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Technology Stocks : InfoSpace (INSP): Where GNET went!

INSP 130.68

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Dec 12 9:30 AM EST

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To: levy who wrote (14621)	12/8/1999 12:47:00 PM
From: Kaye Thomas	of 28311

I won't say it was easy, but it wasn't the hardest thing ever, either. I just immersed myself in learning Perl and then writing code for about three weeks. One thing I wanted that you don't get on most message boards is the ability to refer back from a response to the previous message without flipping back to a previous page. A lot of the tax discussion is fairly technical, and it's handy to be able to scroll between messages on a single screen (as you can here if you choose next 10). Now I'm not sure that was a wise choice. One problem is that even with the appropriate codes in place, browsers don't always refresh the page when they should, so someone can post a response and go back to the page where it should appear and not see it, so they think it didn't get posted. If they think to press reload/refresh, they'll see their message, but people don't always know to do that. I wouldn't have this problem if each message was on a separate page as it is here. Furthermore, separating the messages would give me a higher message count (good publicity) and create more page views (good for ad revenue). I figured SI's technology was one of the keys to their success and licensing wouldn't be available, so I didn't approach them. I had some talks with Raging Bull about licensing content to them and possibly getting the use of their message board technology but that broke down over a dispute that in retrospect was pretty silly. At some point I'll revisit my message board program and consider what changes to make. Eventually the thing probably has to be turned into a database application but I don't have time or budget for that right now. Kaye Thomas, author Fairmark Press Tax Guide for Investors fairmark.com

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