Hammer away on vB Beta

[Q]

Here's the AT vB skin that used to be on

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: Special K
Does vB even support nesting quoting?

Of course, but it is disabled by default as it should be. Nested quoting is terrible.

Have you ever been on a vB board that had nested quoting enabled? I haven't. I do wonder if it is actually an option.

 

[DerekWilson]

you can do nested quotes on vB and even on our board ... it just doesn't automatically make them for you

http://vbforums.anandtech.com/...?p=5391355#post5391355

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Howard
Is there a rule about keeping your name? Somebody's already taken my name, and seeing as this is the same forum, I'd like to keep it.

Are you sure the Howard on the beta forum isn't you? Do the Forgot Password thing and see if it sends an e-mail to the address in your profile for the current forums. That worked for me.

 

[Crono]

Bye bye open vB beta 1.0

 

[Red Squirrel]

Woah, how is it that this topic still has the pinned icon but is no longer pinned? Is this a new add-on to the time warp technology?

Edit: NM it's back on top. That was weird.

 

[Tiamat]

so, with the 2 character minimum, you cannot simply reply with:

":laugh:"

anymore?

 

[lupi]

a 2-character minimum for posting

sofa king
we todd did

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: DerekWilson
feedback is very welcome.

-Lose the images in posts and sigs.
-Lose the tags
-No custom avatars

Essentially, make it as much like it now as possible on the frontend while making the backend easier for you guys.

seriously, images in pics and sigs makes everything look trashy and ridiculous and obnoxious. i will definitely have mine turned off. pictar sigs are the *worst*

Is the inclusion of pics in posts and sigs set in stone, or do we still have a shot at lobbying against it?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: DerekWilson
feedback is very welcome.

-Lose the images in posts and sigs.
-Lose the tags
-No custom avatars

Essentially, make it as much like it now as possible on the frontend while making the backend easier for you guys.

seriously, images in pics and sigs makes everything look trashy and ridiculous and obnoxious. i will definitely have mine turned off. pictar sigs are the *worst*

Is the inclusion of pics in posts and sigs set in stone, or do we still have a shot at lobbying against it?

There's no need for pics in sigs, but what's the problem with pics in posts? It's called progress. It's not 1992, and this isn't Usenet. Let the moderators deal with the people who use pics inappropriately.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Woah, how is it that this topic still has the pinned icon but is no longer pinned? Is this a new add-on to the time warp technology?

Edit: NM it's back on top. That was weird.

Pinned = stuck at the top for a certain period of time. When that period of time runs out it drops just like a regular post, but it still has the pinned icon.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: DerekWilson
feedback is very welcome.

-Lose the images in posts and sigs.
-Lose the tags
-No custom avatars

Essentially, make it as much like it now as possible on the frontend while making the backend easier for you guys.

seriously, images in pics and sigs makes everything look trashy and ridiculous and obnoxious. i will definitely have mine turned off. pictar sigs are the *worst*

Is the inclusion of pics in posts and sigs set in stone, or do we still have a shot at lobbying against it?

There's no need for pics in sigs, but what's the problem with pics in posts? It's called progress. It's not 1992, and this isn't Usenet. Let the moderators deal with the people who use pics inappropriately.

I don't see the big deal with sig pics. Any modern forum allows it, and only forum nazis disable it. It just has to be regulated and moderated like anything else.

Heck just add a maxwidth/maxheight attribute to the tag's css class.

If there are rules and that they're enforced it will work out fine.

 

[coldmeat]

I'd prefer no images in sigs, but I'd like them to be in posts. However, it would be nice if they would install that plugin SparkyJJO mentioned that resizes images so they aren't huge.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: mugs
There's no need for pics in sigs, but what's the problem with pics in posts? It's called progress. It's not 1992, and this isn't Usenet. Let the moderators deal with the people who use pics inappropriately.

What benefit does allowing pics have? Why not just link to them like we do now? Aside from not liking it in general, and it being ripe for abuse by idiots, I don't know if we have enough moderators.

I just don't think it's worth the effort. There's nothing wrong with an all-text forum.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: mugs
There's no need for pics in sigs, but what's the problem with pics in posts? It's called progress. It's not 1992, and this isn't Usenet. Let the moderators deal with the people who use pics inappropriately.

