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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">“I have <BR>them dumped in to a ptg.org mail
list folder that I created, so it's really <BR>easy for me to click the folder
and read the new posts. Click reply, to <BR>reply and off we go.<BR><BR>With the
myptg site, I must login, find the right discussion group, etc. <BR>etc.....too
much hassle.”</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial>Richard, my dear colleague,
as with any new software there’s a bit of a learning curve. For me, with
the new system, I receive the email with all the posts and click on the
discussion I want to follow fast forwarding my way through the submissions for
the day. With this olde system, I wade through all the posts (digest form)
and have to scan across lots of unwanted verbage to get to the post I’m
interested in. Setting this new system up wasn’t that much for me to get
through and I don’t really understand where the problems with it all are.
I’ve been enjoying the new system with little discomfort. I get an email
notification of a collection of discussions and upon clicking on it, my computer
automatically accesses with out the use of passwords or other gate
keepers. I can click on the posts that I want to peek at or click on some
of the other convenient links to make my moments of knowledge gathering and
sharing far better spent. Posting images has been a bit easier as well and
we all know, images makes for a better exchange.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial>My take on having two
locations to post things is simply summarized with a word ........
fragmentation. Another word that works ............
duplication. The recent and interesting post on the lyre post and tenon
joint has been duplicated on both lists. Yes, I scanned over the second
viewing and only moments of my life were spent doing so, but
........... how many stop lights would you like to eliminate out of
your day?? I’d be happy to see things move forward and progress into the
modern media format. There’s a certain amount of this sort of thing we’ll
all have to learn to accept. As I type this I’m reminded of how long it
took me to learn MS ACCESS 07 from ACCESS 97. Yep, that took a while but
it was well worth it. I kept thinking that a 10 year old would probably
have mastered the program far faster than I ever will.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><BR>I do wish. however, that all the posts on
this forum were a little more on a <BR>professional level with less backbiting
and harsh words. If we want this to <BR>be an honorable profession, we need to
start acting like it amongst our <BR>collegues. Thanks to those who keep to
piano business, asking questions and <BR>responding appropriately. That's what
it's all about. This is a real, (or <BR>can be if used properly), a real
educational benefit to many up-and-coming <BR>techs, as well as a place for
those with more experience to share their <BR>insights and helps.<BR><BR>Richard
W. Bushey</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I couldn’t agree with you more and thanks for saying
so. I’ll suggest we all submit our dislikes on the old vs. new list and
use it as an exercise in BEING NICE ABOUT IT!!</FONT></DIV>
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