Topic awaiting preservation: Pointless observation, but... (Page 1 of 1)

...why is it that when one edits one's profile and hits 'Save Changes', it counts +1 on the post count? It means that as I've been playing around with my sig and trying out various combinations (hitting 'Save Changes' each time), I have been inadvertently increasing my post count. Should this be?

Something else occurred to me that would be ideal for reducing the number of double posts and last-minute edits - PREVIEWS! Would it be particularly difficult to add preview capabilities to potential posts? It would save morons like me from a lot of re-edits based on the fact that a ']' was missed...

...and I've only just noticed that the {small} tags can be stacked. Probably not news to anyone, but I think it is pretty cool! Yes, I realise how apt the phrase, "Small things please small minds"...

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post counts: because it was the easiest way to implement them. Actually, they're 'login counts' - they get incremented every time the asylum identifies you, and therefore also count for faqs and the like.

Preview: Well. No. One button is all you should need down there. This is an Asylum after all.

Preview? Who needs to preview, thats why such things as F1_edit exists.
So that when I mess up like this &umml; when I really wanted ü I can go back and fix it.

F1_edit: making the fix.

(Edited by F1_error on 06-02-2005 22:49)

Fair enough, I was duly answered (and confirmed a moron ). Thanks.

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I like the idea of a preview. I also agree with Tyberius Prime

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One button is all you should need down there. This is an Asylum after all.

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So here's what I think we should do:

Rather than have a Submit Reply button the button should be a Preview button which will take you to a preview of the post. Now since most of us are lazy and don't bother to proof read our posts before sending them, sending the post to a preview page will force some of us to read the post befor submitting it, but that won't work for all, so the preview page should also have a Prevew button at the bottom which will take the post to a second preview page. This will force more people to read their posts before submitting them, but again, this second preview page should have a preview button at the bottom which will take the post to a third preview page.

After previewing the post three times, people will either give up and not send the post (which will save a lot of worthless reading for the rest of us) or the post will be completely free of errors.



BWA-HA-HA-ha

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-- not necessarily stoned... just beautiful.


(Edited by hyperbole on 06-04-2005 01:22)

I am all for redundancy.

I am all for redundancy.

I am all for redundancy.

(All right, whose bright idea was it to prevent double posts and force me to fool this thing?)

*woot!*

I'm not alone!

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