New Features added to the forum [#permalink]
13 Jun 2009, 00:24
We added some new features to the forum: When posting messages 5 additional options are available and all are accessible in the posting window (second line down, underneath B, I, U)
1. [strike]Strikethrough[/strike] - speaks for itself
2. Warning:
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This is a Warning sample - would be useful for Moderators and Important posts like this one
3 Text Area:
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4. Legend: [legend=Legend]Not sure exactly how to use this one yet [/legend]
5. Stopwatch Mode for question solving - not sure how popular this will be but it was easy to add, so what the hell
Re: New Features added to the forum [#permalink]
13 Jun 2009, 03:12
BB, I see you do a lot to improve the forum. What do you think about math shortcuts? For example, "\sqrt{x}", "\frac{x}{y}", and "C^{n}_{k}" ?
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Re: New Features added to the forum [#permalink]
13 Jun 2009, 08:07
By the way, I have one suggestion that seems to be essential for me. There are two ways for embedding images into a post: 1) attachment 2) [img] - tag. I've added my avatar image and smile icon using these two ways:
[img]
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For me, [img] looks much better than attachment, because "Attachment", "name of file", "size", "how many times users saw a image" do not contain any important information and just waste space. Especially, it is obvious for small images. So, I propose to show attached images using [img]-style.
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Re: New Features added to the forum [#permalink]
13 Jun 2009, 10:33
Sure. There are a few ways to do this and most are not complicated.
I see what you mean below - do you have a specific use case for pasting/attacing many small images?
Perhaps a post somewhere that has been esp painful?
This will help identify the best path/solution
walker wrote:
By the way, I have one suggestion that seems to be essential for me. There are two ways for embedding images into a post: 1) attachment 2) [img] - tag. I've added my avatar image and smile icon using these two ways:
[img]
attachment:
Attachment:
43422.png
Attachment:
icon_smile.gif
For me, [img] looks much better than attachment, because "Attachment", "name of file", "size", "how many times users saw a image" do not contain any important information and just waste space. Especially, it is obvious for small images. So, I propose to show attached images using [img]-style.
Re: New Features added to the forum [#permalink]
13 Jun 2009, 13:16
bb wrote:
What do you mean by shortcuts? Making it simpler to post math symbols?
I mean buttons like smilies or "B", "i" and so on. Just one click and you have something like that: /frac{}{}
bb wrote:
do you have a specific use case for pasting/attacing many small images?
I always thought about images that table view along with unnecessary info could look better. Recently, I was thinking about writing the guide on how make a good presentation but imagined how it would look with many small/average images and decided to post the suggestion. By the way, [img] style let us post a few images in one line and even insert text between them....
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Re: New Features added to the forum [#permalink]
13 Jun 2009, 18:32
walker wrote:
bb wrote:
What do you mean by shortcuts? Making it simpler to post math symbols?
I mean buttons like smilies or "B", "i" and so on. Just one click and you have something like that: /frac{}{}
Thank you. Got it! Will get cracking on this.
walker wrote:
bb wrote:
do you have a specific use case for pasting/attacing many small images?
I always thought about images that table view along with unnecessary info could look better. Recently, I was thinking about writing the guide on how make a good presentation but imagined how it would look with many small/average images and decided to post the suggestion. By the way, [img] style let us post a few images in one line and even insert text between them....
OK. got it. Would this be a better fit for your needs then? (it still displays the "useless" information but does not get in the way.
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Second parameter is the width of the table, and #ECECEC is the background color for the table as some browsers (Chrome show the post funky otherwise)
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Re: New Features added to the forum [#permalink]
15 Jun 2009, 09:23
The Fractions and Square Root now have a simplified way of writing them - it was not possible to easily add a pure shortcut but a different simplification is possible.
Check it out:
Code:
[fraction]3/4[/fraction]
[square_root]5[/square_root]
You still need to enclose both sides with the M-Tags
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