John Cardinal

In the past day, "View New Posts" has stopped working properly. Actually, the problem could be the "Mark All Posts as Read" function. Whatever. Here's what happens.

• I use "View New Posts" to see the new posts.
  
• I review the posts.
  
• I click "Mark all posts as read".
  
• I use "View New Posts" a few minutes later to see if there is any new posts and I get the same list I saw before.
  

If I logoff and then logon again, View New Posts appears to work properly.

I don't think you have to choose between consistency and accuracy. In general, most issues that relate to consistency don't affect accuracy. For example, if you always use a particular tag type to record a particular type of data, it's unlikely that will affect the accuracy of what you recorded. If you do find that consistency (or some other factor) negatively affects accuracy in a particular circumstance, explain the issue in the relevant source citation (my choice) or perhaps in a memo. Be consistent in where you enter your explanations.

Some browsers refuse to show some icons if the page includes a lot of them. Usually, refreshing the page fixes the problem. If the user can right-click and choose "Show Picture" to fix the problem, then it's a browser issue.

I know IE has this problem, and AOL is actually using a customized version of IE.

I think subsequent discussion of this topic should be moved to the SS-L list.

What is AVATAR?

I think an avatar is defined (roughly) as "a digital representation of a user in a virtual context." In virtual reality contexts, avatars are dynamic or interactive. The avatar simulates the user's movement through the virtual space, the user's mood, etc. This forum software supports a simple icon that appears in the box to the left of posts you submit.