You're right. He's evil. But you should see him naked. I mean really!

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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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Lyra Jane - Dec 22, 2004 10:01:45 am PST #9010 of 10000
Up with the sun

I think deathmatching is likely to take a very long time. Participation in the Angel deathmatches was pretty low, and I suspect it would be even lower for a show many of us have never seen, or haven't seen in well over a year.

I would rather add Angel and Buffy than cut Firefly -- I agree that a quote per minute is excessive, but I'm not sure I see a good way to slice it down unless Nilly or a trusted Nilly substitute was willing to be ruthless.


Jon B. - Dec 22, 2004 10:17:40 am PST #9011 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I trust Lee.


Lee - Dec 22, 2004 10:29:15 am PST #9012 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Thanks Jon.

(hides scythe)


§ ita § - Dec 22, 2004 10:47:59 am PST #9013 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I guess people still think Lee is nice, huh?


Topic!Cindy - Dec 22, 2004 10:49:59 am PST #9014 of 10000
What is even happening?

We never thought Lee was nice. She's just sexy.


Jessica - Dec 22, 2004 10:50:53 am PST #9015 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Why wouldn't we think Lee was nice? It's not like she's got a scythe or anything.


Lee - Dec 22, 2004 10:57:12 am PST #9016 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I guess people still think Lee is nice, huh?

Face it, ita. I am the nice one, at least in LA.


Lee - Dec 22, 2004 11:13:34 am PST #9017 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

That reminds me, I need to get mom to send out those checks again.


JenP - Dec 22, 2004 11:36:55 am PST #9018 of 10000

You know, as long as she doesn't cut my favorite quotes, it's all good. World, me, revolving... what?

A Lee and Nilly consult on quote culling sounds like a fine idea to me.


§ ita § - Dec 22, 2004 11:37:45 am PST #9019 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Here are the extant modification requests:

  • design Stompy image
  • CVS repository
  • change board over to use PostgreSQL
  • an admin only quick edit (!STOMP) that's replaced with the stompy image
  • Rearchitect code to use XML/XSLT
  • Ability to label bookmarks
  • On-board poll ability (is this needed now we have the voting system?)
  • Searching user list by e-mail address
  • Add character count to text over posting box
  • Option not to show taglines
  • Quickedits for tiny text, line break [BR], and links
  • More tags: BLOCKQUOTE, TT, SUB, SUP, CENTER, S (for strike)
  • Correct: in "Lynx, leaving a line blank does not start a new paragraph - I have to use [br] [br] to get a new paragraph." (Also happens to Sophia Brooks in Opera 6, post 2126)
  • problem with quotes in taglines
  • User set style: font, colour, etc (covers for visually impaired, dislike of fonts, size, and several others)
  • ?Subscribe to this thread? link in thread header
  • List of threads in ?set profile? be the other way around (ie, last first)
  • Threads arranged by type (NAFDA, spoiler, etc.) see BbaBB 2521 for Nou?s suggestions.
  • Add First Book and heifer.org to Links page as preferred charities
  • Force Beep Me and Press to the top of Message Center
  • Full-screen, large font compose box for impaired vision.
  • Programmatic interface for submitting to Quote Generator
  • work-friendly (distinctive logo/graphics only on the front page, not when reading posts)
  • Pictures, either with every post or just in the profiles
  • Jump to date in thread
  • message system, by which private posts can be left for other member, of limited length and retained for limited duration
  • tagline archival
  • (optional) birthdates in user profiles, with automatic "Happy Birthday to []" displays
  • Events -- give users the ability to enter an event (JM playing guitar, ASH on Leno) which will be displayed up to the relevant date
  • ?unmark? link for bookmarks on the actual post page, instead of ?marked?.
  • Perhaps we should have an "Aussie counter" (or a "Backward Antipodean Counter") somewhere on the site so people don't have to keep asking.
  • "we're loading over a thousand user names into the combo box every time we want to edit a title"
  • Direct transcription of thoughts to posting box

I've struck out one that I don't think is required any more. I'd like people to validate the rest. Some I think are important (PostgreSQL, labelling bookmarks, etc.), others irrelevant, some less important. And I'd like to get a sense of our current prioritisation, and I'm pretty sure this isn't complete.