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     Posted 7/10/08 8:00 PM   
Patricia O.
 
From  Patricia O.  Posts 180  Last Nov-19
To  All      [Msg # 2203.1 ]    
On the Options icon below each message, there's an Add to Friends choice.   What the heck does it do?  Anything at all?
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     Posted 7/10/08 10:17 PM   
4merCL
 
From  4merCL  Posts 615  Last Nov-19
To  Patricia O.      [Msg # 2203.2 Message 2203.2 replying to 2203.1 2203.1 ]    

>> On the Options icon below each message, there's an Add to Friends choice.   What the heck does it do?  Anything at all?  <<

IIANM, it places a "thumbs up" icon next to listed discussions (threads) in which your "friends" are participants.

IIAM, I am sure that Iain will pop-up to correct me.

Best regards,  4merCL

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     Posted 7/11/08 1:00 AM   
Gail K
 
From  Gail K  Posts 264  Last Oct-9
To  4merCL      [Msg # 2203.3 Message 2203.3 replying to 2203.2 2203.2 ]    
IIANM, it places a "thumbs up" icon next to listed discussions (threads) in which your "friends" are participants.

Actually, I think the "thumbs up" shows up in threads to which you've subscribed.

The "add to friends" puts a little cartoony face next to that person's name in the message header.  It's just a quick way to spot a message posted by one of your friends.
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     Posted 7/13/08 6:20 PM   
Jerry Lippey/WUGNET
 
From  Jerry Lippey/WUGNET  Posts 229  Last 12:26 AM
To  Patricia O.      [Msg # 2203.4 Message 2203.4 replying to 2203.1 2203.1 ]    

Since there's no User's Manual, Matt Drury tried to describe how some of this stuff works when we joined Prospero. You'll find those message in the LEARN THE BASICS folder.

In his Reading Messages, there's this:

Add to Friends:
Adds the sender to your Forum Friends list, which will cause a small "guy" icon to appear next to messages from those people.

In his Glossary of Terms, A-M, he put this:
Friends:
Individuals that you mark by hovering over the Options button in a message they post and selecting "Add to Friends" - from that point on, you'll see a friendly face next to their name in their Messages. To remove someone from your Friends list, hover over Options and choose "Remove from Friends List."

-Jerry
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     Posted 7/13/08 6:27 PM   
Patricia O.
 
From  Patricia O.  Posts 180  Last Nov-19
To  Jerry Lippey/WUGNET      [Msg # 2203.5 Message 2203.5 replying to 2203.4 2203.4 ]    
>>> Adds the sender to your Forum Friends list, which will cause a small "guy" icon to appear next to messages from those people. <<<

Yeah, I tested it, to see what it looked like.    Seems kinda pointless to me -- the icon is small and virtually unnoticeable.   I wonder if it is something they planned to do more with, and it never happened?   Kinda like thread trees.   <g>

Edited 7/13/08   by  Patricia O.
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     Posted 7/13/08 7:15 PM   
Jerry Lippey/WUGNET
 
From  Jerry Lippey/WUGNET  Posts 229  Last 12:26 AM
To  Patricia O.      [Msg # 2203.6 Message 2203.6 replying to 2203.5 2203.5 ]    
Apparently the idea is to quickly identify messages from special people.      -Jerry
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