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Phat
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Message 151 of 236 (241050)
09-07-2005 12:59 PM
Reply to: Message 142 by AdminAsgara
04-16-2005 2:15 PM


Re: Proposed New Restriction Category
I also like this idea...it would cut down on the clutter.

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Message 152 of 236 (241466)
09-08-2005 6:18 PM


About Spell Checking
A common request is spell checking. I've just discovered the Google toolbar has a spellchecker that works with both Internet Explorer and FireFox. I just tested it in both browsers. It works fine in FireFox, but not Internet Explorer where everything works except correction. When you click on a highlighted misspelled word in Internet Explorer, nothing happens.
I have a feeling it actually works in Internet Explorer, but not with the beta 7.0 that I'm using. Unfortunately, when I installed Internet Explorer 7.0 I couldn't figure out how keep Internet Explorer 6.0 from being overwritten, so I can't test the Google spell checker with Internet Explorer 6.0. Could someone please give it a try and let me know if it works?

--Percy
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Message 153 of 236 (241469)
09-08-2005 6:24 PM
Reply to: Message 152 by Admin
09-08-2005 6:18 PM


Re: About Spell Checking
No, you have to uninstall 7 and it rolls back to 6 (wow tabbed broswing!!)
I'll get you some screen grabs of that character encoding problem and some more details a bit later.

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tsig
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Message 154 of 236 (241517)
09-08-2005 9:09 PM
Reply to: Message 148 by Admin
05-14-2005 10:45 AM


Avoiding Dogpiles
Hi Percy
When there are many replies to a post it is easy for the poster to pick and chose what to repy to, thus many good arguments are left to waste.
Maybe not allowing other posts to be seen till previous questions are answered?

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Message 155 of 236 (241674)
09-09-2005 2:13 AM
Reply to: Message 154 by tsig
09-08-2005 9:09 PM


Re: Avoiding Dogpiles
That sounds less like 'avoiding dogpiles' and more like a strategy for maximising any feelings of oppression and resentment the dogpilee may already be suffering.
TTFN,
WK

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Message 156 of 236 (241675)
09-09-2005 2:18 AM
Reply to: Message 152 by Admin
09-08-2005 6:18 PM


Re: About Spell Checking
Um, why do we need a spellchecker? Isn't this a little hardcore?

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Message 157 of 236 (241967)
09-09-2005 7:27 PM
Reply to: Message 155 by Wounded King
09-09-2005 2:13 AM


just trying
That sounds less like 'avoiding dogpiles' and more like a strategy for maximising any feelings of oppression and resentment the dogpilee may already be suffering.
I don't claim to have any handle on it, it seems to me that many a good post is ignored and the poster gets to pick and choose what to answer.
Maybe there's no way to avoid it on an open discussion forum.
We can always think of the lurkers.
Thanks.

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RAZD
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Message 158 of 236 (246271)
09-25-2005 9:56 AM


light blue light on closed topics
Is it possible to turn off the light blue light on closed topics?
Particularly the ones from Proposed Topic when they have been promoted?
Also would it be possible for people's preferences to automatically turn off those lights from forums they pick as not being interested in?
People?
Finally what about a radio button choice to {show new} O {show all} O posts?
Just thinking of ways to increase filtering.

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Message 159 of 236 (246508)
09-26-2005 9:48 AM
Reply to: Message 158 by RAZD
09-25-2005 9:56 AM


Re: light blue light on closed topics
RAZD writes:
Is it possible to turn off the light blue light on closed topics?
There are two ways to turn off the blue light:
  1. Visit the thread.
  2. Click on the blue light (Clicking on it again turns it back on. In IE 6 it doesn't appear to have turned back on until you refresh, a bug fixed in the new IE 7 that's in beta right now.)
On the page listing all the forums, you can turn off the blue light for all the threads of a forum by clicking on the blue light next to that forum. And you can turn them all on the same way.
The blue light only applies to threads whose most recent post is less than 48 hours old.
Changes are coming (albeit slowly) that will make possible all kinds of various display and filtering options.

--Percy
EvC Forum Director

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Message 160 of 236 (246651)
09-26-2005 7:40 PM
Reply to: Message 159 by Admin
09-26-2005 9:48 AM


Re: light blue light on closed topics
sorry, to clarify: is it possible for the software to turn the blue lights off for closed threads? why signal a new message that cannot be responded to?
in particular when a proposed thread is moved to a new location, there is no need to signal the new message as it is repeated in the new location (what about having the message link to the new one?)
not a big quibble, just a thought.

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Message 161 of 236 (248072)
10-01-2005 9:54 PM


Linking moved threads
http://< !--UB EvC Forum: Daily Show to join the debate -->http://EvC Forum: Daily Show to join the debate
RAZD asked if we can link a moved thread from the original thread to the moved version. Right now we simply link the forum.
This is done by the software; the admins don't actually create these links. Percy, is it possible to at least add this to the feature list?
This would need to be done both for
- promoting a thread from PNT
- moving a thread from one forum to the next.
To RAZD: this is part of the software, it's not something the admins do. We just use the admin tools. Doing it manually would be a lot more work I think, so I'm posting this software "feature request."
Thanks.

Comments on moderation procedures (or wish to respond to admin messages)? - Go to:
General discussion of moderation procedures
Thread Reopen Requests
Considerations of topic promotions from the "Proposed New Topics" forum
New Members should start HERE to get an understanding of what makes great posts.
Other useful links:
Forum Guidelines, Style Guides for EvC and Assistance w/ Forum Formatting

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Message 162 of 236 (248117)
10-02-2005 7:57 AM
Reply to: Message 161 by AdminBen
10-01-2005 9:54 PM


Re: Linking moved threads
Don't understand the request. When a thread is moved, a message is added with a links to the thread and forum to which it was moved.
There *is* a bug with moved threads which will be remedied when we move the messages to MySQL, and maybe this is what you're thinking of. Right now, old links to a thread don't follow that thread if it is moved. For example, if you link to a message of a thread in Biological Evolution and then the thread is moved to Human Origins, the link will point to a non-existent thread. This will be fixed by having a single table for all messages, with message number, thread number and forum numbers being mere data associated with the message.

--Percy
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RAZD
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Message 163 of 236 (251736)
10-14-2005 11:27 AM


Search Tool upgrade
Would it be possible to add a colum to the search tool results to display subtopics? This would help narrow down the process of going through a lot of results for those of us that use subtopics as focus statements

  
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Message 164 of 236 (254024)
10-22-2005 2:37 PM


HTML Tags: BLINK and MARQUEE
Percy,
Can you disable the BLINK and MARQUEE HTML tags?
I find them to be annoying.
But maybe others have a different opinion?
Ben
This message has been edited by Ben, Saturday, 2005/10/22 11:41 AM

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Message 165 of 236 (254029)
10-22-2005 3:05 PM
Reply to: Message 164 by Ben!
10-22-2005 2:37 PM


Re: HTML Tags: BLINK and MARQUEE
What Flintstone browser are you using that recognizes the BLINK tag?

People who think they have all the answers usually don't understand the questions.

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