not saving properties - sounds + NetManager

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:44:39 -0500, allen meyers posted:

On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 06:29 -0700, Thorny wrote:
[...]
Now what's left is the sound problem.

Please ask in a separate thread. It's hard enough to keep threads on
topic without trying to handle two completely different problems at
once.

This is an oops Derek. You made a rookie mistake and that isn't like
you, you are an experienced, knowledgable helper. It's recommended, and
standard practise, to read all of a topic's threads before replying. If
you had, you would know that all the OPs problems solved.

I don't mean to be picking on you, you give good advice and there is
good advice in this post of yours too. But this example is a way for
lurkers to learn how to operate efficiently in the list. No offence
meant.

Perhaps we could have threaded better or marked "solved", but this list
doesn't follow conventions for threads very well

Being a typical OP I guess rather reluctant to chime in here, but will
anyway. If convention dicitates when a concern has been solved that OP
closes the thread so to speak with a solved post then convention should as
well dictate that the helpers acknowledge the solved and drop the thread.
And Thorny it not just this list. It happens on others as well. The only
list in my limited experience that does not continue to offer suggestions
after a solved post is gparted and one wonders what makes them different.
Allen




No, the convention is to read all threads to a topic previously to
replying. The marking solved is often used in forums and, somewhat rarely,
in mailing lists.

Convention, which ever convention, whatever convention, is/are mostly
followed by experienced users in whichever list and is usually "enforced"
(not a strong connotation of that word) by the community involved for
efficient use of bandwidth and comprehension.



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