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grahamperrin said:
Serious question: is there a thread edit section? (Was there a section with that name, or something like it, with vBulletin? I can't recall.)
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Under the old software, when you selected "edit" a post, the editable title of the tread appeared under advanced options. There is an "edit thread" here, logic would group this feature there, but it's located under the cog icon prior to selecting "edit".
 
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@Dark Void: thanks.


Sections and orientation

HUGE AL said:
… navigate … sections …
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@HUGE AL the quick navigation menu is presentable not only as a menu; it's presentable as a page. Try either/both of these:
– each page presents the phrase Quick Navigation Menu but that's not clickable. It's simply a large heading at the top of a long page that lists pretty much everything (any and every starting point that you might need on an everyday basis).


Editions

Huntn said:
… there is an "edit thread" here …
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Not quite. The word on the button is –

EDIT​

– but I'm not shouting at you, @Huntn. Neither am I nitpicking. I'm simply quoting the word in the same way that it's overemphasised (bigger and bolder than normal text) – and SHOUTED (UPPERCASE) – on the button.

The word deserves special thought, by designers of the site, because of this:
  • all posts, including the opening post, are untitled.
It's big, bold and loud-mouthed, yes, but no matter how loudly that one word EDIT is shouted, it's wrong for that button at this site.

At this point I expect some readers to be even more puzzled o_O and/or confused :confused: than they were before this post, but that's OK because I'm preparing a separate post that should make sense to a designer. Patience, please, folks; the essence of what's to follow should lead to less confusion around some of the concepts.


Postscript

One of the posts from which I quoted has been edited, but I'll leave what's above. It was drafted before the other person's edition ;-)
 
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Doesn't seem entirely correct. Read the small print. Look at the results. Can't get a search result that's relevant.

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Ps. If anyone knows the answer please tell. Thanks.

Pps. Switched spotlight search location services back on yesterday
 
grahamperrin said:
@Dark Void: thanks.


Sections and orientation



@HUGE AL the quick navigation menu is presentable not only as a menu; it's presentable as a page. Try either/both of these:
– each page presents the phrase Quick Navigation Menu but that's not clickable. It's simply a large heading at the top of a long page that lists pretty much everything (any and every starting point that you might need on an everyday basis).


Editions



Not quite. The word on the button is –

EDIT​

– but I'm not shouting at you, @Huntn. Neither am I nitpicking. I'm simply quoting the word in the same way that it's overemphasised (bigger and bolder than normal text) – and SHOUTED (UPPERCASE) – on the button.

The word deserves special thought, by designers of the site, because of this:
  • all posts, including the opening post, are untitled.
It's big, bold and loud-mouthed, yes, but no matter how loudly that one word EDIT is shouted, it's wrong for that button at this site.

At this point I expect some readers to be even more puzzled o_O and/or confused :confused: than they were before this post, but that's OK because I'm preparing a separate post that should make sense to a designer. Patience, please, folks; the essence of what's to follow should lead to less confusion around some of the concepts.


Postscript

One of the posts from which I quoted has been edited, but I'll leave what's above. It was drafted before the other person's edition ;-)
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I may regard this as nitpicking. :) When you create a thread, you name it. A prominent edit button exist under every post. One way to approach this (as with the orig forum software) would be to allow the thread originator to edit the first post upon which the thread is based including the title with the same edit button. The other way would be to use the edit button just to change the text with a seperate button/icon to change the name of the title of the thread. Personally I would choose the first way, but now that I know how this software works, I can live with the reality. :)
 
Jabber URIs misinterpreted as e-mail addresses

Test

xmpp:grahamperrin@jabber.org

Failure
  • the xmpp: part of the URI is ignored
  • <node-identifier>@<domain-identifier> is misinterpreted as an e-mail address.
I sought advice at https://xenforo.com/community/ and at https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us but found nothing relevant.

Formatting as code is a workaround, but it's ugly. Any other suggestions?

In the absence of Jabber URI handling, I'd like the URI to appear as plain text.

Points of reference may include http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0032.html#sect-idp634592
 
Mergers and dataloss

When two topics are merged, it appears that a most important thing – the title – is automatically lost.

Can that loss be avoided?
 
I don't like the way quotes are hidden. Its not easy now to know what a poster is replying to without an additional step by me (clicking to reveal the whole quote)
 
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I saw a reply to this question somewhere else, but the answer didn't work for me.
When starting a reply, you type a few lines then decide you do not want to post. So, I delete the text and refresh the page, but the post I started shows up in the reply area again.
How do you delete the auto saved reply?
 
ron7624 said:
I saw a reply to this question somewhere else, but the answer didn't work for me.
When starting a reply, you type a few lines then decide you do not want to post. So, I delete the text and refresh the page, but the post I started shows up in the reply area again.
How do you delete the auto saved reply?
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you can't auto delete?
You have to go into the box and delete it. I made this mistake. Quoted, changed mind, left , came back later, replied to someone and it also posted my half edited changed mind didn't want to post reply.

Sometimes its a useful feature, sometimes it just sucks.
 
Zxxv said:
you can't auto delete?
You have to go into the box and delete it. I made this mistake. Quoted, changed mind, left , came back later, replied to someone and it also posted my half edited changed mind didn't want to post reply.

Sometimes its a useful feature, sometimes it just sucks.
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no. no matter how many times I delete the text, then refresh the page, the reply still shows up after I refresh
 
ron7624 said:
no. no matter how many times I delete the text, then refresh the page, the reply still shows up after I refresh
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I just tried and it deleted for me.

I quote replied your post. Went to another page. Came back. Highlighted and deleted it. Went away. Came back. It was gone.
 
ron7624 said:
no. no matter how many times I delete the text, then refresh the page, the reply still shows up after I refresh
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and I just went to another page, quote reply, highlighted and deleted, refreshed page. All went away.

Dont know why its not working for you.
 
Zxxv said:
I just tried and it deleted for me.

I quote replied your post. Went to another page. Came back. Highlighted and deleted it. Went away. Came back. It was gone.
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Well, it worked for me too just now. I wasn't leaving the page though, I was just deleting the text and refreshing the page.
Okay, thanks!
 
Zxxv said:
I don't like the way quotes are hidden. Its not easy now to know what a poster is replying to without an additional step by me (clicking to reveal the whole quote)
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Seems like a fairly nice feature actually. Only seems to apply to longer posts that are quoted and saves the trouble of often needless scrolling through that longer quote just to get to he reply. And if the whole quote is needed it's just a quick click/tap away.
 
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Another thing I wanted to mention - not sure if it has been brought up or discussed, and also not sure if it is intended or not but let me see if I can describe it -

When you reply to a thread with multiple pages - say two pages for example's purpose - sometimes (or all of the time and I just haven't noticed) it displays your post and posts previous to yours on page one, but still shows page two as an option even though during this time, all posts in the thread are collectively displayed on page one. Clicking page two then sorts the replies properly, and makes the correct cutoff for page one in terms of the amount of replies per page, and starts the rest of the replies on page two normally.

Hope this makes sense. I think it has something to do with quoting posts on previous pages when your reply would end up on a later page in the thread.
 
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Spy and push

2015-05-18:

grahamperrin said:
… Broader push options would be a very welcome addition to the forum. …
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In the wiki:

arn said:
… push notifications…
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AngerDanger said:
I'd like to request the option of receiving MacRumors forum alerts as push notifications.
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Would it be feasible to implement a push approach to the spy?

(Topics Forum Spy for Early Use and Modding the new MR Spy focus on using the browser, not Notification Centre, to notify.)
 
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