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Dave W.
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 Posted - 09/28/2007 : 11:58:59
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Are there features you'd like to see implemented here at the SFN? While we're at work on the code anyway, we might as well add something.
(I can tell you that subscriptions - email notifications of replies to your posts - probably won't be happening.)
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 12:03:00 [Permalink]
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From the main or home page, please allow us to jump directly to the last page of the featured threads.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 12:09:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
From the main or home page, please allow us to jump directly to the last page of the featured threads. |
Oh, that would be good, wouldn't it?
I also think the horizontal lines are in the wrong places in that list. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 09/28/2007 : 12:41:40 [Permalink]
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What Double H said! It's something of a nuisance to have to skip to get to where you were last night, especally in a contentious thread.
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perrodetokio
Skeptic Friend
275 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 14:59:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by H. Humbert
From the main or home page, please allow us to jump directly to the last page of the featured threads. |
Oh, that would be good, wouldn't it?
I also think the horizontal lines are in the wrong places in that list.
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Yes! It looks like it comment belongs to the title below. |
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Dave W.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 19:57:57 [Permalink]
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I like H.H.'s idea. It would also be convenient to be able to go directly to the point you last visited on a growing thread. A search engine that didn't usually time out without result would be nice, too. (I just now tried it, in an attempt to find my "Alberta Indian" thread, but repeated timeouts are all I got.)
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
 Posted - 09/28/2007 : 22:34:38 [Permalink]
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A list of the 10 latest posts.
Time, poster, folder thread and the first non-quote lines of the post.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2007 : 22:39:30 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Starman
A list of the 10 latest posts.
Time, poster, folder thread and the first non-quote lines of the post. |
The home page offers the latest seven... topics. Ah, you just want posts. I see. |
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 00:38:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
I like H.H.'s idea. It would also be convenient to be able to go directly to the point you last visited on a growing thread. |
Yeah, remembering where you last read up to in each thread would be better than just giving you the last page. Sometimes there's been a couple of pages since the least read message in a thread.
This would be tied to the "topics which changed since your last visit" which would hopefully be stored in the database, rather than on a cookie on a particular machine. (Google Browser Sync solves this last one for me, but it'd still be a nice feature)
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John's just this guy, you know. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 22:04:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
A search engine that didn't usually time out without result would be nice, too. (I just now tried it, in an attempt to find my "Alberta Indian" thread, but repeated timeouts are all I got.) |
This is a long-term issue, that we've been discussing and working on.
Until we have a solution, I would suggest that you bookmark this Google search results page, and simply change the search terms as needed.
Note well: change the "alberta indian" part of the search terms only, leave the "site:skepticfriends.org" part alone.
Note even more well: Google does not have all of our topics or pages indexed. Google searches miss some things, in a largely unpredictable fashion. What is predictable is that Google will definitely miss very recent content that it hasn't tried to index yet. It's better, but not perfect, with older content. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 23:12:00 [Permalink]
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Thank you, Dave. I don't know why it is that I never think of using Google when I'm actually on the site I want to search.
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On fire for Christ
SFN Regular
Norway
1273 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2007 : 14:10:44 [Permalink]
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Dave W.
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On fire for Christ
SFN Regular
Norway
1273 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2007 : 14:45:24 [Permalink]
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2007 : 14:46:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by On fire for Christ
this site has too many features which already distract from the discussion IMO.
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Wow, you should see Skepticality...
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