Shipmates used to be able to plug stuff in our sigs - now that sigs are no more, is there a way of plugging stuff, or is that too likely to pith people off?
I wonder if it is possible you might consider an alteration (if possible) to the options available in the drop down menu when posting from an iPhone so that it could include the option to post a link.
If one of the other options needs to be removed, I would take ‘Code’ out as ISTM to be infrequently used.
At the moment it takes (on an iPhone) 24 key presses, plus whatever is needed for the displayed in order to post a link.
I notice, however, that when you have done that it only removes the flags that show you how many posts are unread. If you then click on the thread, it still delivers you to the last post you have read (and not, as I had hoped, to the end of the thread).
Also, when a new post is subsequently added to a thread, the unread posts flag which reappears shows the total number of unread posts, not just the number posted since the flag was cleared.
Yes, it's been noticed by others. It appears our tech wizard did something clever which doesn't work properly on all browsers. Hopefully it will be sorted soon.
Yes, it's been noticed by others. It appears our tech wizard did something clever which doesn't work properly on all browsers. Hopefully it will be sorted soon.
Ah! Not just me then. I have to say that, these days, that comes as something of a relief...
Apologies. This was my fault (I'm the web developer for the Ship). I fixed one thing and broke another. But the fonts should be back now. If anyone can confirm this I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
Tried it just now. It's all but unreadable due to the formatting not transferring over. If, instead, you paste it into Word, you get a near photographic reproduction of the web page. So that works, although it lacks the very simple and compact format of the files produced by the old boards. Definitely in "workaround" territory, not "great results" territory.
I have noticed that people have tagged others with an @ symbol, and when they do it to me, I get an email saying so-and-so tagged you in a post, with a link right to that point in the thread. It's cool. But is it possible to do it with a two-word name? Not to pick on LC, just the first one to come to mind, but take someone like Leorning Cniht. If I put an @ in front of the name, only the first word would be tagged. Would it still send the email (if LC has it set up to get emails)?
Two ways: start the tag with @ and as many letters as it needs, and wait for the pop up to come and then click on that - or type the two word names (or more) in inverted commas.
I don't get emails because I've switched that off, but I do get notifications - the globe on the top right.
I have noticed that people have tagged others with an @ symbol, and when they do it to me, I get an email saying so-and-so tagged you in a post, with a link right to that point in the thread. It's cool. But is it possible to do it with a two-word name? Not to pick on LC, just the first one to come to mind, but take someone like Leorning Cniht. If I put an @ in front of the name, only the first word would be tagged. Would it still send the email (if LC has it set up to get emails)?
If you click on the globe it will bring up the list and remove the number. It doesn't require you to go through them all. I find it more helpful to right click and open in a different tab.
I have a question. When I click on recent discussions, there is a cog I can click on for each, with an option to tag it. Does that mean anyone can add a public tag to anyone’s thread? Or is it private tagging, to sort the threads into one’s personal categories, which no one else can see?
Is there a way to move from typing an entry to posting the comment without using the mouse? On the old ship one could press TAB and select the "post" button, then press ENTER and post the comment, all without lifting one's hands off the keyboard. Is that possible here, and I'm just missing it? Is it possible to make it possible if it's not already?
BBCode -> Home -> The Styx -> Preview -> Edit -> Save Draft
Then it skips Post Comment to New Discussion, so although I can use the return / enter key to save the draft and preview, it doesn't seem to let me Post Comment.
It also won't let me Post Comment from Preview either.
BBCode -> Home -> The Styx -> Preview -> Edit -> Save Draft
Then it skips Post Comment to New Discussion, so although I can use the return / enter key to save the draft and preview, it doesn't seem to let me Post Comment.
It also won't let me Post Comment from Preview either.
That's interesting - I use the tab key a lot and of course voice reads what it says.
When you go to "My Drafts" and open the one you want to delete, there is a barely visible "x" in the far upper right hand corner. You can delete from there.
You only have a My Drafts if you have any, if that makes sense. It's under the
NEW DISCUSSION
CATEGORIES
RECENT DISCUSSIONS
MY DISCUSSIONS - if you've started any threads
list, with MY BOOKMARKS -if you have any of those.
On a laptop they are top right, on a phone underneath everything.
Ahhh! So it is. Thank you, CK. I frequently get a pop up saying Draft saved', apparently randomly, not when I've knowingly done anything. I must accidentally touch something.
What I find frustrating is when it saves a draft of what I just posted, and the next time I go back to the page, the whole of my last post is in the edit box.
I do like the automatic draft saving function, it has obvious advantages. But for someone who's on a slow internet connection like me, it can take minutes to save it, and during that time I can't do anything else.
That's what the "delete drafts" function is there to get rid of.
