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- From: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Subject: Re: Disclaimer page on client startup...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.154212.11456@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Followup-To: comp.infosystems.gopher
- Originator: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
- Sender: lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
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- Reply-To: Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)
- Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- References: <1992Dec22.164051.5141@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1992Dec23.202920.2994@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1havm0INNes2@phantom.gatech.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 15:42:12 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1havm0INNes2@phantom.gatech.edu>
- ccoprmm@phantom.gatech.edu (Michael Mealling) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec23.202920.2994@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- kann@picasso.cc.rochester.edu (Kirk Anne) writes:
- >>In <1992Dec22.164051.5141@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- lindner@mudhoney.micro.umn.edu,
- >>(Paul Lindner) writes:
- >>>I think gopher+ will address some of these shortcomings. There are
- >>>two ways to do it right, the first might be to make an alternative
- >>>directory view, clients that understood it.. Or, you could specify an
- >>>alternate block like this:
- >>
- >>Another thought is to include an "announcement" file that old gophers
- >>can see. Something like
- >
- > I figured Gopher+ could do this better but (and I hate to sound impatient)
- >our lawyers won't go along with a system unless it has such a disclaimer.
- >I know the current versions of the Mac clients are Gopher+ ready but when
- >should we expect to see servers and clients for other platforms?
-
- Most clients require either no changes or only trival mods not to break
- under gopher plus. However, this kind of popup announcement is an extra
- feature that is not going to come automatically even with support of
- the gopher plus protocol.
-
- I would repeat one of my earlier suggestions: Modify the server code
- to put a disclaimer after (or even before) all plain text items.
-
- This way all clients will see it.
-
- (I would be personally annoyed at having to dismiss lots of little pop-up
- announcements.)
-
- --
- Albert Lunde Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu
-