Feature Requests [OLD]

Chat polls are …kinda useless, always being abused etc. So, why not site polls? I'm no web engineer, but maybe you could extend that backend you have into a polling widget deployable via bbcode. Syntax would be similar to lists.

[poll=question goes here]
[*]choice
[*]choice
[/poll]

Of course, this would require significant work to achieve. Even just tracking polls would be difficult, as well as building the form and stuff like that. Just an idea. That's supposed to say * not li. Parse bug :P

Um, only problem with that is that people could change the question later. They'd require a special identifier.

If this is implemented, I'll probably identify the poll by the question and options. This way, you can edit the post and rearrange the options without losing the poll, and if you change the poll, it'll automatically create a new one. In this way, you won't need an identifier.

^{Could you add a field to page editing which lets you state the changes you made so it shows up in activity?} Sure, I'll get right on that eventually.

Request: Add more public APIs for people like me that use Node.js. Maybe start with an API for the activity feed that returns the feed in JSON. The major problem with Node.js is that you can't send cookies. That's why more APIs that either don't require a login or allow then (username + (hashed) password) as POST parameters are a request of mine.

^{Could you add a field to page editing which lets you state the changes you made so it shows up in activity?} Sure, I'll get right on that eventually.

Done like dinner, bro

Chat polls are …kinda useless, always being abused etc. So, why not site polls? I'm no web engineer, but maybe you could extend that backend you have into a polling widget deployable via bbcode. Syntax would be similar to lists.

[poll=question goes here]
[*]choice
[*]choice
[/poll]

Of course, this would require significant work to achieve. Even just tracking polls would be difficult, as well as building the form and stuff like that. Just an idea. That's supposed to say * not li. Parse bug :P

Um, only problem with that is that people could change the question later. They'd require a special identifier.

Polls are halfway done now. Polls will have to be created with a tool rather than through bbcode. When polls are implemented, you can click the "Poll" button in the bbcode toolbox to bring up a poll creation tool. After you create the poll, it will insert special bbcode into your post. It will be something like [poll=p89][/poll]. Thus, the format we've discussed before (like the one in the quoted text) will not be used.

Chat polls are …kinda useless, always being abused etc. So, why not site polls? I'm no web engineer, but maybe you could extend that backend you have into a polling widget deployable via bbcode. Syntax would be similar to lists.

[poll=question goes here]
[*]choice
[*]choice
[/poll]

Of course, this would require significant work to achieve. Even just tracking polls would be difficult, as well as building the form and stuff like that. Just an idea. That's supposed to say * not li. Parse bug :P

Implemented.

In program pages, there should be a thing that says if a program requires DLC or n3DS to run something like oh, and also, can we have a way to set the alt text for images? maybe [img="alt text"]

In program pages, there should be a thing that says if a program requires DLC or n3DS to run something like oh, and also, can we have a way to set the alt text for images? maybe [img="alt text"]

Pretty sure just doing img alt=whatever works. IDK, I'll check it out. If not, it's easy to add. Edit: Yes, you can use alt in the img bbcode already. Like: [img alt=This is my image alt]whatever.png[/img] As for the program requirements thing, I might do that.

I have noticed that very few people are using the SB tab. ( It got a little better today, but only after I yelled at everyone a few times ) I think the problem is largely caused by the fact that switching tabs requires using the mouse, and people are too lazy. If there was a button right after the input box that would switch between offtopic and SB tabs when clicked, like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tw8x4uolo48uecq/yaay.png?dl=0 it could be activated with [tab], [enter], which would be a lot easier.

I have noticed that very few people are using the SB tab. ( It got a little better today, but only after I yelled at everyone a few times ) I think the problem is largely caused by the fact that switching tabs requires using the mouse, and people are too lazy. If there was a button right after the input box that would switch between offtopic and SB tabs when clicked, like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tw8x4uolo48uecq/yaay.png?dl=0 it could be activated with [tab], [enter], which would be a lot easier.

Maybe I'll do something like that. But I don't want a button lol... maybe a keyboard shortcut

I just got a good idea. It will certainly take a lot of work, I don't even expect you to accept it. Just an idea. If on mobile chat, we could have it so swiping switches you the next tab over. This would probably take way more work than what is worth, but I think it'd be cool.

