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Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:35 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Can't zoom on mobile skin in Safari. Is that fixable? It's annoyed me for ages.

It's deliberate, otherwise everything is really small and you always have to zoom. Isn't it about the right size?
Author:  Curiosity [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:39 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Curiosity wrote:
Can't zoom on mobile skin in Safari. Is that fixable? It's annoyed me for ages.

It's deliberate, otherwise everything is really small and you always have to zoom. Isn't it about the right size?


It's perfect until anyone posts a picture or writes a very long line.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:41 ]
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Very long lines I can't help (I take it you mean lines with no spaces in), but pictures should resize once the page has loaded to fit.
Author:  Bamba [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:20 ]
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At the risk of angering Grim, I've got a feature request while we're in this thread.

When you're URLising a bit of text you highlight the text in question then click the URL button which gives you this:

Code:
[url]some text[/url]


you then need to manually edit it to add in the actual URL by sticking in an '=' symbol and the URL to get:

Code:
[url=http://www.blah.com]some text[/url]


On some forum I used years ago the process was more automated; so when you clicked the URL button it popped up a text box into which you pasted the URL and it then automatically added the url tags, the '=' symbol and the URL itself and you got your nice URLised text without further buggering about. If you just wanted to make a bare text URL clickable as that button does right now then you entered nothing in the pop-up text box and you just got your basic URL tags around whatever you've highlighted.
Author:  gospvg [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:21 ]
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Tapatalk also now comes up with errors when trying to access the forum. Not a big deal I now use the mobile site instead.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:22 ]
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If you want to make a bare text URL clickable you just type it into the main posting box - you only need to wrap it in tags if it's got invalid characters in.

I don't know how much of a problem it is because I don't really use the buttons, I just type it in, so I'll listen if other people are struggling with the same thing. As you may have noticed, I don't like to take my hands off the keyboard unless I have to ;)

Also, that handy-dandy popup box would be broken in iOS7 Safari, so I'd have to write one :)
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:33 ]
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Bamba wrote:
At the risk of angering Grim, I've got a feature request while we're in this thread.

When you're URLising a bit of text you highlight the text in question then click the URL button which gives you this:[...]

Huh, that was easy.

Next!
Author:  myp [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:33 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Next!

Bezzie gaming calendar?
Author:  Bamba [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:35 ]
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Grim... wrote:
If you want to make a bare text URL clickable you just type it into the main posting box - you only need to wrap it in tags if it's got invalid characters in.


Ah, yes, you're right. Well that makes an even better argument for my idea because it means the URL button's functionality is utterly half-arsed at the moment; in that it's not at all required for bare URLs and only does a random part of the job in the other scenario. I wonder why it's designed that way (presuming it's the default board software functionality we're running here)?

Grim... wrote:
I don't know how much of a problem it is because I don't really use the buttons, I just type it in, so I'll listen if other people are struggling with the same thing. As you may have noticed, I don't like to take my hands off the keyboard unless I have to ;)


I'm not really struggling or anything, it's just something that's annoyed me a bit because when I'm URLising text I wonder why I'm having to do half the job manually. It did also strike me the other day when someone was considering doing Beex Week but admitted to not knowing how to URLise stuff that having to edit the tags manually is pretty unfriendly in general. Um, not that I'm saying this'll help keep Beex Week running, lest I utterly sabotage my own suggestion here. ;)

Grim... wrote:
Also, that handy-dandy popup box would be broken in iOS7 Safari, so I'd have to write one :)


Eh, I had assumed you just wouldn't bother applying a change like this to the mobile skin because (a) it's more work and (b) how many people are striving to do nice formatting like this when they're posting from their phone? Certainly I don't and probably still wouldn't purely because selecting text is a pain in the dick.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:36 ]
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SilentElk wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Next!

Bezzie gaming calendar?

That's probably a couple of days worth - I'm waiting for a gap in my other projects (and hoping you'll forget ;)).
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:37 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Grim... wrote:
If you want to make a bare text URL clickable you just type it into the main posting box - you only need to wrap it in tags if it's got invalid characters in.


Ah, yes, you're right. Well that makes an even better argument for my idea because it means the URL button's functionality is utterly half-arsed at the moment; in that it's not at all required for bare URLs and only does a random part of the job in the other scenario. I wonder why it's designed that way (presuming it's the default board software functionality we're running here)?

