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New Forum Features - April 2011


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Mr. Satire
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PostPosted: Apr 14 2011 12:32 am Reply with quote Back to top

GPFontaine wrote:
The-Excel wrote:
GPFontaine wrote:
[NES:3c861902c7]Your font is my command![/NES:3c861902c7]
[NES:3c861902c7]Your font is my command![/NES:3c861902c7]
[NES:3c861902c7]Your font is my command![/NES:3c861902c7]

Apologies for being picky, but it should be advised that the font only scales evenly at multiples of eight. It really bugs me personally when pixel fonts aren't scaled at even factors.

LOL...
You do realize I was just posting in every px from 1 - 24 because it makes a fun effect.

Agreed. I like the smallest and middle one here the best, as they are closest to the normal font size.

For these three, you could make the code:

Code:
[nes=1]1x font[/nes]

[NES:3c861902c7]1x font[/NES:3c861902c7]

Code:
[nes=2]2x font[/nes]

[NES:3c861902c7]2x font[/NES:3c861902c7]
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pineapple
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PostPosted: Apr 14 2011 03:22 am Reply with quote Back to top

Awesome job!
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i'll_bite_your_ear
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PostPosted: Apr 14 2011 05:32 am Reply with quote Back to top

The Sydlexians are pleased! For now...


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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Apr 14 2011 07:41 am Reply with quote Back to top

Mr. Satire wrote:
GPFontaine wrote:
The-Excel wrote:
GPFontaine wrote:
[NES:59c62cee62]Your font is my command![/NES:59c62cee62]
[NES:59c62cee62]Your font is my command![/NES:59c62cee62]
[NES:59c62cee62]Your font is my command![/NES:59c62cee62]

Apologies for being picky, but it should be advised that the font only scales evenly at multiples of eight. It really bugs me personally when pixel fonts aren't scaled at even factors.

LOL...
You do realize I was just posting in every px from 1 - 24 because it makes a fun effect.

Agreed. I like the smallest and middle one here the best, as they are closest to the normal font size.

For these three, you could make the code:

Code:
[nes=1]1x font[/nes]

[NES:59c62cee62]1x font[/NES:59c62cee62]

Code:
[nes=2]2x font[/nes]

[NES:59c62cee62]2x font[/NES:59c62cee62]

I released the font's forced style restraints. At this point the font acts like a normal text and can accept modification from other tags.

Use the combination of [SIZE] and [NES] to alter the size of the font just like any other font. I will not be adding an independent size modification to the font. The syntax would become confusing, especially if future work is done with fonts.



 
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MellowMeek
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PostPosted: Apr 14 2011 12:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

[SPOILER:f7140aafc6] [NES:f7140aafc6]Brackets![/NES:f7140aafc6] [/SPOILER:f7140aafc6]

I like it! Good stuff.


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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Apr 20 2011 11:40 pm Reply with quote Back to top

It is still April, so I'm adding another feature.

Dice!

Dice are now live! The button can be found when making a post.
Roll: 3d20+2
Result: 27 ( 5 + 1 + 19 + Modifier: 2 ) - 2011-3-20-23:42:17 md5

Roll: 3d5-2
Result: 11 ( 4 + 4 + 5 + Modifier: -2 ) - 2011-3-20-23:42:17 md5


The feature does not exist in quick replies.



 
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UsaSatsui
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PostPosted: Apr 20 2011 11:43 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Roll: 4d17-5
Result: 41 ( 7 + 17 + 16 + 6 + Modifier: -5 ) - 2011-3-20-23:44:9 md5

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username
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 12:04 am Reply with quote Back to top

what is the point of the dice feature?


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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 12:05 am Reply with quote Back to top

username wrote:
what is the point of the dice feature?

To make you ask questions.

Also, so we can roll dice in our RPG forum.
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sidewaydriver
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 12:34 am Reply with quote Back to top

I have an idea for a feature. I think we should have like/dislike buttons for posts. That way we cut down on the "lol" and "Agreed" comments. I get a little ticked checking an updated thread with no substance added.


