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Re: ADMIN - YahooGroups
Bob DeJong
Hi Amy, what about using a Facebook group? I think you can store photos and documents, etc.
On Thursday, October 17, 2019, 7:42:43 PM EDT, amyfibre@... [WeaveTech] <WeaveTech@...> wrote:
Hi all - I am aware that some
functionality is being eliminated from YahooGroup at the end of this
month. We will no longer be able to upload pictures or files. Messages will
not be affected. For now. I am looking at migrating us to groups.io. I'll keep you posted. In
the meantime, I have downloaded (for back up purposes) all the files in
storage here. I have requested a download of the 1,124 photos but am
not sure they will be able to accomplish this. The files and photos will not be deleted until mid December. Amy Norris Admin, WeaveTech 
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Re: ADMIN - YahooGroups
Jocelyn Freeman
Thank you for dealing with all of it, I enjoy the postings. Joey Freeman
From: WeaveTech@... [mailto:WeaveTech@...]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:36 AM To: WeaveTech@... Subject: [WeaveTech] ADMIN - YahooGroups
Hi all -
I am aware that some functionality is being eliminated from YahooGroup at the end of this month. We will no longer be able to upload pictures or files.
Messages will not be affected. For now.
I am looking at migrating us to groups.io.
I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, I have downloaded (for back up purposes) all the files in storage here. I have requested a download of the 1,124 photos but am not sure they will be able to accomplish this. The files and photos will not be deleted until mid December.
Amy Norris Admin, WeaveTech
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Re: ADMIN - YahooGroups
Please do not email any comments or suggestions on this to the group. It's just going to clutter up our archives with non-weaving related posts. If you want to share something with me, please email me directly (amy@...). Thank you, Amy Norris Admin, WeaveTech
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Re: ADMIN - YahooGroups
Sara von Tresckow
That item in SourceForge was last updated in 2015. With continuing
development both in operating systems and Yahoo platform, I wouldn't put a lot of faith in that app. Sara von Tresckow, Fond du Lac, WI sarav@... Author of “When a Single Harness Simply Isn’t Enough” http://www.woolgatherers.com Dutch Master Loom/Spinning Chairs/Öxabäck Looms, visit us in Fond du Lac or contact us about your weaving/spinning needs
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Re: ADMIN - YahooGroups
Su Butler
Further down the same page are two other options that might work for you Amy…..take a look!
Su Butler
HI Amy….don’t know for sure if this will work but you might look at https://sourceforge.net/directory/os:windows/?q=yahoo+photo+downloader Scroll down to the third option, PD – PhotoDownloader.. It is old but perhaps would work??
Su
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Re: ADMIN - YahooGroups
Su Butler
P.s. – further down the same page is Yahoo Group archiver, and in the description it says you can download everything from the filres section and all the images from the photo section…..take a look. https://sourceforge.net/directory/os:windows/?q=yahoo+photo+downloader
Su
From: WeaveTech@... [mailto:WeaveTech@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 6:36 PM To: WeaveTech@... Subject: [WeaveTech] ADMIN - YahooGroups
Hi all -
I am aware that some functionality is being eliminated from YahooGroup at the end of this month. We will no longer be able to upload pictures or files.
Messages will not be affected. For now.
I am looking at migrating us to groups.io.
I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, I have downloaded (for back up purposes) all the files in storage here. I have requested a download of the 1,124 photos but am not sure they will be able to accomplish this. The files and photos will not be deleted until mid December.
Amy Norris Admin, WeaveTech
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Re: ADMIN - YahooGroups
Su Butler
HI Amy….don’t know for sure if this will work but you might look at https://sourceforge.net/directory/os:windows/?q=yahoo+photo+downloader Scroll down to the third option, PD – PhotoDownloader. It is old but perhaps would work??
Su
From: WeaveTech@... [mailto:WeaveTech@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 6:36 PM To: WeaveTech@... Subject: [WeaveTech] ADMIN - YahooGroups
Hi all -
I am aware that some functionality is being eliminated from YahooGroup at the end of this month. We will no longer be able to upload pictures or files.
Messages will not be affected. For now.
I am looking at migrating us to groups.io.
I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, I have downloaded (for back up purposes) all the files in storage here. I have requested a download of the 1,124 photos but am not sure they will be able to accomplish this. The files and photos will not be deleted until mid December.
Amy Norris Admin, WeaveTech
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Re: ADMIN - YahooGroups
I've migrated a couple of groups to io. The problem I see is that they only allow 1 GB of storage. I've downsized files to avoid paying for the service. Also, they didn't migrate the group as quickly as I thought they would, however it was done quickly once started. Good luck with the change. Beryl
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ADMIN - YahooGroups
Hi all - I am aware that some
functionality is being eliminated from YahooGroup at the end of this
month. We will no longer be able to upload pictures or files. Messages will
not be affected. For now. I am looking at migrating us to groups.io. I'll keep you posted. In
the meantime, I have downloaded (for back up purposes) all the files in
storage here. I have requested a download of the 1,124 photos but am
not sure they will be able to accomplish this. The files and photos will not be deleted until mid December. Amy Norris Admin, WeaveTech
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Re: yahoo closure
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Op 17 oktober 2019 om 13:15 schreef "Lynne Chick weaveworks2003@... [WeaveTech]" :
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Re: yahoo closure
Lynne Chick <weaveworks2003@...>
I just googled the topic about Yahoo closing. I see that Yahoo is only closing inactive accounts. Does anyone find anything different? Lynne in Maine
On Thursday, October 17, 2019, 06:41:16 AM EDT, jshepp@... [WeaveTech] wrote:
Can I ask what this group is going to do about Yahoo closure, are we looking for another platform? Other groups I am active in have all moved to Groups IO, seems to be a good place. Cheers Judy
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yahoo closure
jshepp@...
