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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Boyd (FOA ENG)" <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "'D. Barton Johnson '" <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:29 PM
Subject: RE: A few Questions about Ada Online
> Dear Dane,
>
> I was glad to read of your enthusiasm for ADAonline, last time and again
> now.
>
> As Don says, the older chapters won't be removed as new ones are posted.
And
> what's already there will be updated from time to time (there are several
> pages of additions to chapter 1 about to be added).
>
> I don't know what you mean by a printable version. There's nothing to stop
> you using your browser's print commands to print out now.
>
> Again, I'm not sure what you mean about the linear scrolling. As on any
> other program, you can scroll down with the page down command or by using
> the mouse on the scroll bar at the right to take you from beginning to end
> of the document in a second.
>
> Hope you found these answers adifying.
>
> Brian Boyd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Barton Johnson
> To: nabokv-l@listserv.ucsb.edu
> Cc: Jeff Edmunds; Brian Boyd
> Sent: 5/8/2004 2:58 PM
> Subject: Fw: A few Questions about Ada Online
>
> EDNOTE. I share Dane Gill's surprise about the low level of response to
> one
> of the most valuable research resources for ADA. No one should re-read
> ADA
> with having it on screen in front of them. Anyone who writes about ADA
> without consulting it, risks making an utter fool of him-/herself. In
> response to the first question --- no, earlier segments will NOT be
> removed. For the remaining questions--I shall check with Jeff Edmunds,
> web
> master of ZEMBLA and author Brian Boyd.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 7:18 PM
> Subject: A few Questions about Ada Online
>
>
> > This message was originally submitted by
> pennyparkerpark@HOTMAIL.COM
> to
> >
> > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (16
> lines) ------------------
> > Greetings
> > I'm actually a little surprised to find almost no comments on the new
> Ada
> > Online...but regardless:
> > 1. Will the chapters that are posted now be removed when the new
> chapters
> > are posted?
> > 2. I inquired earlier about a printable version. Are there any plans
> for
> > that?
> > 3. I find the linear scrolling a little confining. Is it just me?
> > Once agian I must state that I simply love this site. Soooooo much
> info
> for
> > FREE!!!!!!
> > Dane
From: "Brian Boyd (FOA ENG)" <b.boyd@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "'D. Barton Johnson '" <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:29 PM
Subject: RE: A few Questions about Ada Online
> Dear Dane,
>
> I was glad to read of your enthusiasm for ADAonline, last time and again
> now.
>
> As Don says, the older chapters won't be removed as new ones are posted.
And
> what's already there will be updated from time to time (there are several
> pages of additions to chapter 1 about to be added).
>
> I don't know what you mean by a printable version. There's nothing to stop
> you using your browser's print commands to print out now.
>
> Again, I'm not sure what you mean about the linear scrolling. As on any
> other program, you can scroll down with the page down command or by using
> the mouse on the scroll bar at the right to take you from beginning to end
> of the document in a second.
>
> Hope you found these answers adifying.
>
> Brian Boyd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Barton Johnson
> To: nabokv-l@listserv.ucsb.edu
> Cc: Jeff Edmunds; Brian Boyd
> Sent: 5/8/2004 2:58 PM
> Subject: Fw: A few Questions about Ada Online
>
> EDNOTE. I share Dane Gill's surprise about the low level of response to
> one
> of the most valuable research resources for ADA. No one should re-read
> ADA
> with having it on screen in front of them. Anyone who writes about ADA
> without consulting it, risks making an utter fool of him-/herself. In
> response to the first question --- no, earlier segments will NOT be
> removed. For the remaining questions--I shall check with Jeff Edmunds,
> web
> master of ZEMBLA and author Brian Boyd.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dane Gill" <pennyparkerpark@hotmail.com>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 7:18 PM
> Subject: A few Questions about Ada Online
>
>
> > This message was originally submitted by
> pennyparkerpark@HOTMAIL.COM
> to
> >
> > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (16
> lines) ------------------
> > Greetings
> > I'm actually a little surprised to find almost no comments on the new
> Ada
> > Online...but regardless:
> > 1. Will the chapters that are posted now be removed when the new
> chapters
> > are posted?
> > 2. I inquired earlier about a printable version. Are there any plans
> for
> > that?
> > 3. I find the linear scrolling a little confining. Is it just me?
> > Once agian I must state that I simply love this site. Soooooo much
> info
> for
> > FREE!!!!!!
> > Dane