Little things annoy me

> There have been some monumentally bad pieces of advice posted by some people.

Such as all the people who have wanted to know how to outline every bit of text in their InDesign document.

When someone gives them just the answer on how to do it, which is correct, they are not explaining that the whole concept is a very BAD idea.

The OP doesn't mark the explanations that it is a bad idea as correct. The OP just marks the bad answer as the answer.

There are many other similar problems with ID files that wind up being spread around as "fact" when they are in fact, "wrong!".

Please don't make me list them all.

I just think that any answer in a thread that is listed as "correct" is a bad idea.

I'd much rather have the current system where loads of people chime in to agree or disagree with an answer.

Remember, we're not talking about how to plug something in to get it to run, we're talking about techniques that need to be in keeping with "Generally Recognized Accepted Practices." (GRAP)

And this is not a hypothetical situation. There have been some monumentally bad pieces of advice posted by some people.

"Wrong"

Because other Users then read the so called "Correct Answer" (that was actually a very BAD and WRONG answer!) and muck-up their files or computer by following that original bad, and possibly harmful, "Correct Answer".

There is nothing "elitist" or "upper crust snob" about this just an attempt to prevent the spread of sloppy/stupid/ignorant practices among Users of these Applications.

>nothing else matter.

wrong.

I'm assuming that dave's comment on the Pj stuff will suffice.

>One thing about the Reply area really bugs me is that you don't see any of the thread that you are replying to

When you click reply of a particular message, a new screen appears with a Quote button

Problem is, for some of us, that you have to type at least one character (even hit the space bar once) in YOUR message before the quote button will do anything

Once you do that and click quote, the message where you clicked reply will appear as a quote

The point is the user asking the question wants answer that fixes his or her problem, nothing else matter. If say your a Church Secretary using Acrobat to fix a Church News letter you don't necessarily need a University professor give a full out dissertation for an answer. Leaving then scratching their head.

You have to assume (unless you know the person or they give credentials in the post) that the only knowledge they have is, push the button to turn computer on and double click application to make it open.

>whether the answer is the most textbook perfect answer is not important to the user.

dumb. dumb. dumb.

>is not important

dumb. dumb. dumb.

>Some may have more knowledge about a given subject

the point is you want help from those people with "more knowledge about a given subject". not from some dope who... aw man. what's the use.

will the new forum allow sigs?

"I've got a bad feeling about this."

> but its it.

Should be: but that's it.

> What is totally idiotic about Points is that he who asks the question, and more than likely knows nothing about the subject, is the one who gets to mark a response as being "Correct"!

The points are based on whether the answer fixed their problem, whether the answer is the most textbook perfect answer is not important to the user.

Whether its worded correctly, or make more experienced people roll their eyes because they wouldn't do it that way, or word it that way, is not important

Some of you people come across as upper crust snobs, that think they are better than everyone else.

Some may have a little more experience. Some may have more education. But when push comes to it, everyone puts their pants on the same way.

One leg at a time. We are all are users of a given product. Some may have more knowledge about a given subject; but that's it.