Labeling marked posts would be my number one. I'd still love to see an option for user pics on profile pages, but understand if resources don't allow.
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I would like:
- labelling of bookmarks. Still my favorite.
- quick edit for block quote whitefont text (I can do it now w/o the quickedit, but... that'd be cool).
This would be neat, but I don't really feel strongly:
- the pictures in profiles option, but I don't like the idea of having them on the thread pages. So, I'd like to have the option to turn them off, if they're there.
- user styles options, but only if it's not a gigantic PITA
Also:
- I like the way taglines work, but I wouldn't care if it changed.
- I am both highly amused by and highly opposed to Kat's suggestion of direct transcription of thoughts to posting box.
For the rest, I either don't understand (which is fine) or don't think they're needed/in need of change.
Other than user pictures in thread pages with no way to turn them off, there's nothing I'd object to, though. I just mostly don't have an opinion one way or the other on a lot of it.
I too would like to be able to label bookmarks.
I don't care about pictures either in the user profile or on the page.
I have no use for user styles options given that I'd leave it here. But I don't object to it.
I'd love for tags to live with the post, but that's a me thing. I like knowing what I thought tagable. As it is, my tag graveyard in my user profile also works fine.
I still want direct transcription of my thoughts so I don't have to bother with typing. But I fear it would be a lot of "So, this is what happened today.... oh look, shiny!...how do you spell superciliious...what was I thinking....oh yeah... you know, I think I need plastic surgery... then I had what's it called... I should check my bank balance.... oh, I know I'm forgetting something.... what was I thinking again."
I have not said so specifically, but I would like to loudly and vocally clamor for the labelling of bookmarks.
Also, the right to split infinitives when I feel like it but still criticize others for doing it.
::clears throat::
No need to clamour for the bookmark thing. It's in alpha.
I'm for "fixing the first post issue" and "enforcing no posts past 10,000."
Both already implemented.
About the search -- not only are e-mail addresses often hidden, so many people have more than one, that it's hard to know who's calling themselves what. So I'm not sure it's that valuable -- except from the admin POV, when we get support e-mails from people who forget to put their IDs. But can't we just beat those people up?
Also, no split infinitives.
except from the admin POV, when we get support e-mails from people who forget to put their IDs.
I've found that a search through the new-users mailbox for the email address usually solves the problem.
It works for users from around ID# 900 or so on.
I can see the value in stompies having an easily accessible email list, but otherwise I don't think it's necessary.
Yeah, in general I'm not thrilled with a search by email function for the board as a whole, but that's prolly just me flailing about. Personal thing, I have my "real" address up here because I trust the Buffistas with it, but dunno if I would want it searchable. Contradictory I know, because it's logged-in-users anyway, but still, that's my opinion for what it's worth.
I do think it would be nice to offer stylesheets such that we were more accessible, but I think it would be fine to manage it within a few options, rather than making it wide open. We could cover text-only, work-friendly, large fonts, etc. and cover our bases nicely, I think.
I think it would be fine to manage it within a few options, rather than making it wide open.
All I personally want to do is be able to change the damn font.