menu changes! (fwd)

[Will Hafer]

Looks good to me!
 
BTW, my missing message mysteriously appeared in my mailbox today!


Will Hafer  will at scn.org  206-233-8443  POB 31476 Seattle WA 98103-1476 USA    


On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, John Johnson wrote:

> Just realized that some of this discussion wasn't on 'services'.  Sorry.
> Because of some scheduling problems I still plan on implementing these
> proposed main menu changes (or reversions) Monday night, unless I hear
> serious reasons not to.  
> 
> === JJ =================================================================
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 20:39:15 -0800 (PST)
> From: John Johnson <jj at scn.org>
> To: services at scn.org
> Subject: menu changes!
> 
> Okay, folks, here it is!  I am proposing to modify the main menu as
> described below.  What is proposed will, I hope, satisfy _most_ users as
> regards of various issues that have been raised, both recently and when
> these were discussed a year (or two??) ago.
> 
> To get us over this temporary deranged menu phase I plan to install these
> changes on Monday, unless I hear *substantial* reasons (or sentiment) 
> against.  If the proposed format is okay with you please send me ('jj') a
> message that says "menu changes YES" in the subject line.  If not, send a
> message with "menu changes NO".  (I won't be reading the messages, just
> counting them.)  If you have a comment, add 'but' to the subject line, and
> cc services.  Please consider your comments carefully--I will be short
> with anyone (whether pro or con!) that decreases the signal-to-noise
> ratio.  (Or starts aruguing trivial issues of wording.)
> 
> The principal design criterion is to provide a clean and straight-forward
> organization of access to the other menus.  (As previously stated, I
> believe that the effort saved by having specific functions on the main
> menu is so little--two key-presses!--as to be absurd.) 
> 
> (I am also proposing that the main menu have one 'special menus' options,
> and all of the restricted menus be moved to that.  I don't believe anyone
> has an issue with that.  There are also some implied changes of
> subordinate menus, but these also should not be controversial.)
> 
> The proposed format will look pretty much as follows.  Ok?
> 
> 
>                <<< SEATTLE COMMUNITY NETWORK >>>
>                      Main Menu (go main)
> 
> Visitor and Info               (user registration, FAQ, volunteer...)
> 
> On-line Help                   (look here before you ask!)
> 
> Usenet and SCN Forums          (still confused? - ask questions here)
> 
> E-mail                         (sorry, registered users only)
> 
> World Wide Web                 (various browser options and info)
> 
> Work with Your Files           (file transfer, download programs...)
> 
> SCN Utilities                  (settings, connect to Free-Nets...)
> 
> Special menus
> 
> 
> 
> === JJ =================================================================
> 
> 
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