Maybe the Phoenix Board itself is as worn out by Bureaucracy as I?
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 05, 2004 8:49:48 am PDT #7016 of 10000
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tommyrot - Apr 05, 2004 10:24:01 am PDT #7017 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There has been an error. It's of the type we call fatal. Please don't be scared. You're not the one that's going to die.
Maybe the Phoenix Board itself is as worn out by Bureaucracy as I?
It's forshadowing. Someone in Bureaucracy will die in the season finale.
Gris - Apr 05, 2004 2:52:13 pm PDT #7018 of 10000
Hey. New board.
This may have been mentioned before, and I apologize if it has, but I have a suggestion.
Twice since I started posting (which was yesterday) I've been burned by the ignoring single line breaks, though I typically like it. I can do the whole t br thing, of course, but I'd much rather have a quick-edit thing. Something like '1' maybe. This way, if i want to make a list of things I hate, I could type:
1 Fox
1 The guy at Fox that cancelled Wonderfalls
1 The Nielsen rating system
1 The people that watch <i>The Swan</i>And get back:
Fox
The guy at Fox that cancelled Wonderfalls
The Nielsen rating system
The people that watch The Swan
Jon B. - Apr 05, 2004 3:11:09 pm PDT #7019 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
If you want to make a list, you can use the * quickedit. That will put a bullet at the start of the line.
Consuela - Apr 05, 2004 4:18:20 pm PDT #7020 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm thinking, a propos of the convo in Bureaucracy right now, could we maybe find a way to make a page of registered users with links to their profiles?
Gus - Apr 05, 2004 4:45:20 pm PDT #7021 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I second 'Suela's notion, with enough fervor to do the coding, if required.
Jon B. - Apr 05, 2004 5:16:41 pm PDT #7022 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It's easy to do the coding. [edit: In fact, Stompies already have access to just such a list]. One issue ita's had in the past (with which I agree) is that a page with 1300 rows would be taxing on the server and unwieldy. We could limit it to, say, 50 profiles on a page, but that would still tax the server just as much, I believe, since it would still need to sort through all the userids before displaying them, but I'm not sure about that.
DXMachina - Apr 05, 2004 5:21:43 pm PDT #7023 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It takes long enough just to load the combo box on the Stompies' page.
Gus - Apr 05, 2004 5:33:19 pm PDT #7024 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I would imagine a list page built once per (select your favorite period of time) that would just be an "include", without processing to build per request.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 06, 2004 12:46:32 am PDT #7025 of 10000
What is even happening?
Would it be difficult to code it/would it be less taxing to the server, to design this, so that there was a main page (of the registered users list function whateverer) that had the alphabet at the top of the page. Each letter of the alphabet would link to names that start with that letter (e.g. if I clicked D I'd get a page with DavidA, DavidB, DavidC, DavidE, DavidF, DavidG, DXMachina)
Then, on the registration form, we could link to the main page, and tell people to check, to make sure the names they're selecting aren't too close. We could provide an example that we already have a KristinT, so they shouldn't register as Kristen_T).
Just a thought.