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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.

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Sophia Brooks - Dec 24, 2002 3:15:31 pm PST #2293 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I really don't have time right now to look, but when we were first talking about the board ita posted a very nice phase 1 and 2 list, back on WX? Was there perhaps 2 Build Board threads at WX?


Noumenon - Dec 24, 2002 3:33:47 pm PST #2294 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti

I found a feature list, at [link] It may not be the final version.

Up to 1399 on the feature requests. I'm doing my best to catch them all, but they tend to be one-liners in the middle of discussion posts. There have been a couple where subsequent discussion made me scroll back to catch them.


Noumenon - Dec 24, 2002 6:10:58 pm PST #2295 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti

I made my feature list in a Word table that's 60 lines long. "Save as HTML" came out 1200 lines long, even without their class definitions. How can I convert this table to good HTML?


§ ita § - Dec 24, 2002 6:22:34 pm PST #2296 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yikes. Save As HTML is evil. You can send it to me, and I'll run it through Dreamweaver's automatic Word cleanup.


Noumenon - Dec 24, 2002 6:38:05 pm PST #2297 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti

Tables are still supported, huh? Lucky me. I'm sending a list of feature requests and another of requests I think we've implemented, so people can check it and say, "That's not done yet!" Insent.


§ ita § - Dec 24, 2002 7:04:52 pm PST #2298 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Implemented:

PostUserRequest 43Jess PmoonCOMM thread in Tools & Archives section 49BeverlyList of stompy feet (is in Bureaucracy header) 65RayneSeparate Buffy/Angel spoiler threads (lite spoilers separate, heavy spoilers still combined for spoiler regulars) 80Java CatSearch inside thread (supported, but undocumented) 86Typo BoyVariable posts per page, support <BIG> and <SMALL> 115John HShow Site Tools in message center 193Michele TCenter posting box 377John HShorten screen-stretching URLs 852LauraMention thread name near posting box 932ShawnTagline length checker 1768John HTell admins if users have private emails. WX"show all posts" option (possibly with a "200/500 at a time" sub-option) ThreadSuck capability automatic redirection so that going to "new messages" when not logged in presents member with a login screen which then goes to "new messages" on successful login


§ ita § - Dec 24, 2002 7:11:16 pm PST #2299 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Unimplemented, pt 1:

PostPosterRequest 20WX"No! Don't leave me! It'll be different! I CAN CHANGE!!!" 28Jess PMoonDeclare "ita Appreciation Year" 42p.m.marcontellQuickedit way to make tiny text 60Betsy HPUser-set font sizes 86Typo BoyThreads arranged by NAFDA, general, and spoilers (echoed by billytea and meara, Noumenon suggests same in profile) 133DXMachinaHitting Back button clears posting box 164FionaOption to not show taglines 167TheodosiaHighlight Message Center threads with nonzero new messages in different color (DX suggests extending to Beep Me and Press) 318DanaForce Beep Me and Press to the top of Message Center 396AllysonAdd First Book and heifer.org to Links page as preferred charities 426Sophia BrooksAbility to search profiles (for e-mail addresses). Jon B mentions having a list of user IDs and emails in post 2147. 440JulieReverse chronological sort for Search 444Rebecca LizardPrivacy for search engine 463CaBilLink to BuffistaCorp cafepress site in Links (Victor Infante suggests main page) 511DanaDescriptions for the bookmark feature 592OuiseNo linebreaks when posting from Lynx. Also happens to Sophia Brooks in Opera 6, post 2126) 651RtsukTag closer 656Typo BoyFull-screen, large font compose box for impaired vision. 722P.M.MarcontellMultiple message centers for frequent unsubscribers


§ ita § - Dec 24, 2002 7:13:39 pm PST #2300 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Unimplemented pt 2:

PostPosterRequest 759AlibelleLinks to search engine in threads and message center 767Jon BLink to search engine only in main_left, below View Bookmarks, search engine only to work for logged-in and registered users 776Rebecca LizardAbility to label bookmarks 780Jon B Support <BLOCKQUOTE> tag (echoed by Liese S. Rebecca Lizard wants<TT> too, billytea wants<SUP> and <SUB>, Noumenon wants <CENTER>). 791KatDirect transcription of thoughts to posting box 1218itaProgrammatic interface for submitting to Quote Generator 1416NoumenonSearch by date 1422Tom ScolaAuto-subscribe to new non-NAFDA, non-spoiler, non-adult threads so they show up in Read New (or announcements in Press) 1605itaCVS repository 2009NoumenonAdd quickedit code for
2011Rebecca LizardAdd quickedit code for links 2063RobENUF filter (echoed by Dana) 2092John HUser-set fonts 1185GriffynIn Firefly. SO is vision impaired and sees message boards better in white or yellow on black WXwork-friendly (distinctive logo/graphics only on the front page, not when reading posts) in thread lists, the threads should be able to be sorted by things like most-recently-posted-to or most-unread-posts etc. message system, by which private posts can be left for other member, of limited length and retained for limited duration Pictures, either with every post or just in the profiles Style-sheet based user display preferences tagline archival way to defend against spammers WXita(optional) birthdates in user profiles, with automatic "Happy Birthday to []" displays Jump to date in thread Events -- give users the ability to enter an event (JM playing guitar, ASH on Leno) which will be displayed up to the relevant date


Noumenon - Dec 24, 2002 7:19:44 pm PST #2301 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti

ita, very helpful to convert the post numbers to links. Did you do it with Search and Replace? Looks like the converter changed HTML tags into... HTML tags -- nice bug feature. I sent the "Not Implemented" Word doc to Am-Chau for future editing.


billytea - Dec 24, 2002 7:30:08 pm PST #2302 of 10000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Good table. That makes it a lot clearer.

Hee. Post 780 has fallen foul of the great Scourge of Tags. FTR, I was in favour of t sup and t sub being enabled.