Bugs and Suggestions

26-Sep-12 0:20

It isn't uniform. If I change the layout option from the drop down, orange-ish text background goes away.

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Re: CSS question

Chris Maunder26-Sep-12 1:11

26-Sep-12 1:11

Correct. For layouts such as "Expand" we really don't want the page completely covered in light orange.

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Re: CSS question

dan!sh 26-Sep-12 1:33

Error in My notifications page

26-Sep-12 1:33

OK. Thanks.

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dan!sh 26-Sep-12 0:10

26-Sep-12 0:10

Bug #1
Steps to replicate:

1. Go to My Notifications page.
2. Right click on the message subject link and select open in new tab.

Actual result: Browser opens this[^] page with "403 - Forbidden: Access is denied." error.

Expected result: Either subject is not a link or it redirects to actual message.

Yes, I know there's a Go to link as well. But I do not like to use goto.

Bug #2
Update self post appears in My Notifications but replying to own post does not.

Suggestion #1
There should be a provision to go to read notifications. This will also need a link to go to My Notifications page.

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Chris Maunder26-Sep-12 1:28

26-Sep-12 1:28

The title isn't a nav link. Clicking the title opens the notification message itself.

d@nish wrote:
Update self post appears in My Notifications but replying to own post does not

I've not had enough coffee to understand that sentence Frown | :(

Retry, Abort, Fail?

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The Code Project | Co-founder
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dan!sh 26-Sep-12 1:32

26-Sep-12 1:32

1. Then title should not be link IMHO.

2. If I update my own post, it appears in My Notifications but if I reply to my post that does not appear in notification.

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ChandraRam26-Sep-12 3:10

ChandraRam

26-Sep-12 3:10

d@nish wrote:
If I update my own post, it appears in My Notifications

That is a bug!

d@nish wrote:
if I reply to my post that does not appear in notification.

Do you really want to be notified that YOU replied to YOUR post?

Chris Maunder26-Sep-12 4:26

26-Sep-12 4:26

d@nish wrote:
Then title should not be link IMHO

What should it be, then?

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Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Sandeep Mewara26-Sep-12 5:17

Sandeep Mewara

26-Sep-12 5:17

How about:
Left click: open the div below and show the message snippet
Right click + Open in new Tab OR Mouse click: Open the message (what Go To.. does)

This is consistent with the messages in our forums too.

Sandeep Mewara
Microsoft ASP.NET MVP

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Chris Maunder26-Sep-12 5:30

a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

26-Sep-12 5:30

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BillWoodruff25-Sep-12 23:35

BillWoodruff

25-Sep-12 23:35

Browsing Forums like the C# forum:

1. I am using "thread view" right now to quickly zero-in on threads that interest me.

2. I open a thread: I expand all replies.

3. Then I choose to reply to the OP.

4. At that point the message compose page loads, and I can see only the OP's content, and respond.

Here's the problem:

Very often I want to go back and view the other responses to the OP, as I compose my response: I may want to refer to them, quote from them, or disagree, or praise, or whatever, based on the other responses which I cite in my reply.

But, I can't leave my message compose page without losing the message I have now, perhaps, partially completed.

Here's what I am doing now to work around this in Chrome:

1. I use Chrome's duplicate tab feature, to copy the current tab where all responses are expanded to a new tab.

2. Then I start my response to the OP on the first tab, which switches me into the message-compose page.

3. I can then just click on the duplicate tab to access all the content on the thread, copy from it, if I wish to quote it in my response, etc.

Is there something wrong with this way of doing things: imho, it's awkward, and it depends on having a browser that supports "Duplicate Tab" as an option from the current Tab.

Note the great contrast here with the way QA forum comments, or responses, behave: you never lose the ability to see the total thread content including all comments and responses from others.

So, I'd like to raise the question: would it be of more value to CP to, on other Forums, as in the QA forums, show all the thread content when you are composing a response to a thread ?

For me, the answer would be a definite "yes."

And: for you ?

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Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

Andrei Straut25-Sep-12 23:54

Andrei Straut

25-Sep-12 23:54

I *always* use right-click => open-in-new-tab / middle-click when replying to questions in the programming forums (sometimes even the Lounge or Soapbox, for threads with posts that get lots of activity). I also refresh the original page before hitting 'Post' in the new tab, just to check if someone else already posted an answer or reply.

While a bit awkward indeed and may be improved, it works for me.

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Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

BillWoodruff26-Sep-12 6:35

BillWoodruff

26-Sep-12 6:35

Good point, Andrew, and I was aware of that option, but that option still leaves you switching back-and-forth between two browser-tab pages.

And, yet, in QA, we see there's already a working solution to being able to reply while seeing all the content in the context in which you are replying in.

And, I, personally, like that option.

best, Bill

"Takuan Sōhō died in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in December of 1645. At the moment before his death, Takuan painted the Chinese character 'meng' ("dream"), laid down his brush and died."

Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

Richard MacCutchan25-Sep-12 23:55

Richard MacCutchan

25-Sep-12 23:55

When you are in the Reply page, you can click on (View) at the end of the OP's subject line, to open a new tab showing the thread, if necessary.

One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.

Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

TPFKAPB26-Sep-12 1:35

TPFKAPB

26-Sep-12 1:35

Thanks never noticed this before.

Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

BillWoodruff26-Sep-12 6:39

BillWoodruff

26-Sep-12 6:39

Good point, Richard, and I was aware of that option, but that option still leaves you switching back-and-forth between two browser-tab pages.

Which costs more: one default-click on "View," or one context-click, and a menu selection, on a browser tab ? Is that a koan ?

And, yet, in QA, we see there's already a working solution to being able to reply while seeing all the content in the context in which you are replying in.

And, I, personally, like that option.

best, Bill

"Takuan Sōhō died in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in December of 1645. At the moment before his death, Takuan painted the Chinese character 'meng' ("dream"), laid down his brush and died."

Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

Richard MacCutchan26-Sep-12 6:48

Richard MacCutchan

26-Sep-12 6:48

I don't have particularly strong views on this, but I think your suggestion is a good one.

One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.

Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

Chris Maunder26-Sep-12 1:32

Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

26-Sep-12 1:32

There's an extremely simple and obvious way to fix this. I need maybe half a day or a day (or a week and I'll do it properly!) to implement.

It's been on my TODO for years and years

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Chris Maunder

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Microsoft C++ MVP

Rage26-Sep-12 3:22

Rage

26-Sep-12 3:22

Can't the inline editing from CPHog be implemented as a standard feature ? I am not so familiar with what Greasemonkey makes possible that is not genuinely in the browser.

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Re: a real problem in responding to questions on Forums like the C# forum

Chris Maunder26-Sep-12 3:36