Looks good everyone.

QUOTE (BishopMcQ @ Feb 3 2008, 11:44 AM)

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...I take it you have to at least reach the lofty position of Immortal Elf to use the option.

...ooooh I like the RTF toggle, the additional fonts (like this one I always use for my forum default), size and colour selection (though I am having a little trouble figuring out which one is the default). Still so much more elegant than the old method of entereing the cumbersome [tags].

...a couple smll things though, the icons on the Text Formatting menu are a bit hard to see, and the "( " (eight) still inserts the emoticon instead of the numeral in parens.

OK, found another slight bug. When I went into change the font on my signature, it returned the error Signature too Long. which I find odd as I added the last line last night with no issues.

...Also Firefox Auto Spell Checking seems not to be working.

I have to log in every time I return to the site (that is after I booted my laptop) and don't stay logged in as in the old forum. The same problem occurs with the Privateer Press boards, which are using the same board software. I'm using Firefox.

And second the need for a clearer distinction between postings, I accidently quoted the wrong postings too.

Funnily enough, I actually went to check out the profile and send Google a PM, but unlike every single other active poster on the list, Google was not a clickable link, and had no profile or place for me to send a PM. That is what I meant by haunting, because Google was like a ghost ... there but not there.

True, but the request was for two seperate buttons for the Quick/Full Edit features.

Am I too stupid or isn't isn't is possible to quote a post including the quotes in it?

Best sentence ever, I know.

That might still be the case, because even with my post count, I don't have the option to change my title. Could be that only those that donated have had that option enabled, which makes sense, if doable.

I've noticed that too. There are no 'post pyramids', because when you click 'Quote', it only quotes the actual text posted by that poster, and not any quoted text contained in the post. A small pain in the butt, but it keeps those half-page quote trees in check. If you use the quote buttons, there is a little button thing right next to the quoted person's name (at the top of the quote) that links back to the original post that you quoted, for those that need further reference.

The option to change it appears to be gone for me, now, which is something I hadn't counted on...

The log in thing is likely a cookie issue. I had problems when we were testing the boards, and cleaning up my cookies and such from the browser helped.

And I'll talk to Red and borders between posts to the list. I've done that myself already once here, and I've done it on another board that has a similar layout.

It may be related to the skin, though, and if that's the case may be a bitch to fix.



It's possible to still do, you just have to use the multiquote function, and move one (or more) of the closing tags.

I think it's a feature designed to keep the boards cleaner and, as you say, keep the giant quote trees down. Not really something that generally bothers me, though it can be helpful to have a couple quotes in a single response.



I think Red pulled it down to play with it. It wasn't supposed to have been left on initially, but since it was, I think we're discussing exactly how we're gonna leave it implemented.

Bull

Wow, different fonts...
There's even Comic Sans!
That's fantastic news...
Let's just hope people are to busy posting to bother with stuff like fonts...
(looks at KK's post)
dangit, too late...

I have a hunch that the "magic" fonts are going to be disappearing.

And there was much rejoicing!

KK--I was only at Great Dragon status. Immortal Elf is around 10,000 posts I think.

...I thought GD was at 4,500 and IE 5,000.

OK, OK...I'll knock off using the cool fonts... damn, just thought that such a nice new "shiny" feature was there to be used. Just don't change to "this one" please.

The reason for not using different fonts: with stylesheets, we can easily globally change settings such as font face, size, etc. When more fonts get involved, that gets more difficult, more likely to break, and more likely to look ugly.

[Note: most modern web browsers allow the USER to add their own style sheet to any page, so they can browse with modified settings if they want. So if you actually want to read everything in Comic Sans, you can set that up yourself, without inflicting one of the ugliest typefaces known to man on any other living human being.]

I'm pretty sure that Great Dragon is 5,000, and Immortal Elf is 10,000, but I could be wrong.

...I always thought that Courier was the ugliest of all fonts (followed closely by New Times Roman). Never had trouble reading CSS myself but again it is an individual taste. Just was looking to add a bit of a personal touch to my posts.

Don't you do enough of that already with color?

Nice new look. Here's another vote for custom avatars, please.

...Well, only here & there to reinforce a point . I would think doing entire posts (outside of the In the Shadows forum to delineate dialogue, directions, narration etc....) in different colours would be even more bothersome than using a different set font.

Though I still do like the RTF mode, I hope that will remain a feature.