Grim... wrote:
I don't know how much of a problem it is because I don't really use the buttons, I just type it in, so I'll listen if other people are struggling with the same thing. As you may have noticed, I don't like to take my hands off the keyboard unless I have to ;)


I'm not really struggling or anything, it's just something that's annoyed me a bit because when I'm URLising text I wonder why I'm having to do half the job manually. It did also strike me the other day when someone was considering doing Beex Week but admitted to not knowing how to URLise stuff that having to edit the tags manually is pretty unfriendly in general. Um, not that I'm saying this'll help keep Beex Week running, lest I utterly sabotage my own suggestion here. ;)

Grim... wrote:
Also, that handy-dandy popup box would be broken in iOS7 Safari, so I'd have to write one :)


Eh, I had assumed you just wouldn't bother applying a change like this to the mobile skin because (a) it's more work and (b) how many people are striving to do nice formatting like this when they're posting from their phone? Certainly I don't and probably still wouldn't purely because selecting text is a pain in the dick.

Excellently, I've done it in the time it took you to write that :kiss:

The mobile skin doesn't have buttons, so meh.
Author:  myp [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:37 ]
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Grim... wrote:
SilentElk wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Next!

Bezzie gaming calendar?

That's probably a couple of days worth - I'm waiting for a gap in my other projects (and hoping you'll forget ;)).

I won't forget. :D
Author:  Bamba [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:40 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Bamba wrote:
At the risk of angering Grim, I've got a feature request while we're in this thread.

When you're URLising a bit of text you highlight the text in question then click the URL button which gives you this:[...]

Huh, that was easy.

Next!


Is this only on a certain skin? I just get the existing functionality when I click the button on subsilver2 at the moment.

ETA: A Ctrl+Refresh got it up and running. Thanks Grim!
Author:  Trooper [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:50 ]
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umm, it seems to be single shift and single ctrl on here, rather than double shift or double ctrl.
makes using the quick reply a trifle tricky...

osx chrome.

i would put a smiley in, but i can't as i can't use the shift button...
Author:  Dr Lave [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:52 ]
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Trooper wrote:
umm, it seems to be single shift and single ctrl on here, rather than double shift or double ctrl.
makes using the quick reply a trifle tricky...

osx chrome.

i would put a smiley in, but i can't as i can't use the shift button...


Yeah, likewise.
Author:  gospvg [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:55 ]
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Grim... wrote:

Huh, that was easy.

Next![/quote]

Mark all as read button on the mobile theme?
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:58 ]
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Trooper wrote:
umm, it seems to be single shift and single ctrl on here, rather than double shift or double ctrl.
makes using the quick reply a trifle tricky...

osx chrome.

i would put a smiley in, but i can't as i can't use the shift button...

Stand by!
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:59 ]
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Okay, let me take a look. I've turned it off for now.

I don't suppose either of you tried on Safari, did you?
Author:  Trooper [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 14:00 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Okay, let me take a look. I've turned it off for now.

I don't suppose either of you tried on Safari, did you?


Gosh no, nobody actually uses Safari do they?
Author:  GazChap [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 14:03 ]
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Double-shift in the Quick Reply box takes me through to the normal Reply box on Firefox.

However, so does holding down Shift, which makes it quite hard to highlight text in a post I've made.

It also loses any text that I've put into the quick reply box when taking me to the normal Reply box.

Also, the shortcut applies to the normal Reply box too, but when you let go of the key it goes to a 404 page saying that beexcellenttoeachother.com/undefined could not be found.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 14:06 ]
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GazChap wrote:
However, so does holding down Shift, which makes it quite hard to highlight text in a post I've made.

I figure this may be the problem with the Apple things.

GazChap wrote:
Also, the shortcut applies to the normal Reply box too, but when you let go of the key it goes to a 404 page saying that beexcellenttoeachother.com/undefined could not be found.

That shouldn't happen. You might need to do some hardcore page refreshing. But not now, obviously, because I've turned it off.
Author:  GazChap [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 14:08 ]
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Grim... wrote:
I figure this may be the problem with the Apple things.

I'm on Firefox on Windows, so no Apple things involved in my case.

