Does anyone have any ideas for things they'd like to see - I've kind of run out of ideas for now. I can't promise I'll do them: some things are easy, some are hard, some might be unrealistic (need to bear in mind performance and avoidance of poxy fules and so on); also, how much it interests me is the most important motivating factor... It'd be good to hear people's thoughts.
I will put the stats thing back at some point, but perhaps in a bit of a different form.
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Oooo!
More poll forms would be fun. One that allowed you to rank the options from first to last, say, or just allowed you to tick multiple boxes, livejournal style.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
The mod image thing is a security thing. If it weren't any sort of issue I would just turn them on.
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh right, you've said that before. Perhaps I am ignorant, but I don't get why it's a security thing?
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Love Gravel's ideas.
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
A preview screen. I've been tempted at times to just throw in a [//x] every once in awhile so at least the BBcode warning page will let me take a second glance.
― http://tinyurl.com/bapppp (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
It's a long and complicated story, but the root of it is that when your browser tries to go and get a picture, it doesn't check that it's a picture and if it's a piece of script instead, will just happily execute it, which can be subverted to make existing mods do things they didn't know they were doing (e.g. grant someone else mod privileges or whatever).
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
a kudos/props/Suggest Unban button, with the 51 resulting in an automatic permaban being an aggregate of the two. last time I mention this, I promise.
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I see. What about for mods that don't have that many privileges in the first place, like me and other subboard mods? Sorry to go on about this, but 1p3 is 90% picture threads!
Also, I think ILX is great as is and I would just say: continue keeping it simple and plain.
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Roxy, yes there's less danger there, but you can still ban people, delete posts, delete threads, unban people etc.
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean if it helps, happy to unmod you.
continue keeping it simple and plain
^^^ seconded - I love love love the way that ILX threads load up super quick, compared to other boards where you're sitting around waiting for two minutes.
― grocery groin (snoball), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Sheesh, just asking!
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
avatars
― galumphing lummox (bug), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
No avatars! Ever!
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Nick, that's OK: suggest ban is the best feature I've ever come up with - I think there are any number of ways you could subtly modify it and I have changed it recently it to drop older SBs from people, but I doubt we'll ever conclude on the 'right' way for it to work, and the people who don't like it, I doubt will ever be convinced, so would be good if this thread didn't become about that; I've little doubt it'll be discussed probably at length elsewhere.
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I wasn't really thinking of avatars!
no avatars - please, I think that's the start of a slippery slope towards phpBB style bloat
― grocery groin (snoball), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i echo Roxy's simple and plain praise. love that.
i would also love to see a magenta screen with white font option
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I love love love the way that ILX threads load up super quick
Yes I like this - someone described other message boards as having a kind of underwater feeling... That said, ILX isn't fast because it's minimal on the screen; it's because of the server software - could afford to put quite a lot more on the screen without it becoming slow. Not that this is necessarily a good idea.
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Surm, appreciate CSS might not be your thing, but if it is, then you can make a stylesheet to look like that and I'll stick it up... There are some instructions (a little out of date, but basically OK) here: http://www.ilxor.com/ilxstyles.html
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link
ignore lists
http://www.b3tards.com/u/c2d08cf4e23cfbd9a0c0/duck_hunt_dog.gif
― galumphing lummox (bug), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i've got no complaints except olive is still showing up blue on SNA colors!
― blobfish russian (harbl), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe i can get kenan to make me one... i'm using his gray one now and it's real nice
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh bugger! That's easy enough to fix, Harbl.
Bug, yes I was thinking that would be something I should do.
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
ilx is the hottness of message boards. i do think surm's suggestion should be mandatory not optional, though. :)
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Harbl, fixed the colour thing - it'll be Olive when I next upload the software.
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
=) <3 xp
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
More poll forms would be fun. One that allowed you to rank the options from first to last, s
I like the sound of that.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I love the "view previous page" option, by the way.
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
No avatars?
http://i25.tinypic.com/4rqkvc.jpg
― StanM, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks :) xp
― blobfish russian (harbl), Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Some kind of two minute "Edit my last message" option in case of tpyos you only notice after you hit submit.
― StanM, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
On the other hand, ILX is ILX because there are no Avatars or Edit after submit options. Read what you tpye before you submit and you won't post typos.
