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  Subject:   The Hotline Users Digest #46 - 02/25/97
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                 The Hotline Users Mailing List <Hotline@lists.fwparker.org>,Internet
The Hotline Users Digest #46 - Tuesday, February 25, 1997

  New ideas for Hotline
          by  Jon Goldberg <jogoldberg@vassar.edu>


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Subject: New ideas for Hotline
From: Jon Goldberg <jogoldberg@vassar.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:40:53 -0500

While I <underline>could</underline> just e-mail these to Hinks, I
think they could benefit from constructive criticism. . .


1)  Bookmarks for trackers.  There can be a little menu, like there is
on the "Connect" dialog, and you can select the tracker you want to
join.


2)  b20 has the option to always queue downloads, can it be made so
that a server can <underline>force</underline> queued downloads?


3)  If the maximum number of downloads are reached, can the person be
put on a queue?  That way, when a slot opens up, people can be served
on a first-come-first-serve basis?


4)  Here's the longest shot. . .it's a little tough to explain, but
I'll try.  The program that I can think of that comes closest to
implementing something like this is Eudora 3, hopefully Hinks has it. 
When you view your e-mail, there are several columns, each with a
different sort of information.  One has the sender, another the message
topic, another the "label", the priority, size, and so on.  There is a
bit of information overload going on there however, and as such, the
Eudora user can opt to make some of the information not visible, for
instance I don't care what my mail's priority is, so I deselected that
column.

  As of right now, the Hotline Tracker lists three different types of
information:  Server name, number of users, and description.  Perhaps
there could be:

1)  Additional types of information.  Examples would be connection
speed, maximum number of downloads, and so forth.

2)  As a corollary to this, the operator of the tracker could select
which types of information he/she wanted to be visible on their
tracker.  By selecting "Tracker options" there could be a "Display
connect speed" "Display maximum downloads" and so forth, each with
checkboxes not to them.  Information would be supplied by the server
through fill-in dialogs, like the one currently used to display Server
Name.


Was that clear?  I like the first three ideas better, but I think this
one is also something to consider. . .


Jon

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