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SSC Forum Updates

Dave Convery

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January 12, 2017 at 3:29 am

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Hi all
Can you post questions, issues, etc. with the revised forums in this thread? We're going to keep track of what changes still need to happen here.

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Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22648 More actions · Answer 1

Dave Convery - Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:29 AM
Hi all
Can you post questions, issues, etc. with the revised forums in this thread? We're going to keep track of what changes still need to happen here.

OK, I've been kicking the tyres a bit, and have a few things so far.

Linebreaks mid-word when resizing window.
Comic Sans? Really?
Multiquote / quote button below post - can it say "Quote" or something, 'cos it's not immediately obvious.
Comic Sans. C'mon, guys, get rid of that thing.

Thomas Rushton
blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

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ThomasRushton - Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:34 AM
Comic Sans. C'mon, guys, get rid of that thing.

But think of the trolling quote reply possibilities...

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22648 More actions · Answer 3

Also, there's a lot of blank / sparsely populated space at the top of the screen. I know there's this trend towards wider-spaced metro-style interfaces, but it's a bit annoying if I can't even read the first response to a relatively short question without scrolling down.

(Running on 1920x1080, not maximized, but not too small...)

Thomas Rushton
blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

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ThomasRushton - Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:36 AM
Also, there's a lot of blank / sparsely populated space at the top of the screen. I know there's this trend towards wider-spaced metro-style interfaces, but it's a bit annoying if I can't even read the first response to a relatively short question without scrolling down.
(Running on 1920x1080, not maximized, but not too small...)

Agreed. Right now that's because the search and menu options are encoded into their own little space, but it's something we would ideally move further down the page. It's not simple though.

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22648 More actions · Answer 5

Looks from my first response as there may also be an issue with posts not trimming blank space

I'll put ten blank lines at the end of this response.

Thomas Rushton
blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22648 More actions · Answer 6

Dave Convery - Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:40 AM
ThomasRushton - Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:36 AM
Also, there's a lot of blank / sparsely populated space at the top of the screen. I know there's this trend towards wider-spaced metro-style interfaces, but it's a bit annoying if I can't even read the first response to a relatively short question without scrolling down.
(Running on 1920x1080, not maximized, but not too small...)
Agreed. Right now that's because the search and menu options are encoded into their own little space, but it's something we would ideally move further down the page. It's not simple though.

Sure, I can appreciate that. Personally, I would have put the breadcrumb trail just below the main title bar, and then the search & menu burger to the right of those. But, hey, I'm not in charge here, which is a bit of luck for me! 🙂

Thomas Rushton
blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22648 More actions · Answer 7

Another one. On the "Latest" / "Unseen" views, we used to see which group a thread was in. Can we get that back? because a question may look as though it's something you can answer just based on the title, but when you see it's in the Programming/XML section, you realise you wouldn't have looked at it anyway as it's not in your area at all...

Not explaining myself very well here, I know.

Thomas Rushton
blog: https://thelonedba.wordpress.com

frederico_fonseca SSCoach Points: 16003 More actions · Answer 8

in Addition to the above (really hard to read forums now) it seems a tad bit slower loading the forums initial page.

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99126 More actions · Answer 9

I almost wonder if the Format menu should be always displayed, rather than only when you hover over.

We have a hard enough time getting people to post their SQL in IFCode tags already, imagine it now without the hints on the left hand side of the text box O.o

Does look pretty at the moment.

Edit: Why have the Emoticon characters changed? 🙁 I just got used to putting a hyphen is my Razz emote 😛

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
Larnu.uk

Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 10

frederico_fonseca - Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:55 AM
in Addition to the above (really hard to read forums now) it seems a tad bit slower loading the forums initial page.

When you say "really hard to read", do you mean on the popular/recent list results?

BrainDonor SSCoach Points: 19252 More actions · Answer 11

When selecting 'Unread' posts - does that mean unread by myself or by anybody?
The first time I used it all of the posts listed had 0 views but now that isn't - so I'm just trying to understand what that button means.

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Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 12

You can vote on the "Comic Sans Issue" now.
https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1849980.aspx

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 13

First spam dammit!
https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1849984.aspx

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ChrisM@Work - Thursday, January 12, 2017 4:14 AM
First spam dammit!
https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1849984.aspx

It's been pulled and queued automatically though, which is good.