Shoutbox

There might still be stuff to discuss, like possible layout changes, or bugs or something... =o

I still think we should get rid of those pesky stars

WDZ:
You forgot to add an option in the registering

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Originally posted by Napbree
WDZ:
You forgot to add an option in the registering

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It's on my todo list... I'll add it after I get some sleep.

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/shoutbox.php?hl=80559

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Originally posted by saralk

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
What I find important is the usefull information, the info which, when put together, could give an idea of what the person knows or what his background is and how much he/she is familiar with the forum. This is a support forum in the first place, so I find such info more important than knowing from which country he/she came or what their gender is. Such info includes postcount, time of joining(!), rep, and maybe age.... All the rest is just 'interesting'...

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I can sort of understand where you're coming from with time of joining, but I still think that the reputation is a far better indicator of the user's helpfulness rather than the time of joining.

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Yeah, I understand... but I think one thing isn't more important than the other thing. It is putting the things together which gives the proper information.

A reputation on its own doesn't say much. A postcount on its own doesn't say much either. The same with the joining date. But putting everything together and you get a somewhat 'usefull' information about a person. Leaving something out and that 'picture' gets unclear.

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Originally posted by saralk
I still think that we should get rid of the stars, they are completely redundant, and potentially dangerous as new member might think they are related to how helpful a user is. As you said, this is a support forum and so people just looking for help might think it has something to do with their seniority in the forum.

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Hmmm... dunno, I think I don't agree with this. Not about removing the stars, but about _why_ they should be removed.

I think it is fairly clear what the stars are _not_, as there is a clear reputation field. If the reputation field wasn't there I would have agreed with the 'potentially dangerous for newbies' reasoning.

This said, the stars are (almost!) the same as the user title, so yeah, it's (almost!) double information which could maybe be removed.

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Originally posted by Discrate

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Originally posted by alex
Now that the "Status: Offline" is gone, does it really need to say "Status: Online"? Why not just "Online" or "Away"? =p

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Geeze dont get picky! all it needs i think is the flag down the bottom of the info,instead of the middle.

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No... Things have been removed (like the IP) to preserve space, adding the flag to the bottom is just going to enlarge everything again.

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Originally posted by alex
Now that the "Status: Offline" is gone, does it really need to say "Status: Online"? Why not just "Online" or "Away"? =p

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Because it also says "joined:", "reputation:", "posts:", etc.... ? consistancy....
(removing it wouldn't save space either)

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Atm, it looks extremely well... WDZ




(although, why do some flags have a black border, some a '3D' border and some no border at all. eg: I think the Germany flag looks a bit too much '3D'... compare it the UK flag for example which doesn't have a black border, or even japan........nitpicking I know )

i like it now ;o

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
(although, why do some flags have a black border, some a '3D' border and some no border at all. eg: I think the Germany flag looks a bit too much '3D'... compare it the UK flag for example which doesn't have a black border, or even japan........nitpicking I know (Smilie))

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haha yea... why is that? ¬¬


EDIT: Stars gone!

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Originally posted by WDZ
like possible layout changes, or bugs or something

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Like removing the stars Maybe we should poll it.

And maybe the ASL thing should be above the "Posts:" line, so Posts:, Reputation:, Joined: and Status: are grouped together. I'm not sure if it will look good tough.

but posts and reps are more dynamic things, they change... age, gender, country, joining date are static things, they don't (aren't supposed to ) change...

EDIT: well, ok, age changes too, but you know what I mean
reps and posts say something about your forum-status, while all the other things says something about your real life.... well... except for joining date .... hmm...well... blah... I give up

EDIT: lol, I actually agree now... ASL above posts

off topic: while wdz is busy changing stuff anyways, maybe remove the ASL emoticon: (?), or change its shortcut to (asl)

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Because it also says "joined:", "reputation:", "posts:", etc.... ? consistancy....
(removing it wouldn't save space either)

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But you need "Posts:" and "Joined:" because without those, the numbers wouldn't clearly be the post count, and the date could be anything (unlikely, but it could), "Online" makes sense on it's own without "Status" being there imo =p

I know it wouldn't save space, that's not why I suggested it, I just think it's not really needed ;p

I liked it the way it was before but just add a flag under the original stuff.