Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 14:10:21 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: so@server.ms-agentur.de, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broken thread links WWW-Interface to Mail Archives Message-ID: <3AF690AD.C5C5762E@i-clue.de> References: <20010504221655.9F5DD3E0B@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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Dima Dorfman schrieb: > > Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> writes: > > > > > > Dima Dorfman schrieb: > > > > > > Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> writes: > > > > When browsing the mailing list archives, it seems the "next/previous in > > > > thread" links are broken. Hope I sent this to the reight people, since > > > > there is no webmaster link on the relevant pages. > > > > > > They seem to work fine for me. > > > > They don't. I've taken this one as example, the error is the very same > > with all pages. Step-by-step procedurem, two cases: > > > > Next in thread does not work in Search Result windows > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 1) http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html > > > > Search for "threaded mutt" in the Mail Archives. > > > > [http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/search.cgi?words=threaded+mutt&max=25&sort=score&index=recent&source=freebsd-questions] > > > > 2) Click on any result shown. I've chosen the first one, "Building > > threaded KDE2" for example only. > > [http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=984123+985747+/usr/local/www/db/ > > text/2001/freebsd-questions/20010107.freebsd-questions] > > > > 3) Click on the "Next in thread" link at the top of this page. > > > > => Nothing found. > > It says: > > No answers found for: "20010103163922.A6411" > > It seems like a very appropriate message to me. What else do you want > it to say? There's no difference--logical or technical--between > "nothing found" and "end of thread". Technically, you're right. OTOH, it has baffled me because this message resembles a typical error message. A better solution would be to rephrase the message (End of thread -- no more messages). An even better solution would be to disable the "next in thread" link for leaf messages. Just my EUR .02 -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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