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[cjsmith]

Looks like the latest LiveJournal barfage isn't just in the temporary V-Day changes. No more titles for me or for anyone else on the Lynx scheme until they fix it.* No more current music, either, but that bothers me less because I almost never used that one.

Bummer, 'cause after nearly three weeks the other problem had just in the last couple of days gone away.

(Why yes, I DO think they're trying to force the Lynx folks to change. It's either that or a level of carelessness/cluelessness that elevates them to Waste Of Oxygen status, and I'd prefer to think they're merely rude.)

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* Anyone else reading this who's using the Lynx scheme: what browser? Do you see this problem?

Comments

[sunnydale47.livejournal.com]

Have either of you tried an LJ Client? If you use Windoze, Semagic (http://www.livejournal.com/download/?platform=Windows) is terrific. It's so much better than updating through LJ's update page. It keeps track of everything for you, and it's continually being upgraded with new features (http://community.livejournal.com/ljwin32_sema/). Music detection is automatic if you're listening on your computer, or you can fill it in yourself. Of course there's a space for a title. It's way better than LJ's update page even for those who don't use Lynx!

Besides the ease of updating, it keeps track of your friends list for you, pops up reminders of friends' birthdays, and pops up notifications of when friends (or just selected friends) have posted. It makes it ridiculously easy to edit past posts. It makes text into a link automagically -- you just highlight the text, copy the URL in the clipboard, click one button and it turns the text into a link, no pasting, no typing in the HTML. It completely automates LJ for you in just about every possible way. And whenever LJ adds a new feature, Semagic is updated to automate it.

If you have a Mac, I can't recommend one of the clients (http://www.livejournal.com/download/?platform=Macintosh) over another, but I'm sure at least one of them is as good. Xjournal sounds like it has many of the same features.

If you've tried an LJ client and decided not to use it, I'd be interested in why. I couldn't live without Semagic!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried one. I've heard both gripes and attaboys about Semagic, and I hadn't particularly seen a reason to download yet another bit of software (for example, I type HTML a lot faster than I mouse), but this latest breakage might make it worth it.