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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2007 : 15:12:04 [Permalink]
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Sigs don't bother me at all. But I can see why others might not feel the same. Could the display of sigs be made a toggled option by the viewer?
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2007 : 17:26:13 [Permalink]
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| I completely disagree with OFFC, especially about the avatars. Maybe it is because I'm a visual person, but I like being able to glance and see who it is. I tend to confuse who is who by their names more easily than by their image. I find the labels under the names (SFN Die Hard, new member, Addict, etc.) quite fun, and I always look forward to filthy's signature. I also find it rather ironic that OFFC, who rarely contributes anything other than smart-ass one-liners, is complaining about things which distract from the conversation. |
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
 Posted - 11/06/2007 : 19:13:45 [Permalink]
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You can already turn off signatures, if you're so inclined. It's a setting in your profile. RTFM OFFC.
Avatars are a different story. If enough people wanted 'em turned off, I suppose it'd be a useful feature. Mind you, unless your requirement had medical implications, I can't see it as a big deal. Personally, I'm with marf, the images are useful for association.
Slide sidetrack: I highly recommend the Adblock Plus add-on for those using firefox. It could even be used to achieve what OFFC wants, although that's not it's intended purpose.
For me, the Quick-reply option is a space waster, but I'm guesing some people use it, so I don't expect it to be banished on my behalf. Scrolling slightly more often is not the end of the world.
The SFN forums are generally pretty clean, in my opinion. |
John's just this guy, you know. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2007 : 20:33:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by JohnOAS
You can already turn off signatures, if you're so inclined. It's a setting in your profile. RTFM OFFC.
Avatars are a different story. If enough people wanted 'em turned off, I suppose it'd be a useful feature. Mind you, unless your requirement had medical implications, I can't see it as a big deal. Personally, I'm with marf, the images are useful for association.
Slide sidetrack: I highly recommend the Adblock Plus add-on for those using firefox. It could even be used to achieve what OFFC wants, although that's not it's intended purpose.
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There is also a way to block the avatars if you are using a software firewall like Norton Internet Security.
If you are using it, just let me know, and I can check it up when I get home (I'm currently at work where we have an other kind of firewall). I think I've written a post in the Questions and Answers folder about Avatars. I'll go looking for it. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2007 : 07:22:04 [Permalink]
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Question for everyone: how often do the AIM, ICQ, MSN and/or YAHOO IM buttons on each post get used? Is having that functionality within a person's profile good enough?
Really: I don't use any of those services, and have only clicked those buttons here by accident.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2007 : 07:26:07 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Question for everyone: how often do the AIM, ICQ, MSN and/or YAHOO IM buttons on each post get used? Is having that functionality within a person's profile good enough?
Really: I don't use any of those services, and have only clicked those buttons here by accident.
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Never used 'em.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2007 : 07:36:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Question for everyone: how often do the AIM, ICQ, MSN and/or YAHOO IM buttons on each post get used? Is having that functionality within a person's profile good enough?
Really: I don't use any of those services, and have only clicked those buttons here by accident.
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How weird, GMTA... After I wrote my post, I remebered that I once complained about the ICQ-button returning errors when I tried to use it. So I tested it again by trying to send myself a message. However, it wasn't successful.
I was thinking "What's the point of having those buttons if they aren't working..."
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder. |
| Edited by - Dr. Mabuse on 11/07/2007 07:37:49 |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2007 : 07:47:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Question for everyone: how often do the AIM, ICQ, MSN and/or YAHOO IM buttons on each post get used? Is having that functionality within a person's profile good enough?
Really: I don't use any of those services, and have only clicked those buttons here by accident.
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Never used them either. |
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2007 : 10:29:51 [Permalink]
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Sorry if I missed these.....or if they already exist and I am unaware.
Being able to view "all post started by" and "all posts by" would be nice.
A "latest posts" or "recent posts" button which pulls up all threads with unread posts since last visit.
An icon you click to bring you straight to the last unread post in a thread. This would be #1 on my want list. |
I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2007 : 03:33:37 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Question for everyone: how often do the AIM, ICQ, MSN and/or YAHOO IM buttons on each post get used? Is having that functionality within a person's profile good enough?
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In the profile is fine.
To be honest, I would never assume that alternative contact info in someone's profile was up to date. Who keeps all their contact information up to date everywhere? It's only in relatively recent times that tools and standards are emerging to make this possible. (e.g. OpenID).
If I want to contact someone through some other channel, I'll send 'em a PM first and see what they'd prefer.
Originally posted by astropin
Sorry if I missed these.....or if they already exist and I am unaware.
Being able to view "all post started by" and "all posts by" would be nice. |
Funny, I thought you could get these features, but it seems you cant. You can just get non-archived posts by a particular member, and you're not told where in the thread they've posted.
I can't say I'd be a big user of the feature, but it could probably be better achieved by allowing a "thread started by" search in the advanced search page.
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John's just this guy, you know. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2007 : 07:03:40 [Permalink]
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Looks like there's going to be one person, somewhere, using the AIM, ICQ (etc.) buttons, and he/she is probably going to be extremely pissed when they vanish to make my job easier.  |
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On fire for Christ
SFN Regular
Norway
1273 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2007 : 00:40:03 [Permalink]
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| I've had lots of discussions that didn't involve any smartass one liners. oh and please define 'smart-ass'. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2007 : 09:57:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by JohnOAS
Originally posted by astropin
Sorry if I missed these.....or if they already exist and I am unaware.
Being able to view "all post started by" and "all posts by" would be nice. |
Funny, I thought you could get these features, but it seems you cant. You can just get non-archived posts by a particular member, and you're not told where in the thread they've posted.
I can't say I'd be a big user of the feature, but it could probably be better achieved by allowing a "thread started by" search in the advanced search page. |
A "find all posts by" would be a great feature. For instance, there were times in the "Iron Sun" threads where I remembered Dave said something I wanted to find, but couldn't remember how far back it was in the conversation. I'm sure you can imagine how tedious it was to flip back through 15 pages of comments per thread, and there was something like 13+ threads, just to find a single quote. Knowing that Dave posted in a particular thread wasn't very helpful in that instance. Like, at all.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2007 : 10:23:20 [Permalink]
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But how much more useful will a list of 12,000-plus posts be to anyone?
Better, perhaps, for us to solve our search problems. |
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