Wednesday, September 04, 2002

Radio Question: QUOTE [Ziv Caspi in Radio Discussion Group] When using Radio's news aggregator, there's a link on the browser page next to each item that automatically opens a "post new item to weblog" page with the item's contents and source set in. Is there any documentation on how one might do this from a non-radio page? In my case, I want to modify Aggie to do the same (that is, Radio is my weblog server, but I'm using Aggie as my RSS aggregator). [Ziv Caspi in Radio Discussion Group]  UNQUOTE Partial Answer:  I am doing this sort of thing by cut and paste from the non-radio page to my Radio editing box, also using copy short cut to identify the link, with two windows open - one to my Radio editing, and another to my source.  This can be a bit cumbersome, especially when I also scrolling around to try to identify who is this person that I am quoting.  Perhaps what is needed is a plug-in tool.  When we right click on the anchor to copy short cut, we would now have an added option that functions like the News Aggregator Post. 8:45:37 AM

Radio Wishes (I recognize that there may be a plug-in tool that already does this stuff): I publish some text, then someone's News Aggregator picks up on it, unbeknownst to me, then I realize the text needs editing to fix a typo or mis-statement or misleading or whatever.  Meanwhile other people are reprinting the earlier version of my writing, which is fine, but it would be nice if their interface alerted them somehow to the fact that what they had used has since changed. I go to my News Aggregator, and scroll down many stories, oh here is one I want to react to.  But I would also like to remember where I left off, so when I am done reacting to that story, I can return to where I left off.  Think one command key combination to book mark where I want to return to (or make it default remember wherever that was), and another to actually go there. But also some new stuff has arrived on top since last time I was looking here.  Just as we color code hyperlinks to show that this or that has been pursued or not, perhaps the background color might be slightly different pastel to say we scrolled past this once already vs. this here is new. There are some Blogs I not subscribe to because their volume is as prolific as mine, and there is a limit to my comfort level scrolling down the News Aggregation.  If I had a command function short cut key combination to say skip down to the end of the current item in the current channel (that's one key combination) or to the end of he current channel (that's another key combination), then I would be subscribing to more channels. 7:41:56 AM

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