Thanks for the slightly darker font

posted by Ironman92

Thanks for the slightly darker font

'slightly' being the operative word     :)

It's almost black, and a tad darker than the font on the old site. So...

posted by justincredible

It's almost black, and a tad darker than the font on the old site. So...

It was pretty small and not always easy...had to slightly adjust lighting on my phone. Now I don’t....so good enough for me

Made a few updates to the rep system. I still need to add the ability to add a comment to a rep (optional), but I did add the requirement to add a comment before you can neg. You won't be able to see the comments yet, but I'll build out an interface for viewing comments soon (likely accessible from the Admin Actions button on all of your posts). And leave a legitimate reason for negging the post, it shouldn't be used for negging someone just because you don't like them. If I see that folks are mashing their keyboards or leaving ad hominem attacks as comments I reserve the right to disable their ability to use the neg feature.

posted by justincredible

 it shouldn't be used for negging someone just because you don't like them

negged. this was the only reason we wanted to neg people in the first place

You now have the option of typing a comment before leaving a rep. You can either click the Leave Comment button or hit enter to leave a rep without a comment. Also, you can't rep yourself, because that's pretty lame.

posted by MontyBrunswick

negged. this was the only reason we wanted to neg people in the first place

I mean, if they say something stupid go ahead.

posted by justincredible

I mean, if they say something stupid go ahead.

AKA: The CC Clause.

posted by ernest_t_bass

Minor

- Option + click to open a thread into a new tab and you don't leave your current page.

This should work now. If the option key doesn't work, try the windows key (or command key on mac). If that doesn't do what you want let me know. One note, you have to click on the actual thread title link, not just the area surrounding it that is clickable.

posted by Heretic

AKA: The CC Clause.

More or less.

posted by ernest_t_bass

- Open links in a new window

This should work now as well, at least for any external link. If it's a link to another thread it will load in the same window.

posted by justincredible

This should work now. If the option key doesn't work, try the windows key (or command key on mac). If that doesn't do what you want let me know. One note, you have to click on the actual thread title link, not just the area surrounding it that is clickable.

 

It was the command key.  Not sure why I said "option."  Probably because I'm retarded. 

posted by ernest_t_bass

It was the command key.  Not sure why I said "option."  Probably because I'm retarded. 

 Cool. So you're good?

Adding the functionality to open links in new tabs has introduced a new bug to the post editor. If you try to use any of the buttons on the editor it will open a new blank tab. The actual function will work, it's just annoying that a new tab opens. I will fix this tonight.

What about a spell check enabler?  I know... spell gooder.  But Safari, by default, underlines misspelled words.  But not on this site.  Found that interesting, and didn't realize it was possible.  Must be some sort of script...

posted by justincredible

Adding the functionality to open links in new tabs has introduced a new bug to the post editor. If you try to use any of the buttons on the editor it will open a new blank tab. The actual function will work, it's just annoying that a new tab opens. I will fix this tonight.

This has been fixed.

posted by ernest_t_bass

What about a spell check enabler?  I know... spell gooder.  But Safari, by default, underlines misspelled words.  But not on this site.  Found that interesting, and didn't realize it was possible.  Must be some sort of script...

I can look into it.

you might look to try to have links open a new window instead of taking you off the thread and going to whereve the link is directing you.

posted by j_crazy

you might look to try to have links open a new window instead of taking you off the thread and going to whereve the link is directing you.

That should be working as you describe now, I added that the other day.

I just pushed an update that cut the queries needed to load the homepage in half. I noticed it had started loading a little slow so I wanted to see what I could do to fix it.

Let me know if you notice anything weird with the reps/negs system.

A couple things:

-When will we be able to see rep/neg comments?

-Maybe it is just me, but the multi quote feature doesn't work.  It only populates one quote, but I might be doing it wrong.  I click the "+" on multiple posts and then when I am done I click "quote" on a particular post.  On the old site it would collect all the posts.  On this site it just quotes the post where I click "quote."

-  Also it might be just me, but when I click on "last post" for any thread, it doesn't take me to last post.  I assume this is meant for the last unread post?  If not, can you add that feature?

I use chrome if that helps with any of the above.

posted by like_that

A couple things:

-When will we be able to see rep/neg comments?

Soon.

-Maybe it is just me, but the multi quote feature doesn't work.  It only populates one quote, but I might be doing it wrong.  I click the "+" on multiple posts and then when I am done I click "quote" on a particular post.  On the old site it would collect all the posts.  On this site it just quotes the post where I click "quote."

Do you not see the green button floating in the bottom right of the screen?

-  Also it might be just me, but when I click on "last post" for any thread, it doesn't take me to last post.  I assume this is meant for the last unread post?  If not, can you add that feature?

Yeah, it currently just takes you to the last post since you viewed the thread. I'd need to re-evaluate how best to add both options, until then you can always click the right area on the pager.

 

I use chrome if that helps with any of the above.

The site is best viewed in Internet Explorer 6.

posted by justincredible

Soon.

-Maybe it is just me, but the multi quote feature doesn't work.  It only populates one quote, but I might be doing it wrong.  I click the "+" on multiple posts and then when I am done I click "quote" on a particular post.  On the old site it would collect all the posts.  On this site it just quotes the post where I click "quote."

Do you not see the green button floating in the bottom right of the screen?

-  Also it might be just me, but when I click on "last post" for any thread, it doesn't take me to last post.  I assume this is meant for the last unread post?  If not, can you add that feature?

Yeah, it currently just takes you to the last post since you viewed the thread. I'd need to re-evaluate how best to add both options, until then you can always click the right area on the pager.

 

I use chrome if that helps with any of the above.

The site is best viewed in Internet Explorer 6.

This helps, thanks.  I didn't notice the green bubble on the bottom right.

You're not the first to miss seeing it, so I'm probably going to tweak it a bit so it's more noticeable.