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<node id="176623" title="Nodelet types, uses, and (relative) usefulness" created="2002-06-23 14:36:50" updated="2005-08-10 14:26:15">
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monkdiscuss</type>
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atcroft</author>
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&lt;P&gt;My fellow monks, greetings.

&lt;P&gt;I come to you for wisdom and guidance on how to use a feature of the &lt;A HREF="http://www.perlmonks.org/"&gt;Monastary&lt;/a&gt;, in hopes of becoming a more useful and productive community member. 

&lt;P&gt;Early the afternoon on which I wrote this, I saw a reference in the [Chatterbox FAQ|CB] to the "tick tock nodelet," and how to enable it. Still having much to learn regarding the &lt;A HREF="http://www.perlmonks.org/"&gt;Monastary&lt;/a&gt;, and curious what it was and how to use it, I looked at my [User Settings] at both the "Frontpage Nodelets" and "non-Frontpage Nodelets," only to find 17 items in each (at the time of this writing), some of which I thought I could fathom their use, others which I found myself in need of clue regarding.

&lt;P&gt;While the advice I received in the [Chatterbox FAQ|CB] was to turn them on and try them (which I probably will), I would like to ask the following:
&lt;UL&gt;
    &lt;LI&gt;What is the use of each nodelet? (I could not find a listing of them giving a list of each and its use.) Advantages and/or disadvantages? (As appropriate)
    &lt;LI&gt;Which nodelets do you use, or do you use the standard set?
    &lt;LI&gt;Which are the most/least useful to you?
    &lt;LI&gt;For those nodelets which allow you to do certain functions, how do you use them? Any pitfalls to avoid?
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;P&gt;Beyond this, my only other question would be this-is there an easier way to order them than to turn them all on then spend xx minutes clicking the up/down links to move them around?

&lt;P&gt;My thanks in advance for whatever wisdom and guidance you may choose to bestow upon this inquiry.</field>
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