Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.

'Shindig'


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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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Java cat - Oct 11, 2002 8:48:24 pm PDT #711 of 10000
Not javachik

Whence link clicked (interview):

Q. Is jengod really a goddess? A. We like to think so. She was the mistress of the original Buffista web pages on Geocities, the impetus behind our multiple redundancies, has divine knowledge of the industry, and is incredibly quick with a shooting script quote. And have you seen her interview with Andy Hallett? If she's a goddess, though, she's the lovely, modest and benevolent type, not a bimbo Hellgoddess.

Result:

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rtsuk - Oct 13, 2002 2:04:16 pm PDT #712 of 10000

Is there any way for the Phoenix to keep track of open tags so it can close them all at the end of a message? That way if I mess up and forget to close one, only I look silly.


esse - Oct 13, 2002 2:11:52 pm PDT #713 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Jengod's page has been down for a fairly long period of time; she mentioned it upthread, but I suppose it wasn't fixed.


Jesse - Oct 13, 2002 2:24:28 pm PDT #714 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

rtsuk, there's been some talk of that. I believe it may be In The Works, at some point.


Cindy - Oct 13, 2002 3:39:45 pm PDT #715 of 10000
Nobody

Has there been any talk of a preview-before-posting function? That would be really helpful.


Rebecca Lizard - Oct 13, 2002 5:13:43 pm PDT #716 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

I think the edit function takes the place of that, Cindy. But that's just me.


Typo Boy - Oct 13, 2002 5:28:19 pm PDT #717 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

First of all this is a great board. And I hope the programmers understand that any suggestions are of the "We will cheerfully live without it if is too much to ask, and will cheerfully wait years, if it is not a top priority".

But I have very bad eyes. And don't think it is really esssential that the composition box be at the bottom of the page with the last few post above it. I would like a full screen compose button, that would give me a full screen edit with a large composition box, and a large font.

I know there are ways I can work around it now, increase the font in my browse and reduce it again after posting. Or compose outside my browser and then cut and paste. But having large font message composition available right on the board would be very handy. I might demonstrate my "Typo Boy" superpower less often.


Laura - Oct 13, 2002 6:07:38 pm PDT #718 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.

"We will cheerfully live without it if is too much to ask, and will cheerfully wait years, if it is not a top priority".

Bore repeating.


Noumenon - Oct 13, 2002 7:56:33 pm PDT #719 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 don't think the font size in the posting box will change even if we fix that "can't increase font size" thing. It doesn't work on Google's page.


Nutty - Oct 14, 2002 9:50:52 am PDT #720 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Can I just say? I was in natter just now, and posted something, and then scrolled up to the top and was about to click the Previous button to see what had come down in between my stopping reading and when I hit post.

And then I realized I don't have to. Wasn't that clever of everyone who planned that little feature?

Yay team!