Re: New metalink
From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:11:55 -0700
Message-ID: <CAORjz=OVEA+xwwdjEccURDb6jMxGeS=f+7=_XQkZvx46qq5_-A_at_mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Rich Jesse < rjoralist2_at_society.servebeer.com> wrote:
>
> Managing that in a single window/tab without the ability to reliably use a
> standard modern browser's "back" functionality is an exercise in futility
> (sanity?). So I figured out where I can middle-click links to open them in
> a new tab, thereby minimizing my work -- or so I thought. Enter the
> hard-coded inflexible 1-hour timeout. I go to lunch and each tab times
> out,
> completely losing my train of research because the refresh after
> acknowledging the timeout cannot re-display the article I was looking at.
> Compounding that issue, if one tab times out, others appear to silently as
> well causing a cascading failure of all MOS'd tabs.
>
>
Yes, I haven't done any serious MOS research in a few weeks, so I didn't recall that one.
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:11:55 -0700
Message-ID: <CAORjz=OVEA+xwwdjEccURDb6jMxGeS=f+7=_XQkZvx46qq5_-A_at_mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Rich Jesse < rjoralist2_at_society.servebeer.com> wrote:
>
> Managing that in a single window/tab without the ability to reliably use a
> standard modern browser's "back" functionality is an exercise in futility
> (sanity?). So I figured out where I can middle-click links to open them in
> a new tab, thereby minimizing my work -- or so I thought. Enter the
> hard-coded inflexible 1-hour timeout. I go to lunch and each tab times
> out,
> completely losing my train of research because the refresh after
> acknowledging the timeout cannot re-display the article I was looking at.
> Compounding that issue, if one tab times out, others appear to silently as
> well causing a cascading failure of all MOS'd tabs.
>
>
Yes, I haven't done any serious MOS research in a few weeks, so I didn't recall that one.
Definitely an issue. It is quite frustrating when it happens.
> The bookmark functionality needs serious improvement as well. I just keep
> them in a local wiki because there's no easy way to manage them within MOS,
> IMHO.
>
There used to be a way to manage it.
I had carefully organized my 150+ bookmarks.
The new version kept the bookmarks, and discarded the organization.
Jared
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