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Pastimes : SI Beta Site Launch - 7/01/99 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1263)	8/3/1999 8:42:00 PM
From: RTev	Respond to of 2340

The problem with the history list can be easily corrected by giving each page its own title as happens in the old SI. For example, the page title for your message is "[Silicon Investor - StockTalk]" in the beta. In the old one, its title is "SI: SI 7/01/99 Beta Site Launch (#1266/1267)" I don't know how you got one of the classic-style titles in your bookmark list, but I don't think the same thing would happen today. And Richard, I think it's good to mention this issue again. It was brought up on the first day of the beta, and I think it was acknowledged then, but with all the other (umm...) stuff that's hit the fan, this issue might have been lost.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1263)	8/3/1999 9:02:00 PM
From: ILCUL8R	Respond to of 2340

>>Hmm maybe its a netscape thing? I'm using Communicator 4.61, which is an upgrade you have to get from Netscape because 4.6 was so buggy. (this one is good though) I see what you guys mean about the go, though. For me it only works on bookmarks, not the go list, but Rtev explained why a few posts back. I'm not sure if he was implying the go list was not correctable.<< -------- This whole issue is going to get out of hand if folks don't better define their terms. I don't think it is a question of which version of which browser one is using. It is question of how the SI programmers title the pages you view. I sincerely believe that Rtev has correctly defined the issue, as did another person whose message I can't find just now. This is a programming issue for SI and relates to how they define the name of their pages. It is an important "user-friendly" issue for me. I hope I am not alone in this. [Silicon Investor - Stock Talk] [Silicon Investor - Stock Talk] [Silicon Investor - Stock Talk] [Silicon Investor - Stock Talk] [Silicon Investor - Stock Talk] [Silicon Investor - Stock Talk] [Silicon Investor - Stock Talk] [Silicon Investor - Stock Talk] The above list tells me nothing. This is what the beta SI gives me. In the old version (below) the "Go" function and Bookmark listing told me: SI: Applied Materi...[AMAT](#31717/31721) SI: Applied Materi...[AMAT](#31718/31721) SI: Applied Materi...[AMAT](#31719/31721) SI: Applied Materi...[AMAT](#31720/31721) SI: Applied Materi...[AMAT](#31721/31721) This list, whether in my "GO" drop down menu or in the list of Bookmarks I may have saved in my browser, is good intelligence, it tells me what I need to know to navigate. We should help users of SI to understand the difference and to understand what they are being given in the new version. It will get complicated because Netscape and IE have different terms, and the old SI used "Bookmarks" for what is now called "SubjectMarks" in the beta version. We need to help users better understand what we are saying and we need to be more explicit about our terms. I think this is an important issue, at least it sure is for me.