― StanM, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
XML access to bookmarks that have new answers is top o my wishlist :)
― stet, Saturday, 1 August 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
ILX threads can get so fast that it's more like chat than forum, so even 2mins can be way too long.
― stet, Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Could there be a count of the number of users online displayed at the top somewhere? Just a simple count of logged-in users (but not names, cos that would be crepey). Wouldn't be at all useful, just mildly intersting.
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
― stet, Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:00 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
This is the reason I Love ILX over all others. It's both at the same time. And needs to stay that way.
― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
"I have changed it recently it to drop older SBs from people"
this sounds like a really good idea! can i ask what the cutoff point is?
― thomp, Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I think the general feeling is: nothing drastic, please, only small functional adjustments. Right?
― StanM, Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
People who haven't posted for six months should have all the bans they've suggested returned to them in a box.
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I would like a way to see how many SB's you have. (Now, I have no idea how annoying I am.)
― StanM, Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not a fan of SB in general, but it seems like it would do more good if a person saw that they were getting close to the mark.
― kid cruti (roxymuzak), Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
some sort of something to fix the webmailing reply issue
― http://tinyurl.com/npaahw (s1ocki), Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Could there be a count of the number of users online displayed at the top somewhere? Just a simple count of logged-in users (but not names, cos that would be crepey). Wouldn't be at all useful, just mildly interesting.
Yeah that's a nice idea, maybe wouldn't be too difficult to do either.
Stan - I've never been convinced by people's anti-SB argument around the "for the lols" thing, because no-one can see it. This is why I didn't make it available, so that it couldn't be used in this way. That said, I've been considering maybe warning people when they get to 40 or something. This would only affect a few people. Also - I wouldn't worry about your own position re: SBs.
― Keith, Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
S1ocki, I don't know what the issue is. I was asked recently to remove 'reply to' from webmail, because people were being hassled off board.
Ok, thanks, that makes sense (why SBs aren't public). xpost
― StanM, Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― Keith, Saturday, August 1, 2009 5:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
there was ever a "reply to"?
every webmail i've gotten has been unreplyable. which is ok, but maybe there shoudl be some sort of reminder to put your own email address in the message? or even an optional field for your email addy?
― http://tinyurl.com/npaahw (s1ocki), Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Would like this!
Also, if you decide to _not_ bring back lists of ILX-wide stats, I would still be interested in personal stats on on each person's profile page re: how many posts they've made, how many threads they've started, etc. Or at least a way for each user to see their own info.
― master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Saturday, 1 August 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
You need to pony up for ILX Premium.
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
Doctor Casino: yep that’s exactly what I did to a T. Strange. Oh well, guess I’ll just have to deal with it. Thanks for your help anyway!
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 8 September 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
If I search for posts containing the term “blue monday” (with quotes)
your browser (phone?) is helpfully converting your straight quotes (") to "smart quotes". suspect the search software wants straight ones.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
can test by copying this text into the search box rather than typing it yourself:
"blue monday"
on an iphone i think you can force a normal quote mark by holding down the key? these are the wages of ""“aesthetics”""
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
OMG YOU ARE A GENIIOUS!!!!!!!
Fuck an iPhone and its lameass smart-quotes.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
This works on zing search fyi
― stet, Friday, 9 September 2022 13:36 (one year ago) link
I’d like a new borad called Bad Poll Prison where I can make bad polls without feeling like I’m clogging up a real borad
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 05:30 (ten months ago) link
nothing is real, everything is polled
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 21:35 (ten months ago) link
xp just choose a moribund sub-board and use it for that purpose --
― sarahell, Monday, 12 December 2022 18:57 (nine months ago) link
"For You"
― koogs, Thursday, 26 January 2023 20:02 (eight months ago) link
lol
― ledge, Thursday, 26 January 2023 21:11 (eight months ago) link
isn't that what Blog View is
― rob, Thursday, 26 January 2023 21:36 (eight months ago) link
Blog View has been borked for years, I'd love to have it back and probably said so upthread.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:16 (eight months ago) link
blog view felt like “jacking in” to ilx
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Thursday, 26 January 2023 22:20 (eight months ago) link
ILX marketplace thread? Buy and sell your stuff?
― calstars, Friday, 27 January 2023 19:01 (eight months ago) link
https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=1425799748
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 27 January 2023 19:29 (eight months ago) link
Is there a way to disable the "s" keyboard shortcut that redirects to Site New Answers?