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UsaSatsui
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 12:36 am Reply with quote Back to top

sidewaydriver wrote:
I have an idea for a feature. I think we should have like/dislike buttons for posts. That way we cut down on the "lol" and "Agreed" comments. I get a little ticked checking an updated thread with no substance added.

You know this is just begging for a string of "lol" and "agreed" responses.

I agree with the concept, I just don't know if I like the idea.
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username
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 12:45 am Reply with quote Back to top

current.com has something like that. they have a '+' '-' (plus & minus) feature to vote up or down a comment.


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sidewaydriver
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 01:32 am Reply with quote Back to top

I like youtube's thumbs up and thumbs down buttons. I think we should take it a step further and include a middle finger button with them to really express displeasure.


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GPFontaine
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 07:59 am Reply with quote Back to top

Karma/Thread voting is something that I will not be adding. Forum upgrades will eventually make that an available choice for Syd without additional programming.



 
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Mr. Satire
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 09:14 am Reply with quote Back to top

I hate to continue ranting on about the NES font, but could the defalt fontsize be at least set to one of these

[NES:22f6b0a9d8]THIS...[/NES:22f6b0a9d8]
[NES:22f6b0a9d8]...OR THIS![/NES:22f6b0a9d8]

The current default([NES:22f6b0a9d8]THIS HORROR[/NES:22f6b0a9d8]) does not look nice to me.
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GPFontaine
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PostPosted: Apr 21 2011 10:15 am Reply with quote Back to top

Mr. Satire wrote:
I hate to continue ranting on about the NES font, but could the defalt fontsize be at least set to one of these

[NES:3fb482e1ce]THIS...[/NES:3fb482e1ce]
[NES:3fb482e1ce]...OR THIS![/NES:3fb482e1ce]

The current default([NES:3fb482e1ce]THIS HORROR[/NES:3fb482e1ce]) does not look nice to me.

Ok...

Here is what I have done.

The default [NES:3fb482e1ce]NES[/NES:3fb482e1ce] font is going to be sized at 16px. [NES:3fb482e1ce]Default[/NES:3fb482e1ce]

It can be resized from there: [NES:3fb482e1ce]Small[/NES:3fb482e1ce]

The only condition is that the SIZE code must be inside the NES tag.

This works:
Code:
[NES][size=9]Small[/size][/NES]


This doesn't
Code:
[size=9][NES]Small[/NES][/size]



 
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GPFontaine
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Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Apr 27 2011 10:45 pm Reply with quote Back to top

It is still April, so how about more features?

Today, Google Chrome 11 was released and it enabled HTML5 Speech. This feature allows Speech-to-Text input on HTML input fields.

I have been excited about this feature for a few months while it was being discussed in beta.

If you are running a browser that is capable of Speech-to-Text, you will see a microphone icon under the textarea where you write your post. Clicking the icon will turn on your microphone and allow you to begin to speak your post.

The feature is rough around the edges, but it is functional. The icon will not appear on browsers if they do not support the feature. As of right now, the only browser that this will work on is Chrome 11.

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username
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PostPosted: Apr 27 2011 11:21 pm Reply with quote Back to top

nice. i saw the little mic in the reply box (not the quick reply) and i think its a very cool idea. not sure if it will work, but still cool.


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GPFontaine
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Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: May 09 2011 04:35 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Well... it isn't April but there has been a change to one of the features from April.

Instead of showing the post url/link when hovering over the post date, there is a button next to the quote and top buttons on the upper right side of each post. Clicking it will show the URL. Moving the cursor away from the URL will cause it to fade away.



 
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Blackout
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PostPosted: May 09 2011 06:48 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Neat.



 
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Slayer1
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PostPosted: May 09 2011 07:05 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I was wondering what happened to that!
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Klimbatize
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PostPosted: May 09 2011 11:21 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I like the improvement...makes more sense. Good work, GP.


Pretty much the greatest thread of all time: http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14789

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