Grumpy GreebJoined: 20 Aug 2005Posts: 5329Location: flavor country
humor me, but what in jesus christ's jewish name is a rss feed?
if it's anything like a podcast, it can go fuck itself right in it's useless, puckered, myspace generation ass.
i'm done now.
lantius
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:05 pm
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
ripper wrote:
face it, there's a lot of work to be done on the interface.
first, the tag cloud has GOT to go. it's absurd and I highly doubt anyone will use it (we're not dealing with a huge corpus that needs sifting -- plus, I don't trust about 1/2 of .83 to tag adequately.)
there's no way "back."
interface elements aren't distinct nor consistent (link color, emphasis, etc are all the same color, -- for instance, the location navigator `[westlake center >> <post title>]` needs to be clickable, all the same style)
dividing line between poster and post left-to-right, like a border-left:1px solid black; on the main post category. I assume derrick is going to step in and make this pretty and possibly usable.
i like the tag cloud, but maybe that's just me? at some point in the sixty thousand posts we have here there are things where tags might be useful, and of course for the comedy lols? it is waaaay too big though.
i'd love help picking out the interface elements that need fixing. the location navigator for the forum -> thread is clickable on the forum like a breadcrumb. is that non-obvious enough to need attention?
i'll throw in the poster/post line, that's a good one.
ben: an rss feed is an easy way to get data out of a site (like forum posts) and aggregate them together in one reader. i use an rss reader that pulls the recent posts from everyone's blogs and other postings so i don't have to check every single site i read every day to see if something is new. the rss aggregator takes care of that for me.
instead i just sit and refresh the rss aggregator habitually.
pete jr
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:36 pm
Joined: 13 Dec 2005Posts: 1930Location: balls deepx
lantius wrote:
i like the tag cloud, but maybe that's just me? at some point in the sixty thousand posts we have here there are things where tags might be useful, and of course for the comedy lols? it is waaaay too big though.
okay, so like, the ability to tag posts- that's good. that makes things (hopefully) easier to search, to some degree of easier.
but like, really. tag clouds are fully played and should go the way of hypercolor.
joby
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:44 pm
goes to elevenJoined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 3899Location: The Cloud
the dreaded ben wrote:
humor me, but what in jesus christ's jewish name is a rss feed?
if it's anything like a podcast, it can go fuck itself right in it's useless, puckered, myspace generation ass.
i'm done now.
People who work from home, on computers, electronically transmitting designs to be fabricated in factories thousands of miles away are officially not permitted to be luddites. That is all.
Foo
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:02 am
Joined: 27 Jul 2007Posts: 583
ripper wrote:
I don't trust about 1/2 of .83 to tag adequately.
I do believe you misspelled 63/64. Just FYI.
TrikerTrev
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:47 am
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
the dreaded ben wrote:
humor me, but what in jesus christ's jewish name is a rss feed?
if it's anything like a podcast, it can go fuck itself right in it's useless, puckered, myspace generation ass.
i'm done now.
What is RSS?
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS
RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually.
So for hippies:Y
You install a RSS reader into your browser and instead of having to go to the site, you click the RSS link and see whats new and can be be magically transported to that specific subject.
clear?
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kav
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:06 am
Joined: 15 Oct 2007Posts: 43Location: Eastlake
I dig the RSS but the damn tag cloud is all over my screen. I'd post a shot but I didn't bring the Powerbook to work.
henry
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:56 am
somewhat piggishJoined: 05 Aug 2005Posts: 5415Location: on porch with shotgun
kav wrote:
I dig the RSS but the damn tag cloud is all over my screen. I'd post a shot but I didn't bring the Powerbook to work.
I wish the apple keyboard had a print screen button.
Did i really take the time to leave RSSville and log into this clusterfuck just to say that? I hate me.
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
the dreaded ben wrote:
on the main page, the "forums" panel should be above the latest discussions panel...
swapped.
lantius
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:27 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
the dreaded ben wrote:
needs a "keep me logged in" check box.
i can't be expected to remember anything.
bbpress should be keeping you logged for a week after each visit thanks to the magic of delicious cookies. i could probably go hack that to make it longer if it really bugs you... when was the last time you went a week without visiting the forums?
TrikerTrev
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:00 pm
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
lantius wrote:
the dreaded ben wrote:
needs a "keep me logged in" check box.
i can't be expected to remember anything.
bbpress should be keeping you logged for a week after each visit thanks to the magic of delicious cookies. i could probably go hack that to make it longer if it really bugs you... when was the last time you went a week without visiting the forums?
what if your browser is set to delete cookies when you leave...AND...your too 'tarded to remember your password?
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Remington
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:22 pm
Joined: 23 Jan 2006Posts: 457Location: Remington Country
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Can we get rid of that line at the bottom of every page, because honestly, I'd rather have the current system.
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