Re: LYNX-DEV mockup of revised archive format

[Nelson Henry Eric]

>  pages by re-styling one of the pages from the FLORA archive. Please
>  compare and comment on the relative merits of
[...]
>        - the current layout, and
>        - an alternate layout as shown there.

I understand the reasons for your mods, but personally I like to have the
header information at the top.  My version of your example would be:

                   Re: Lynx interview? [My answers]

     * From: Rob Partington <address@hidden>
     * Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 10:14:39 +0000 (GMT)

     _________________________________________________________________

From this line then, the body of the message begins.  With only three lines of
header information, and I would argue that these are the only ones necessary,
I believe even people using text-to-voice converters should be okay.  Please
notice that the * Subject: header is redundant and should be deleted from the
header list. (Even my example is redundant, except that I would use the title
bar for other information, e.g., the actual URL of the present article.)  The
* To:, * Reply-To:, and * Sender: headers serve no purpose and should not be
included in the list.  Also notice that I have removed the absurd LYNX-DEV from
the subject line.  (Why absurd?  It's in EVERY subject line.)  Any archive of
lynx-dev should employ Will Mengarini's `filterLynxDevCruft' to remove not
only the LYNX-DEV, but also the `unsubscribe' garbage at the end.  (It can be
easily expanded to remove quoted unsubscribe messages.) 

I wholeheartedly agree that the:
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should be done away with, because it's already at the bottom of the page where
it should be anyway.  (And certainly with each item on a separate line.)

Woulda dunnit meeself, but for the infamous `nano'-kB bandwidth. ;-)  __Henry
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