Can I ask what this group is going to do about Yahoo closure, are we looking for another platform? Other groups I am active in have all moved to Groups IO, seems to be a good place. Cheers Judy
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Re: Megado dobby 2.0 file problem solved
Sara von Tresckow
Sally,
Thank you for the concise explanation. I have noticed, over the years, that some wif files imported into my weaving software show slight differences in the colors and display when used in a program other than the one used to create the wif. I also generally look carefully when first opened and recreate the original file, then save it both as wif and "native" format for that program. Any files sent to my Toika dobby are first rendered clean in Weavepoint and then saved as Weavepoint files. Weavepoint has an option when saving to wif format to include both treadling and liftplan in the file. Fiberworks simply saves the file as wif with no options. Sara von Tresckow, Fond du Lac, WI sarav@... Author of “When a Single Harness Simply Isn’t Enough” http://www.woolgatherers.com Dutch Master Loom/Spinning Chairs/Öxabäck Looms, visit us in Fond du Lac or contact us about your weaving/spinning needs
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Re: Megado dobby 2.0 file problem solved
Sally Breckenridge
The problem with WIF files is that the original specification was very vague and put the onus on the reader. It makes it more difficult for the programs to read wif because the writer can specify just about anything. At the time in 1996, I complained to Ravi about that as I was a compiler writer in my career, but I was a newbie in the weaving software world and was ignored. Now we all pay the price. iWeaveIt for IOS and Android, and WeaveIt Pro for the Mac all use WIF format as the native format for the program. This is because its easier on users to not have to make sure files are saved in that format. The reason binary formats were used in the '90s was because computers were much slower then. I have encountered no issues using WIF as the native format. Its small and portable. Since iWeaveIt tends to be a reader for all versions of WIF from different programs, I have had to pay attention to how all the different programs write the wif files. The biggest areas of issue are the multiple allowed formats for color. Another problem is that many programs write the wif file as a lift plan rather than treadling. WeaveIt writes both for those programs that need only lift plan. I know from my users that the generic Louet loom driver has difficultly reading the wifs that are written by WeaveIt. Since the problem is on the reader side (Louet program), I don't know what it is. My Louet users use the embedded Louet driver that's in the Windows version of WeaveIt and that works well from the reports I have had. I have notified Louet about it, but there is nothing I can do on my side since I don't know what the issue is. I suspect that Fiberworks has the same issue. Bob and I share files to make sure we can always exchange them. I also use a number of Pixeloom files and WeavePoint files to make sure they are being read by WeaveIt and iWeaveIt. I know that the AVL k-loom driver easily reads my WeaveIt wif files as I am using that every day. It would be nice to change the format, but it is so embedded in programs and drivers and it took 20 years for that to happen, so it is going to be nearly impossible to change it. I myself have 4 weaving applications on 4 different operating systems using 4 different programming languages. It would be an daunting task to change it. It would be better if the programs work together to solve any current bugs. Sally Breckenridge
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Re: Nice publicity but...
sallyeyring
As the writer says, weaving has been "long undervalued as a result of sexism and snobbery." The snobbery is the result, in part, of the materials used - thread. When I was an MFA student who was weaving, I had a lot more "explaining" to do than a fellow student
who painted still life flowers. Glass art suffers from something of the same prejudice - the materials used are considered to be craft materials.
It's useful to remember that there was a time when Leonardo da Vinci was considered to be an artist but
Michelangelo was not. Why? Because Michelangelo was a sculptor and got dirty while working. Artists were gentlemen (not women, with a few exceptions) and didn't get dirty while working.
But as the writer also says, "it’s all up to artist to make it relevant to the contemporary world.”
Sally
Visit me at: sallyeyring.com
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Chicago Area Weaving Exhibit
Carol Irving
Notice of Exhibit in Chicago area, click on link for details and article in Chicago Daily Herald:
Carol Irving ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Carol Irving <ckirving1204@...> Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 9:15 AM Subject: Chicago Area Weaving Exhibit To: Carol Irving <ckirving1204@...>
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Nice publicity but...
Eileen Driscoll
I’m not sure the writer of this article know what weaving is, but maybe art weaving is getting some recognition.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/arts/frieze-london-woven.html?mc_cid=a07cf03080&mc_eid=d9490c38f5
Eileen Driscoll
Ithaca NY
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Re: Megado dobby 2.0 file problem solved
Deanna Johnson
WIF files are plain text, so any problems probably have to do with different programs using the protocol in different ways (ie. one program includes color information, another doesn’t read that section.) I’m guessing ALL of the programs can read the files, it’s just that they aren’t all using the same conventions. So one program may not save certain types of information, and another may require it.
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So does “obsolete format” mean that the developers have decided to no longer coordinate their efforts? Deanna
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Re: Megado dobby 2.0 file problem solved
Sandra
Frankly, I’m not technically knowledgeable to respond to this. It is more that programs/programmers are having problems, not necessarily weavers. WIF uses an obsolete format that went out with Windows 3.1. It’s difficult for some programs to read WIF files developed in a different program. Etc. It has long been recommended that we save files in the native format of the program we are using. I’m doing better, but I still have a ton of files to re-save. Marg
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Re: Megado dobby 2.0 file problem solved
Karen Donde
Well, I will have to follow that discussion more closely. But the Louet dobby 2.0 is set up to work with its on board computer via a WiFi connection to a laptop or tablet. It can only read a WIF.
Karen
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