yes, it's all starting to make sense . I'm liking it
V3 Bug/Suggestion Box
- Thread starter Ryan
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OP
I just molded you guys like clay.
My ex wife tried that, it didn't work too well for too long . 
Old Man Roger
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I’m feeling the need to ban someone. Is this like the person who starts acting like the people he hangs around with?
KnurledNut
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If I want to tell you "Hey Ryan, i mailed the tools and your tracking number is xxxxxxxxxx", but dont need to be bothered with an "Okay" reply, the lock provides a quick one way message.
It also prevents necro-messages from being resurrected to the queue.
And most importantly, its a great way to annoy admin and moderators and then lock the message.
Old Man Roger
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Oh ya man! I’m all in! I drank the Kool-Aid LOLIf I want to tell you "Hey Ryan, i mailed the tools and your tracking number is xxxxxxxxxx", but dont need to be bothered with an "Okay" reply, the lock provides a quick one way message.
It also prevents necro-messages from being resurrected to the queue.
And most importantly, its a great way to annoy admin and moderators and then lock the message.
Old Man Roger
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Now that you’ve mentioned it, I kind of like the pop-up alert when you get a PM. I like to know when I’m messaged, and I like to know the person I have messaged will be alerted to the message. That little red dot could be missed for weeks.
I realize that I had email turned off for conversations received too
Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
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I'd be fine with it, especially if you were forced to select a location. It's annoying when people say "up here..." and because they have no location you have no idea.Location is on the member card. You can see it when you hover over a username:
However, I think it's more useable under the username.
I think the best option would be to make the location character limited... I'm just unsure how many characters. I'm an emotionless robot, so I think just state (two character state code) and country (two letter country code) would be best. I think people would hate that though.
Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
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I'm still running into this. I cleared my history and still don't get anything related to fonts under Preferences.
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First I want to say that this is not a complaint about the new look, I have no issues at all with it.
But I am getting really bad lag when scrolling, using Safari on a MacBook. Far from the latest MacBook, but I have no issues on other webpages so I just felt I should report it.
But I am getting really bad lag when scrolling, using Safari on a MacBook. Far from the latest MacBook, but I have no issues on other webpages so I just felt I should report it.
OP
This is correct. You should have no options.
M1 MacBook?
4xdog
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Mid-2013 MacBook Air, macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 here, with no lag at all on scrolling -- but I use Chrome, not Safari. Have you tried a different browser?
mike93lx
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hey Ryan, just mentioning this again as I think it got lost in the noise. any chance we can have the delete draft button showing as a default in the editing window?
OP
not sure. But I will look into it.
Old Man Roger
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I thought it was? Top right corner right next to the preview button.
My bad, that’s the regular reply box, not the editing box.
yatg
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1) On the forum homepage, how about getting rid of the gremlin with a wrench graphic or whatever it is, that's in front of each subforum description. It takes up screen space and provides no useful info.
2) The date on the posts says "today ..", "yesterday at ..", then it goes back by the day of the week, "friday at", "thursday", etc for about a week, then it starts showing the actual dates. I can deal with today and yesterday, but the days of the week means I have to think too much.
2) The date on the posts says "today ..", "yesterday at ..", then it goes back by the day of the week, "friday at", "thursday", etc for about a week, then it starts showing the actual dates. I can deal with today and yesterday, but the days of the week means I have to think too much.
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Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
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mike93lx
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Thank you sir
It would be nice to reduce the width of the poster info box relative to the post in tablet view a little - browsing in portrait on an ipad mini gives over 25% of screen width to the poster box on the left.
My apologies if this has been brought up before.
My apologies if this has been brought up before.
Yeah, Chrome works better. But I'm don't want to switch browser just for one page.
I'm still running Catalina though, perhaps it's time to update to Big Sur.
No, an older Intel one (mid 2014).
Old Man Roger
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On my iPhone, even in desktop mode it is as you described. It doesn’t seem as wide when viewed on my full size iPad though, it looks just like it does when using my laptop or pc. I’m using Safari on my iPad and iPhone and FireFox on everything else.