― Shartreuse (Leee), Sunday, 19 February 2023 01:44 (seven months ago) link
i jut found a way to diable the "" key entirely, not ure if that help
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 February 2023 06:06 (seven months ago) link
xp the whaaaaaa?
holy shit I did not know about this one
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Sunday, 19 February 2023 16:14 (seven months ago) link
I used to and then forgot until now
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Sunday, 19 February 2023 16:17 (seven months ago) link
Never knew about it either. It's web only I assume, not the apps.
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 February 2023 16:32 (seven months ago) link
lol forks
Is there a keyboard shortcut for 'remove bookmark from this thread'? Actually, is there a place to check all keyboard shortcuts? Is there a keyboard shortcut for 'find all keyboard shortcuts'?
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 19 February 2023 17:34 (seven months ago) link
Does anyone have an aspirin?
I had no idea there were shortcuts at all!
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 2 March 2023 17:58 (six months ago) link
i have been using 'b' for a while (to bookmark a thread or update a bookmark to the latest post on a thread), but 's' is new to me! i do think using the two in tandem could lead to subconscious drives to suggest ban people, but sometimes you have to take risks for shortcut conveniences
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 18:00 (six months ago) link
s b and numerals are great shortcuts
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 3 March 2023 07:07 (six months ago) link
Is there a list anywhere, my mind is totally blown there is also a bookmark one too.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 3 March 2023 08:29 (six months ago) link
try it. type random letters, see what it does!
― koogs, Friday, 3 March 2023 09:04 (six months ago) link
numbers = not sureb = bookmarkp = add post (moves focus to the text box)s = site new answers
― koogs, Friday, 3 March 2023 09:39 (six months ago) link
numbers = goto bookmark n
― koogs, Friday, 3 March 2023 09:40 (six months ago) link
Leviticus = create poll
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 March 2023 14:02 (six months ago) link
non-joking request to ban Twitter / X embeds. just have it be a url
― budo jeru, Monday, 31 July 2023 20:41 (one month ago) link
pretty sure you can shut that off in preferences
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 31 July 2023 20:46 (one month ago) link
it's all or nothing, that shuts off images as well
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 31 July 2023 20:47 (one month ago) link
"Show Images (and other embedded media, like videos and Tweets)"
it's the sacrifice you make i guess
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 31 July 2023 20:52 (one month ago) link
It would be cool if that preference could be separated.
― beard papa, Monday, 31 July 2023 21:49 (one month ago) link
actually you should try it, i made that choice awhile back and now it’s nice, unlike the rest of the internet i get to read a conversation without letting dumb reaction memes drive my understanding of it
― the late great, Monday, 31 July 2023 23:38 (one month ago) link
people post reaction memes here?
― budo jeru, Monday, 31 July 2023 23:41 (one month ago) link
I opted for images, videos & tweets to load as links years ago. I can easily just load the exact item I want to view without constantly loading/reloading a couple dozen images, gifs, etc. that were part of a conversation from days, months or years earlier. Just seems like a cleaner solution overall.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 31 July 2023 23:55 (one month ago) link
cleanliness while maintaining density of useful info is imo the one virtue this place has in spades that entirerest of internet really does not (wikipedia may be only real exception that is not some real specific niche thing)
― the late great, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 00:39 (one month ago) link
#onethread
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 01:23 (one month ago) link
hilarious inside jokes, you forgot to mention
yes much richer and better than any “he’s not wrong you know” (you’re not!)
― the late great, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 01:24 (one month ago) link
sorry everyone but
you might say we excel at it
― the late great, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 01:26 (one month ago) link
― budo jeru, Monday, July 31, 2023 3:41 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, July 31, 2023 3:46 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, July 31, 2023 3:47 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
hi, can we please talk about having a twitter-specific toggle?
― budo jeru, Monday, 18 September 2023 15:33 (one week ago) link
Yeah while you’re at it if zing had the option to hide certain threads that would be great
― ydkb (gyac), Monday, 18 September 2023 16:36 (one week ago) link
xp would be good if people could c&p the text of the tweet if it's worth reading, Twitter is so shite now I don't want to go and open it up
― kinder, Monday, 18 September 2023 20:30 (one week ago) link
Yeah, kind of surprised it's still the only embedded social network here, and that so many are still reading and linking from it. I would hit the embeds if it were an option.
― beard papa, Monday, 18 September 2023 21:02 (one week ago) link