The "delete drafts" function is a pain in the ass to get to. Yes it's just a few clicks but why should I have to go to some buried page to overcome an error caused by the software? Making your users undo your fuckups is a sign of improperly designed or executed programming.
My impression is that the auto-save happens significantly more frequently when I'm typing. My guess is that it's on a timer and a word-count.
Some configuration options would be distinctly helpful - being able to turn it off altogether for those users who hate it, and being able to disable the timer so that it doesn't go off when you're reading (if you happen to have some text left there from an abandoned draft).
I'm not sure if it has to do with reading this thread, but I just experienced what mousethief did: a posted post saved a draft. Never happened before. Perhaps it happens if it saves a draft just as you post, or I'm guessing it happens more frequently than that given mousethief's complaint.
I do like the automatic draft saving function, it has obvious advantages. But for someone who's on a slow internet connection like me, it can take minutes to save it, and during that time I can't do anything else.
An even better reason for an option or two.
I've started composing longer posts in a separate text editor. It's not auto-save that I want to avoid, but I find the not-quite auto-sizing of the edit window annoying, and it doesn't distinguish well the quoted and your own text in edit mode, so I find myself switching between preview and edit mode as I'm typing. At which point I realise it would be a lot less painful to scroll the thread to the bit I want to reply to, and prepare my reply in a separate window. At which point, if I'm breaking up the quote to reply to individual points and pasting my reply point by point, I realise that this is taking far longer than it should and that bad user interfaces are a pain.
After a little experimentation, I think it's possible, rather than going through all the rigmarole of finding the tiny invisible x, to delete your draft by manually deleting the drafted text that re-emerges when you come to want to post again, and then clicking on "save draft" to save the empty box...
After a little experimentation, I think it's possible, rather than going through all the rigmarole of finding the tiny invisible x, to delete your draft by manually deleting the drafted text that re-emerges when you come to want to post again, and then clicking on "save draft" to save the empty box...
You get rid of a draft by clicking on "save draft'. Who'd a thunk it?
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There is a thread in AS where you can post details of Events and festivals; it had slipped down to page 2, so you may not have noticed it.
Hope this is the sort of thing you had in mind - if not, let us know and we'll have a rethink.
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If one of the other options needs to be removed, I would take ‘Code’ out as ISTM to be infrequently used.
At the moment it takes (on an iPhone) 24 key presses, plus whatever is needed for the displayed in order to post a link.
Please can the PTB consider this. Thanks
Also, when a new post is subsequently added to a thread, the unread posts flag which reappears shows the total number of unread posts, not just the number posted since the flag was cleared.
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Thanks, Alan - as I said, not a particularly Serious Issue, given the state of the world in general...
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I don't get emails because I've switched that off, but I do get notifications - the globe on the top right.
Put the name to be @-ed in quotes. Right, @Alan Cresswell?
Thanks, but the software also appears to have duplicated a sticky at the top of the board too, so we're good. (Everyone can see that, right?)
BBCode -> Home -> The Styx -> Preview -> Edit -> Save Draft
Then it skips Post Comment to New Discussion, so although I can use the return / enter key to save the draft and preview, it doesn't seem to let me Post Comment.
It also won't let me Post Comment from Preview either.
Tks.
MMM
NEW DISCUSSION
CATEGORIES
RECENT DISCUSSIONS
MY DISCUSSIONS - if you've started any threads
list, with MY BOOKMARKS -if you have any of those.
On a laptop they are top right, on a phone underneath everything.
So I had quite a lot of drafts to delete!
Many thanks.
MMM
Great function, but I wish it were more obvious.
My impression is that the auto-save happens significantly more frequently when I'm typing. My guess is that it's on a timer and a word-count.
Some configuration options would be distinctly helpful - being able to turn it off altogether for those users who hate it, and being able to disable the timer so that it doesn't go off when you're reading (if you happen to have some text left there from an abandoned draft).
I'm not sure if it has to do with reading this thread, but I just experienced what mousethief did: a posted post saved a draft. Never happened before. Perhaps it happens if it saves a draft just as you post, or I'm guessing it happens more frequently than that given mousethief's complaint.
I've started composing longer posts in a separate text editor. It's not auto-save that I want to avoid, but I find the not-quite auto-sizing of the edit window annoying, and it doesn't distinguish well the quoted and your own text in edit mode, so I find myself switching between preview and edit mode as I'm typing. At which point I realise it would be a lot less painful to scroll the thread to the bit I want to reply to, and prepare my reply in a separate window. At which point, if I'm breaking up the quote to reply to individual points and pasting my reply point by point, I realise that this is taking far longer than it should and that bad user interfaces are a pain.
You get rid of a draft by clicking on "save draft'. Who'd a thunk it?