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posted October 01, 2008 10:32 AM |
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. It might get KD back if we do that
Let's do it then 
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posted October 01, 2008 01:10 PM |
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Nice ideas but I wouldn't use them. The BBcode that we have now is sufficient enough and I haven't really seen anybody really complain about it before in the past. Nice ideas but again, they aren't really needed IMO.
You're always so conservative william -- just because it is "fine" as it is doesn't mean that it can't be improved.
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big fonts are a bad idea.. because what's the use for them.. "shouting" maybe.. who needs people shouting at forums.. ;p Tool for spammers, nothing more..
Big fonts are available in most forums I visit. In CH they are available -- you think there are few spammers there? That forum doesn't even have quality points or penalties. Neither do the other "programming" forums I visit have any kind of penalty system, and believe it or not, people do use fonts (small ones for jokes and big ones for "groups" or "sections" in long posts).
Shouting? What about when you make a chart or an analyze and need "sections" and bold is just not enough? Think outside the box for a change.
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posted October 01, 2008 01:12 PM |
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Not to mention spammers already can abuse the [img] tag. A [size] one won't have an important significance anyway.
But, as you see, because of the penalties and Moderators, there are no such spammers
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posted October 01, 2008 01:46 PM |
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If it wouldn't have an important significance then why ask for it to be added? It wouldn't need to be added if it wasn't really important. 
And TheDeath, there is a reason why I'm like that. Why change something when everything is fine as it is? If it's fine then it really doesn't need to be changed. If this idea was needed ASAP then sure, feel free to implement it, but it isn't.
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posted October 01, 2008 01:49 PM |
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Well I was only making some suggestions to make HC better, not that they need to be implemented ASAP.
Seriously, if we had your mentality William, almost nothing is very important and HC would have been a lot worse. For example, I'm sure you would have opposed these suggestions as well, since they're not "critical"; but don't you think it's better now, with those features as well?
Of course HC was fine as it is even before those features were implemented, but now it's better for sure
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posted October 01, 2008 01:51 PM |
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And TheDeath, there is a reason why I'm like that. Why change something when everything is fine as it is? If it's fine then it really doesn't need to be changed. If this idea was needed ASAP then sure, feel free to implement it, but it isn't.
Oh yeah as if all features need to be "critical" lol 
This would be a nice addition. What do you consider "ASAP"? Bug fixes? Stuff that fixes other stuff that makes the forum unbrowsable? Any addition is welcome.
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posted October 01, 2008 01:53 PM |
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You opened a thread because you obviously wanted opinions, correct? Well that's what I'm doing now. Not everyone is going to think your ideas are so great and wonderful. I certainly don't and that is what I am saying. You're not going to convince me otherwise and if you didn't want people to disagree with you then you should have just HCM'ed Valeriy or something.
I just expressed my opinion on what you suggested. Nothing more, nothing less.
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posted October 01, 2008 01:57 PM |
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You know william, what is to "disagree" in a feature you won't even use? You don't like it, you don't use it. I doubt she opened the thread for people to disagree, but maybe to comment on how to add better features or improve upon those ideas.
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posted October 01, 2008 01:59 PM |
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Of course I wanted opinions about this, but saying something like: "HC is fine as it is" is just, well, not interesting at all. Instead you could say your opinions about why my feature is not good (the feature itself, not whether it is implemented or not - see the difference)
For example, the point with the spammers was interesting, but I did provide counter-arguments for that
Also, you could say that it's too much work (if it is, I have no clue) and it's not worth it. That would be a good point as well, but saying that HC is fine as it is has is just, well... no point in discussing any changes then with this attitude
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posted October 01, 2008 02:21 PM |
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Was I talking to you, TheDeath? No I wasn't, unless you are Asheera for some reason.
Alright, Asheera, you want my opinions on this and why it wouldn't be good?
Ever noticed how if you post too many words into a post, then it might stretch the page or if an image is too large? Well this would most likely apply as well if the font size was too be a bit bigger. People might not mean to do it but it might still stretch the pages.
