Memo to would-be trash collectors

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1) "View" 2) "Source" 3) See unclosed tag(s) 4) Close it(/them)"for the CHILDren" to quote a politician or two.

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-- frustrations with (kids@to.day), January 22, 1999

Answers

This gets my vote for "Most Incomprehensible Post Ever."

-- pshannon (pshannon@inch.com), January 22, 1999.

They're assuming you're running Windows Explorer. They mean 1. click on view, then source. 2. Search for unclosed tags in source and close them. 3. Submit post.

-- Lisa (lisab@shallc.com), January 22, 1999.

I should have said WE 4.0.

-- lisa (jsdfhjasd@salkdjfh.skdj), January 22, 1999.

Ahhhh, I see

-- Arc (gobblygook@ballyhoo.com), January 22, 1999.

Try Netscape, works even better.

We have a couple of posters here who really get bent out of shape over unclosed tags. I don't understand why. It's like they felt physical pain reading italics or blockquotes.

F, why wasting thread space with your frustrations instead of simply closing the tag as you see them? You should try on letting go of such non-life threatening frustrating details and not let them get to you, they will cause you a heart attack eventually.

-- Chris (catsy@pond.com), January 22, 1999.



Right on, Chris.

I'm wondering, why go to all that trouble looking for unclosed tags, when this Preview Message site is available and easy to use.

-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), January 23, 1999.


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