The New Forums - Some Changes

Oh, that guy. I liked his work on titanic.



I''ll make more as soon as I can get inspired

[edited by - Mithrandir on February 15, 2003 3:06:06 AM]

I do not get it ? How does this work ? Do I do something ?
Okay, I want to see it with my own eyes.


"Hey you poster, bite me" , ha ha


Okay, I will come back later, and see what happens to this post.

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I thought this thread was about actual changes in the new forums. Not a joke.

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Original post by evil sausage
I thought this thread was about actual changes in the new forums. Not a joke.

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Fine, be that way.




EDIT: Now if you want to help, perhaps you can give me some thoughts/opinions.

The page control you see (First..# # #..Last) is a new "common control" in the forums. One thing that it could do but doesn't (unless you hand type the url) is change the number of items on the page (right now there are 5, and there is a max. of 50). I don't want to clutter it too much by making a long list of page sizes, and I'd rather not have a text entry box (it would increase the high of the row, and would require an ugly out of place button). My current thought is too have two links (I'm not sure where on the line to place them, what to label them, etc), which will increase and decrease the page size. I'm also not sure by how much they should change the page size. Should they increase/decrease by some constant like 10, or should they double/half the page size?

Here is an example, you can use the Quote button to modify this to whatever your suggestion is:

Pages (4475): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 » ...Last - Increase Page Size - Decrease Page Size


[edited by - michalson on February 15, 2003 11:27:33 AM]

EDIT: Just so you all know what the links do: The first/last only show up when the first or last page is not visible. They are links to the first and last page. The ">>" and "<<" are links to the next and previous page (if it exists). The numbers are obviously links to particular pages.

[edited by - michalson on February 15, 2003 11:28:56 AM]

This thread is strange. Even though the mods are talking about new policies on GameDev, I feel as if I am being lured into something, like maybe posting a picture here, and then slam !,
the mouse trap grips me by the tail. Oh, well, You mods have done
a great job, into luring me into this trap.

You guys are pulling this thread off topic!

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