Site improvements

[mr. sunshine 2824]

I just now discovered sweet sweet dark mode and yes I'm old and yes I'll fight every last one of you

[Moby Ric 2058]

Can we get a temporary forum for just covid talk?  It is all over the board.  A place where all covid, mask, vaccination talk would be great for getting and sharing information without having a different thread on every board.

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

@immamac is the orange username new, or have I just noticed?  And is it NIL support related or something?

[immamac 42832]

37 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

@immamac is the orange username new, or have I just noticed?  And is it NIL support related or something?

It is, if you are supporting the Burnt Ends you have an orange name on mobile and a cool flair on desktop 

[Vic Mackey 47006]

Is there any option for No Avatars at the moment? 

[immamac 42832]

Just now, Vic Mackey said:

Is there any option for No Avatars at the moment? 

Does it not show up for you? I thought I did the no avatars. 

[futureman 22439]

On 8/11/2021 at 7:49 PM, mr. sunshine said:

I just now discovered sweet sweet dark mode and yes I'm old and yes I'll fight every last one of you

what is dark mode?

[shadow_operative2.0 15941]

 

The drop-down arrow next to Theme at the bottom of the screen. 

[Vic Mackey 47006]

12 hours ago, immamac said:

Does it not show up for you? I thought I did the no avatars. 

Where do I go again to pick it? I thought it was under Customizer but I guess not.

[immamac 42832]

Down at the bottom there is a drop-down for theme. 

[Vic Mackey 47006]

30 minutes ago, immamac said:

Down at the bottom there is a drop-down for theme. 

Thanks! I need to remember that.

[elfenix 34221]

is it possible to get the media scaler to not resize larger? 

this video is only 720p but will resize to your whole screen if you have your browser that wide.  be nice if it only went to it's actual size:

 

 

Edited September 1, 2021 by elfenix

[Mason Ramsey 3373]

Is there any way to see rep on dark mode? I've messed with switching between Main, Default, IPS, etc. and haven't been able to figure out a way to see rep when on dark mode. I'm on desktop btw.

Edited September 1, 2021 by Mason Ramsey

[SDG 3319]

 

@immamac Starting the game thread but locking it until kick is fucking retarded.  I get the whole waiting thing, but kick off?  

[nycHorn 2977]

 
[mention=397]immamac[/mention] Starting the game thread but locking it until kick is fucking retarded.  I get the whole waiting thing, but kick off?  

Additionally, can I petition that game threads not be stickies?
I’m on tapa and every time I click on a sticky, you start at the beginning of the thread. I don’t want to start at the beginning each time I click on a game thread. Ideally 1st unread.
Thanks.

[ztejas 43411]

6 minutes ago, nycHorn said:

Additionally, can I petition that game threads not be stickies?
I’m on tapa and every time I click on a sticky, you start at the beginning of the thread. I don’t want to start at the beginning each time I click on a game thread. Ideally 1st unread.
Thanks.

This was fixed during the game.

On 8/31/2021 at 11:00 PM, Mason Ramsey said:

Is there any way to see rep on dark mode? I've messed with switching between Main, Default, IPS, etc. and haven't been able to figure out a way to see rep when on dark mode. I'm on desktop btw.

Still an issue for me as well. Haven't brought it up because I don't really care but it hasn't been working for awhile. I'm on chrome on Android. 

On 9/4/2021 at 1:27 PM, SDG said:

 

@immamac Starting the game thread but locking it until kick is fucking retarded.  I get the whole waiting thing, but kick off?  

Agree. Open it at least 30 mins before kick. 

[nycHorn 2977]

Agree. Open it at least 30 mins before kick. 

The tapa sticky thing is still the same for me. Any sticky or announcement opens to the initial post. Any regular post opens to 1st unread.
I thought about subscribing to the game thread to see if that changed anything but you can’t subscribe to stickies either.

