New Board Suggestion Box Thread - Page 4

Samuel Deacon · 12-04-2005, 04:47 PM

I noticed something yesterday that has been pointed out again here...

http://www.3dmm.com/showthread.php?t=11827

There is no scrollbar at the bottom, so some of the picture is cut off, and whereas you can highlight the image and drag across to reveal it, there is no way of going back to the left, so you cant actually read much of the thread. I dont know if this is browser related or new-board related, but it didnt used to happen on the old board.

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 04:51 PM

[tbox]Nooooo![/tbox]

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samuel Deacon

There is no scrollbar at the bottom, so some of the picture is cut off

No idea...appears to be a Firefox issue, as Internet Explorer seems to be acting normally.

Thrik · 12-04-2005, 04:54 PM

You can use your scroll-button to scroll across and back again for the time-being.

The scrolling issue almost certainly has something to do with the <div id="post_message_X"></div> which wraps each post, but I can't really pinpoint it any further. That kind of behaviour is generally caused by the overflow CSS property, but I can't find anything to indicate that other than my own assumption. :~

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 05:11 PM

Oooh, I think you should also reset the 'Most users online' thing. It's at 250 or something.

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 06:30 PM

Ooh, Goat - regarding the voting system for movies: would it be feasible to have the rating that each member gave for the movie viewable in a seperate list? If it's not too far fetched, a single-line summary from each voting member to accompany that rating would be neat (rottentomatoes.com-like).

It'd be quite a neat, summarised version of the actual thread - and maybe keep the thread content to longer reviews and queries rather than short 'I liked this!' replies.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 06:34 PM

Yes, I think we will do that.

Also, one thing I was considering, was to make certain users have more influence in the score. Basically, give all their scores more weight. This status could be something determined automatically by post count in 3dmm forums? Or perhaps, to entice people to post detail reviews in the reviews section, have all scores in there be weighted more heavily?

Demented Ferret · 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Space Goat

Yes, I think we will do that.

Also, one thing I was considering, was to make certain users have more influence in the score. Basically, give all their scores more weight. This status could be something determined automatically by post count in 3dmm forums? Or perhaps, to entice people to post detail reviews in the reviews section, have all scores in there be weighted more heavily?

Weighted rating seems like a good idea until you see forums like 'Newgrounds.com' where your average schmo has about 0.1% of the voting weight of a normal member. If you can think of a system everyone will agree on - it'd be a nice idea.

I think MOST people should have the same review-rights, but maybe have a team of 5 3dmm.com official 'critics' (which could be voted by a poll every 3 months) that have their entires automatically bolded/RED'D and moved to the top of the previously mentioned list would be quite neat.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 06:40 PM

I was thinking this "top critic" status could be put in their custom title. That was one of the "creative" things I mentioned earlier on how to utilize those.

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 06:34 PM

Additionally, I've noticed with movies directed by more than one person - in the 'Movie Highlights' not all of the names are displayed (some sort of character limit) and the profile tries to link to a member with the name (for example) 'Demented Ferret and Cowtacular Spleen'. You should try splitting links between occurances of
','
' and '
and
'&'

Or something.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 06:38 PM

Yeah, that's actually a pretty good idea, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. I was contemplenting having an entirely separate table to list all the directors in, and have them linked to the movie with a list of FK's in the database...this makes a lot more sense. I gave up on my other idea because it was just too much work, and thought we could get by without it.

Gavin Owers · 12-06-2005, 03:55 PM

Hey Goat, could you increase the image limit for posts. You can only post 4 images per post and that's a little low.

THX:)!!!@

Space Goat · 12-06-2005, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gavin Owers

Hey Goat, could you increase the image limit for posts. You can only post 4 images per post and that's a little low.

THX

!!!@

Sure thing. It's been raised to 10 now.

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 06:51 PM

I agree, that would at least be a constructive use for them. I was also thinking - It'd be nice to 'Spotlight' the best movies of maybe the previous week, even a line similar to:

Last weeks highest rated movie was Movie Name Here by Director with a rating of 7/10

Underneath or connected to the current Spotlight would be quite nice, seeming as the spotlight focus can be changed pretty quickly.

Salter · 12-04-2005, 08:24 PM

This all sounds very good!
In an unrelated point, do we get message icons?

HMC · 12-04-2005, 08:38 PM

I think sometime in the future it would be cool to have a feature to distinguish movies that have won awards or received award nominations.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMC

I think sometime in the future it would be cool to have a feature to distinguish movies that have won awards or received award nominations.

That's what the awards section is for. Third button from the left.

Phil Williamson · 12-04-2005, 08:38 PM

I think black message text looks better than the grey that we have right now, but that might just be me...

Brimz · 12-04-2005, 08:43 PM

Message icons do not really serve a purpose.

Anyways, I thought of an idea. Howabout the ability to resize images in a quote (or they're automatically resized by 50% or something)? So, basically we would be able to do like [img w=50% h=50%]http://3dmm.com/images/menu_logo.gif[/img] or something.

As long as it wasn't misused to shrink images that are not already in the thread or somewhere (ex: uploading an image 1000px*1000px, then posting it at 500px*500px), I don't think that it would be very harmful.

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 09:02 PM

As long as clicking the quoted thumbnailed images links you to the original post and picture that'd be an idea worth looking into.

