Re: 'View Selection Source'

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Re: 'View Selection Source'
\ Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo (21 Jan 2008)
. \ Roger Fink (22 Jan 2008)
. . \ Jay Garcia (22 Jan 2008)

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Subject:	Re: 'View Selection Source'
Group:	Mozilla-general
From:	Jay Garcia
Date:	22 Jan 2008

On 21.01.2008 19:24, Roger Fink wrote:

--- Original Message ---

> Jay Garcia wrote:
>> On 21.01.2008 18:14, Roger Fink wrote:
>>
>> --- Original Message ---
>>
>>> Jay Garcia wrote:
>>>> On 21.01.2008 15:05, Roger Fink wrote:
>>>>
>>>> --- Original Message ---
>>>>
>>>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What does it do?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> highlight some words, right click, select "view selection
>>>>>> source" and see what it does.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Such an e-tough guy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone do a little better than this?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter's answer was the correct one. If you "see" what it does then
>>>> you will see the code that produced the output that you hilited. I
>>>> don't
>>>> see anything "e-tough" about that at all.
>>>
>>> No it was not correct, and you shouldn't reflexively defend someone
>>> because he's on the home team. I right-clicked it long before he
>>> suggested it. What appeared may have been intelligible to developers
>>> and programmers like yourself, but is totally without context to the
>>> average user, and while I've learned a lot about this application
>>> over the years, that is what I am.
>>>
>>> Peter needs to improve his online behavior or find a more suitable
>>> line of work.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Please don't attempt to patronize me sir, and Peter is not on my "home
>> team". The way I read his answer was correct from the standpoint as to
>> be informative, not critical nor was it rude, etc. ad nauseum. Too bad
>> you took it another way. We're here to help, not act like the tough
>> guys, Peter included who has been VERY helpful and supportive. Lee is
>> also very helpful but his "style" is a bit softer so to speak. His was
>> also a correct answer. We'll agree to disagree.
>>
>> F'up set to m.general
>
> Imagine that reply to a first time user. Back to IE.
>
>

I would have no problem with that answer to a first timer. What bothers
me is that it wasn't. 8-)

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Jay Garcia Netscape Champion
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