[ztejas 43411]

Just now, nycHorn said:

The tapa sticky thing is still the same for me. Any sticky or announcement opens to the initial post. Any regular post opens to 1st unread.
I thought about subscribing to the game thread to see if that changed anything but you can’t subscribe to stickies either.

I'm not saying it doesn't behave that way - just that imma unpinned it during the game. 

[nycHorn 2977]

I'm not saying it doesn't behave that way - just that imma unpinned it during the game. 

Ah, got it. Thanks man.

[elfenix 34221]

can we get a search posts by user in a thread plugin?

https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/364675-search-posts-by-user-in-a-thread/

[Handcruser 2805]

Stop fucking with the game thread. That would be a site improvement.

[troph 24781]

Need to pin to the top the fuckers that need to be crowd sourced. This SEC thing is gonna need some extra firewall support. 

[mchookem 16318]

i know having too many reaction emojis is cumbersome...but i frequently wish we had an eyeroll one, maybe rep neutral? 🙄

i really don't like to use neg-rep, it would be nice to be able to easily register exasperation/annoyance without actually negging and having people get their panties in a bunch 🙄😄

there are a ton of excellent eyeroll gifs, so i'm not gonna be broke up about it...just an idea😊 

FWIW i like and use all the current ones, i'm not advocating replacing any.

Edited September 30, 2021 by mchookem

[Superhero 8824]

I think the site can be more honest and improved if my handle can be changed.

I’ve gone by Superhero since 3 sites ago, and frankly, the name is no longer representative of my physical condition and moral compass.

 

@immamac Can you PM me so we can retire Superhero? I would like to walk the earth with a new name. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

Superhelo?

[markstanco 12570]

Example of bad search function. Type in Belyeu. He’s a commit for baseball. It’s not a common name like smith or Jones.

It will literally take you to the bottom of the page he is mentioned in. Enjoy scrolling up a few hundred posts finding him if you can!

It’s like 1998 around here on the search feature.

[immamac 42832]

On 10/24/2021 at 1:25 AM, Superhero said:

I think the site can be more honest and improved if my handle can be changed.

I’ve gone by Superhero since 3 sites ago, and frankly, the name is no longer representative of my physical condition and moral compass.

 

@immamac Can you PM me so we can retire Superhero? I would like to walk the earth with a new name. 

You send me a PM we will get it sorted. 

5 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Example of bad search function. Type in Belyeu. He’s a commit for baseball. It’s not a common name like smith or Jones.

It will literally take you to the bottom of the page he is mentioned in. Enjoy scrolling up a few hundred posts finding him if you can!

It’s like 1998 around here on the search feature.

Use quotes. 

[Sabalo 994]

It would be nice if we could put threads on ignore.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

On 10/30/2021 at 1:05 AM, markstanco said:

Example of bad search function. Type in Belyeu. He’s a commit for baseball. It’s not a common name like smith or Jones.

It will literally take you to the bottom of the page he is mentioned in. Enjoy scrolling up a few hundred posts finding him if you can!

It’s like 1998 around here on the search feature.

Control+F is your friend.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

Is there a way to make pasting as plain text the default when copying and pasting news stories and the like?

[markstanco 12570]

29 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Control+F is your friend.

That searches the current page you are on, not when you are looking through an entire thread. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

Gotcha. I didn't realize it just takes you to the last post of any thread they were mentioned in. I always just use "site:internetsite.com searchy mcsearchterms" on google if I'm trying to find anything on an internet message board. I don't believe there is a single one out there that has a functional search function.

[TonyTexas 10504]

Is there an easy way to search for all of a person’s posts within a specific thread? If not, that would be a handy feature. 

Edited January 24, 2022 by TonyTexas

[troph 24781]

What makes someone a legacy member ? 

[dcbc 14464]

On 1/23/2022 at 9:59 PM, troph said:

What makes someone a legacy member ? 

My guess is @immamac did an update that required that he migrate a previous version of the forum into a "new" updated version.  Legacy members are people who were members of the previous version of the forum prior to the migration.  Or maybe instead of an update, he migrated from one set of servers to another (I remember that happening at some point).  Anyway, it goes away when you have a tree-fiddy or burnt ends badge.

