[CAUT] [pianotech] New Format--yuck

[David Love]

Yes.  While the posting comes up fine the reply still requires you to go to
the website.  You can streamline the login process by having your PDA
remember the User and Password but you still need to navigate the site which
on a PDA is impossible.  Better would be the ability to reply directly to
and in the format that the post is received in the first place.  But it
doesn't work that way.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Larry
J Messerly
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 5:40 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Cc: pianotech at ptg.org; caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] [pianotech] New Format--yuck

Have you gone to my.ptg, discussions tab, my subscriptions and reset to
pda?
Larry Messerly,
 
On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:46:58 +0000 John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
writes:
> At 07:31 -0800 07/03/2011, David Love wrote:
> 
> 
> >...So far this new format is a complete bomb for me.  The email 
> >system was much simpler and sometimes simpler is better.  I could 
> >filter all PTG list
> >messages to a separate folder and easily go there and scan all 
> messages in
> >one sweep and delete or whatever very quickly.  Now I have to log 
> in
> >(completely impractical on my PDA) and jump around to discussions 
> and then
> >open each discussion to see if there's something I want to read...
> 
> I agree entirely.  If I can't read and reply to list postings by 
> email and keep my own archive, then count me out.  I haven't time to 
> 
> go visiting two dozen different discussion lists on the web, all 
> with 
> different quirks and conventions.
> 
> Was there any consultation with list members to test the water 
> before 
> making these radical changes?
> 
> In my opinion it would be a good idea to set up a serious 
> traditional 
> mailing list for serious discussion of strictly piano-related topics 
> 
> in plain text and respecting basic netiquette.  The present list has 
> 
> been completely out of control for ages and this latest nonsense is 
> a 
> signal for me to cease any participation in it.
> 
> JD
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
 
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