Ubuntu 8.10 applets not saving properties - sounds + NetManager

[Thorny]

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:44:39 -0500, allen meyers posted:

> On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 06:29 -0700, Thorny wrote:
>> [...]
>> >> Now what's left is the sound problem.
>> > 
>> > Please ask in a separate thread.  It's hard enough to keep threads on
>> > topic without trying to handle two completely different problems at
>> > once.
>> 
>> This is an oops Derek. You made a rookie mistake and that isn't like
>> you, you are an experienced, knowledgable helper. It's recommended, and
>> standard practise, to read all of a topic's threads before replying. If
>> you had, you would know that all the OPs problems solved.
>> 
>> I don't mean to be picking on you, you give good advice and there is
>> good advice in this post of yours too. But this example is a way for
>> lurkers to learn how to operate efficiently in the list. No offence
>> meant.
>> 
>> Perhaps we could have threaded better or marked "solved", but this list
>> doesn't follow conventions for threads very well
> 
> Being a typical OP I guess rather reluctant to chime in here, but will
> anyway. If convention dicitates when a concern has been solved that OP
> closes the thread so to speak with a solved post then convention should as
> well dictate that the helpers acknowledge the solved and drop the thread.
> And Thorny it not just this list. It happens on others as well. The only
> list in my limited experience that does not continue to offer suggestions
> after a solved post is gparted and one wonders what makes them different.
> Allen
>> 
>> 
>>

No, the convention is to read all threads to a topic previously to
replying. The marking solved is often used in forums and, somewhat rarely,
in mailing lists.

Convention, which ever convention, whatever convention, is/are mostly
followed by experienced users in whichever list and is usually "enforced"
(not a strong connotation of that word) by the community involved for
efficient use of bandwidth and comprehension.