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KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 6 Dec 2007 14:45

Trevor, I can see what you mean, but it does not matter to me personally, I open the thread and look anyway, I will try and assist anyone with anything I can help with.

Trevor

Trevor Report 6 Dec 2007 14:23

Hi each

I find it most frustrating when I go through the various forums--"Trying to find"...etc. The majority of folk seem to use the "I'm trying to find... or "I need help...etc. type of introduction. This doesn't allow anyone reading it to get any inkling of who is being searched for unless the mesage is opened. Given the number of messages displayed one can spend an inordinate amount of time opening messages that have no relevance to them. Could it not be such that everyone has to follow the same format; name of person being researched (with the surname in capitals) followed by any other information. This way everyone can see immediately who is of interest and who is not without having to open the message.

Best of luck to everyone in their own search

T Counley