For viewing on my phone, the new format is still better than the old format, as much as I hate to say it LOL
OP
Thanks for the nice words and the gracious aloha homie… Super considerate of you. Hope you have a GREAT day!
I am impressed at how much did transfer over!
I'm in the "ack! the font!" group.
I noticed that my old posts can't be edited. In my own personal underground lair thread, I like to fix dead links and typographical errors that I find. Also, some people here have built threads where they go back and edit/add content to the first couple of posts as time goes by.
I'm not sure why in other forums in commentland on the internet they lock out edits after a certain number of days, but if it's to prevent jiggery pokery in he-said/he-said bitchfests, I don't think we have that problem here.
I'm in the "ack! the font!" group.
I noticed that my old posts can't be edited. In my own personal underground lair thread, I like to fix dead links and typographical errors that I find. Also, some people here have built threads where they go back and edit/add content to the first couple of posts as time goes by.
I'm not sure why in other forums in commentland on the internet they lock out edits after a certain number of days, but if it's to prevent jiggery pokery in he-said/he-said bitchfests, I don't think we have that problem here.
This isn't new, and I believe it stems from an issue where a disgruntled member went back and deleted/edited all their posts to remove content.
ChevyEFI
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Usual "if this is duplicate, sorry / not sorry."
The thread notify emails come with body opening text
"a thread you are watching" could be hyperlinked to the thread.
Also, in the second paragraph of this post of mine, the hyperlink is a link to G J. The font is so close in color to the rest of the text, the hyperlink could be missed by those with lesser eyesight. You've had some feedback from others in free parking about contrast requesting black text.
The same thing repeats in the email. Link looking exactly like the rest of the text. Black in this case.
The thread notify emails come with body opening text
"a thread you are watching" could be hyperlinked to the thread.
Also, in the second paragraph of this post of mine, the hyperlink is a link to G J. The font is so close in color to the rest of the text, the hyperlink could be missed by those with lesser eyesight. You've had some feedback from others in free parking about contrast requesting black text.
The same thing repeats in the email. Link looking exactly like the rest of the text. Black in this case.
OP
thanks for that. Need to go over those emails this week.
In regards to picture albums;
I'm starting to figure it out. The albums are not titled like of old instead there are a group of pictures, block of 4, that represent the album. If you click on the folder icon that appears when you hover then the album opens up.
So it would be nice if the album titles showed automatically.
My albums are also public and I wonder if anyone else can find them. It used to be one could click on a users name and see their albums. ( I haven't tried this yet)
As far as pictures I added as attachments years ago before I started using albums, I still haven't found them .
I'm starting to figure it out. The albums are not titled like of old instead there are a group of pictures, block of 4, that represent the album. If you click on the folder icon that appears when you hover then the album opens up.
So it would be nice if the album titles showed automatically.
My albums are also public and I wonder if anyone else can find them. It used to be one could click on a users name and see their albums. ( I haven't tried this yet)
As far as pictures I added as attachments years ago before I started using albums, I still haven't found them .
AntonLargiader
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My experience with XF is on ADVRider.com. In advance of the real migration, a test migration was done and interested parties could critique and debug issues there, and then the real migration was done later. Overall it has been a great thing. There are two nice styles in addition to a fairly default one (I don't think it's the true default, but it might be). Readability is really good IMO, and the forum software just seems smarter in a lot of small ways than VB was.
No limit on editing old posts, and yes some people get into a snit and delete their posts.
My observations on GJ at this point:
On my iPad mini, things look great as far as readability goes. The user/avatar block to the left of each post could be a bit smaller but no big deal. I agree with whoever suggested that the subforum icons should be deleted. They are all the same and they add nothing to the page. No site identity, no nothing, They are just overly detailed clutter repeated too many times. For that page, custom icons for each area would be cool but in the meantime something less cluttery would look a lot better. Maybe just a big dot, or a square like the user avatars but slightly bigger.
On my iMac, it's a different thing, I have that antiquey drawing background that jumps around as I scroll, and the letters are rendered in a heavier type (it could just be the smoothing) than on the iPad. It looks like the same font, but the slightly thinner rendering on the iPad makes them WAY more pleasant to read. At the very least I'd like to see the bold (for unread posts or whatever) decreased. There is way more difference than needed between bold and regular.
