Since it has been mentioned, how about something to prevent a missed close italics command? I often get a page where italics is used, and not turned off and every following message is in hard to read italics.
If a </i> and </em> was inserted at the end of every message by the forum software, it would prevent this from going beyond a single thread.
well it would be better for the software to search for an open tag and only put a tag where they don’t find a closing. But anything to get it working i suppose!!
Also what about getting rid of the annoying click to activates? Pretty easy to use another embedding method and you can get great search engine rankings with the replacement content!
How about an option to view long conversations on a single page? And how about a “lite” site, sans-Flash for visitors on the %2 of computers without Flash installed?
what do you mean long conversations on a single page? You mean like 100 posts per page or something? I find that pages also have way more posts per page than most forums. Maybe an option to change this setting in your account would be helpful?
My view on the 2% of people without flash is they need to install flash... But you could put in some good replacement content for search engines for those without it!
One thing I find annoying is the larger text settings of the first post as seen on Macs. On PCs the first post is the same text size as the reply thread.
The larger text size on Macs is fine for just a few sentences, but on long copy it’s unwieldly. I’ve been reluctant to start off a topic with long copy. Instead, I’ve posted the main idea and followed it up my own reply adding the longer copy.
Since I develop web sites frequently, I use IE, Firefox and Netscape on the Mac (most popular by common users)... but have not loaded Safari, on my PCs I use IE, Firefox and Netscape as well.
Guess I don’t have to be afraid of long first posts. One is forthcoming soon. Thanks for the input.
Actually, Chris, I’ll be fielding some topics on the Type Ed session for responses within a day or so. I just as soon focus in on what attendees feel would be most useful. I’ve got to pear my presentation down in order to keep the “snore factor” down ;-)
Norbert, that is definitely an IE problem, it used to drive me crazy & I kept complaining until I realized nobody else was seeing that. Much better with Safari.
The fact is that nowadays I use the PC 85% of the time.
I just happen to use a Mac at the company I’ve been consulting for a couple of days a week. Unfortunately they have the Mac set up the way they like :-\
Almost everybody who uses a Mac, uses Safari or FireFox with Safari the vast majority. If you are looking at web page browser issues on a Mac, Safari is a must. The only folks who use IE are still on System 9 or work at that company you visit:-)
4.Jun.2006 6.24pm
http://typophile.com/node/20178
http://typophile.com/node/19295
4.Jun.2006 8.41pm
Ten-four. thanks David
5.Jun.2006 11.06am
Since it has been mentioned, how about something to prevent a missed close italics command? I often get a page where italics is used, and not turned off and every following message is in hard to read italics.
If a </i> and </em> was inserted at the end of every message by the forum software, it would prevent this from going beyond a single thread.
5.Jun.2006 4.41pm
well it would be better for the software to search for an open tag and only put a tag where they don’t find a closing. But anything to get it working i suppose!!
Also what about getting rid of the annoying click to activates? Pretty easy to use another embedding method and you can get great search engine rankings with the replacement content!
5.Jun.2006 5.53pm
How about an option to view long conversations on a single page? And how about a “lite” site, sans-Flash for visitors on the %2 of computers without Flash installed?
5.Jun.2006 5.58pm
what do you mean long conversations on a single page? You mean like 100 posts per page or something? I find that pages also have way more posts per page than most forums. Maybe an option to change this setting in your account would be helpful?
My view on the 2% of people without flash is they need to install flash... But you could put in some good replacement content for search engines for those without it!
6.Jun.2006 12.27pm
Oh yeah. I really like the little read New tags. But they never show up when a topic runs onto the second or later pages.
7.Jun.2006 10.41am
One thing I find annoying is the larger text settings of the first post as seen on Macs. On PCs the first post is the same text size as the reply thread.
The larger text size on Macs is fine for just a few sentences, but on long copy it’s unwieldly. I’ve been reluctant to start off a topic with long copy. Instead, I’ve posted the main idea and followed it up my own reply adding the longer copy.
7.Jun.2006 10.47am
Hmmm, my mac does not post like that Norbert. Are ypou using Safari or FireFox?
ChrisL
7.Jun.2006 10.51am
Bet Norbert is using IE, I’d recommend Safari, but everyone has preferences and horror stories.
Tim
7.Jun.2006 11.20am
Since I develop web sites frequently, I use IE, Firefox and Netscape on the Mac (most popular by common users)... but have not loaded Safari, on my PCs I use IE, Firefox and Netscape as well.
Guess I don’t have to be afraid of long first posts. One is forthcoming soon. Thanks for the input.
7.Jun.2006 11.22am
I hope your long post is on TypeCon Agenda stuff Norbert :-)
ChrisL
7.Jun.2006 11.30am
Actually, Chris, I’ll be fielding some topics on the Type Ed session for responses within a day or so. I just as soon focus in on what attendees feel would be most useful. I’ve got to pear my presentation down in order to keep the “snore factor” down ;-)
7.Jun.2006 11.32am
We will bring plenty of Starbucks :-)
ChrisL
7.Jun.2006 11.50am
Norbert, that is definitely an IE problem, it used to drive me crazy & I kept complaining until I realized nobody else was seeing that. Much better with Safari.
7.Jun.2006 12.02pm
The fact is that nowadays I use the PC 85% of the time.
I just happen to use a Mac at the company I’ve been consulting for a couple of days a week. Unfortunately they have the Mac set up the way they like :-\
7.Jun.2006 12.38pm
Almost everybody who uses a Mac, uses Safari or FireFox with Safari the vast majority. If you are looking at web page browser issues on a Mac, Safari is a must. The only folks who use IE are still on System 9 or work at that company you visit:-)
ChrisL
7.Jun.2006 12.45pm
Hmmm... I better find another company to consult for =-o
7.Jun.2006 2.37pm
Safari is definitely the way to go...Safari 2.0 in Tiger renders pages a lot faster than Firefox for Mac, too.
7.Jun.2006 6.03pm
how about making links so that they open in a new window and not the current one?