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Dave W.
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Posted - 05/09/2007 :  18:59:10  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well, we finally got around to fixing this old problem from our end. The solution involved a new style of quoting, which we - the staff - seem to like a lot (in general). Here it is:
This is our new quote box.

If you don't see a blue box with a darker blue outine, you'll need to click "refresh" or "reload" on your browser.
You'll see something more like the below, normally:
Originally posted by Dave W.

Some silly thing or other.
And just to demonstrate that the problem is solved:
Here's a quote.
With a quote inside.
And this text won't be the teeny-tiny stuff that people were complaining about in the linked-to thread.

If you never saw that problem, you still get the benefits of a nifty new quote box! And now folks like beskeptigal won't have to do the extra work of explicitly setting the text back to its larger size after a quote.

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Kil
Evil Skeptic

USA
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Posted - 05/09/2007 :  19:16:37   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well, no matter how many times I refresh, I don't see the box. Odd...

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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist

USA
4955 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  19:19:59   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Cuneiformist a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Kil

Well, no matter how many times I refresh, I don't see the box. Odd...


Me, too. Even though in previous (secret) tries, Dave it did work. Using:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

ETA: But Kil's text is black, and mine blue. Odd.
Edited by - Cuneiformist on 05/09/2007 19:21:59
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Dave W.
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26022 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  19:22:10   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
That is weird, 'cause it's working fine for me.

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Dave W.
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USA
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Posted - 05/09/2007 :  19:22:55   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
And the text within the quotes should be black.

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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist

USA
4955 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  19:23:54   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Cuneiformist a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Dave W.

And the text within the quotes should be black.
Right. So I'm telling you that I see the difference in color. But there's no box. This is unlike the earlier test-runs.
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Dave W.
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26022 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  19:24:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I wonder if clearing the browser cache might help.

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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist

USA
4955 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  19:33:23   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Cuneiformist a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Dave W.

I wonder if clearing the browser cache might help.
I gave it a shot, but nothing's changed.
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Dave W.
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USA
26022 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  19:59:53   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Okay, now it works, right?

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HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  20:14:28   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Kil

Well, no matter how many times I refresh, I don't see the box. Odd...
I see the boxes themselves just fine. I am usng the latest version of Firefox. However, as I preview this reply, the texts of both Kil's replied-to post and my reply are in same box. His text is black, and indented, mine is dark blue, unindented.

Once everyone can see it correctly, I think it'll be a vast improvement. Thanks for trying!

Edit: The box worked right once I posted, though the preview was as I described above.


Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Edited by - HalfMooner on 05/09/2007 20:16:34
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pleco
SFN Addict

USA
2998 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  20:14:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit pleco's Homepage Send pleco a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Works for me (Firefox 2.0.0.3 on Linux)

by Filthy
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Dave W.
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USA
26022 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  20:21:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by HalfMooner

However, as I preview this reply, the texts of both Kil's replied-to post and my reply are in same box. His text is black, and indented, mine is dark blue, unindented.
Try it again.

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HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  23:45:17   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Kil

Well, no matter how many times I refresh, I don't see the box. Odd...
Okay, this same reply works perfectly in preview, now.

Edit: And when posted. This sure improves the sense of complex interactions.





Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
Edited by - HalfMooner on 05/09/2007 23:50:05
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard

USA
3834 Posts

Posted - 05/09/2007 :  23:59:34   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send beskeptigal a Private Message  Reply with Quote
test
test


It works for me.
Edited by - beskeptigal on 05/10/2007 00:00:20
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist

USA
4955 Posts

Posted - 05/10/2007 :  02:57:17   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Cuneiformist a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Dave W.

Okay, now it works, right?
Yup!
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 05/10/2007 :  03:09:43   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by HalfMooner

Originally posted by Kil

Well, no matter how many times I refresh, I don't see the box. Odd...
Okay, this same reply works perfectly in preview, now.

Edit: And when posted. This sure improves the sense of complex interactions.





Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes, little boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

Works for me....




"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


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