putting the thread title in the email notification subject it a must, in gmail i'm getting different threads grouped by the generic subject and it's a right pain....

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What does the combination of +QUOTE and "REPLY buttons actually do?

On other forums these are default settings -
Hit "REPLY and the quote appears at the top of your post, or
Hit +QUOTE and it changes to -QUOTE, then hit "REPLY and the quote does not appear (ie like using ADD REPLY here)

But here, if you hit +QUOTE it changes to -QUOTE, but when you hit "REPLY the quote is still there, ie it appears that nothing has happened

It's very counter-intuitive. If you want to quote one post only, click on the 'reply' button for that post. If you want to insert multiple quotes, click on the '+quote' button for each post you want to quote. Illogicaly, the '+quote' then changes to '-quote'. Then click on 'add reply' and all the posts you have previously selected appear in the reply box.

Seemingly it uses ieSpell on IE7 and perhaps something built-in to IE8, therefore is not available on other browsers. Personally, I'm a fan of the inline spellcheck of Mac Firefox, which is also available on both platforms with Safari. However, that's not a great solution if you don't use those browsers, so in time I'll see if there are other spell check add-ons for IPB.

Hack, my thread here looks terrible with the CODE tag. I think it doesn't accept any other tags (B, I, U, etc.) in it. I tried CODEBOX instead but it gives the following result:




The old forum's CODE tag was useful. Now, the CODE and CODEBOX tags are pretty useless. I would like to see the whole script at once. Isn't there a better solution for this?

Thanks.

Obviously it's a bit like Windows - to shut down the computer click on "START"
I'll get my coat

Happening to me a lot too.

Yeah, that's not great. Making code convert any other BB code it contains isn't easy as that behavior is hard coded in the forum software. However, I have added a new tag: pre which will give the same sort of output as code did on the old software.

We are seeing some intermittent glitches and are looking into it. This relates to slow search queries holding up the database.

Why is the 'Chat' link near so unrelated links? Either it should be near 'Live' or near 'Features' at the top... Or in between, one would think...

Pressed it whilst trying to figure out what in the hell 'Lo-Fi Version' is and it was somewhat embarassing while the slow Java unsigned applet loaded...

But what a good job you did,Hack!

As the default search engine was both rubbish and causing us database glitches, I have urgently replaced it with a very fast indexing system. This should be considered experimental, but in testing so far it seems to work well.

I would be interested to hear if it has improved the search experience and also if anyone still sees IPS driver messages.

That tag is better than the CODE tag. But it doesn't show quotation marks. Oops, it does! Why doesn't it work this way when editing old posts?
Let's see if it shows foreign signs. Obviously not.

Whose idea was it to make the avatars tiny again?

Nothing has changed, avatars are still 90x90

Hack, I just got another 'IPS Driver Error' message. System really slow for me right now.

I randomly get the same error 'IPS Driver Error'!

And I'm just got the same error.

Thanks for the info. We are having a few teething problems with the heavy traffic today.

Welcome to Invision!

Hack, could you introduce one of those +/- buttons to the important topics in RC? to minimise them. they don't update very often and it'd be nice to see more threads without scrolling.
you could auto open everyones if there's an important update perhaps.

Thanks Hack, it's much better now with the PRE tag.

Whose idea was it to allow huge avatars?

just turn them off

+1

Avatars were once 50x50, presumably on the old board. They are now 90x90. I will load up a larger one as I don't think you can see my logo often enough or big enough

Should now be sorted.

Gone.

Heart felt thank yous to all involved in getting the titles back on the email notices.

There is indeed a cut-off at 300, which is to prevent over-use of server resources. I have tried this higher, but eventually the amount of data involved gets out of control. It really needs pagination, but that's not simple to implement, so is unlikely to happen in the short term.

Great work with the upgrade Hack and anyone else involved. Can't have been a easy task considering the amount of data and custom code on the old board

I can just find one thing that I miss from the old forum, the ability to only view posts from a selected user in a thread. Would be great if this can be added again some time in the future.

