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Article #1124Re: Proposal: expiry days display
From: John Washington
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 00:00
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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John Washington
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