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Why can't you assign an identifying sequence number to messages? Once
posted, because there are so many, and because there is such an unpredictable delay in when they are finally posted, as well as time zone differences, it is usually impossible to return to them to see if anyone has responded. They are simply impossible to find. Have you ever thought about instituting basic usability testing for your products? In this case, it would have revealed this serious problem. |
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Just in case you do find your message...
if you're looking for old posts: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search http://groups.google.com/advanced_gr...Excel*&num=100 Ron de Bruin has an excel addin that you may like: http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm Exhell wrote: Why can't you assign an identifying sequence number to messages? Once posted, because there are so many, and because there is such an unpredictable delay in when they are finally posted, as well as time zone differences, it is usually impossible to return to them to see if anyone has responded. They are simply impossible to find. Have you ever thought about instituting basic usability testing for your products? In this case, it would have revealed this serious problem. -- Dave Peterson |
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A sequence number would not be of much help, Because newsgroup
postings are in threads. I would certainly suggest using a newsreader instead of a web based interface to newsgroups so that you can see the threads. If you must use a web interface to get past a firewall, then use Google Groups to bypass most problems, such as. 1) you experienced in the CDO (communities), and would also encounter in many other web based interfaces. 2) interference with web pages by making postings webpages such as excelforum 3) messed up coding from HTML usage and deliberate changes such as in Google Groups, where you should look to original source when copying code. Excel Newsgroups & Searching Newsgroups http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xlnews.htm --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm Exhell wrote: Why can't you assign an identifying sequence number to messages? Once posted, because there are so many, and because there is such an unpredictable delay in when they are finally posted, as well as time zone differences, it is usually impossible to return to them to see if anyone has responded. They are simply impossible to find. Have you ever thought about instituting basic usability testing for your products? In this case, it would have revealed this serious problem. -- Dave Peterson |
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Exhell,
I guess you are using the web interface to this news group. If you use a proper news reader (OE or Agent), you can mark those thread that interest you and/or ignore those that don't. In terms of time zones, a good reader will adjust all to your local time. Try using the product that was designed for the job. NickHK "Exhell" wrote in message ... Why can't you assign an identifying sequence number to messages? Once posted, because there are so many, and because there is such an unpredictable delay in when they are finally posted, as well as time zone differences, it is usually impossible to return to them to see if anyone has responded. They are simply impossible to find. Have you ever thought about instituting basic usability testing for your products? In this case, it would have revealed this serious problem. |
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