You Better Watch Out ...

Nice, but could you please plan ahead a bit better when it comes to seasonal books: posting Lenten ones in early autumn, Easter ones in late autumn, and Christmas ones between Easter and summer? That way we have a better chance of actually getting them in time, rather than just after we needed them.

Also, could you please set your links not to open in a new tab.

EDIT: How timely: I just got this in my e-mail[:)]

Yasmin Stephen said:

Is there some rule against this? I like links to open in new tabs and I usually set them up this way in my own posts.

It's a nuisance for those of us who have to increase the font size in every new tab before we can read it. Instead of Click > read > go back I get Click > move over to the new tab > increase font size two steps > read > close the new tab > hope I'm taken back to the right tab and not another one. Plus I currently don't have room for any more tabs, so they just show as a >>, which makes it even more of a nuisance to find and open them. 

Also, when I do want a new tab, it is very easy to hold down Cmd while I click, but there is no way that I know of to change it in the opposite direction, so one option preserves the reader's ability to choose for himself, while the other forces the poster's choice on him.

There was a thread about this at some point. At first several people wanted new tabs, but at the end the majority (a fairly large majority if I recall correctly) was against it.

fgh said:

Yasmin Stephen said:

Is there some rule against this? I like links to open in new tabs and I usually set them up this way in my own posts.

It's a nuisance for those of us who have to increase the font size in every new tab before we can read it. Instead of Click > read > go back I get Click > move over to the new tab > increase font size two steps > read > close the new tab > hope I'm taken back to the right tab and not another one. Plus I currently don't have room for any more tabs, so they just show as a >>, which makes it even more of a nuisance to find and open them. 

Also, when I do want a new tab, it is very easy to hold down Cmd while I click, but there is no way that I know of to change it in the opposite direction, so one option preserves the reader's ability to choose for himself, while the other forces the poster's choice on him.

There was a thread about this at some point. At first several people wanted new tabs, but at the end the majority (a fairly large majority if I recall correctly) was against it.

Thanks for the explanation; had no inkling it was inconvenient for others. I'll post my links differently from now on.

MJ. Smith said:

David Ames said:

I reminded them that St. Nicholas was into giving while Santa Claus was into getting.  

??? Santa Claus gets milk and cookies. I am genuinely curious what you mean.

Yes, Santa Claus gets milk and cookies BUT only because he is giving us something worth more then the milk and cookies.  

Yes, Santa Claus gives but we are only interested in him because he gives to us.  

St. Nicholas gives to those that are in need, who might sometimes be us, but the key words are 'in need'.

Santa Claus encourages us to give our wife a BIG TV set - so we can watch the games.

St. Nicholas encourages us to insure that the family down the street has food all year not just the Thanksgiving Basket from Church.

David Ames said:

I reminded them that St. Nicholas was into giving while Santa Claus was into getting.  

So I guess it would be wrong to put a carrot and some sugar in my shoe*, place it in front of my desktop and hope for a Logos freebie next week? [;)]

* For anyone interested in Dutch folklore and/or the origins of Santa Claus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas