Bugs and Suggestions

2-Jul-08 15:23

Sorry - was just doing some unavoidable DB maintanence. Should be better now.

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Chris Maunder

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Suggestion

Hans Dietrich2-Jul-08 5:20

Hans Dietrich

2-Jul-08 5:20

A while back - like last year - I suggested a new icon for message types: a suggestion icon, that could be used both on this forum and on article forums. What do you think?

Best wishes,
Hans

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Paul Conrad2-Jul-08 18:01

Paul Conrad

2-Jul-08 18:01

I like the idea of the suggestion icon. Have you emailed Chris about it?

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Hans Dietrich2-Jul-08 19:00

Hans Dietrich

2-Jul-08 19:00

I only email Chris when it's really serious (like when one of my articles gets mangled Smile | :)

). I don't consider this to be critical, and besides it sounds like he's busy today.

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Hans

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Paul Conrad2-Jul-08 19:39

Paul Conrad

2-Jul-08 19:39

Hans Dietrich wrote:
sounds like he's busy today.

Yep. I am sure he takes note of many of the suggestions in this forum, but as we all know, time is a tough resource to come by. Never seems to be enough of it Big Grin | :-D

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Dan Neely3-Jul-08 2:13

Dan Neely

3-Jul-08 2:13

Hans Dietrich wrote:
I only email Chris when it's really serious

Yet every post made here goes to his inbox. D'Oh! | :doh:

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Chris Maunder3-Jul-08 0:55

Article editor bug/annoyance

3-Jul-08 0:55

I think it's a great idea. The trick is that some forums should only have some icons (eg Bugs and Suggestions should have a 'bug' and a 'suggestion' icon, whereas the lounge should have the current set. I reckon the Soapbox could have it's own, special, set Wink | ;)

)

This just adds an extra layer of code that I haven't had a chance to get to yet. But yes, a great idea.

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leppie1-Jul-08 22:13

leppie

1-Jul-08 22:13

It swallows all my pretty formatted C# code Cry | :((

Why cant I format my own code like the following?

<font color="Blue">class</font> <font color="Teal">WaitList</font> <font color="DarkBlue">:</font> <font color="Teal">IDisposable</font>
<font color="DarkBlue">{</font>
  <font color="Blue">readonly</font> <font color="Teal">List</font><font color="DarkBlue"><</font><font color="Teal">IAsyncResult</font><font color="DarkBlue">></font> waits <font color="DarkBlue">=</font> <font color="Blue">new</font> <font color="Teal">List</font><font color="DarkBlue"><</font><font color="Teal">IAsyncResult</font><font color="DarkBlue">></font><font color="DarkBlue">(</font><font color="DarkBlue">)</font><font color="DarkBlue">;</font>

  <font color="Blue">public</font> <font color="Blue">void</font> Add<font color="DarkBlue">(</font><font color="Teal">IAsyncResult</font> ar<font color="DarkBlue">)</font>
  <font color="DarkBlue">{</font>
    waits<font color="DarkBlue">.</font>Add<font color="DarkBlue">(</font>ar<font color="DarkBlue">)</font><font color="DarkBlue">;</font>
  <font color="DarkBlue">}</font>

  <font color="Blue">public</font> <font color="Blue">void</font> Dispose<font color="DarkBlue">(</font><font color="DarkBlue">)</font>
  <font color="DarkBlue">{</font>
    <font color="Blue">foreach</font> <font color="DarkBlue">(</font><font color="Blue">var</font> ar <font color="Blue">in</font> waits<font color="DarkBlue">)</font>
    <font color="DarkBlue">{</font>
      ar<font color="DarkBlue">.</font>AsyncWaitHandle<font color="DarkBlue">.</font>WaitOne<font color="DarkBlue">(</font><font color="DarkBlue">)</font><font color="DarkBlue">;</font>
    <font color="DarkBlue">}</font>
  <font color="DarkBlue">}</font>
<font color="DarkBlue">}</font>

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Thomas Stockwell2-Jul-08 3:03

Thomas Stockwell

2-Jul-08 3:03

This would just be considered an annoyance. The CodeProject has a custom formatter that removes all previous formatting on code and adds its own formatting based on the language chosen. Their is a warning in the article wizard that advises people of this. This is only in place to have consistent formatting throughout the entire site and to avoid over/under formatting and also to avoid abuse.

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PIEBALDconsult2-Jul-08 5:32

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2-Jul-08 5:32

Because it's non-standard? Big Grin | :-D

leppie5-Jul-08 1:19

leppie

5-Jul-08 1:19

HTML 5 spec says FONT tag is ok for HTML generated from editors. Smile | :)

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PIEBALDconsult5-Jul-08 6:41

PIEBALDconsult

5-Jul-08 6:41

I meant on CP.

I've been frustrated by the submission template saying "Please use simple formatting (<h2>, <p> etc)" and then when I used the simple formatting of a list (OL or UL) my submission was rejected. I mean, come on, if I can type it in Notepad (which I do), it must be simple! Big Grin | :-D

Chris Maunder5-Jul-08 7:53

5-Jul-08 7:53

PIEBALDconsult wrote:
when I used the simple formatting of a list (OL or UL) my submission was rejected

How and by whom? Because of OL/UL? That doesn't sound right...

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Sometimes it's hard to put a post in context.

PIEBALDconsult5-Jul-08 15:13

PIEBALDconsult

5-Jul-08 15:13

I don't remember, it was a while ago.

Stephen Hewitt1-Jul-08 21:38

Re: Sometimes it's hard to put a post in context.

1-Jul-08 21:38

When you reply to a post that has lots of other posts between it and your reply it’s hard to put it in context. The parent post may not even be on the same page and all you’ve got to go by to match it to its parent is the level of indentation. This has been a thorn in my side for some time. I can think of two obvious ways around this (although others may have better ideas):

A button which takes you to a post’s parent.
A button which picks out a “thread” based on a post. A "thread" in this context consists of the post on which you click the button, its parent, its parent’s parent, and so on back to the root post.

I’d prefer the second option.

Steve

Chris Maunder2-Jul-08 3:31

Re: Sometimes it's hard to put a post in context.

2-Jul-08 3:31

Added to TODO list

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Stephen Hewitt2-Jul-08 16:31

Broken links in <i>Google</i> - lots of them.

2-Jul-08 16:31

Sweet.

Steve

Stephen Hewitt1-Jul-08 18:31

1-Jul-08 18:31

Do this[^] Google search. It searches for "VanillaConsole", which is the name of the skeleton console application I use when I post on the forums. Clicking on the links doesn't bring you to the correct posts. If you click on the "cached" link it works however.

On a side note, when I use the cached link I get the same problem I get in IE (missing buttons and such) in Firefox.

Steve

Thomas Stockwell2-Jul-08 3:06

Thomas Stockwell

2-Jul-08 3:06

This I believe is not the CodeProject's fault. Google only displays what the bot picked up the last time it viewed the site. I am guessing that the bot checked the site before it was updated (many times).

Chris Maunder2-Jul-08 3:30

2-Jul-08 3:30

Google sees the page expanded. VanillaConsole is still on the page that the link takes you to, but only appears if you expand that message. Why Google is showing that particular link for that particular message is something you'd have to ask them.

Maybe we should just expand the message view by default.

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Chris Maunder

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Stephen Hewitt2-Jul-08 16:40

2-Jul-08 16:40

I found the problem and it was my faulty (oops). A while ago I made IE report the user agent as GoogleBot and then promptly forgot I’d done it. Sorry for wasting your time.

Steve

Chris Maunder3-Jul-08 0:59

Prizes in "The Code Project Random Programming Competition, Summer 2008".

3-Jul-08 0:59

Mystery solved. Thanks

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Stephen Hewitt1-Jul-08 15:16

Re: Prizes in "The Code Project Random Programming Competition, Summer 2008".

1-Jul-08 15:16

I was interested in entering the "The Code Project Random Programming Competition, Summer 2008" but, I must admit, I'm a bit underwhelmed by the prizes. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to sound petty, but I think something like a book voucher would be a better choice.

Steve

Chris Maunder1-Jul-08 15:40

Re: Prizes in "The Code Project Random Programming Competition, Summer 2008".

1-Jul-08 15:40

The competition isn't about getting the prize. It's about having fun. I deliberately wanted members to concentrate on that aspect of the comp this time, not the prize.

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Stephen Hewitt1-Jul-08 15:44