Reposting this for relevance to current discussion.

I have noticed that very few people are using the SB tab. ( It got a little better today, but only after I yelled at everyone a few times ) I think the problem is largely caused by the fact that switching tabs requires using the mouse, and people are too lazy. If there was a button right after the input box that would switch between offtopic and SB tabs when clicked, like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tw8x4uolo48uecq/yaay.png?dl=0 it could be activated with [tab], [enter], which would be a lot easier.

Maybe I'll do something like that. But I don't want a button lol... maybe a keyboard shortcut

alt+shift+d,alt+shift+z alt+shift+s,alt+shift+z Edit: That is to say, this already exists and you're hurting me

I have noticed that very few people are using the SB tab. ( It got a little better today, but only after I yelled at everyone a few times ) I think the problem is largely caused by the fact that switching tabs requires using the mouse, and people are too lazy. If there was a button right after the input box that would switch between offtopic and SB tabs when clicked, like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tw8x4uolo48uecq/yaay.png?dl=0 it could be activated with [tab], [enter], which would be a lot easier.

Maybe I'll do something like that. But I don't want a button lol... maybe a keyboard shortcut

alt+shift+d,alt+shift+z alt+shift+s,alt+shift+z Edit: That is to say, this already exists and you're hurting me

I know it exists (does it still?), but it doesn't work on Chrome. If I had said "this exists" and told people how to use it, then the 80% of people who use Chrome would be like "no it doesn't" lol. Unless it does work on Chrome but it just doesn't work for me. Either way, I'm going to add new keyboard shortcuts on TOP of the ones you already have, but it'll be javascript magic.

I have noticed that very few people are using the SB tab. ( It got a little better today, but only after I yelled at everyone a few times ) I think the problem is largely caused by the fact that switching tabs requires using the mouse, and people are too lazy. If there was a button right after the input box that would switch between offtopic and SB tabs when clicked, like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tw8x4uolo48uecq/yaay.png?dl=0 it could be activated with [tab], [enter], which would be a lot easier.

Maybe I'll do something like that. But I don't want a button lol... maybe a keyboard shortcut

alt+shift+d,alt+shift+z alt+shift+s,alt+shift+z Edit: That is to say, this already exists and you're hurting me

I know it exists (does it still?), but it doesn't work on Chrome. If I had said "this exists" and told people how to use it, then the 80% of people who use Chrome would be like "no it doesn't" lol. Unless it does work on Chrome but it just doesn't work for me. Either way, I'm going to add new keyboard shortcuts on TOP of the ones you already have, but it'll be javascript magic.

FF has different access keys than Chrome. The real combo is accesskey+d etc.

I'm pretty sure I used it when I was on Chrome. If you're thinking of the part where Chrome doesn't respond to accesskey+a, I fixed that by moving them over. See 3/14 chat interface tweaks. Otherwise yeah ok I don't like this.

I'm pretty sure I used it when I was on Chrome. If you're thinking of the part where Chrome doesn't respond to accesskey+a, I fixed that by moving them over. See 3/14 chat interface tweaks. Otherwise yeah ok I don't like this.

I mean, I don't have to add new keyboard shortcuts if those work just fine. They weren't working for me, but I didn't try very hard. In any case, I have other stuff to work on before this. Like fixing the chat so it doesn't crash / doesn't spit out random leaving messages.

Repost for attention.

Request: Add more public APIs for people like me that use Node.js. Maybe start with an API for the activity feed that returns the feed in JSON. The major problem with Node.js is that you can't send cookies. That's why more APIs that either don't require a login or allow then (username + (hashed) password) as POST parameters are a request of mine.

Repost for attention.

Request: Add more public APIs for people like me that use Node.js. Maybe start with an API for the activity feed that returns the feed in JSON. The major problem with Node.js is that you can't send cookies. That's why more APIs that either don't require a login or allow then (username + (hashed) password) as POST parameters are a request of mine.

Yes yes, but there are other things that are more important. Unless you're going to make some kind of app immediately, in which case I guess I can get started on it.

A little Leave button on PM rooms in chat, so you don't have to /pmleaveroom to do it. _{You could even leave roons without them being the active tab!}