RoadRunner
22-06-2006, 21:45
As the 1701 board is now integrated here, I remembered that there are some issues I would like to have improved here... :wink:
First of all: the smilies. This is the only board I know where I have to type a smilies code (e.g. :smile or :wink instead of the usual :) or ;) - I hope this could be amended.
The New Posts (http://forum.sunflowers.de/search.php?do=getnew) link: I hardly used it up to now, but in other (relatively small) boards, it is very nice, as you see all new postings at one side.
I'd like to have an option to choose which parts of the board are included into the New Posts list and which not - I do not play KoH, I will hardly play Paraworld, and I don't participate in the board games - so I'd like to have those posts ignored. Is that possible?
A slightly bigger font size. Maybe I am getting old, but the fonts are too small in normal view - and a bit too big in bigger view. And BTW - switching to bigger view is not that comfortable in IE as you cannot us a shortcut like in Firefox (there, you can use Ctrl+"+" to increase the font size).
A default "Preview post" button which has the same size as the "Post reply" button. I'd find it much better to be directed to a preview than to post and edit afterwards. But... that's of course my personal opinion and feeling, and maybe others would find that rather disturbing.
A spoiler tag. OK, I am not sure if this is really necessary, and I think Anno can live without that, but I believe it to be a nice feature. I saw it at the Egosoft board; the spoiler tag displays fonts in the background color so that you can read a posting without seeing the (posted) solution of a puzzle - until you select the text within the spoiler tag with the mouse.
A feature which I would call "wiki post": Everyone can edit an (initial) posting; the edit track is listed at the end of the post (and can be edited by the thread starter or an moderator). I do not know if there is a board (or board software option) which provides this functionality, but I think that could be a nice feature, especially for sticky threads, FAQ's etc.
First of all: the smilies. This is the only board I know where I have to type a smilies code (e.g. :smile or :wink instead of the usual :) or ;) - I hope this could be amended.
The New Posts (http://forum.sunflowers.de/search.php?do=getnew) link: I hardly used it up to now, but in other (relatively small) boards, it is very nice, as you see all new postings at one side.
I'd like to have an option to choose which parts of the board are included into the New Posts list and which not - I do not play KoH, I will hardly play Paraworld, and I don't participate in the board games - so I'd like to have those posts ignored. Is that possible?
A slightly bigger font size. Maybe I am getting old, but the fonts are too small in normal view - and a bit too big in bigger view. And BTW - switching to bigger view is not that comfortable in IE as you cannot us a shortcut like in Firefox (there, you can use Ctrl+"+" to increase the font size).
A default "Preview post" button which has the same size as the "Post reply" button. I'd find it much better to be directed to a preview than to post and edit afterwards. But... that's of course my personal opinion and feeling, and maybe others would find that rather disturbing.
A spoiler tag. OK, I am not sure if this is really necessary, and I think Anno can live without that, but I believe it to be a nice feature. I saw it at the Egosoft board; the spoiler tag displays fonts in the background color so that you can read a posting without seeing the (posted) solution of a puzzle - until you select the text within the spoiler tag with the mouse.
A feature which I would call "wiki post": Everyone can edit an (initial) posting; the edit track is listed at the end of the post (and can be edited by the thread starter or an moderator). I do not know if there is a board (or board software option) which provides this functionality, but I think that could be a nice feature, especially for sticky threads, FAQ's etc.