[pianotech] Pianotech archive questions

[David Love]

That is my understanding as well though it now sounds like the software may
be lurking in the background somewhere maintaining some part of this whole
thing.  Don't really understand it and I suppose it's not that important
that I do.  I've not been on the new site that much lately so I'm not sure
which tweaks have been made and which haven't though I can see there are
still some things to work out.  

I think this will probably be easier once the old list just shuts down or
becomes what it is going to become, non functional as it were.  Then we'll
see where we are.  At this point sooner is better as far as I'm concerned.
Like jumping into a cold swimming pool, it stings a bit at first and causes
a lot of whooping and hollering but eventually you get used to it and things
quiet down.  Even feels good after awhile.  At least until you go
hypothermic and have to climb out.  Hopefully the heater will kick in before
then.   

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 4:32 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pianotech archive questions

On 10/17/2011 5:30 PM, David Love wrote:
> What does that mean exactly, or from a practical viewpoint?  It is my
> understanding that effectively the old list will no longer function.
> Whether the old email software exists or not, does that matter to us
> mortals?  Maybe now is the time to send out that clarifying email.

I read it as an obfuscatory announcement the old list will be dead, and 
the only functioning ones will be on Higher Logic's site, in spite of 
what they told us a couple of months ago. Meaning that you won't be able 
to use <> characters or ° or ¢ unless you log in (if you can) and 
compose on the site. Nor will you be able to attach or view files 
without also logging on. In other words, telling us that the old list - 
this one, in it's current functionality, would be around for the 
foreseeable future was a lie pending clarification to the contrary.

If the PDA/text option on the new format worked like the old list 
software in the ways I listed above, with access to the archives, we 
would have everything we always had in functionality, as well as 
whatever new and improved features people see in the new format, and 
everyone would be served. I don't understand why that is impossible, and 
why it isn't even being addressed.

Ron N