Re: Beginning the list page

["ringmaster-curio" <curiowebring@yahoo.com>]

James S. Huggins:
> The Y! WebRing list starts with the first site in the ring if there is no
> referring site. For example, if you go thru the directory.
> But if you go to the list (hub) page thru a referring site, it starts with
> the "next" site.
Aha!  smart of them to eventually figure this out James, definitely an 
*exciting* new development.  There was no announcement of the change was there? 
 I thought that they would never do it.  This went from being an item on my 
wish list to my pet peeve, years ago.  It was the first evidence that Webring 
had become both incompetent and intransigent.  I guess they figure that if 
Gunnar can do it, and show them how, they're left with no excuse.
Default Webring fragments never accommodated the inclusion of the siteid in the 
list URL.  I frequently tested including the siteid anyway, but the list always 
started at the_beginning_of_the_ring (it exasperates me to even write those 
words).  I used the 'next5' URL in my 'list' link for this reason.  Starting at 
the next site is a big improvement.
The difference may be arbitrary, but I must say that I prefer the list to start 
at the current site, as it does with Ringlink.  The world wide web so often 
leaves one feeling lost without a compass.  A familiar landmark, like the site 
you just left, at the top of the list, confirms that you are surfing a ring 
systematically, it's reassuring.  If I use 'next5', I invariably click 'prev5' 
next, just to make sure that I am where I think I am in the ring.  That may 
sound silly...I wonder if others do the same? 
Yours,
Dave