Two Portal Enhancements

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

1) '# replies' will be bold if you've replied in the thread.

thank you thank you thank you!!!!

this is a major improvement....even though it was hopefully easy for you to implement...

[Pat McCarthy]

Brandon,
There appears to be a slight problem with the enhancements.
http://pcpat67.googlepages.com/Portal_Problem.jpg
I'm running Windows XP Media Center, using Firefox 2.0.0.2.
I refreshed and the problem did not go away. In fact, the description stayed with that thread with new threads appearing above without the problem.

[Jeffrafa]

Originally Posted by Pat McCarthy

Brandon,
There appears to be a slight problem with the enhancements.
http://pcpat67.googlepages.com/Portal_Problem.jpg
I'm running Windows XP Media Center, using Firefox 2.0.0.2.
I refreshed and the problem did not go away. In fact, the description stayed with that thread with new threads appearing above without the problem.

I just witnessed the exact same problem, with the same thread misbehaving.
I'm under Ubuntu Linux ( Edgy) in Firefox 2.0.0.2

- Jeff

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Jeffrafa

I just witnessed the exact same problem, with the same thread misbehaving.
I'm under Ubuntu Linux ( Edgy) in Firefox 2.0.0.2

I think you may have bigger problems than that if your full time OS is Linux!

[JBotAlan]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

I think you may have bigger problems than that if your full time OS is Linux!

Hey, I knocked Macs and got tons of bad rep for it; why do you get to bash Linux?

Hopefully I don't have to put a smiley in to make sure you know I'm joking...

JBot

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by JBotAlan

Hey, I knocked Macs and got tons of bad rep for it; why do you get to bash Linux?

I'm not bashing anything.
Who in the corporate world uses Linux for anything other than a server?

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

Who in the corporate world uses Linux for anything other than a server?

Who in the corporate world would be able to do anything without a server?

Jacob

[jgannon]

Brandon, you're the man. This is great.

[Schnabel]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

I'm not bashing anything.
Who in the corporate world uses Linux for anything other than a server?

Delphi! My dad told me that the computer that he uses at work runs Linux. I do beleive that this is a burn!

[Jeffrafa]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

I think you may have bigger problems than that if your full time OS is Linux!

Say what you will - I'm just proud to be free of Microsoft's grasp.

I Made the final plunge just over 6 months ago. So far full immersion is not so bad - some things are still a bit of a challenge (like dual screen requires some tricky xorg configurations), but a lot can be achieved with a base install and Automatix - no command line needed.

- Jeff

(There are still a few key apps I half to go back for, like CAD. But hey - there's always virtualization if dual boot isn't desirable.)

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Jeffrafa

Say what you will - I'm just proud to be free of Microsoft's grasp.

I Made the final plunge just over 6 months ago.

My hat is off to you....good job!

I don't mind using MS products, somehow I manage to stay out of their grasp. Maybe because I'm content to use their old products.

[whytheheckme]

Got another issue... Screenshot posted.

No Title!!!

Jacob

--Remember, Good posts deserve good Rep!

[Brandon Martus]

It's fixed now (I think).
-Brandon

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

It's fixed now (I think).
-Brandon

Great. Thanks.

Jacob

[Nate Laverdure]

Problem: these preview tooltips are huge and kind of annoying.

Is there an option to limit thread preview size? Maybe we could have a spinner in User CP that determines the maximum number of words or characters in the tooltip.

Or better yet, in lieu of a tooltip, display a small (javascript?) preview pane that appears after hovering over a title in the portal. The pane could be movable, scrollable, expandable, and copy-and-pasteable to dynamically adjust to how much of the first post the user wanted to read.

Or even better still, steal one from TiddlyWiki (sans the fancy animations) and display some of the first post (again, a spinner might be useful) right after a thread title when it is clicked in the portal. When another thread title is clicked, make the old preview pane go away, and make a new one appear.

Just a few ideas. Thanks for all your work!