I just don't click on unidentified YouTube links: the ones that just say "here's a cool video
I often don't bother with videos. I find them a small hassle to watch, so I generally don't bother unless the link convinces me I specifically want to. But I have a similar problem with funny cartoons, flash games etc: I'd actually like to see most of them, and find it annoying to have to click on each one to see if "truth behind apple ipad" link is referring to a cartoon I've already seen about the ipad, or a different one. (I realise one doesn't want to spoil the joke, but I think you can normally, if not always, give some idea without explaining the joke.)
one long-running email exchange labeled as "Part one" and "Part 2"
I agree with you here. Some email I exchange with Rachel has a specific topic. But a lot of it is just "more chat on the same topics and some new stuff", where a title actually doesn't help, because I've a very good idea of the sorts of things in our emails, and will always end up text-searching them for whatever topic I need anyway.
"fixed typo" and checking the "minor changes" box seems sufficient if it's one misspelled word or an omitted "the."
Totally agreed. That almost certainly IS what someone looking later will need to know, that it didn't change the major meaning anywhere, and that's all.
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Date: 2010-04-18 02:27 pm (UTC)I often don't bother with videos. I find them a small hassle to watch, so I generally don't bother unless the link convinces me I specifically want to. But I have a similar problem with funny cartoons, flash games etc: I'd actually like to see most of them, and find it annoying to have to click on each one to see if "truth behind apple ipad" link is referring to a cartoon I've already seen about the ipad, or a different one. (I realise one doesn't want to spoil the joke, but I think you can normally, if not always, give some idea without explaining the joke.)
one long-running email exchange labeled as "Part one" and "Part 2"
I agree with you here. Some email I exchange with Rachel has a specific topic. But a lot of it is just "more chat on the same topics and some new stuff", where a title actually doesn't help, because I've a very good idea of the sorts of things in our emails, and will always end up text-searching them for whatever topic I need anyway.
"fixed typo" and checking the "minor changes" box seems sufficient if it's one misspelled word or an omitted "the."
Totally agreed. That almost certainly IS what someone looking later will need to know, that it didn't change the major meaning anywhere, and that's all.