---Original Message----- From: Mike To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Sunday, 10 August 1997 22:11 Subject: Re: Regular FAQ pointer required? >At 09:21 PM 8/10/97 +0000, you wrote: > >> If somebody can't be bothered going to Altavista and typing >> 'microchip pic faq' why do you think they would be bothered >> following a pointer from this mailing list? > >Sorry Bob but your psychology is all wrong, new users may not understand >the use of search engines - if a pointer was supplied by the list server >as - say a two line suffix to all messages - are you saying that NOONE >would use it and you would rely on them using a search engine - in my >experience of risk assesment and constraint management such a pointer >would save a great deal of time for first time users and others who >have little time to wade through search engines ? Links certainly have their uses - if someone here indicates a potentially interesting site I'll use it (the link) OTOH as a new user I discovered how to use search engines efficiently in my first session or two - not that I'm especially brilliant, but when your browser has a button on it marked search... > >I'm going travelling soon and it would be great to point and click Leave your computer turned on, and set up a mailer that will log on every day and retrieve mail. >on a single link to unsubscribe and check for any latest additions to >the FAQ. Isn't this far more efficient than complaining that people >wouldn't use such a facility ? > >I think its a great move, a pointer to a FAQ and unsubscribe info :) Save all the unsubscribe messages sent to the list itself. (maybe) MikeS