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So far, so good. It's a little slower, but that's better than the page not loading right.
Just came across this once about 10 minutes ago (and a few times prior to that since yesterday).View attachment 565239 Yep, problem persists.
View attachment 565239 Yep, problem persists.
Can you two jump over to this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/screen-view.1896206/#post-21529418 to continue discussion about it
Auto-save, and saved drafts, unexpectedly absent whilst drafting editions
First observed with Mozilla Firefox 38.0.6 on PC-BSD 10.
First draft of this post (before refining the symptoms (ignore the opening line in the shot)):
![Firefox, replying inline.png]( "Firefox, replying inline.png")
No problem in that shot of an inline reply.
Editing an earlier post. No Drafts button:
![Firefox, edition.png]( "Firefox, edition.png")
![Firefox, edition overlay.png]( "Firefox, edition overlay.png")
Reproduced with Safari 7.x in OS X 10.9.5 (13F1077). Editing this post:
![2015-07-01 08-14-55 screenshot.png]( "2015-07-01 08-14-55 screenshot.png")
Postscripts
The absence of drafts, from a type of interface that's most commonly associated with automated drafts, will be a problem only when unexpected dataloss occurs.
I can easily reproduce losses that other users might not expect. And a few seconds ago I accidentally lost two paragraphs :-(
I guess that this limitation exists in XenForo or an add-on; not in anything that's specific to MacRumors.
(Plone background here; it's not unusual to find post-publication drafts that are saved but unpublished. I don't expect CMS capabilities from XenForo, but that CMS mindset led me to stumble across the dataloss outlined above.)
Suggestions
Wherever auto-save is nonfunctional in an interface (e.g. edition) that's associated with the function, don't simply be without a button that is not associated with automation.
Be explicit. Alert the user to theabsence risk of loss.
There's the temptation to show a greyed-out floppy disk icon, but the grey will be overlooked and critically, that button is unrelated to the automation.
Use plain english. In the toolbar, in lieu of the floppy disk icon, a red alert:
If the edition overlay is too narrow for that red alert to appear in the editing toolbar, then drop it to the button bar at the foot of the overlay.
First observed with Mozilla Firefox 38.0.6 on PC-BSD 10.
First draft of this post (before refining the symptoms (ignore the opening line in the shot)):
No problem in that shot of an inline reply.
Editing an earlier post. No Drafts button:
Reproduced with Safari 7.x in OS X 10.9.5 (13F1077). Editing this post:
Postscripts
The absence of drafts, from a type of interface that's most commonly associated with automated drafts, will be a problem only when unexpected dataloss occurs.
I can easily reproduce losses that other users might not expect. And a few seconds ago I accidentally lost two paragraphs :-(
I guess that this limitation exists in XenForo or an add-on; not in anything that's specific to MacRumors.
(Plone background here; it's not unusual to find post-publication drafts that are saved but unpublished. I don't expect CMS capabilities from XenForo, but that CMS mindset led me to stumble across the dataloss outlined above.)
Suggestions
Wherever auto-save is nonfunctional in an interface (e.g. edition) that's associated with the function, don't simply be without a button that is not associated with automation.
Be explicit. Alert the user to the
There's the temptation to show a greyed-out floppy disk icon, but the grey will be overlooked and critically, that button is unrelated to the automation.
Use plain english. In the toolbar, in lieu of the floppy disk icon, a red alert:
Auto-save is off
If the edition overlay is too narrow for that red alert to appear in the editing toolbar, then drop it to the button bar at the foot of the overlay.
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Quick Q.
What exactly does it mean when someone follows me? They get alerts for my posts, etc?
Kinda creepy.
What exactly does it mean when someone follows me? They get alerts for my posts, etc?
Kinda creepy.
I don't think so. It's just kinda like being a "friend"...
https://forums.macrumors.com/account/news-feed
If you go here it will show all posts by anybody you have followed.
*follows Dark Void so I can stalk him.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. #creepyhttps://forums.macrumors.com/account/news-feed
If you go here it will show all posts by anybody you have followed.
*follows Dark Void so I can stalk him.
https://forums.macrumors.com/account/news-feed
If you go here it will show all posts by anybody you have followed.
*follows Dark Void so I can stalk him.
Eh, that's okay. You've helped me quite a bit on these forums over the years. It's like a personal information hub following me around.
Well, a half-friend. It's only a full friend if you follow back.I don't think so. It's just kinda like being a "friend"...
Oh, I forgot about that page. Now I know where to stalk @grahamperrin without being seen viewing his profilehttps://forums.macrumors.com/account/news-feed
If you go here it will show all posts by anybody you have followed.
*follows Dark Void so I can stalk him.
It would be really nice to be able to change the title of a thread you create without mod assistance, for mistakes or improvement, like you could with the old software. Can this feature be added? Thanks!
Did you happen to glance over this icon?
![thread-tools-png.557369]()
Thanks much! I was used to seeing this option under the thread edit section.
I'd like to thank MacRumors for the new emoji; they're some of the most endearing emoji I've ever come across. I love the large size of them as well.
I would like it if we could also use the built-in ones blown up to the same size as the excellent MacRumors ones. Also, I'd love to see an animated laughing emoji—I feel that would complete the MacRumors collection.
Put me in the opposite group. I hate the new non-Retina Xenforo-default smilies and have implemented a fix to change them back to the old. Hopefully MR will make some better Retina smilies in the future.
No character emoji support as well, which has made Xenforo a real downgrade when it comes to emoji/smilies.
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You're certainly not the firstThanks much! I was used to seeing this option under the thread edit section.
Did you happen to glance over this icon?
![thread-tools-png.557369]()
Thanks. Didn't look there too when I asked a mod to change the title. Pesky tools everywhere.
[QUOTE="Gwendolini, post: 21545163, member: 945889”]… Pesky tools …[/QUOTE]
Availability of tools should be welcomed.
There’s an underlying problem – the combination of these two things:
Availability of tools should be welcomed.
There’s an underlying problem – the combination of these two things:
- use of ambiguous icons
- lack of plain english.
I will point out that in this case, experience can work against someone by expecting the features to be under "Edit" like on vB, while a newcomer wouldn't have that expectation.