[Ca$h68]

Hrm. Ok, how many people agree with me on this? I hate how when I post a message, it takes me back to the thread I just posted from. WTF is with taht? Why would I want to look at what I just did? Can you make it send us back to the forum we were just in? That'd be much more convienient (dang ..neneed sleep).

Your thoughts?

Ca$h

[ThinkInsane]

I hate to say it. Never thought I would. Now I must. Ca$h68 is right. God have mercy on my soul....

[Cipher13]

I disagree... going back to the thread you just posted to allows you to go over your post and make sure there are no mistakes... I wouldn't want it any other way.

Cipher13

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[wlonh]

Cipher13, yup he got that one good, i am down with what he said...

which is to say: editing is good, and Cipher is right

[This message has been edited by wlonh (edited 08-25-2000).]

[denim]

I want to be able to double-check what I posted. Being sent back to the thread list would be inconvienient.

[elzinat]

I agree witht the last three posters and with some parts of the first reply (God have mercy on TI's soul ).

Although: I just had an idea. After I posted. We are sent to a page with banners which thaks us for posting, and has a link which we can click to return to the thread if we are not forwarded fast enough. Maybe under that could be added a link which would send Ca$h and TI back to the topic list when they click it. Then functionality would be the same for the rest of us, but they could get where they were going a little faster! And then everybody could be happy !

[This message has been edited by elzinat (edited 08-25-2000).]

[Evangellydonut]

I sorta agree and disagree with all of ya.

Getting sent back to the same thread isn't all that bad, but when the thread have multiple pages, getting sent back to the first page after posting is bad. At least send us the end of the thread where our new post append to...

[Anthony the PC lover]

Evangellydonut is absolutely correct. Getting forwarded to the 1st page of the thread makes no sense whatsoever and should be fixed ASAP!

[MacOS761]

Yes.

(Seriously.)

[elzinat]

I agree with the last three posters and some parts of the one before theirs (God have...)

[DocWest]

right on Evangellydonut!

[Ca$h68]

bah. Thats sorta dumb. See, right before I hit that big submit button, I reread stuff. Either that or I dont make typing blunders in the first place. That nad i dont' car eif i misspel something.

You'd save time if you read what you were about to post, then made sure it was good, THEN hit submit, as opposed to typing like a mofo, then hitting submit, then waiting for the whole page to reload, then rereading your post, then noticing an error, then hitting edit, then hitting post again.

The answer here is quite obvious to me.

Ca$h

PS: Its really annoying ESPECIALLY on thread that have a lot of replies.. you add something, then they make you load the whole thing again even though you just read it.

[Cipher13]

and what if you have UBB code? you can't tell whether it will work out properly by looking at code. hell, if programming were that simple, it wouldn't take Apple to write the MacOS...
the first time i posted a link, not by just pasting the url, it was a damn mess, because the UBB filter thing tried to automatically format it for me - that was a pain!
i had to edit and re-edit 3 times before it worked. it didn't like the way i had the commer, even though it was outside the anchor. seems it doubled up on the addressing - it took the url inside the url tag and the text part as two seperate urls, if you get what i mean. if you don't, it doesn't matter. it was a mess. had i just gone back to the thread, after reading it in the edit window, then wouldn't that have been a pain?
perhaps a UBB code preview button. but then, you may as well just go back to the topic!
it also just seems 'easier' to read off the thread window... and you can fit more text without having to scroll.

Cipher13

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[slboett]

To answer Ca$h's last reply: I like to go back and see my post because that goddamn little typing window is way too hard for my tired, old eyes to read with any accuracy. If they could enlarge this lil window to type, I'd be with you on this. Why is this window so small???
Why can't I type worth a damn? Oh wait, I know - I was in auto shop class instead of typing - that was for girls after all

Scott

[DocWest]

Hey yeah, why is that window so small?

Can it be extended all the way across?

[MacOS761]

hear, hear!

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[oscar]

I agree with ca$h on this one. Does UBB support that as an option? misha and john, you listening?

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[elzinat]

although when I first commented on it everybody thought I was on 'stuff', I am still of the opinion that that window for entering the text should be larger. this however also does not change my opinion on the other stuff discussed in this thread.

guess: is it small so that lots of people who are not senior members but rather new people do not get intimidated thinking that their posts have to be really long?

[Bockie]

That's a good point. Another thought is that the reply window is small because it is a bulletin board, not a dissertation assemblage. Most bulletin boards are designed as a communication tool for a brief philosophy or suggestion. A large majority of the MacNN bulletin board members are scholarly in deliberation if not by activity.

We use the fora as a classroom as well as for distraction and clarification. Some opinions are that a truly academic idea is clear and concise; however, we enjoy lengthy discussions! Besides, it does not take a long time to become a Senior Member, right elzinat?

[slboett]

Bockie,
That sure was a lotta wind to say: the window is small to keep responses short!
Guess it didn't work.

Scott

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[DBursey]

Those who have a problem with the small window should compose their post in their word processor, then paste the finished product to said window.

I agree with those who prefer to be sent back to the thread to which they are posting, in order to check html / UBB code, and to see the post in context with the others. In any case, I have a full suite of powerful navigation tools, such as a 'back' button on my browser

[wlonh]

it seems that DBursey makes sense more often than not

i am sure that whomever you work for hates you for it

[DBursey]

Thanks Wlonh

A love/hate relationship it seems. I call 'em as I see 'em (tactfully, of course), and sleep well at night. Dainty egos be damned!

[MacOS761]

I think you have an extremely valid point, DBursey, but we are looking for convenience, and shuttling post content between programs is not really convenient. As long as UBB supports a larger window, why not make it bigger?

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[Ca$h68]

no no no. COme on. The religon topic for example. Over 80 big freaking replies. If you are on a 56k like me, and you KNOW WHAT YOU TYPE, and LOOK AT THE FREAKING SCREEN when you type, it is annoying when you hit post, then it takes like a minute to 'load' that page, then it loads page one, bla bla bla. IF you want to 'double check' your posts, here are some ideas:

1. Double check your post. Dont hit submit until you are satisfied.

2. After you are done, go back to that. most people dont double check, wich accountz for trhe spelleen aerrors...

[flatcatch]

Ca$h... 56K? Now that's your real problem.

Meanwhile, click the STOP button dude!

[someone]

My 2 cents...

I really think that the posting window should be larger, as shuttling text between one program to another is both inconvenient and inefficient.

How about an option in the Forum Prefs to go back to the last thread you visited or to the entire forum?

I also think that when one is posting on, say, page two of a thread, UBB should send the poster to page two, not page one.