Grim... wrote:
That shouldn't happen. You might need to do some hardcore page refreshing. But not now, obviously, because I've turned it off.

I had to do some hardcore page refreshing to turn it off ;)
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 14:12 ]
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GazChap wrote:
Grim... wrote:
I figure this may be the problem with the Apple things.

I'm on Firefox on Windows, so no Apple things involved in my case.

Grim... wrote:
That shouldn't happen. You might need to do some hardcore page refreshing. But not now, obviously, because I've turned it off.

I had to do some hardcore page refreshing to turn it off ;)


Do more hardcore refreshing ;)

I've changed it to Alt + R to reply, and Alt + Q to quote now.
Author:  myp [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 16:51 ]
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Trooper wrote:

Gosh no, nobody actually uses Safari do they?

I'd much rather use Safari than Chrome.
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 16:55 ]
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SilentElk wrote:
Trooper wrote:

Gosh no, nobody actually uses Safari do they?

I'd much rather use Safari than Chrome.

Goodness, me too.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free
Author:  Curiosity [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 16:57 ]
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Mimi wrote:
SilentElk wrote:
Trooper wrote:

Gosh no, nobody actually uses Safari do they?

I'd much rather use Safari than Chrome.

Goodness, me too.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free


Mimi has sold out, man...
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:00 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free

8)
Author:  TheVision [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:01 ]
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At least it explains why it was free.
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:02 ]
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As does their homepage:
Quote:
Whether it is the hassle-free photo sharing, instant push notification or advanced features such as discussion moderation, there are a lot to love Tapatalk

Er... What?
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:06 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free

8)

Oh man :(

I even tried to switch to using the Beex mobile site instead, but it won't let me mark all threads as read, and I need that for my tiny brain to take in what's new in the forums because certain threads don't interest me and so I don't read. And now they've messed up Tapatalk?

Gingham :(


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:07 ]
Post subject: 
Test new sig


Tapatalk is poo
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:07 ]
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That's fixed it, I think.


Tapatalk is poo
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:08 ]
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Test
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:09 ]
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Mimi wrote:
I even tried to switch to using the Beex mobile site instead, but it won't let me mark all threads as read, and I need that for my tiny brain to take in what's new in the forums because certain threads don't interest me and so I don't read.

...
Surely you still need to know which threads you're not interested in by name so you know when (or when not) to mark them as read?
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:14 ]
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Yes, but imagine I have decided that none of the red threads on this page interest me so I want to make them all blue (so, marked as read) until I next visit.

I'd like to click a button to mark them all read, like I do in the main site or Tapatalk. I can see the thread names fine :)
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:15 ]
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Oh, pic disappeared.
Attachment:
image.jpg
Author:  Cras [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:16 ]
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Did you just use gingham as a swear word?
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:18 ]
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Cras wrote:
Did you just use gingham as a swear word?

Yes. I think I meant to type gngghh.

Oh, it's autocorrect
Author:  Grim... [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:19 ]
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Attachment:
read.png
Author:  Mimi [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 17:21 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Attachment:
read.png

Oh.

*blush*

xxx
Author:  Malc [ Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:36 ]
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How long as the auto refresh tick box been there?

Malc
Author:  Malc [ Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:37 ]
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Malc wrote:
How long as the auto refresh tick box been there?

Malc


It doesn't seem to stay ticked if you read a thread, and then go back to the page.

Firefox 22.0! on Windows 7

Malc
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:56 ]
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It will if you give it a chance to do the actual refreshing.
Author:  Malc [ Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:06 ]
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Oh yeah!

Cool, I think (the IT bods will think I'm doing even less work now!)

Malc
Author:  Mimi [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:26 ]
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I have done it. I have deleted Tapatalk and bookmarked the mobile site which is now my go-to (hurrah!)

BUT the screenshot icon is kinda ugly.

Can we have a little custom icon to click so phone stays pretty, please?
Author:  Grim... [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 15:12 ]
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Any better?
Author:  Mimi [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 15:13 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Any better?

LOVE. IT.

xxxx
Author:  Mr Russell [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 15:14 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Any better?

Excellent!
Author:  Curiosity [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 20:31 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Any better?


Excellent!
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Sat Sep 28, 2013 20:51 ]
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Awesome! :D
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