Also let's close the door on the personal Avatar issue for now before it gets out of hand. Didn't mean to create such a stir. It is nice that they even have the option available & was my bad for pressing the issue in the first place.

That's something I thought about as well... the thread icons (hot topic and so on) are a little distracting and too similar to really distinguish at one glance.

I would probably remove the hot topic ones (overwrite with normal ones), since you can see what topics are hot by the number of pages, anyways.

And the Icons for the threads one has posted in do seem a little out of place (what are those supposed to depict?).

Bye
Thanee

Regarding MultiQuote:

Any chance of having the activated multiquote buttons change color? Invert the gradient and darken it a little to it looks like it's punched down, something like that? Even just lightening the color, or having it switch to orange would be neat.

Also, second on the request for some sort of expandable/retractable box, either instead of or in addition to this spoilerbox.:
Also, second on the request for some sort of expandable/retractable box, either instead of or in addition to this spoilerbox.

You have a deeply, deeply strange idea of "coolness".

Fight the good fight!

~J, eyes now thoroughly gouged

Heh, now I just need to figure out how to bring my dorky dwarf avatar and comic sans over to the SR3R forum to REALLY make Kage go crazy... ;P

I think the fonts are neat. Not sure why people are complaining about comic sans. I just wish it would automatically make the post into a white balloon pointing to the avatar's mouth.

Oooh I LIKEE!!

Okay, I have a problem. How will I ever pick an avatar? I'm too indecisive for this.

I can always assign randomly or based upon a whim....

I'm not too happy with the new colors. Can you select your color theme somewhere? If not, is that a planned feature?

...OK, at least there was a Drop Bear which is most cool.

Bye
Thanee

!!! How did I not notice that??? I am shamed!!

edit: Would it be possible to modify the Search feature so, in addition to the post title, it includes the subforum that post resides in? Otherwise it gets a little confusing. And how do I post this edit? Oh, there it is... Sort of funny how while editing I can complete edit OR add another reply.

Thank you thank you thank you!

An ignore feature! and pretty new colors to boot.. good stuff

Does the ignore feature actually 'ignore' posts, or just prevent people from PMing you?

I'm not a huge fan of enabling people to ignore actual posts (automatically anyway), as it can lead to confusion.

It ignores the actual post, but leaves a placeholder that says

"You have ignored this post by Fortune" and gives you the option to unignore him, or view that particular post but not unignore him

...well I wanted something small, cute, cuddly and oh so deadly. Took me some time going through all the galleries but when I saw the lil' fellow sitting there, I knew he was perfect.

dunner, your a genius...

I see, thanks. Do people know when someone puts them on their 'ignore list'?

As a general rule, no. Adding someone to your ignore list just ignores them -- it doesn't send messages to them or anything, as that would defeat the purpose of the ignore list.

Alright, thanks.

I can't imagine ever using that feature. I mean, even the most idiotic person can spark insightful conversation. Besides, the comic factor alone is entertainment enough.

I hate change. Having said that, I like the new boards. The new logo is comical.

The Holy Inquisition would like to know that too.

I missed it too, although, of course, I wouldn't have used it even if I had seen it. I think KK slipped someone a bribe to slide it in unnoticed.

There are a few posters that would simply make my dumpshock experience more pleasant if they were not a part of it, in any capacity.

Meh. If we agreed with, or even liked everyone we interacted with in life, it would be damn boring.

I can't for the life of me remember where I read it, but there have been studies done on how in today's world, with iPods, filters, etc., we're actually creating little "perfect world" microcosms for ourselves, in which we don't have to deal with anything that we find disagreeable, and the effects it may or may not be having. Unfortunately, I only skimmed it, so what I remember is pretty much "it's happening, and it might be a bad thing".

...which didn't fit comfortably into your microcosm, so you stopped reading, right?

Nah, I was probably supposed to be working at the time.

Can we get rid of some of the Sticky threads in the main Shadowrun forum? Like the Duels welcome, the Terms of Service (which are permalinked at the forum top and are no more likely to be read as a sticky than as an option...), and maybe just permalink Shadowrun4.com?

I'm all for getting rid of most of the stickies, but as much as people like to gripe when we actually enforce the terms that they're supposed to have known about and agreed to, I doubt that one will be going anywhere.

We'll chat about it and see which ones can go.

I dumped the Duels Sticky.. That was my fault. When I merged the archive forums in, I didn't realize that one was stickied. The Terms of Service link above links to the terms of service post, so in effect it is automatically stickied on every page.