What benefit does allowing pics have? Why not just link to them like we do now? Aside from not liking it in general, and it being ripe for abuse by idiots, I don't know if we have enough moderators.

I just don't think it's worth the effort. There's nothing wrong with an all-text forum.

QFT, that's what makes this place great. Or maybe we're just old geezers.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: mugs
There's no need for pics in sigs, but what's the problem with pics in posts? It's called progress. It's not 1992, and this isn't Usenet. Let the moderators deal with the people who use pics inappropriately.

What benefit does allowing pics have? Why not just link to them like we do now? Aside from not liking it in general, and it being ripe for abuse by idiots, I don't know if we have enough moderators.

I just don't think it's worth the effort. There's nothing wrong with an all-text forum.

Inline pictures can be helpful, especially on the technical forums. I've setup help steps for people on other forums using collected windows from a screenshot. It's nice seeing them inline, and easier to use imo. Things like "show your desktop" threads are better with inline pictures also. It can be abused for sure, but I haven't run into issues on the other forums I frequent that have inline pictures.

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: mugs
There's no need for pics in sigs, but what's the problem with pics in posts? It's called progress. It's not 1992, and this isn't Usenet. Let the moderators deal with the people who use pics inappropriately.

What benefit does allowing pics have? Why not just link to them like we do now? Aside from not liking it in general, and it being ripe for abuse by idiots, I don't know if we have enough moderators.

I just don't think it's worth the effort. There's nothing wrong with an all-text forum.

Inline pictures can be helpful, especially on the technical forums. I've setup help steps for people on other forums using collected windows from a screenshot. It's nice seeing them inline, and easier to use imo. Things like "show your desktop" threads are better with inline pictures also. It can be abused for sure, but I haven't run into issues on the other forums I frequent that have inline pictures.

What use is there for inline pics at a resolution of something like 238672308967x1329075156103? I absolutely despise people that don't resize their pic to something manageable. Now if the board were to thumbnail a pic and let you inline it with a linkthru to the original, that'd be something.

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: mugs
There's no need for pics in sigs, but what's the problem with pics in posts? It's called progress. It's not 1992, and this isn't Usenet. Let the moderators deal with the people who use pics inappropriately.

What benefit does allowing pics have? Why not just link to them like we do now? Aside from not liking it in general, and it being ripe for abuse by idiots, I don't know if we have enough moderators.

I just don't think it's worth the effort. There's nothing wrong with an all-text forum.

Inline pictures can be helpful, especially on the technical forums. I've setup help steps for people on other forums using collected windows from a screenshot. It's nice seeing them inline, and easier to use imo. Things like "show your desktop" threads are better with inline pictures also. It can be abused for sure, but I haven't run into issues on the other forums I frequent that have inline pictures.

What use is there for inline pics at a resolution of something like 238672308967x1329075156103? I absolutely despise people that don't resize their pic to something manageable. Now if the board were to thumbnail a pic and let you inline it with a linkthru to the original, that'd be something.

Something like this?

That really messed with the forums when I posted it there.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Things like "show your desktop" threads are better with inline pictures also. It can be abused for sure, but I haven't run into issues on the other forums I frequent that have inline pictures.

I can maybe see your point about the technical pictures, but desktop pics? A giant 1920x1200 picture in the middle of the thread would look horrible.

I just don't see how the benefit outweighs the abuse which will occur.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: lxskllr
Things like "show your desktop" threads are better with inline pictures also. It can be abused for sure, but I haven't run into issues on the other forums I frequent that have inline pictures.

I can maybe see your point about the technical pictures, but desktop pics? A giant 1920x1200 picture in the middle of the thread would look horrible.

I just don't see how the benefit outweighs the abuse which will occur.

Not to mention the endless stream of meme-pic responses that are bound to be posted.

 

[amdhunter]

I am just going to bump this for no reason at all.

 

[CRXican]

ugh

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
I am just going to bump this for no reason at all.

This thread is pinned, I don't get why it never stayed "bumped"

FuseCrap™

 

[Mo0o]

i cant believe its taken so long to migrate this stuff over.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
i cant believe its taken so long to migrate this stuff over.

I think they hired some of the team from the Duke Nukem Forever camp.