Mahz's Dev Journal

[UltikanaRe]

Lol. Turns out to be a zoom malfunction on my end, sorry.

[Ruby]

Any reason I can't Like/Laugh/etc a status from someone's User/Bio page?

[Captain Jordan]

Any reason I can't Like/Laugh/etc a status from someone's User/Bio page?

@Ruby

It's coming soon™.

[UltikanaRe]

Whats going on?

[Captain Jordan]

Whats going on?

@UltikanaRe

You really need to start explaining with more than just an image link. Why is this different behavior for you? What are you highlighting in this image? What do you expect to happen and what is not happening that you expect? When did this change happen? What browser?

[UltikanaRe]

My apologies.
1) The display is usually yellow and black
2) I am wondering why it is different
3) I am expecting the display to be the usual color scheme
4) When I logged on to the site, I saw that display.
5) I was using safari on my iMac.

[Legend]

My apologies.
1) The display is usually yellow and black
2) I am wondering why it is different
3) I am expecting the display to be the usual color scheme
4) When I logged on to the site, I saw that display.
5) I was using safari on my iMac.

@UltikanaRe

From the looks of it, that is the normal color scheme.

[Captain Jordan]

Looks the same to me (just obviously different resolutions).

[UltikanaRe]

Thats odd...
It was inverted, i.e. Blue links and white background a yesterday. I thought it was a dramatic style change...yet again, avatars and sigs were also inverted.

[Captain Jordan]

Thats odd...
It was inverted, i.e. Blue links and white background a yesterday. I thought it was a dramatic style change...yet again, avatars and sigs were also inverted.

@UltikanaRe

Oh, that would be because your computer didn't load the stylesheet. Usually happens when the connection times out, either between your computer or the server. A reload (usually) always fixes the problem.

If that doesn't work, empty your cache and then reload.

IOW, it's not a site problem, it's a transmission problem.

[UltikanaRe]

Ah. Just checking, thanks!

[Hank]

As seen here, the URL tags don't recognize the .me domain as a valid URL suffix.

[Shienvien]

Why... .ee domain links (which I use somewhat often due to my nationality) don't work, either. Gives the "One of your [url] tags has an invalid url" error for valid links. Neither do some other less and more common domains.

[Ellri]

the easiest solution until any changes are made to how the [URL][/url] parses links is to use URL shorteners like goo.gl.

[whizzball1]

I have a mind to propose an adjustment to the notifications page: One that splits up your notifications based on what thread they come from. So, say I was on three roleplays that I frequently posted in, and this thread. I might get numerous notifications from the three roleplays, depending on how long I didn't clear my notifications, and a few from here. In scrolling through my notifications, I might have missed quotes from people on this thread or some other thread with a smaller frequency of posting. Thus, a system which splits up the notifications based on thread would keep me from missing those replies.

Of course, that idea could cause the page to be split up far too much, so alternatively, the ability could be coded in to signify certain threads as "frequent", and notifications from those threads would be shuffled down in some area or category under all other thread notifications.

Thoughts?

[Captain Jordan]

I have a mind to propose an adjustment to the notifications page: One that splits up your notifications based on what thread they come from. So, say I was on three roleplays that I frequently posted in, and this thread. I might get numerous notifications from the three roleplays, depending on how long I didn't clear my notifications, and a few from here. In scrolling through my notifications, I might have missed quotes from people on this thread or some other thread with a smaller frequency of posting. Thus, a system which splits up the notifications based on thread would keep me from missing those replies.

Of course, that idea could cause the page to be split up far too much, so alternatively, the ability could be coded in to signify certain threads as "frequent", and notifications from those threads would be shuffled down in some area or category under all other thread notifications.

Thoughts?

@whizzball1

I might suggest a different approach. When loading a thread where you have notifications, add a box to the page which lists out any notifications that originate from that thread, allowing users to visit each link (notifications will clear once you click on their directing link) and to clear all the notifications.

This would avoid clutter on the notifications page, and bring pertinent notifications to the forefront when a user is viewing the topic in question.

[whizzball1]

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I might suggest a different approach. When loading a thread where you have notifications, add a box to the page which lists out any notifications that originate from that thread, allowing users to visit each link (notifications will clear once you click on their directing link) and to clear all the notifications.

This would avoid clutter on the notifications page, and bring pertinent notifications to the forefront when a user is viewing the topic in question.

@Captain Jordan

I'm not sure I understand. The notifications would still be on the notification page as well, so that doesn't clear up the clutter. Or is your goal that when a user visits a thread where they get a lot of notifications (and thus they most likely visit it frequently), they can clear all the notifications of that thread alone, so when they actually visit the notifications page, they'll only have the more salient notifications?

[Captain Jordan]

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I'm not sure I understand. The notifications would still be on the notification page as well, so that doesn't clear up the clutter. Or is your goal that when a user visits a thread where they get a lot of notifications (and thus they most likely visit it frequently), they can clear all the notifications of that thread alone, so when they actually visit the notifications page, they'll only have the more salient notifications?

@whizzball1

Precisely.

[whizzball1]

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Precisely.

@Captain Jordan

Ah, I see. How do you suggest clutter be prevented, especially on mobile? A dropdown?

[Captain Jordan]

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Ah, I see. How do you suggest clutter be prevented, especially on mobile? A dropdown?

@whizzball1

Here's a crude mockup: