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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 by ZubaZ | Discussion: WinCustomize Site Issues
I don't want this to be a break/fix thread.
It's not sanctioned by Wincustomize nor is it on their list of things to do. But maybe we'll have some good suggestions that they will implement.
It's not sanctioned by Wincustomize nor is it on their list of things to do. But maybe we'll have some good suggestions that they will implement.
I'll start:
It would be nice if the navigation at the top of each forum was duplicated at the bottom.
It would be nice to have the current time near where the last reply time is displayed.
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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #102 Friday, July 28, 2006 2:29 AM
Reply #102 Friday, July 28, 2006 2:29 AM
Just me testing. My account is set so it shows my real name not my nick - it doesn't work properly, showing on some posts and not others, it needs a bug fix 
CerebroJD
Reply #103 Friday, July 28, 2006 3:24 AM
Reply #103 Friday, July 28, 2006 3:24 AM
Its showing me your nickname in the post above, as of 3:22am EST, July 28th.
Lantec
Reply #104 Friday, July 28, 2006 7:10 AM
Reply #104 Friday, July 28, 2006 7:10 AM
Yeah, the reason I posted it was I saw your nick in one post and then your name in next and your weren't in the active user list.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #105 Friday, July 28, 2006 7:41 AM
Reply #105 Friday, July 28, 2006 7:41 AM
Yeah that's what I mean, it isn't working. One nick in one post and the other in the next post... 
Andrew Powell
Reply #106 Friday, July 28, 2006 8:22 AM
Reply #106 Friday, July 28, 2006 8:22 AM
Fuzzy: exactly how long did you wait before you tested to see if the feature was working (or not)? There is a massive amount of data that has to be updated when you change that option, combined with server caching, it could be up to 20 minutes to see the full effect.
Btw guys, this is a suggestions thread, not a bug thread 
andrew_
Reply #107 Friday, July 28, 2006 9:16 AM
Reply #107 Friday, July 28, 2006 9:16 AM
Good call. I'll create a sticky in Site Issues for that.
Lantec
Reply #108 Friday, July 28, 2006 9:22 AM
Sorry.....I guess I was suggesting it might be a bug.
The "bug" thread ends up being in the WC News Section and this ones in the Site Issues Section. I'd "suggest" movin the "bug" thread.
Reply #108 Friday, July 28, 2006 9:22 AM
| Btw guys, this is a suggestions thread, not a bug thread |
Sorry.....I guess I was suggesting it might be a bug.
The "bug" thread ends up being in the WC News Section and this ones in the Site Issues Section. I'd "suggest" movin the "bug" thread.
CerebroJD
Reply #109 Monday, July 31, 2006 3:00 PM
Reply #109 Monday, July 31, 2006 3:00 PM
Andrew... I had an idea about url insertion into posts.... instead of the link automatically coming up [ link="url" ]url[ /link ], could you just have it say Link in the middle instead? That way we dont end up with long url's all over the place where ppl arent sure what to edit...
Bebi Bulma
Reply #110 Monday, July 31, 2006 8:17 PM
I second that. Also, how about auto-parsing url's pasted into the posts into clickable links like it used to be? I've noticed that most of the time some new people posting for help just paste the links directly into the post without using the insert url function. Just gets a little tedious having to copy the links and paste them into the browser to see what the problem is. 
Reply #110 Monday, July 31, 2006 8:17 PM
| Andrew... I had an idea about url insertion into posts.... instead of the link automatically coming up [ link="url" ]url[ /link ], could you just have it say Link in the middle instead? That way we dont end up with long url's all over the place where ppl arent sure what to edit... |
CerebroJD
Reply #112 Monday, July 31, 2006 11:50 PM
Reply #112 Monday, July 31, 2006 11:50 PM
First Suggestion:
As discussed on IRC today, I think the mouseover "Thread Previews" should be scaled according to user rank (if possible). For example... a guest doesnt get a post preview, and a visitor gets about 50 or 60 letters. A journeyman might get 100, with Moderators and up being able to see 200 or so characters.
(ps: Andrew, dont forget to convert line breaks to *spaces* not just remove them... otherwise the words run together! )
Second Suggestion:
Integrated PM system. It would sure speed things up, rather than having to rustle up some other users email address to drop them a line, even when we can SEE that they are on the forums and active. I think it would be a great way to get information between users, and would benefit the community.
As discussed on IRC today, I think the mouseover "Thread Previews" should be scaled according to user rank (if possible). For example... a guest doesnt get a post preview, and a visitor gets about 50 or 60 letters. A journeyman might get 100, with Moderators and up being able to see 200 or so characters.
(ps: Andrew, dont forget to convert line breaks to *spaces* not just remove them... otherwise the words run together!
)Second Suggestion:
Integrated PM system. It would sure speed things up, rather than having to rustle up some other users email address to drop them a line, even when we can SEE that they are on the forums and active. I think it would be a great way to get information between users, and would benefit the community.
Lantec
Reply #113 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 7:23 AM
I'd second that, or as an alternative a shout box so you can call someone into IRC. Both would be much more efficient now that we have the "Active User" list.
Reply #113 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 7:23 AM
| Integrated PM system. It would sure speed things up, rather than having to rustle up some other users email address to drop them a line, even when we can SEE that they are on the forums and active. I think it would be a great way to get information between users, and would benefit the community |
I'd second that, or as an alternative a shout box so you can call someone into IRC. Both would be much more efficient now that we have the "Active User" list.
andrew_
Reply #114 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 10:10 AM
Reply #114 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 10:10 AM
I am pleased to announce that the editor(s) have been modified:
- Firefox no longer animates the Link or Img dialogs due to poor performance.
- Link dialog auto-focuses on the URL textbox
- Img dialog auto-focuses on the URL textbox
- Link dialog will now output [ link = (www address) ]WWW Link[ /link ]
andrew_
Reply #115 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 11:42 AM
Reply #115 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 11:42 AM
Clear your cache. Whenever there is an update announced that's the first thing you should do. Firefox is horrible when it comes to releasing cached stylesheets and javascript files.
Bichur
Reply #116 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 11:44 AM
Reply #116 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 11:44 AM
Bichur
Reply #117 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 11:47 AM
the box still animates for me - slow draw
no auto focus in either link or image
FF 1.5.0.5
Reply #117 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 11:47 AM
| # Firefox no longer animates the Link or Img dialogs due to poor performance. # Link dialog auto-focuses on the URL textbox # Img dialog auto-focuses on the URL textbox |
the box still animates for me - slow draw
no auto focus in either link or image
FF 1.5.0.5
Bebi Bulma
Reply #118 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 1:28 PM
Reply #118 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 1:28 PM
Any updates about the timestamp and Firefox direct-to-post issues?
andrew_
Reply #119 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 1:30 PM
Reply #119 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 1:30 PM
Please post bugs or discussion of bugs on the Forum Bugs topic.
dragonmage
Reply #120 Sunday, August 6, 2006 6:10 PM
Reply #120 Sunday, August 6, 2006 6:10 PM
Just an idea here. How about a Suggestions or Feature Request category, with subcategories for each Stardock program, the Wincustomize site, the Wincustomize forums?
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Reply #101 Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:50 PM