You know LDM, while I like the idea of a rebuttal section, I have my worries:
You know as well as I do how heated the discussions get on our boards. How is it useful to have a rebuttal if the majority of the posts end up being people calling each other names and saying their opinions are wrong?
If we try to weed out these “rebuttals” to keep things from getting out of control, then it’s not a totally user driven scoring system?
You know LDM, while I like the idea of a rebuttal section, I have my worries:
You know as well as I do how heated the discussions get on our boards. How is it useful to have a rebuttal if the majority of the posts end up being people calling each other names and saying their opinions are wrong?
If we try to weed out these “rebuttals” to keep things from getting out of control, then it’s not a totally user driven scoring system?
Seems like you could just pre-define rules for the content of the rebuttals. Forbid personal attacks and unsubstantiated assertions, and make it clear that such will be removed.
The discussion board is supposed to be a supplement to the site, not the other way around...which is how I feel things have been lately. The last thing I want to do is turn the site into one big discussion board.
Exactly, what is the point of the discussion board if there are rebuttals. I mean the way I see it the rebuttals would undermine the site and the score. It’s just a way of saying “OS X beats XP here but I think that XP is better because it is far more user friendly”. It’s odd that LDM is complaining that there is a bit of subjectivity in the new system and then is suggesting a way to counteract it that is 99% subjective
LDM, I definitely asked you. We had a whole conversation about it, going back and forth with a couple PMs, and you said something about you didn’t feel it was something you wanted to do. I would show you the PMs but I actually just cleaned out my inbox right before the boards went down again because it had filled up to 100%
You asked Kuaidang. That was his responce, not mine.
Whatever. How about this: I’m asking you NOW to join us. Take your knowledge of Windows and your pages and pages of corrections, and actually turn them into a well-written page that we can use on the site. As I’ve said repeatedly, the reason why updates take forever is because of we don’t have the TIME to make them, not because we don’t want to (Mike just started a new job, and I have an internship three days a week and another job the other two, so we’re both extremely busy).
I know I asked KD, but I believe I asked you as well. Whatever, it’s not important. The important thing is that you’re helping us.
Look at it this way. Your knowledge of Windows is extremely in depth, right? We NEED somebody like you to help us with this. I have nothing against you or any (well, most...lol) of the changes you want to make. I agree that some sections of the site are terribly out of date or have some glaring errors. But it’s TIME that keeps us from updating things in a timely matter. It’s not that we don’t want to make the changes, or that we want to slant things one way or the other...we just don’t have the time. It’s that simple. I do web design for BOTH my internship and my job. That’s 50 hours a week I’m working on websites. The LAST thing I want to do when I get home is go work on another one
Basically, you writing some stuff for us helps us out tremendously. You get the changes you want, and it doesn’t cost us any additional time. Everybody wins.
Whatever you’re working on, send it to me when you feel it’s ready (you have my email address, right?). I’ll review it, make some minor edits (just for clarity and such, not any big changes to the actual content), and I’ll post it. I mean it.
It would be nice if i could find someone with WLM so i can fully test out the features before writing about them. Hate to write about say the file sharing, when you don’t have the chance to see how well it works
I can’t remember if there was a section on webdav functionality on XvsXP.com. I’m trying to write instructions for my fellow teachers to connect to a webdav server.
On the Mac I click on the Go menu in Finder then enter the server address and authenticate. The folder now behaves like any other folder. In this case the folder items are Excel spreadsheet files. Clicking on a file opens the file in Excel. Editing and saving happens almost as quickly as if the file were local.
On XP I go to Network Places, Choose Tools, Choose a Map a Network Drive, Choose Connect a network server, I am presented with a wizard, Choose next, Choose another network location, type in the address, authenticate, and then open the folder. It does not behave as a normal folder. If I double click a file it opens in IE. If I double click on a second file I must authenticate again. In order to open it in Excel I must first open Excel and navigate to the webfolder. The files do open normally but much slower than they do on the Mac. Both machines are connected to the internet using the same switch. The connection is 2.5 mb/s
There must be an easier way to do this on XP. No?
At the present I would give XP a 5 and OS X a 9 for webdav functionality.
I’ll try that. Thanks.
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Tried that and IE launches but does not display the contents of the folder. I think you would need to type in a specific filename. Users would not be able to browse. That’s essential for my purposes. I think I’ll downgrade XP to a 4. Why? Well the problems I’m encountering are a dealbreaker for using a webdav server for my fellow teachers. If they all don’t adopt using the same webdav folder then it’s pointless. For me that’s a big deal since I’ll have to work on the files only when I’m at work and can connect to the local Novell network. That means I can’t use Spotlight nor take advantage of my faster connection and faster speed. When you’re working with more than a thousand spreadsheets, search and speed are important.
Do you happen to have a webcam and mic too? WLM8 can go full screen video confernce now with the right equipment, but i have no clue what the “right” ones are
