Implemented An indicator to show that you've posted in a thread
- Thread starter Kim
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I know some of you are going to hate it, but give it some time to sink in. Everybody is resistant to change at first.
The thinking behind it:
We could have used a generic blob to indicate that you have posted in a thread, but everyone does that, and if a blob is acceptable, it de-facto means that you consider the content of the indicator to be unimportant.
Using your own avatar allows the display to be personal to you, and while the image is too small to pick out details, that's not the intention. You should be able to recognise the colours and basic forms from your avatar without a problem. The mini-avatars are now 20px instead of their previous 16px, which goes a long way to making them more recognisable.
The intention of the graphic is to differentiate threads that you have posted in from threads you have not, at a glance. I believe that the current implementation does that in a unique way.
The long and the short of it is that I like this implementation and I believe the reasoning behind it is sound. If you disagree, we have a wonderful template system that allows you to change any of this stuff very simply on your own installation.
The thinking behind it:
We could have used a generic blob to indicate that you have posted in a thread, but everyone does that, and if a blob is acceptable, it de-facto means that you consider the content of the indicator to be unimportant.
Using your own avatar allows the display to be personal to you, and while the image is too small to pick out details, that's not the intention. You should be able to recognise the colours and basic forms from your avatar without a problem. The mini-avatars are now 20px instead of their previous 16px, which goes a long way to making them more recognisable.
The intention of the graphic is to differentiate threads that you have posted in from threads you have not, at a glance. I believe that the current implementation does that in a unique way.
The long and the short of it is that I like this implementation and I believe the reasoning behind it is sound. If you disagree, we have a wonderful template system that allows you to change any of this stuff very simply on your own installation.
captainslater
Well-known member
I like it. Never saw this before so it's kinda new and unique. Go for it!
Brandon_R
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w00t w00t i like the black border it looks like it's floating
Cezz
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Ho-Ra... Glad you went with it... I think at a quick glance it is Very viable and very easy to tell which ones you have posted in because of the shape difference...
So glad they are back, and I hope they stay this time
Brandon_R
Guest
They are definitely staying but if they aren't ill just re implement them in my copyHo-Ra... Glad you went with it... I think at a quick glance it is Very viable and very easy to tell which ones you have posted in because of the shape difference...
So glad they are back, and I hope they stay this time
welshstew
Active member
amen
Something else to note: the avatar gives you the impression that the icon is related to you, which it is. I don't see an arrow or a dot as giving a useful representation, and can actually be misleading. (Is the arrow a redirect?) It should be more intuitive to the average user, IMO, without the need for a legend.
Disjunto
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I've only used forumdisplay page once or twice. I live on alerts and what's new?
I think that's box-shadoww00t w00t i like the black border it looks like it's floating
but yeah, it looks great.
Brandon_R
Guest
Same here im probably responsible for incrementing the what's new id by ~500 a dayI've only used forumdisplay page once or twice. I live on alerts and what's new?
Disjunto
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Time to aim for 64bit integer cap...Same here im probably responsible for incrementing the what's new id by ~500 a day
Cezz
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Same here im probably responsible for incrementing the what's new id by ~500 a day
Time to aim for 64bit integer cap...
Lol... same here again... I live on that page... even days I don't post I load it about 50-60 times and read what is new...
Dismounted
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Looks nice; unique, I'd say. I'm gonna give it a little time before I give my "real" opinion though.
welshstew
Active member
box-shadow FTW !w00t w00t i like the black border it looks like it's floating
KURTZ
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just noticed, but i've a request: if you put your mouse onto the the tiny avatar you got a response that said how many post you made in this thread: so the request is: if i select the tiny avatar can i get my posts instead the member card?
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