Shoutbox

Since everyone is complaining why not just go back to how it was originaly without flags

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Originally posted by EBFL
Since everyone is complaining why not just go back to how it was originaly without flags

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Yes: 65
No: 7
I don't care: 12
Does that answer your question?

(for the record, I voted for no *cough*)

i honestly can see whats wrong with it. We asked for flags and we got them. i dont get what the problem is now, people are just starting to get picky...=/

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by Sunshine
1) It's "The Netherlands"

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If I added that, then The Netherlands would be listed right under Thailand in the UserCP.

I could change it to "Netherlands, The" if you want. BTW, the country names I'm using come directly from the official ISO 3166 standard, with only a few minor changes.

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I don't have a problem with netherlands in the dropdown list (i see it like that in many places), i just think it be more accurate if it is "The Netherlands" (wich is what one puts when sending mail overhere..not Netherlands..also see WikiMedia - Atlas of The Netherlands wich mentions the Short Name etc.) in the tooltip (*looks at Foaly*)

Thanks for takin out the non-internationally-recognized flags and for putting the flags in. It's cool to see where people come from at a glance (will also help to remember wich country has wich flag..).

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Originally posted by ICD
i honestly can see whats wrong with it. We asked for flags and we got them. i dont get what the problem is now, people are just starting to get picky...=/

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We weren't being picky, it is just better that we decide now, exactly what the method we use is going to be, and get it right first time.

Then, in about two years, when some new member comes on the forum and says "how come the flag for ______ isn't there" we can refer them to this thread.

Otherwise they'd have a valid reason for wanting their flag on there, which would just be too much work to maintain.

Thanks to this new feature I may be able to recognise flags of the world .

I prefer the UK flag to the England one for some reason.

OOOOH Nice new feature! It immediately drew my attention.
Thank you WDZ!

The first thing I noticed today was that you implemented the flags.

This does go against your record of lazyness

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Originally posted by Sunshine

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by Sunshine
1) It's "The Netherlands"

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If I added that, then The Netherlands would be listed right under Thailand in the UserCP.

I could change it to "Netherlands, The" if you want. BTW, the country names I'm using come directly from the official ISO 3166 standard, with only a few minor changes.

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I don't have a problem with netherlands in the dropdown list (i see it like that in many places), i just think it be more accurate if it is "The Netherlands" (wich is what one puts when sending mail overhere..not Netherlands..also see WikiMedia - Atlas of The Netherlands wich mentions the Short Name etc.) in the tooltip (*looks at Foaly*)

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The nicest thing would be showing Netherlands, The in the dropdown and The Netherlands as image tooltip
Yeah I know I'm whining... I should be happy that it doesn't say Holland...
Also as a suggestion: what about linking the image to http://maps.google.com/?q=(countryname) in that case you can actually see where someone comes from

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Originally posted by CanadianHero
Cause it looks like they forgot to fill it in, rather than that they chose not to.

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Maybe they did forget. I think it's fine the way it is, and having the dash there keeps the width and layout consistent.

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Originally posted by EBFL
Since everyone is complaining why not just go back to how it was originaly without flags

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Oh shush.

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Originally posted by Sunshine
I don't have a problem with netherlands in the dropdown list (i see it like that in many places), i just think it be more accurate if it is "The Netherlands" (...) in the tooltip

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Well, with the way I coded the feature, the country names come from the same PHP include file, so they can't be changed individually. I guess I could hack the code to 'fix' that though. Edit: Done.

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Originally posted by absorbation
Thanks to this new feature I may be able to recognise flags of the world .

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lol.

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Originally posted by foaly
Also as a suggestion: what about linking the image to http://maps.google.com/?q=(countryname) in that case you can actually see where someone comes from

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I'd prefer a Wikipedia link, as the articles always contain maps plus tons of other info and links. I've added it to the profile page only, as I don't like the idea of putting more code (that probably won't be used much) in the postbit.