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nice work DZ [=

Awesome.

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Originally posted by NanaFreak
ust add a faint "O.P." in the top right of the post... so that it isnt in your face, but if you wanted to know who was the OP, its there for you to know [=

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Am I the only one who think that adds no usefull info? The first post is the OP, by the time you scroll back far enough to see the O.P. text you figured out that's the first post already.

That's what I figured.  By the time you've scrolled up to look for a faint tag that may or may not be there on any given page of a thread, you might as well have just clicked on "First"

It was a much more constructive suggestion to have it in brackets after the thread title.

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Originally posted by Menthix
Am I the only one who think that adds no usefull info? The first post is the OP, by the time you scroll back far enough to see the O.P. text you figured out that's the first post already.

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Obviously it's not useful in the first post (it's still displayed just for consistency/simplicity), but what about replies?

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Originally posted by djdannyp
It was a much more constructive suggestion to have it in brackets after the thread title.

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I don't think it would be clear what the thing in brackets is (or whether it's actually part of the subject)... =p

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Originally posted by WDZ
Obviously it's not useful in the first post (it's still displayed just for consistency/simplicity), but what about replies?

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What about them? I'm probably missing something obvious here, but I don't get it at all.

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Originally posted by Menthix

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Originally posted by WDZ
Obviously it's not useful in the first post (it's still displayed just for consistency/simplicity), but what about replies?

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What about them? I'm probably missing something obvious here, but I don't get it at all.

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It's intended to help us see who started the thread, especially when something's 4 or 5 pages into a discussion, by highlighting each of their posts with the "O.P." thing.  My point is though that by the time you've scrolled up looking for an almost invisible tag, you might as well have just clicked "First" at the bottom to be taken to the first post to see who started it, as it'd be much quicker.

The whole point of it was to avoid having to go back to the first post, so it's a time saving issue?  In which case the indicator needs to be clearer and needs to be always visible, not just visible on the pages on which the OP has replied?

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by djdannyp
It was a much more constructive suggestion to have it in brackets after the thread title.

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I don't think it would be clear what the thing in brackets is (or whether it's actually part of the subject)... =p

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Perhaps the bracket thing isn't the best idea....but there has to be some way of making it more obvious and having it show up regardless of the OP having made replies?

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Originally posted by andrey
btw: here is a modified version of my script which changes the background color, like lizardboy suggested *click*

and i updated the one i posted earlier, shouldn't need any more updates now

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Great Using it!

Thanks

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Originally posted by WDZ
eeeexcellent... added.

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thanks WDZ

btw my initial idea was something like http://www.sevenforums.com uses! but I think this is enough

Maybe a good suggestion is include this changes in the help section...

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Originally posted by djdannyp
by highlighting each of their posts with the "O.P." thing.

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Ah, didn't notice each of the posts by the user who did the OP was highlighted. That does make it useful. But I agree, more noticeable without getting annoying would be nice.

can someone post a version of the background colour changer script, that detects the "O.P." instead of making another request?
Cheers