How hard is it to mod FustTalk? Feature Request

[MobiusPizza]

I am a busy person and I thought how good it is if there's a function in "My forum" page where it shows you all the posts where other ATers had quoted your speech (as responding you) so I don't have to check all the topics I posted seeing who had updates to my questions/opinions.

EDIT: Lol sorry I was curious about the "Mark as answer" button now the topic has a weird question and answer quote

 

[DrPizza]

Nice idea;
every once in a while, I just review all the threads I've posted in to see if I missed any updates.
That would really make it more convenient.

BUT,
I think the implementation would be difficult...
Would you count everytime someone clicked on <quote> under your post?
If so, if someone changed their mind, you would still be notified.
What about the people who quote by using cut&paste?
Probably much too time consuming to attempt to write code to look for that.
And, how about the people who simply respond without the need to quote (and especially without all the nested quotes)

I'd find it useful to merely generate a list based on people clicking on "quote", but feel that too many would complain about that "feature" being broken every time there wasn't a quote there (because someone changed their mind and closed the window, rather than submitting it)

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I'd find it useful to merely generate a list based on people clicking on "quote", but feel that too many would complain about that "feature" being broken every time there wasn't a quote there (because someone changed their mind and closed the window, rather than submitting it)

Yeah merely that would be useful. If people just responded without quoting then it's their will of less chance being noticed.

Well what about instead of counting when the "quote" button is pressed, count when the "post" button is pressed as well after the "quote" button

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: AnnihilatorX
I am a busy person and I thought how good it is if there's a function in "My forum" page where it shows you all the posts where other ATers had quoted your speech (as responding you) so I don't have to check all the topics I posted seeing who had updates to my questions/opinions.

You can already see which threads you have recently posted in have been responded to... I'm not sure that being able to see specifically when someone has 'quoted' you (rather than just posting in the thread) would really improve this that much. Plus, I think the implementation would be difficult, and/or could significantly increase CPU usage for Fusetalk.

 

[xtknight]

A better idea would be a utility to record the last page you've been on on that particular thread and add links with the appropriate page to a list. You can probably do that with javascript, plus it could be client-side. It could tint replies to your post a different color. The problem is, some inexperienced users may reply without using the quote function, plus dealing with partial quotes is problematic especially if your name is not in the start of the quote tag.

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: xtknight
A better idea would be a utility to record the last page you've been on on that particular thread and add links with the appropriate page to a list. You can probably do that with javascript, plus it could be client-side. It could tint replies to your post a different color. The problem is, some inexperienced users may reply without using the quote function, plus dealing with partial quotes is problematic especially if your name is not in the start of the quote tag.