The New APUG, Welcome Back! (info, known issues, bug reports, feature requests)

[Sean]

I ignored someone and the next thread I read, there was a placeholder to click to read the ignored content. Is there a setting to control how this works?

How would you like it to work? Then I can see what is available. Thanks

 

[Sean]

I have updated the "Mark all Read" link so that if on the main forums page it is only 1-click to mark all read. If you are in a thread it will then ask if you want to mark all forums read, or only that specific thread.

 

[Roger Cole]

How would you like it to work? Then I can see what is available. Thanks

Doesn't really matter. Probably shouldn't have left that comment.

 

[Wayne]

I have updated the "Mark all Read" link so that if on the main forums page it is only 1-click to mark all read. If you are in a thread it will then ask if you want to mark all forums read, or only that specific thread.

Thanks!

 

[Sean]

Colour contrast in poll barchart is so low I can barely see the bar. Could the contrast and/or colour of the bar be changed to make it stand out quite a bit more.

See following example of low contrast bar: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

good catch, fixed

 

[Sean]

Still seeing The Soap Box in Recent Discussions, even though I have blocked it.

This should be fixed now, and on homepage block too

 

[Sean]

When an alert for a group posting comes to your Alerts, it doesn't say what group the posting is in. As anyone who's been here any length of time knows, I'm no prude, but it would be nice to know the name of the group so if it is not appropriate to view at work I can avoid clicking on it at the wrong time. A female nude image had been posted to the Fine Art Nudes group and since I didn't know that was the group, I clicked to check what it was. Fortunately nobody was shoulder-surfing at the time.

investigating

 

[Sean]

This is bugging me to the point where I'm about to turn off preview despite being a big fan of the feature. Unless the thread I hover over is halfway down the page, the tall narrow preview window is partially hidden by the lower toolbar on my browser window, and blocks every thread title in between. And I still find the slow fade-in obnoxious and non-utilitarian. Is there a way to revert to the instant, wide and short preview box the old APUG had? And does it really need to show an avatar? This new preview is all bells and whistles and no meat.

there should be a setting for this, looking into it

 

[Truzi]

I have updated the "Mark all Read" link so that if on the main forums page it is only 1-click to mark all read. If you are in a thread it will then ask if you want to mark all forums read, or only that specific thread.

Thank you!

 

[trythis]

Interesting issue with google searches off site. I looked for this but the keyword to search would be "print" and that's a tough one here.
When I search in google for something photo related and Apug has a link The Google sends me a link with "/print" at the end of the URL casuing my computer to want to print the page!
Here is a link google provided:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Remove "print" from the end and no problem, the link is normal.

 

[Sean]

Interesting issue with google searches off site. I looked for this but the keyword to search would be "print" and that's a tough one here.
When I search in google for something photo related and Apug has a link The Google sends me a link with "/print" at the end of the URL casuing my computer to want to print the page!
Here is a link google provided:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Remove "print" from the end and no problem, the link is normal.

It looks like our system to print threads (which appends the /print) has gotten into google index. I'll see if we can change that word to something that can't be found by searches

 

[trythis]

like "printery-version"

 

[Sean]

there should be a setting for this, looking into it

@Wayne I've done a few things to speed up the thread preview and am still trying to make it far more instant.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

I wonder if there's an on/off function to hide/show NSFW threads. Of course, those threads would all have to be marked as NSFW.

 

[Sean]

I wonder if there's an on/off function to hide/show NSFW threads. Of course, those threads would all have to be marked as NSFW.

There's not an easy solution really. You could collapse the sidebar photo, avoid the gallery and ignore any forums that might be a problem.

 

[RobC]

good catch, fixed

thanks

 

[Wayne]

@Wayne I've done a few things to speed up the thread preview and am still trying to make it far more instant.

It seems to be working faster now, and the pesky avatars are gone. Thanks. Any chance of making it wider instead of taller? That would make it perfect IMO but 2 out of 3 isn't bad.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

I wonder if there's an on/off function to hide/show NSFW threads. Of course, those threads would all have to be marked as NSFW.

There's not an easy solution really. You could collapse the sidebar photo, avoid the gallery and ignore any forums that might be a problem.

That's too bad because it would be a popular feature.

 

[Sean]

That's too bad because it would be a popular feature.

The main problem is getting everyone to mark their content "NSFW" and then depending on all posts/images to be marked correctly. You could still get caught out at work if 3% ignore or fail to mark their content NSFW.

 

[MattKing]

The main problem is getting everyone to mark their content "NSFW" and then depending on all posts/images to be marked correctly. You could still get caught out at work if 3% ignore or fail to mark their content NSFW.

Not to mention differences of opinion about what constitutes NSFW.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

The main problem is getting everyone to mark their content "NSFW" and then depending on all posts/images to be marked correctly. You could still get caught out at work if 3% ignore or fail to mark their content NSFW.

That's true but it might help a bit anyway...

 

[Sirius Glass]

I just learned not to look at APUG, LFPF and other photographic websites during breaks at work. That turned out to be the safest thing to do.

 

[RobC]

I just learned not to look at APUG, LFPF and other photographic websites during breaks at work. That turned out to be the safest thing to do.

Good policy, someone might post a disgustingly childish video

 

[AgX]

The main problem is getting everyone to mark their content "NSFW" ...

That also would mean to know what would be "NSFW".
We are spread all over the world, are situated in different cultures.


The most simple solution for anyone in distress would be to hide the sidebar and to keep out of the gallery.
Typically one is expected to keep private matters off from employed work anyway.

 

[TheToadMen]

Not to mention differences of opinion about what constitutes NSFW.

What does "NSFW" stands for?