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23 Dec 2024 15:25:38 EST (-0500)
  Re: Image filenames and viewing page sorting  
From: Roland Mas
Date: 1 Nov 1998 19:38:19
Message: <m3n26b53lp.fsf@rpc66.acr.atr.co.jp>
Nieminen Mika <war### [at] assaricctutfi> writes:

>   Wouldn't it be a good idea to build the viewing page so that the entries
> are not in alfabetical order, but in random order? This way nobody can get
> advantage by naming his/her files with leading 0's.

  Random...  Yuk.  Why not sorting by submission time?  Increasing or
decreasing, whatever.  Most recently submitted first could be good, I feel.

>   Of course this makes it harder to find your own entry, but I think that's
> a minimal disadvantage... :)

  That's why a deterministic ordering is better (to my mind).

  Well...  I'll look at them all anyway :-)

Roland.
-- 
Les francophones m'appellent Roland Mas,
English speakers call me Rowlannd' Mass,
Nihongode hanasu hitoha [Lolando Masu] to iimasu.
Choisissez ! Take your pick ! Erande kudasai !


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