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Already used for articles. Would be quite nice in forum posts and such. There was some tool to copy code from the browser so that it didn't all get put on 1 line, but I forget what that is called. Would be very nice to just have that copy functionality for PRE blocks instead (would make answering questions easier).
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Can do 
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Either I'm misunderstanding the workings of the QA boards or someone else is... So I just want to get things clear for myself:
The "Add an answer" button - is that for answering the question or to post a comment to the question "thread"?
As an example, please look at this question:
http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/78835/draw-image-over-background-image-on-panel.aspx[^]
Someone posted an answer to the question in question (so to speak), and the OP posted a followup comment to that answer as a new answer.
In my world, that seems wrong. Shouldn't he have posted the follow up question using the "Add comment" link for the supplied answer?
Or is he doing the right thing, and I'm wrong?
IF I'm right in my observation, maybe some clarification as to the button/link functionality is needed? Hey, even if I'm wrong, it seems like clarification is needed, because I might not be the only person puzzled by this.
/Johnny J.
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I read it as ANSWER is to respond directly to the question, even if not replying to the question.
eg. Q: "How can i do this text in box?"
I would ANSWER : "Please clarify the question, do you mean put text into a text box?"
I would COMMENT : "you need to be more specific when asking questions, and if poss give an example of what you require and any code or attempts you have made to resolve this yourself."
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Johnny J. wrote: Someone posted an answer to the question in question (so to speak)
That's me. And i don't think i had posted an answer. I found OP not using comments feature to get back on the answer he got. So dropped a line on the same to remind him.
Johnny J. wrote: and the OP posted a followup comment to that answer as a new answer.
OP posted an answer to the answer only. (Answer posted by CG). He was not responding to my comments. I dropped that comment seeing this step of OP (using answer button to discuss/converse with CG reply.)
Johnny J. wrote: Or is he doing the right thing, and I'm wrong?
You are right and wrong. 
Right for posting followup question using 'Add comments' and Wrong for taking my comment as an answer.
Though all this is my view, the way i look! 
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Your understanding is how we're hoping everyone else understands comments v.s. answers. I.e. an answer should only be posted if it directly answers the intended question. Anything else should be a comment.
Now, I'm looking at this from the perspective of users who have the same question and are looking for its answer. When they come across this page they don't want/need to see the discussion about how the question is unclear or ambiguous. They want to see best answer(s) - period.
I'll discuss this with the team but do you have any thoughts on how we could clarify this?
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Personally, I think the author should have edited his question to make it better and then added a comment to the answer stating that he has updated the question. The author of the answer will be notified of the comment AND the question will be better for all.
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I see my posts, my answers, my questions, my articles, my tips, and my tricks, but I still don't see a page that lists my QA comments. I'm sure that's in the road map, but thought I'd mention it just in case it isn't.
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Based on certain feedbacks from us, Chris replied this.[^]
Things should be in queue and coming...
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Yep it's one of our higher priorities.
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I don't know if this is a new change, or a weven64/FF3.6 issue (I upgraded this morning at work); but bob didn't used to disappear between refreshes of the halo on the icon.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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I'll have the icon updated today.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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See my post here.[^]
My message source looks like this:
<strike>Wrong. The engines are moving it forward but the belt is moving it backwards at the same speed. As a result its net velocity is zero meaning the wings aren't generating lift so it stays put.
The only way it could get aloft is if it's a helicopter/vtol/or it's a windy day and the AC is an ultralight with a takeoff velocity lower than the wind speed.</strike>
Edit: ooops.
but the blank line between the struck text and the edit comment is missing in the displayed version. FF3.6
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Yes, tag followed by newline seems to ignore the newline, happens to me all the time, no matter which tag. inserting a space hides the problem.
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Love the "comments" - should improve QA a lot. Well done!
But the "My vote of one" has disappeared - I had just got used to seeing that and thought it was a good idea, it makes people think before rubbishing a question, and gives information as to why a question should be considered bad. And lets you know if the person who thinks it is worthless is actually worth listening to themselves...
Part of me would like to see 1 & 5 voting be attributed on all forums - but I suspect that would take up too much screen real estate (not to mention DB space!)
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace
C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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We haven't finalised that bit yet. We were tempted to hold off but decided getting a better comment system in place outweighed the "My vote of 1" system. Hopefully just a few more days.
OriginalGriff wrote: Part of me would like to see 1 & 5 voting be attributed on all forums
Not clear on what you mean.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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On the previous version of QA a vote of one could not be anonymous - you had to enter a reason, and your name went next to the comment. If this happened on all forums, it would be immediately obvious who is univoting because they don't like the OP or whatever.
I was trying to explain my logic for extending this to votes of 5, but on reflection it doesn't actually contribute anything useful - so please ignore it.
Once again - nice improvement to QA!
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace
C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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Extending this to the forums would require other changes.
Without them we'd have at a minimum this mess:
[Message voted into oblivion]
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
My Vote of One ($#$()@# spammer)
It gets even uglier when someone is trying to trollstomp because the troll will simply reply back to each 1 vote it gets.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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That's why I said it would probably take up too much screen real estate.
Be nice to be able to tell you univoted you sometimes, though.
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace
C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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OriginalGriff wrote: it would probably take up too much screen real estate
Not necessarily. They could hide 1-vote posts by default and have a little + sign to expand them (or whatever).
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Or why not have it at the bottom of the page as before. Seems a good option to me.
..Go Green..
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I thought posting it here would be more appropriate instead of creating a new thread.
Can we have forced my vote of 1 feature back soon. It's not justified if someone is one-voted and is not given a reason for it.
See this[^]. I feel, asking for a book suggestion is a very much valid question and does not deserve a 1-vote. 
..Go Green..
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In chrome the animation makes the right menu flicker
In IE the same + the area to type the text goes beyond the "box"
In Firefox it all works nicely (so you guys are all using Firefox I guess  )
I know your still working on it but well figured I'd give you guys some more work
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Thanks Tom. I'll throw it on the pile.
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