RE: [cobalt-users] Re: Have I just gone insane about (moving) these Lists?

["David J. Duffner - NWCWEB.com" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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>[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Lasman
>Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 8:00 PM
>To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Have I just gone insane about 
>(moving) these Lists?
>
>Frankly, I'd rather see the webring succeed; with a 
>"frontpage" with all 
>the members included for direct jumps.
>
>> But I think most
>> people who are savvy enough to come up with original content on their
>> own also want to put that info up at their own domain, not "give" it
>> to someone else... it's an ego thing, for sure.
>
>It's much more than an ego thing; it's a "responsbility" thing as well.
>
>That's why I think the webring the best way to handle it.
>
>Jeff

	Webring = complications.  Most of them are moderately successful
as viewers have no idea what they are and how to use them.  The 'frontpage'
you describe is the site I'm talking about putting together somewhere, that
way not only all the sites in the webring would be included in the listings
but there's some descriptions as to what's hosted on a particular site.  I
find just clicking the webring buttons on the bottom tends to be confusing
at best.

	Why?  You hit the nail with 'responsibility'.  If a part of the ring
is or goes DOA, the ring is broken and you've lost the viewer.  If there's
any technical problem with the connection between the viewer and the next
segment of the ring - problem.  And placement of the webring icons, etc.
usually isn't standardized, again problems.  And if you get more than 5-10
sites in the ring, it may take you quite awhile to jump around until you
find the right one for your solution/info.  

	I'm not against the webring, I think that's part of the overall 
content needed on the main site with descriptors as to each site's specialty
and content.  Let the user click the link, once inside if they want to use
the ring to 'take the tour', more power to them.

	Just my $.02 on this...

      David J. Duffner
      VP Operations
      NWC Corporation
      NWCWEB.com
      
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