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I love language!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Simon_Whale wrote: user of big and elaborate words
Dalek Dave wrote: I love language!
... language ... vocabulary for etymology's sake ... a passion as long as I can remember ... which is back about 760 lunar cycles when I was dandled on me un-sainted muther's knee as she read to me from Bullfinch's Mythology, and I drooled, and gave proof of future greatness by repeating "ga-ga."
And, to season the hasty-pudding of adjectival glossolalisms ensconced herein: I give you ... drum-roll ...
godwottery : English slang, reputedly invented at Oxford, circa 1930, to describe what western Americans of the 19th. century, the same ones who, probably, "called a spade a spade," (and not "an instance of the 'spade' class") might have spoken of "high-falutin' lingo" while spitting plug-tobacco juice into the sawdust on bar-room floor (JSOP country).
best, Bill
p.s. @DD: Have you read any of Steven Pinker's books; i.e., "Language Instinct," "Stuff of Thought" ?
"Use the word 'cybernetics,' Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments." Claude Shannon (Information Theory scientist): letter to Norbert Weiner of M.I.T., circa 1940
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BillWoodruff wrote: the great feature of being able to double-click select a word, and the context-menu click to open a new tab with a Google-search performed on that word.
You can do that in Firefox too. I also had an extension that allows you to select a word, right click and search in Wikipedia, although Wikipedia tends to be in the first few Google hits anyway, so why bother.
And I have just tried in IE, and apparently you can Bing the selected word. Whatever that may be 
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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ChrisElston wrote: Bing the selected word
Since when did Mr Crosby start doing your internet searches for you ?
When I was a coder, we worked on algorithms. Today, we memorize APIs for countless libraries — those libraries have the algorithms - Eric Allman
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One thing that is on the list is a "Go to Parent" link, but I guess you're after a "Go to Thread Start" link (as opposed to the "View Thread" which takes you into thread view).
Having the hover line be clickable is do-able but painful, since it's merely a drawing on a canvas element, and not actually a HTML object. But it's doable. However, I think it would be a hidden UI treat and hence not used that much, whereas a link would be more clear.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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the message type icon just sits there: click=parent, ctrl/click=threadStart.
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Too obscure for the average user.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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@Chris & @Luc
Your suggestions ... link, and re-use of icon ... seem so obvious, so practical !
Whilst the idea of adding yet another graphic-doodad to the CP Forums-UI may be about as welcome as another tick on a dog, I'll go ahead and insert foot in mouth:
... link to 46k .jpg file sketch of a CP Forum message window with some navigation arrows in a diamond-configuration added:[^].
I personally like the idea of four little arrows doing the obvious:
right: next post on current thread (sibling: root node of next thread if no next sibling)
left: previous post on current thread (sibling: parent of current post if no previous sibling)
up: parent of current post (if current post is top-level: ?)
down: top of next thread (first sibling of parent down: if current post is top-level ?)
I suppose if you wanted to get really fancy, you could use the control, or alt-keys as a modifier.
Issues ? Accessibility for disabled ?
Imagining work other people could do is so much more fun than working
best, Bill
"Use the word 'cybernetics,' Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments." Claude Shannon (Information Theory scientist): letter to Norbert Weiner of M.I.T., circa 1940
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Have you tried the ctrl+ arrow keys?
They come pretty close to what you describe there (only the up arrow works a bit different I think)
Unless I'm not understanding you correctly (seems to happen a lot today, pff I need some sleep  )
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Interesting and innovative, but I fear the icon is too small and fiddly, especially for touch screens.
How about at the bottom we have:
Reply . Email Thread . Parent Link . bookmark
The Ctrl+Arrow shortcuts are there to speed up navigation (though I do need to fix them on the Mac)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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What I would like to have is the possibility to hide long parts of a thread that goes off-topic.
I assume the old classic plus or minus sign in front of the message isn't used for design reasons.
But how about making it a feature you can shut on or off, like the profile popups?
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Now that's an interesting idea. I like it.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi
See this[^] post.
"const&" and "const &" should both show const in blue
Blah const &
Blah const&
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My guess it's because of the '&' without a preceding space:
Blah const &
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun
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Yep - an easy enough fix.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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CP's forgot that I want my page full width and the greased hamsters have ran off with the checkbox and hid it somewhere.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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No checkbox - bottom of the page is what you're after.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Bug is login verification.
Note: Content removed because of security reason (as suggested by DaveAuld).
modified 6-Oct-11 4:07am.
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Please edit and remove this information, don't think it is suitable for public disclosure.
I have emailed Chris with the bug.........
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I've tried a bunch of usernames and passwords and cannot replicate this, though we'll continue checking. David emailed us with a username/password combo that worked, but it worked because it was a legitimate combo (legitimate with a very, very poorly chosen password).
Please email me at chris@codeproject.com with some samples that worked and I'll dig in.
Thanks for the warning.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris, we need a forum where we can just ask you trivia questions.
1. What is the (count of the) most voted on thread?
Your Lounge posting rules thread has 76 votes of 5's, which I no longer know if are all truly 5s since you do the outlier algorithm.
2. What is the most voted thread with the highest rating (5) (if not #1)?
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: 2. What is the most voted thread with the highest rating (5) (if not #1)?
I'm glad you didn't ask the most down-voted thread
thatraja
My Tip/Tricks
My Dad had a Heart Attack on this day so don't...
All these are my opinions. Different people. different way of thinking. I am no one to judge others - Chandru
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Anything with too many 1s tends to be removed.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: Anything with too many 1s tends to be removed.
I think too many Vote to remove action.
thatraja
My Tip/Tricks
My Dad had a Heart Attack on this day so don't...
All these are my opinions. Different people. different way of thinking. I am no one to judge others - Chandru
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I said tends. Eventually, enough people would take offense to it and vote to remove it.
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