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That looks so 1990. Perfect for pointing and laughing at the IE types.
The only problem is that IIRC the indent levels get compressed on really deep threads to make it still fit on screen.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Exacly. Now let us have the real thing on our foxy browsers, as well as the iPad we all relish.
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Dan Neely wrote: the indent levels get compressed on really deep threads to make it still fit on screen.
correct. There is some asymptotic behavior, it became necessary when some CPians were ganging together for the longest thread.
However, there's nothing ASCII can't solve; in fact it is an open invitation to some ellipses...
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You should try this using Box drawing characters[^]
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I have used things like that on VT100 and VT220 terminals and on Commodore PET, even before the PC got invented. I didn't want to suggest you venture in code page problems and the like just to keep IE6 users happy.
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Take a look at our pages:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" >
Surely that gives you a little scope 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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So what you're saying is it can easily be made to look even prettier.
However I can't match that right away; my pages use iso-8859-1, that's lots of accents, no pseudo-graphics.
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That would work, with minimal side-effects.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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This thread is well on the way to "self-fulfilling prophesy"!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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Can we assume that was a rhetorical non-question?
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It took me about 30secs to read through that post and update the original question with his real meaning.
Not hard guys, though I guess making fun of others is easier.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Well, we can cure the symptoms but the cause will not go away.
As long as people are encouraged to get "quick answers" they will phrase quick questions, it seams sometimes people are not even trying and let everyone else guess what they want. That's why asked if the naming of "quick answers" was a good idea, is it working as expected?
/M
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Directly to the right on the page you post your questions are very clear (and highlighted) guidelines on posting a question. I seriously doubt that the title 'Quick Answers' is motivating people to post flippant questions in spite of the lengthy instructions to the contrary.
People are just being people, and yes, they can be lazy. Quick Answers give you the chance to help them rephrase, ask for clarification, or ignore them.
However, the title of the service is hardly a reason for others to systematically slap down another.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It's the naming and the concept that bothers me. In my opinion there is a quality issue, but from your response I understand that there is no interest to talk about it.
Cheers, M
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Moak wrote: from your response I understand that there is no interest to talk about it.
No, that's not true.
My response was "don't tell me that the name 'Quick Answers' gives people the right to make fun of members".
What name would you like? "Questions and Answers"?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I don't have an answer and I stand fully behind a no personal attacks policy, guess I expressed that a few weeks ago in another posting. When I started this thread, then it's because I had a thought that the issues I see in QA can be described as "Nomen est omen" (Something is true to its name). I didn't mean that the name 'Quick Answers' is the entire cause, but it reflects many attributes and is fitting to the symptoms such as quickly formulated question, sloppy language, lazy research and charged mood among regular participants.
Now I remember someone mentioning a few weeks ago the term "Slow Answers" and somehow it got stuck. From time to time I wished that the overall concept would focus more one decent slow answers, especially with new enquirers that put quite a stress on our members answering. I could be completely wrong (maybe make it a survey), that's why I asked if the concept works as expected. No harm intended, hope I could better describe what I mean.
Cheers, M
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Let me play around with it, and maybe adjust the wording a little.
I agree that encouraging well posed questions, not slapped together questions, is the goal. You are totally right.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I can get to the settings page for the forum, but any attempt to make a change tells me that the site name is taken - even though I presume that I was recognized as the admin or I wouldn't have been able to click on the tiny edit icon.
Anghyfiawnder ddialir! ~ Owain Glyndŵr
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I just tried logging in as you (relax: I don't know your password!) and then editing that forum and it was fine for me.
Can you please cut and paste the exact error?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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went to the edit screen
made no changes or in any way interacted with CP once I got there other than:
clicked on "save my settings"
and I received:
Items that need attention:
The name you supplied has already been registered. Please choose another, or try retrieving your password if that is your member name.
Some alternative names you could try are:
Soap Box 1.0 from Vänsjö
Soap Box 1.0 from Vänsjö, Jamtlands Lan
Soap Box 1.0 from Vänsjö, Sweden
Soap Box 1.0 from Vänsjö Jamtlands Lan, Sweden
Soap Box 1.0 2
Anghyfiawnder ddialir! ~ Owain Glyndŵr
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Ah - you want to change the settings of the Soapbox group account, not the forum associated with the group.
Right. Lemme check something...
...OK, I tried doing what you said and it was very happy to let me. There's a 'check availability' button next to the name - have you tried that? What does it say?
Do you have javascript enabled?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It comes up a red "(taken)" which is repeated on the next line.
I have javascript enabled.
The problem occurs both in Chrome and Firefox
The only thing I can add is that the application bounces me to a version of the same page, after I click on save settings button, where instead of the logon email being "soapbox@..." it is "jono@..."
Anghyfiawnder ddialir! ~ Owain Glyndŵr
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This may or may not be pertinent but. I just suspended a member. The suspension happened as it should, but when I then used the drop-down filter to go back to "All Statuses", the page came back with a no result option. When I pulled out of the admin altogether and went back in, I could see, the standard "All Statuses: results.
From the outside in, it looks as if somewhere after a postback the app loses my status as an admin for the forum and I end up without the view rights I have when the pages first come up.
Anghyfiawnder ddialir! ~ Owain Glyndŵr
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Thanks - I've up'd the priority on this one.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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