What good would the font size changes actually be good for? What was the main intention for why you brought it up in the first place? Do you think it would be good for titles or something?
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posted October 01, 2008 02:23 PM |
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Ever noticed how if you post too many words into a post, then it might stretch the page or if an image is too large? Well this would most likely apply as well if the font size was too be a bit bigger. People might not mean to do it but it might still stretch the pages.
Hmm, not sure, would this really happen? I thought the text would get wrapped like now before it stretches the page... well I don't know really, I wish I could test it in CH
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What good would the font size changes actually be good for? What was the main intention for why you brought it up in the first place? Do you think it would be good for titles or something?
Yes lol, I think I said some usefulness in the first post
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posted October 01, 2008 02:23 PM |
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Was I talking to you, TheDeath? No I wasn't, unless you are Asheera for some reason.
Use HCMs for that.
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posted October 01, 2008 02:27 PM |
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It would stretch the page. I have seen it happen with normal text posts and then with images. I am 100% positive that it would happen if the text size was to be increased, and that could pose a problem. Especially for people that have lower resolution monitors.
It might work alright with titles and stuff, but the page stretching is a problem.
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posted October 01, 2008 02:30 PM |
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Hmm, I just tested at CH and it doesn't stretch.
I think that if you have a WORD (without spaces) longer than the page size (because it's also big) then it would stretch. If there's a space it will warp out.
And now, I'm not talking to make so immense fonts (something like 24 could be the limit) that one word will be longer than the entire page.
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posted October 01, 2008 02:32 PM |
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Yes, but remember, Asheera, that CH uses PHPBB bulletin software whereas HC uses Blazeboard. I'm pretty sure that PHPBB have a lot of codes that can be implemented to avoid page stretching, but Blazeboard isn't supported anymore (they ran out of business). I think Valeriy hasn't implemented anything to stop the page stretching I think. If there was no page stretching then this idea might be alright IMO.
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posted October 01, 2008 04:02 PM |
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But please make those size changes and puffy additional colors and [butterfly instead of W]blabla[/butterfly instead of W] codes for the VW available only, thanks
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posted October 01, 2008 04:10 PM |
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Hey!
I don't think there's anything wrong with adding new BB code, but the initial abuse of it would be annoying
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posted October 01, 2008 04:11 PM |
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There is a spoiler code that works on this site.
It was done by Gnollmage if I remember correctly, COuld be wrong though.
Now If I could only find it.
EDIT: I found it. Doesn' work anymore. 
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posted October 01, 2008 04:12 PM |
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But please make those size changes and puffy additional colors and [butterfly instead of W]blabla[/butterfly instead of W] codes for the VW available only, thanks
Would you say the same if the [b] code was not implemented and someone would suggest it?
After all, "puffy" spammers would mis-use it at first and use it for shouting better, no?
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posted October 01, 2008 04:42 PM |
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But please make those size changes and puffy additional colors and [butterfly instead of W]blabla[/butterfly instead of W] codes for the VW available only, thanks
@Angelito:
I understand that some spammers may abuse those things, but I think the HC members are mature enough to not do such things. For example, take a look at Celestial Heavens, where the [size] tag is available along with the possibility to change the color of the font in all colors available in the True Color mode. That forum doesn't even have the QP policy, which I think makes the immature spammers think a little before posting non-sense in fear of a penalty, so this is a bonus to HC.
Indeed, we have immature spammers like KD and such, but those can find a way to write their spam and abuse other BB codes anyway (for example, it's not like they can't change the color of the font now - only that there are only 3 colors - but it's enough for them to make their spam posts). And fortunately, they are very rare it seems.
They can abuse the forum and write annoying posts even without any BB codes anyway. You can write a very long line (like "AAAAAAAAAAAAA" but 100 times longer) which will stretch the page. But I doubt anyone is so immature to do those things...
There's also those spammers that just want to have a little fun in the VW and will do these childish things with the codes, but that isn't a problem, is it? since you agree to add those codes to the VW anyway
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