Brimz · 12-04-2005, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Demented Ferret

As long as clicking the quoted thumbnailed images links you to the original post and picture that'd be an idea worth looking into.

Yeah, I was thinking about that too. I wasn't sure if would create an issue when the image is already a link (then if you were quoting the image for just that link, the world would topple over).

But either way, I think it would probably be useful.

Lyntan · 12-04-2005, 09:15 PM

Grey text definitely looks better.

Rabid Dinosaur · 12-04-2005, 09:48 PM

Can we have a favorites icon? Please?

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 10:01 PM

Yeah

Max size should be 5/+2, really:

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rabid Dinosaur

Can we have a favorites icon? Please?

Ohhhh, yeah, I already made one. I forgot to put it up.

Anyone know how to keep your browser from mixing it up with other favicons from other sites? I've had the same problem in both IE and firefox. Maybe I shouldn't name it "favicon.ico"?

12-04-2005, 04:54 PM	#4
Thrik Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,242	You can use your scroll-button to scroll across and back again for the time-being. The scrolling issue almost certainly has something to do with the <div id="post_message_X"></div> which wraps each post, but I can't really pinpoint it any further. That kind of behaviour is generally caused by the overflow CSS property, but I can't find anything to indicate that other than my own assumption. :~
Thrik Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,242

12-04-2005, 08:24 PM	#15
Salter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,958	This all sounds very good! In an unrelated point, do we get message icons?
Salter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,958

12-04-2005, 08:38 PM	#16
HMC Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,715	I think sometime in the future it would be cool to have a feature to distinguish movies that have won awards or received award nominations.
HMC Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,715

12-04-2005, 08:43 PM	#19
Brimz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6,317	Message icons do not really serve a purpose. Anyways, I thought of an idea. Howabout the ability to resize images in a quote (or they're automatically resized by 50% or something)? So, basically we would be able to do like [img w=50% h=50%]http://3dmm.com/images/menu_logo.gif[/img] or something. As long as it wasn't misused to shrink images that are not already in the thread or somewhere (ex: uploading an image 1000px1000px, then posting it at 500px500px), I don't think that it would be very harmful.
Brimz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6,317

12-04-2005, 09:15 PM	#22
Lyntan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 14,315	Grey text definitely looks better.
Lyntan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 14,315

12-04-2005, 04:47 PM	#1
Samuel Deacon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,141	I noticed something yesterday that has been pointed out again here... http://www.3dmm.com/showthread.php?t=11827 There is no scrollbar at the bottom, so some of the picture is cut off, and whereas you can highlight the image and drag across to reveal it, there is no way of going back to the left, so you cant actually read much of the thread. I dont know if this is browser related or new-board related, but it didnt used to happen on the old board.

12-04-2005, 04:51 PM	#2
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,247	[tbox]Nooooo![/tbox]

12-04-2005, 05:11 PM	#5
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,247	Oooh, I think you should also reset the 'Most users online' thing. It's at 250 or something.

12-04-2005, 06:30 PM	#6
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,247	Ooh, Goat - regarding the voting system for movies: would it be feasible to have the rating that each member gave for the movie viewable in a seperate list? If it's not too far fetched, a single-line summary from each voting member to accompany that rating would be neat (rottentomatoes.com-like). It'd be quite a neat, summarised version of the actual thread - and maybe keep the thread content to longer reviews and queries rather than short 'I liked this!' replies.

12-04-2005, 06:34 PM	#7
Space Goat Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,042	Yes, I think we will do that. Also, one thing I was considering, was to make certain users have more influence in the score. Basically, give all their scores more weight. This status could be something determined automatically by post count in 3dmm forums? Or perhaps, to entice people to post detail reviews in the reviews section, have all scores in there be weighted more heavily?

12-04-2005, 06:40 PM	#9
Space Goat Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,042	I was thinking this "top critic" status could be put in their custom title. That was one of the "creative" things I mentioned earlier on how to utilize those.

12-04-2005, 06:38 PM	#11
Space Goat Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,042	Yeah, that's actually a pretty good idea, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. I was contemplenting having an entirely separate table to list all the directors in, and have them linked to the movie with a list of FK's in the database...this makes a lot more sense. I gave up on my other idea because it was just too much work, and thought we could get by without it.

12-06-2005, 03:55 PM	#12
Gavin Owers Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,935	Hey Goat, could you increase the image limit for posts. You can only post 4 images per post and that's a little low. THX:)!!!@

12-04-2005, 06:51 PM	#14
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,247	I agree, that would at least be a constructive use for them. I was also thinking - It'd be nice to 'Spotlight' the best movies of maybe the previous week, even a line similar to: Last weeks highest rated movie was Movie Name Here by Director with a rating of 7/10 Underneath or connected to the current Spotlight would be quite nice, seeming as the spotlight focus can be changed pretty quickly.

12-04-2005, 08:38 PM	#18
Phil Williamson Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 16,900	I think black message text looks better than the grey that we have right now, but that might just be me...

12-04-2005, 09:02 PM	#20
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,247	As long as clicking the quoted thumbnailed images links you to the original post and picture that'd be an idea worth looking into.

12-04-2005, 09:48 PM	#23
Rabid Dinosaur Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 14,894	Can we have a favorites icon? Please?

12-04-2005, 10:01 PM	#24
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,247	Yeah Max size should be 5/+2, really: