Quote from: WulfTheSaxon on 04/29/2016 09:57 pmQuote from: gospacex on 04/27/2016 07:15 pmWell, if you want to keep the border, it means nothing will change, I can as well just live with it. The width is limited to 1080 pixels to make it easier for your eyes to track between lines. Of course, optimum line length is defined in degrees or minutes of arc rather than centimeters – much less pixels.It would make more sense to assume that the user of the monitor did choose the monitor with width that suits his reading habits/abilities.
Quote from: gospacex on 04/27/2016 07:15 pmWell, if you want to keep the border, it means nothing will change, I can as well just live with it. The width is limited to 1080 pixels to make it easier for your eyes to track between lines. Of course, optimum line length is defined in degrees or minutes of arc rather than centimeters – much less pixels.
Well, if you want to keep the border, it means nothing will change, I can as well just live with it.
Quote from: gospacex on 05/06/2016 04:43 pmQuote from: WulfTheSaxon on 04/29/2016 09:57 pmQuote from: gospacex on 04/27/2016 07:15 pmWell, if you want to keep the border, it means nothing will change, I can as well just live with it. The width is limited to 1080 pixels to make it easier for your eyes to track between lines. Of course, optimum line length is defined in degrees or minutes of arc rather than centimeters – much less pixels.It would make more sense to assume that the user of the monitor did choose the monitor with width that suits his reading habits/abilities.But people choose widescreen monitors for watching videos/playing games, and rotating your display back and forth between landscape and portrait orientations when switching content type isn’t exactly commonplace with monitors (or laptops!) like it is on smartphones and tablets.I’m curious – what size is your monitor? (The actual viewable diagonal size, not the size including the bezel that manufacturers sometimes cite.)
But people choose widescreen monitors for watching videos/playing games, and rotating your display back and forth between landscape and portrait orientations when switching content type isn’t exactly commonplace with monitors (or laptops!) like it is on smartphones and tablets.
Quote from: WulfTheSaxon on 04/29/2016 09:57 pmThe width is limited to 1080 pixels to make it easier for your eyes to track between lines. Of course, optimum line length is defined in degrees or minutes of arc rather than centimeters – much less pixels.It would make more sense to assume that the user of the monitor did choose the monitor with width that suits his reading habits/abilities.
The width is limited to 1080 pixels to make it easier for your eyes to track between lines. Of course, optimum line length is defined in degrees or minutes of arc rather than centimeters – much less pixels.
It requires changing the members table to widen the column that if I remember correctly is called pm_ignore_list but this has ramifications for performance which is why it isn't done in core SMF.
So in an ideal world the forum should be Customizable. My concern is changing things based on the preference of a few people impacting everyone else who may like the current regime.....but personal customization would solve that.I *think* some of that can be done via "Profile" "Modify Profile" "Look and Layout" - although I'm not sure if that's because of my admin level (have a look if you're reading this).For everyone else, don't know if it can be done, but that's what I'll add to the wish list for NSF Forum MkII (which I've always said will look, feel and work the same as what we're all used to here - hate it when sites completely change to a new format)...but where members can set their own settings via the "themes" and such, and even remove the adverts if they are a L2 member (was always a wish on my part to offer that option although we keep the ads really on the low down here.)
This is an UPDATEs thread. Not a DISCUSSION thread. Plenty of posts here belong on the DISCUSSION thread.Perhaps you don't understand how to do this.Hit QUOTE on the post you'd like to respond.Type in your answer just like you'd normally do. Don't hit the Post button.The copy everything into the clipboard. Close the page without a Post.Go into the DISCUSSION thread, hit REPLY, and paste the whole thing and post it there.Voilla, your reply is now on the DISCUSSION thread.Only post here if you have relevant information.Even a QUESTION about an UPDATE, really belongs on the DISCUSSION thread.If your question prompts the UPDATE post to be improved, then the mods/original poster can come on the UPDATE thread and improve it.
Regarding the below (and the general tendency to discuss in an update thread)... I have an idea that could reduce the tendency for this to happen. If its technically possible, which is a big if. In threads flagged (is there a flag?) as an update thread when someone quotes and is ready to post there should be two buttons a) "Post to Update Thread" and b) Post to Discussion Thread". Or perhaps one post button which then brings up a pop-up window which says "Do you really want to post this in an update thread or should it go into the discussion thread"Quote from: macpacheco on 05/24/2016 07:09 pmThis is an UPDATEs thread. Not a DISCUSSION thread. Plenty of posts here belong on the DISCUSSION thread.Perhaps you don't understand how to do this.Hit QUOTE on the post you'd like to respond.Type in your answer just like you'd normally do. Don't hit the Post button.The copy everything into the clipboard. Close the page without a Post.Go into the DISCUSSION thread, hit REPLY, and paste the whole thing and post it there.Voilla, your reply is now on the DISCUSSION thread.Only post here if you have relevant information.Even a QUESTION about an UPDATE, really belongs on the DISCUSSION thread.If your question prompts the UPDATE post to be improved, then the mods/original poster can come on the UPDATE thread and improve it.Quote from: Lar on 05/24/2016 07:23 pmWhat he said.I just split off a bunch of stuff. If it didn't have "congratulations" in it, looked like a question or a discussion, and didn't have a link to an external site or an image, it got moved to the discussion thread http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33778
What he said.I just split off a bunch of stuff. If it didn't have "congratulations" in it, looked like a question or a discussion, and didn't have a link to an external site or an image, it got moved to the discussion thread http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=33778
Yes, it would be possible. But you'd have to create additional buttons (reply to discussion, quote to discussion), write code to determine whether the post is part of an update thread (which could be as simple as examining the subject for the word "update"), and write code to reroute the new post to the discussion thread. Medium difficulty and a nontrivial amount of PHP coding.
what were you searching for?Can you find it with Google? (restricting to site:forum.nasaspaceflight.com) That's often a good check...
Quote from: Lar on 05/25/2016 07:07 pmwhat were you searching for?Can you find it with Google? (restricting to site:forum.nasaspaceflight.com) That's often a good check...I'm trying to see if the Search function is working. I tried searching for some of previous COTS posts and or Scott Kelly post and could not get any results.