/Viktor

Hack Logged into my emails and all is well again! cheers muchly

Your e-mails?
That's enough for being put in jail for life in some countries, specially the one between Canada and Mexico...;)

Indeed it is - great work, thanks mate!

I don't like the new set-up all. It NOT IMO user friendly. BTW, why did you feel a change was necessary?

I missed out I

Reply to: Pit Babe

Apr 30 2009, 20:43 Post #163

QUOTE (()qo3lav1236 @ Apr 30 2009, 18:36)
woah a new low... why not just sell our e-mails?

QUOTE (Hack @ Apr 30 2009, 12:18)
All members converted from the old software have no data protection preference until you specifically save either choice from the profile screen.

That is all well and fine. The thin ethical issue here still remains that it is okayed by DEFAULT when (my assumption) the majority do NOT think it is okay to share that kind of information WITHOUT approval in the first place. But the people that get their email's shared are often the ones that do not use the boad on a regular basis, hence have no chance to change any subtle settings in time. The other thing is that you have to know about the information that your emails are shared and that means you need to be well informed. Not only subject wise but also technically wise. The latter part of that is what I think brings a further ethical question to the subject. And finally - not taking up the feedback regarding this issue properly is not good in retrospect to the above mentioned.

I know there are many people around that have a couple of extra toolbars in their browsers and they don't know how it got there. It's mostly inexperienced computerusers that get's them "Google search bar" or "Ask.com search bar" and so on. That comes from an attitude-change in the moneymaking internet-buisness that is ethically questinable. One just "assumes" that you click off the default "you want to install the google search bar" when installing some freeware, but most inexperienced users do believe that if you want something - you have to specifically say so.

It's the same with the default option of sharing e-mail adresses that has been commented in this thread by some anxious users. So from my oppinion it is not okay to default that to an approval, when it should be the other way round so that you have to explicitly allow the use of private information. But than again you'd have to wait for somebody to explicitly give their ok for sharing their e-mail adresses - and most people won't do that, now would they....

This is a questionable development in ethical views regarding the integrecy and the use of electronic medium...

If it is not already on your very very long list of things to do, Hack, could you please consider adding an adjustment to the "go to first unread post" icon. Either changing it for words or making the icon a bit more obvious. Not a high priority change, but a few people have asked how to do it because they haven't noticed the icon.

This was the most requested missing feature and is now back

Hi there I agree with what you're saying, but I think what Hack means is that sharing emails is not the default option...even though that's what it looks like.

My understanding of the situation is that until a user actively selects Yes or No from the relevant dropdown menu, nothing is done with the data. The default option is not to share, it's to do nothing.

If I'm wrong, I leave it to Hack, Ginga or someone else close to the software to clarify. Indeed, my post was simply a quote of something Hack had said earlier. I brought it forward in the conversation in the hope of addressing the anxiety expressed by ()qo3lav1236 and many others after Hack's post. If my participation only muddied the waters further, I apologize.

Thanks!

/Viktor

Thanks! Much appreciated!!

i feel like im in the minority but i actually like the new look and feel a lot better. i am using the new skin and i have no major issues with it. i always thought the atlas orange looked a bit odd and out dated.

Im not sure if it is the same for everyone but the new bb software does much better job of tracking which posts ive actually read. The old software would show me as hving read everything if i spent more than 15 mins on the board.

good job guys, awesome work.

Mat,
I agree. Hack has been doing a fantastic job sorting the teething problem out.
Now if he could only solve my Firefox spell check issue...

Just wondering but when I turn up to the front page of the forum, the page never automatically updates. Do I have a setup problem with IE. This never happened with the old BB software.

One question, Is there a way to turn off the bubble that comes up when you point your mouse over a thread?

See post 336 in this thread.

thanks, tried searching dut didnt see that comment. 

No, it's a general thing. You need to get into the habit of clicking on the "Mark all Forums Read" link when you log out.

Anyone else get this when they try and search?



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