Overall colors look fine.
No limit on editing old posts, and yes some people get into a snit and delete their posts.
My observations on GJ at this point:
On my iPad mini, things look great as far as readability goes. The user/avatar block to the left of each post could be a bit smaller but no big deal. I agree with whoever suggested that the subforum icons should be deleted. They are all the same and they add nothing to the page. No site identity, no nothing, They are just overly detailed clutter repeated too many times. For that page, custom icons for each area would be cool but in the meantime something less cluttery would look a lot better. Maybe just a big dot, or a square like the user avatars but slightly bigger.
On my iMac, it's a different thing, I have that antiquey drawing background that jumps around as I scroll, and the letters are rendered in a heavier type (it could just be the smoothing) than on the iPad. It looks like the same font, but the slightly thinner rendering on the iPad makes them WAY more pleasant to read. At the very least I'd like to see the bold (for unread posts or whatever) decreased. There is way more difference than needed between bold and regular.
Overall colors look fine.
gatewaysysop
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On the editing thing, since I didn't see a reply to my last suggestion, how about making it more onerous but not impossible to edit old posts? Maybe after the initial 48 hours, allow edits to posts only so many times per day for anything older than 48 hours. Would make it painful for folks to Ninja Edit™ their older content in bulk but for things like Frank's drill press thread or classifieds, it would keep things workable.
Actually related question - with XF is it possible to enforce the 72-hour bump rules in the classifieds now? That would be sweet.
Actually related question - with XF is it possible to enforce the 72-hour bump rules in the classifieds now? That would be sweet.
OP
Is this a really old iMac without a retina screen? If so, I haven't tested on one of those yet and would be interested to see a screen shot. Very small part of my audience obviously, but still...
If it is not and you are on retina, I think your machine might be caching... I had this same issue when we first launched and have since fixed... smoothing is perfect now on my 5k monitor...
OP
Sorry... I'm trying not to work this weekend after doing a month straight of weekends... Wife is getting a little annoyed. As such, my question answering has lagged.
Anyway, I plan to revisit the editing thing later... It's a big hard question because we've had SO MANY issues in the past with it. Turning it off solves all of them, but annoys a few...
As for the bump rule. Hell yeah. That is coming... Perhaps today!
Old Man Roger
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This highlights the problem Ryan is going to have. I prefer the exact opposite of everything you said LOL Like they say, you can’t please everyone.
AntonLargiader
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Yes, a mid-2011 27" iMac. Here are some crops.
iPad:
iMac:
The scale is off because of the different resolutions, and I didn't want to change that and induce resampling, but when I scale them the same, the difference in appearance doesn't change. The iMac is just blockier and the letters don't breathe enough. Parts of them nearly touch where they don't on the iPad. On the iPad, many of the gaps between letters are the same as the stroke width, but on the iMac the gaps appear narrower than the stroke width.
iPad:
iMac:
The scale is off because of the different resolutions, and I didn't want to change that and induce resampling, but when I scale them the same, the difference in appearance doesn't change. The iMac is just blockier and the letters don't breathe enough. Parts of them nearly touch where they don't on the iPad. On the iPad, many of the gaps between letters are the same as the stroke width, but on the iMac the gaps appear narrower than the stroke width.
OP
This is now done and running... but not tested very well...
We will see how she goes!
Bad Eye Bill
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Not me.
OP
Yes, a mid-2011 27" iMac. Here are some crops.
iPad:
iMac:
The scale is off because of the different resolutions, and I didn't want to change that and induce resampling, but when I scale them the same, the difference in appearance doesn't change. The iMac is just blockier and the letters don't breathe enough. Parts of them nearly touch where they don't on the iPad. On the iPad, many of the gaps between letters are the same as the stroke width, but on the iMac the gaps appear narrower than the stroke width.
Yeah, that's ****** resolution causing the fuzzies... I might be able to help that issue... I will give it a shot this week.
Bad Eye Bill
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Yes, that would be good.