[mythtv-users] wiki mythtv member rigs: mini description in link (request)

[diane mittnik]

On 5/15/08, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 05:27:08PM -0400, diane mittnik wrote:
>> I was taking a look at the wiki the other day for ideas on a decent
>> but affordable frontend/backend setup and found the mythmember rigs
>> page.  The top page has a link to each member's description of their
>> setup.  But the top page only has their nick/name in the link.  I
>> thought I hit paydirt, but I found that I had to click on every link
>> just to find which rigs were Intel or AMD, which had an nVidia card vs
>> an ATI card, etc.
>>
>> It would be a good idea for the future (and if someone wants to take
>> the time for the current rigs) to include in the link description for
>> each reader's rig, for example: nick/AMD or Intel/nVidia or
>> ATI/capture card abbreviation-model#/approx $/ and especially, date
>> rig built or put into service  or maybe order by date instead of
>> nick/alphabetical?
>
> If you're suggesting that the link *text* (or something next to it on a
> page of links) ought to include that, then yeah, that sounds like a
> decent idea.

Exactly what I was suggesting, sorry if I wasn't clear enough.

> If you're suggesting that *link names themselves* ought to be changes
> to look like that (as I originally thought you were), then I'd
> disagree,

no, not at all.

> Cheers,
> - jra

Regards,
D.