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Re: Proposal: expiry days display

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From: John Washington
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 00:00
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On Tuesday, in article <828478860snz@lyons.demon.co.uk>
     Bill@lyons.demon.co.uk "Bill Lyons" wrote:

BL> > I feel that makes good sense.
BL> > 
BL> > I just tried a mock-up of this.  However, for my taste, whether on my
BL> > normal 132 column screen, or a std 80, having 3 columns of numbers
BL> > makes the display rather 'busy'.
BL> > 
BL> John, thanks for your approbation (right word?).

Depends what you intended.  ;-)

BL> I take your point, but even on an 80-col screen I don't think it looks too 
BL> 'busy' if the expiry days are shown to the right of the group names.

Ah, yes I had all 3 cols to the left.

But if you have expiry to the right, it's hard to see the alignment.
E.g.
    alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bestiality.hamster.duct-tape    -1
    alt.bork                                                       1
    alt.christnet.bible-thumpers.convert.convert.convert          20
    au.jobs                                                      999
    ca.unix                                                        1
    chile.tv                                                      60
    comp.ai                                                       -1
    de.alt.ufo                                                     7
    uk.sun                                                         5
    zer.t-netz.support.zerberus.frage+antwort                     22

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