Edited January 27, 2022 by dcbc

[immamac 42832]

1 minute ago, dcbc said:

My guess is @immamac did an update that required that he migrate a previous version of the forum into a "new" updated version.  Legacy members are people who were members of the previous version of the forum prior to the migration.  Or maybe instead of an update, he migrated from one set of servers to another (I remember that happening at some point).

Legacy are people who joined before Dec 31 2018. They get no ads anywhere except cloak room and have posting rights in football and recruiting without needing 50 posts or something. 

[dcbc 14464]

1 minute ago, immamac said:

Legacy are people who joined before Dec 31 2018. They get no ads anywhere except cloak room and have posting rights in football and recruiting without needing 50 posts or something. 

That was my next guess.

[Captainant 27617]

On 1/23/2022 at 8:10 PM, TonyTexas said:

Is there an easy way to search for all of a person’s posts within a specific thread? If not, that would be a handy feature. 

you can use SurlySearch for a specific thread and specific poster, but it still requires querying a specific word. That would be nice feature request for the board software provider though @immamac

[troph 24781]

2 hours ago, immamac said:

Legacy are people who joined before Dec 31 2018. They get no ads anywhere except cloak room and have posting rights in football and recruiting without needing 50 posts or something. 

cool, I'm legacy but certified I guess that's better.

[Dbeasy 15039]

I saw that a Vic Mackey post in the Holly Rowe thread had something like 80 rep points and it caused me to wonder what post in Surly’s distinguished history drew the most positive rep points. That useless trivia would be interesting to know. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15941]

NowThis’ legendary post has to be way up there. But there was an imma or Brisket post that said a dollar would be donated for every rep or some shit, so that probably wins. 

[immamac 42832]

9 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I saw that a Vic Mackey post in the Holly Rowe thread had something like 80 rep points and it caused me to wonder what post in Surly’s distinguished history drew the most positive rep points. That useless trivia would be interesting to know. 

I think you can use the search feature for this. 

[ztejas 43411]

15 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I saw that a Vic Mackey post in the Holly Rowe thread had something like 80 rep points and it caused me to wonder what post in Surly’s distinguished history drew the most positive rep points. That useless trivia would be interesting to know. 

 

6 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

NowThis’ legendary post has to be way up there. But there was an imma or Brisket post that said a dollar would be donated for every rep or some shit, so that probably wins. 

Yeah I think it was the Brisket charity post. 

[mchookem 16318]

On 9/30/2021 at 9:39 AM, mchookem said:

i know having too many reaction emojis is cumbersome...but i frequently wish we had an eyeroll one, maybe rep neutral? 🙄

i really don't like to use neg-rep, it would be nice to be able to easily register exasperation/annoyance without actually negging and having people get their panties in a bunch 🙄😄

there are a ton of excellent eyeroll gifs, so i'm not gonna be broke up about it...just an idea😊 

FWIW i like and use all the current ones, i'm not advocating replacing any.

i think it would go a long way in reducing the 'so-n-so is being mean and negging me!' whining.

[Captainant 27617]

9 minutes ago, mchookem said:

i think it would go a long way in reducing the 'so-n-so is being mean and negging me!' whining.

They'll just find a new thing to self-victimize about. It's sort of their thing

[pops 6980]

@immamac 

Any way to disable this button?   I've never used it ever for any purpose and all it does is get in the way of closing notification pop-ups. 

[Armybrat 40814]

+1

My little finger knuckle drags on it a lot and it jacks me up.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

They've become so common, these two gifs should be Rep Icons:

 

[Brian Fantana 6677]

Not sure where else to post this, but I feel like I can get up and make a sandwich in the time frame between clicking "Submit Reply" and it actually posting

[UnivTex34 1763]

Hey @immamac is the search index messed up again? I can't see any of my activity streams. Last time that happened I think you claimed it was a search index issue.