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I just noticed that on the last page of the wizard, there are a couple of places that say "You're article" instead of "Your article" 
--Mike--
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Argh. Thanks for that that Mike. I'm currently offsite so it will be a day or so till I get to it.
oops
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I appreciate the work you're doing, but clicking on articles to skim them is a very jumpy experience the way the screen reorganizes. Why not display the first few lines (may be 350 bytes) of all messages? That would make reading through a discussion much better, and I bet reduce traffic. When posting an article the user can keep this in mind if there is not much to say then it will fit and no round-trip would be necessary.
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Or we could say "expand this thread completely" to show all postings of one thread (was this already suggested?!?).
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Yes, I don't like the "jumpy experience" either. In fact, it's plain painful. The idea of loading the initial nn bytes is good, but perhaps they could be displayed "tooltip"-style, when the user points at the link (use a DHTML layer or something with some script).
Or, perhaps when a link is expanded, its entire subtree contents could be downloaded to the client. Expansions of further subtree elements is then handed on the client. For most discussion trees we're not talking about huge numbers of bytes so this seems workable. Heck, encode the discussion tree in XML and simply make an XSL style sheet to generate the client HTML... (ok, well, I guess not _everyone_ uses IE5 so its not _that_ simple).
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Hi there.
I have noticed a little thing that is a bit annoying sometimes. The title of each page here at CodeProject seems to always be "The Code Project: Free Source ...<subject>"
The problem with that is that the subject of the page, which does show up on the top of the page never shows up in the back menu (when you right-click on back, or click the drop-down arrow beside the button).
Maybe they titles could be:i.e. "Property Sheets @ The Code Project: Free Source ..."
Just a little thing - I use the right-click on the back/forward button a lot, that's all
Thanks for all the help!
James
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll definitely look into this
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I would like to suggest to keep track of User Profiles. Users can log on, and settings like how many message per window they prefer to see get activated.
Besides I find a gallery with the users nice. I've often found myself in the situation that I'd like to know more about the person which has written this excellent article.
To make things perfect, the User Settings should be "roaming" (I often switch computers).
Just a thought
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Have you been sneaking a look at my "to do" list? 
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I had this idea a few days ago, but it looks like my post got lost in the message board switch.
I think it'd be nice to include each article's rating (0-5) on the index pages. That way I know which articles are the best.
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I don't think the articles should get rated at all... I think it makes people hesitant to post anything... because they will be worried it will get a low rating...
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I think it rather motivates people to not post crap code. If code is usefull and working it will get rated good. If not, shouldn't have been posted it in the first place.
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Well everyone has their own opinion... I just know that I won't post anything... because I don't feel like having it judged by everyone... I'll just stick to answering questions in the forums =)
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Oh, oh what happens when they start rating postings in the forum? <grin>
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Ratings are a double edged sword and I did a lot of soul searching before implementing them. I feel they have turned out well, and I do think that it encourages people to post quality instead of just quantity.
I also think that the readers at CodePRoject are extremely generous and encouraging - most articles get up in the range 4-5.
As to rating forum comments - I don't think that's a good idea at all. Rating an article for technical merit and readability is one thing, but rating another persons opinion?? I think that is in poor taste and fosters a defensive attitude from readers.
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Chris,
When you refer to rating people's comments, I can't help but think of CodeGuru's rating system. I imagine your comments are based on your experience with that site's rating system, correct?
Well, my opinion on their rating system is that it works well (for me). A lot of times I go through other people's responses and if I find they've given a well thought-out and accurate response, I gladly given them a positive rating. Other times I see a bunch of responses for a question and I just go straight to the one with the positive rating for the answer.
To me the rating system serves as a quick way to tell somebody that they deserve a pad in the back for their well-spent time. You may say, "well, you could just post a response to their message telling them how good they were." You're right, but as I see it it's more time consumming to do that and do it well. So a simple rating system solves the problem and provides immediate feedback to the individual and other people who also seek a good answer to the same problem.
What I would eliminate from their system is the ability to give a negative rating. The way I see it, if you can't rate something positively, you shouldn't rate it at all. And if you really feel like saying something negative to the person then you should take the time to write an appropiate response for him/her.
So you see Chris, I don't see a rating system necessarily as a way to judge somebody else's opinion. A lot of times people's responses are not based on opinion at all. They're based on knowledge and experience. So why not reward somebody who spends his/her time contributing some of that to the poor souls that desperately need it?
Regards,
Alvaro
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Thanks for the message Alvaro. It's certainly something we can think about.
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As you can see the message boards have been replaced with new home-grown items.
We'll be working on further improvements, but if you have any suggestions then let us know.
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I like the new message boards.... are you going to post the source in an article? Had to ask =)
Could you make the "Your Name" and "E-Mail" be stored in a cookie and auto fill in so we don't have to keep typing it in?
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I agree. I would also save some preferences (number of messages per page, etc.)
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Yep - both of these (and more) will be done.
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You've got some great code examples. Was just wondering if there was a way to more clearly indicate what's required, MFC, Win32, other APIs, other class or GUI libraries, etc. I've seen some articles listed as MFC classes that don't require any MFC. While this code might be very helpful to a Win32 programmer, the basic description will scare them off. Some of the code might even be useful on non-Windows platforms if it strictly follows the C/C++ standards. It would be nice if developers could more easily tell what the intended development targets were.
Thanks.
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Hi Laura,
This is definitely something that is in the works.
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The original message was:
You've got some great code examples. Was just wondering if there was a way to more clearly indicate what's required, MFC, Win32, other APIs, other class or GUI libraries, etc. I've seen some articles listed as MFC classes that don't require any MFC. While this code might be very helpful to a Win32 programmer, the basic description will scare them off. Some of the code might even be useful on non-Windows platforms if it strictly follows the C/C++ standards. It would be nice if developers could more easily tell what the intended development targets were.
Thanks.
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Get rid of the description line....
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