Riiight. It was KK .... sure ... that'll work. KK did it. Ya huh.

one bug and one request:

bug: it seems that the icon that shows normal, posted in, hot and hot&posted in threads go back to the old style "folder" when the hot&posted in comes up. so far i have two red folders along all the envelopes...

request: dig up those old forum avatars that was either on shadowrun.com or posted here in the forum at some point. i want the one that had the "acme magic circle paint" can!

other then that, the forum is working for me, colors and all...

Not sure if this has already been brought up, I really dislike the fact that I can't hit a forum and see which posts are new. That was how I mainly viewed the old layout, a couple times a day, I'd look in a forum and view new posts.

Now, the new posts since last visit is multiple pages long (because it covers all forums) and when I view just one forum, I can't tell which threads have new posts and which ones don't. It really sucks.

I think if you "Mark all posts as read" (green bar, righthand side of each forum section, click the "options" pulldown menu), that issue might reslove, though not for today's new posts.

I don't really see the problem. When you use the 'View New Posts' feature, each post has its respective forum listed right next to it. It isn't all that hard to skim down and click the links of the threads you are interested in, and skip over those that hold no relevance for you.

Technically you can differentiate it with the icons (open and closed letter), but they are not easily distinguishable on a glance.

Hopefully those icons can get changed?

Bye
Thanee

...you know what is missing...a [Cancel Post] Button.

What's the point? If you don't like what you post, you can always edit, but it would just cause more confusion than it's worth to add this feature.

...didn't seem to cause much of an issue before...

We must be talking about two different things. I am referring more to a 'delete post' feature (and I sure don't recall that from the last boards). What are you talking about, and why can't it be duplicated by merely closing the window or clicking another link (instead of Post)?

This tag has been renamed to a [ HIDE ] tag.

And there was much joy amongst the peoples!

so shiny and sparkly!

Definitely much rejoicing. Thanks Redjack (and whoever else is hard at work behind the scenes).

...I distinctly remember a Cancel Post/Reply button (or something like that) in the old version when in editing mode and have used it a number of times particularly when I had a bad connection (such as when I would get a "timeout" while submitting a reply) to avoid double posting. I wish I had a screen shot of the old format to look at.

You are correct. There was a Cancel Post button on the post screen that would allow you to return back to the topic without adding your reply. It was not included in this skin and regrettably is a low priority as there is a work around (<back> button).

I guess I never noticed it, as I normally just use the Back button (or Backspace) if I decide not to post my reply. Is there really a need for this type of thing?

Answer: Yes.

An interesting note though, you can't delete a post. You can edit it so it says something little like 'this post has been deleted', but once it's there that you put in a post, it seems like removing it would require throwing its simulacrum into a volcano or something.

For fun:

Yeah, this is more to the point of what I am missing...the icons that differentiate are way too close to one another...

I'd like to see a change of icons as well!

I retract my previous statements. The new boards are shiny and good. Although i too am holding out for custom avatars.

Love the new boards. A great facelift for Dumpshock!

never mind - wrong post


Nice skin anyway

The insanity, she spreads!

~J

That would mostly be the rest of us poking RJ for things that bug us, without a word of thanks mind you. And when he complains, with pitiful little whines about things like "sleep" and "family", Adam taunts him with new free books. But these are books much like the carrot on the stick, that he never gets, but keeps working for. And when he asks for help, we telll him that he's doing a great job, and we don't want to get in his way. We also have a loyal DROP bear conspirator near where he lives, with a big stick, incase he tries to get desperate and disconnect his computer or something.

So yeah, the rest of us are workinghard too. We got this 'forced slave labor' thing down pretty well I think.

And to answer the question about fully deleting a post, that isn't a feature a general user (or even a colonel) can do. But the mods are happy to, so you can PM any of us any time. I generally delete any posts with content that is duplicated or say something like "oops" or "double post" as I wander the boards.

And some of Fortune's posts here and there.

I am very impressed with Fist's management skills. He's clearly an unsung hero here and should be rewarded. Do we have any more books to give away? Redjack's? Go ahead and send Fist that one.

He already got rewarded by getting a personal upgrade to version 4.0.

Where is that 'Demote to Submember' group button at...? Or update member title to 'Dropbear PetPet'

Oh, you know I'm just teasing.

Hey... Hey, what happened to my title??

Well really he needed it. I mean, the old version was getting rather worn out and senile. Unfortunately, as far as I have seen so far, the upgrade doesn't seem to be totally successful though. Pity!

2 karma for Redjack!


Mine was simply an upgrade in prettiness. Functionality remains at the same low end of the spectrum. I am pleased to report that you can expect the same half-assed, sarcastic, seldom there performance you're used to.

Woe is me!

I only threatened to change it...

I call shenanigans!

...So now I see a few more cosmetic changes.

For one, the current page highlight colour isn't yellow anymore which makes it eaiser to see the page number you're on.

Next, the Letter icon next to the thread title on forum contents pages is now in colour and diappears if you have read a reply. I also see there's a more visible "locked" icon as well. However the one I don't get is the red "iron cross" icon. What is that supposed to signify?

Love the new icons...Thanks!!!

Big cross hairs.. Means you've posted to the topic. (Just finished updating the legend at the bottom of the page.)

Seriously LOVE the new icons. So much easier to read and makes a quick hit to DSF a lot simpler to weed out what needs attention ASAP and what can wait.


You're a ROCKSTAR Redjack... if you ever figure out what's jacking my post count I'll have to officially start a harem in your honour

Yeah, the icons are a definite improvement. Thanks!

The crosshairs could be seperated a bit better from the green envelope to better see them, but otherwise it works.

Great idea to have no icon at all for topics you have read already!

Bye
Thanee

...Thanks. Now in agreement that they make things clearer.

The Multiquote-feature doesn't work anymore. I can't select more than one posting to quote.

Love the icons, can't wait for custom. But what is there is great.

I find the forums really hard to read now. The colour contrast of the grey and white are more difficult to read than the old forums.

I really don't like sr3 and sr4 forums being combined. People are not tagging their posts, and I wind up reading about a whole bunch of stuff that I don't want to.

Logo is fine ... but too small.

The functionality you guys re-implemented in here is fantastic... big kudos for doing so.

Now THAT was motivation.....


Yea... but not today


Just used it. Worked fine. Try clicking once on Multiquote for each post you want to quote, then click Add Reply.


Yea, I'm about ready to start tagging them myself....

Wow. I think I must start on that Harem now Any requests?

Thanks a zillion Redjack... I no longer have to be some weird ghost on DSF.

Just what came to mind... if I find the time today, I'm gonna change it a little and post the icon here. You can use that, then, if you want.

Bye
Thanee

(Muötiquote not working)



Sorry, not for me. It worked the first few days, but not since yesterday. When I select (by clicking once on "Multiquote") two postings, the first one is un-selected when I select the second one.

Works for me...

I don't seem to have a problem with it.

Gnnnn... now it works for me too.

Computers are my friends, computers are my friends...

It's cool. I have been looking for a reason to try the feature out anyway.

So I just got logged out, probably because my router was behaving oddly.

One thing I noticed while logged out: Emoticons don't show up. You get an image source link, but no actual image.

By design or mistake?