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This has been suggested before. I do not know if it is on the TODO list or if it has been rejected, but I certainly second this suggestion, especially for articles if not for the forums.
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Yeah, I can see how that could be useful. But since everyone has their own mind of what exactly deserves a 5, or 4, or 1, I don't think it really tells you that much. (And it takes up a lot more space).
Some have suggested abolishing the voting on posts, which I think is a bad idea. Not that I think votes are *that* important, but it's definitely cool to get feedback. The way I see it, if you get a high score, people really appreciated the post. If you get a low score, who cares - they were either drive-by votes, or someone doesn't have a sense of humour, or didn't have the guts to disagree with words instead. But if you get a LOT of 1 votes, just try and think about why, and if you can't see any reason don't lose any sleep over it.
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It has occurred to me that there should be some means of users to cancel out 1.0 votes. Rarely do we have a problem with too many 5 votes but we seem to get 1.0 votes from morons.
My suggestion is that on a post where a 1.0 is likely to be the only vote cast because there's nothing wrong with the post that if users drop five 5 votes the 1.0 goes away and so do the five 5.0 votes. Admittedly you lost the 5.0 votes but at least you killed the drive by 1.0 vote and the five people voting 5's might have done it to kill the 1.0 in which case they are happy to see there 5 go away as well. This would return the post to a zero state. Of course if other users have voted more 1.0's or something other than a 5.0 or a 1.0 perhaps you still kill the 1.0 if five 5.0's are received and maybe you just leave it alone at that point...
If the regulars new of this it would be a good way to kill drive by 1.0's. The only reason I suggest five 5.0 votes is because if you make it to small a number it's tempting for trolls to create accounts to delete 1.0 votes.
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How about an status icon for the amount of activity a current thread is getting, e.g. flames for a hot thread.
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It would be useful if .NET 1 and .NET 2 articles were separated into two distinct groups. Frequently I find I'm loooking at a .NET 1 article that's no longer relevant to .NET 2. And .NET 3 will be with us before long...
Although it may be tricky to do the split easily (though the solution type in the demo project will give a clue), the other option would be the ability to sort search results by date. This won't be as good as .NET partitioning, but it would be better than nothing.
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Anyone else getting JS errors while trying to vote?
Example
Line: 497
Char: 4
Error: Automation server can't create object
Code: 0
XP, Service pack 2
IE 6
Already did a control refresh, still getting the errors. Not a big deal I don't need to vote but strange...
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Hmmm, if a person that doesn't post messages is a lurker, shouldn't the member that has posted over 5000 messages be called a curler (i.e., someone who curls up in bed with nothing else to do)?
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I couldn't post over 10,000 messages to Code Project if I was curled up in bed.
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I got the RSS link for Lounge... similarly do we have RSS for other tech forums??
"He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail."
- Abraham Maslow
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One thing I've noticed when posting to the message boards is that blank lines are removed from pre tag sections. This doesn't happen when the pre tags are used in articles, only posts to the message boards.
For example, here are a few lines of code without the pre tag:
SomeObject obj = new SomeObject();
// Tell object to do something.
obj.DoSomething();
// Tell object to do something else.
obj.DoSomethingElse();
And with the pre tags:
SomeObject obj = new SomeObject();
obj.DoSomething();
obj.DoSomethingElse();
Removing the blank lines makes the code less readable. Is there a way to change this? Is there something I could do when posting to ensure that the blank lines remain?
Thanks!
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Hmm. Works fine for Opera and Mozilla, but not IE. I've tried playing with the stylesheet but I can't seem to get it to behave.
I'm open to suggestions from the audience.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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A workaround is to put a single space in the blank line
e.g.
Line 1
Line 3
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: A workaround is to put a single space in the blank line
Thanks for the tip. That's what I'll do for now.
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Chris Maunder wrote: I'm open to suggestions from the audience.
Automatic server-side processing of PRE sections, add: syntax highlighting, escaping of <> characters in obvious non-tag contexts, hacks for broken browsers...
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Shog9 wrote: When loads are heavy, i should be able to see the glow in the sky from here.
Mmmm, yes. Man-made auroras are so pretty.
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Blank likes aren't removed in <pre> tags in articles, does that give you an idea as to the cause?
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It's something to do with about a zillion nest tables in the forums vs 1 table in the articles. Unfortunately I simply don't have the time to dig in and dissect at the moment so I'm just going to leave it as-is and fix it in the new code.
David Stone and Shog are laughing and pointing at me, I just know it.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Knowing this, I always make sure there is at least one space so that the line is not removed.
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Can we have an ignore list feature so that we can ignore certain users?
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You have to have a feature for that? Can't you just ignore them...manually?
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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DavidCrow wrote: Can't you just ignore them...manually?
Yes, but they clutter up the place.
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Part of me thinks this is a good idea, part of me prefers that there isn't a situation where an abusive member is ignored by the people most likely to report him and so is then free to cause havoc to those who haven't ignored him.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I can see where you are coming from.
How about a compromise? For example: If I'm ignoring a particular user then I don't get email notification if they respond to me. I see all their posts as grey. They can't use an email link to send me email. If I happen to be browsing a forum and I see they are up to no good, then I can still report them.
[Addition]
Also, if I see a post by a user I am ignoring, I don't get [reply] [email] etc. links at the bottom of their post - waste of bandwidth really.
[/Addition]
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Something i've been toying with for a while is a sort of "quick bio" feature, where when you click on a user's name above a post, you get a panel to the right of their post, displaying their ID, post count, article count, etc. (i think you know where this came from). Should such a feature ever be built into CP proper, it might become useful to add something else: user voting.
Votes on a user would effect the initial visibility of future messages posted by them, and would presumably decay towards Neutral over time.
And yes, this is getting into Slashdot territory, but at least voting on a user vs. aggregating post scores avoids directly penalizing users for occasionally posting on controversial subjects, while providing a quick way of recognizing The Voice of Experience in the forums. Assuming it didn't just lead to vendettas. But we're all adults here, right? *snicker*
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