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Subject: Re: suggestion for Mj2 "lists-enhanced" stroking
From: Dave Barr <barr @ cis . ohio-state . edu>
Organization: The Ohio State University, Dept of Computer and Info Science
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 16:40:48 -0400
To: majordomo-workers @ greatcircle . com
References: <SRE's message of "Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:31:37 -0700"> <3.0.5.32.19990408183137.009ef450@pop.climber.org> <3.0.5.32.19990409085453.009e2430@pop.climber.org>

SRE wrote:
> 
> At 10:16 PM 4/8/99 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >You only get the legend if at least one list has a marking:
> [snip]
> >If it's not working this way for you, then it's a bug.
> 
> It does work that way, but users are failing to figure out the
> "+ - you are subscribed". This is partly because they see "+ -"
> and expect to find either a "+" or a "-". They think the "-" is
> a mark, not a separator in the legend.

here's a quick fix, change the "-" to an "=".

    + = you are subscribed


However I would imagine this alone could still be confusing if you
aren't subscribed to

--Dave
-- 
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/
barr@cis.ohio-state.edu


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