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I like this idea. 
Be The Noise
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A little tricky since we allow HTML and whitespace in usernames.
Maybe if we allowed optional quotes, so something like @"Chris Maunder".
I'm just thinking how best to implement this. Implementing is pretty easy, but the load scares me. As well: how often would it actually be used? Would you often post a message and say @Whats'isName?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I was thinking, you hit @ and a little popup appears with an autocomplete ajax call back to the server to start listing the user names. When you see the user name you want you would click this and it would encode the username onto the message similiar to the "quote".
If you hit esc or just keep type and ignore the popup, then it would go away when no username hits were found and it would not encode anything onto the message.
That is pretty much how FB have implemented it and works well.
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Yes, but FB searches for your friends only which is not 9,099,308 members.
CP would have to start allowing members to add friends and this may get competitive and snarly.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: Yes, but FB searches for your friends only which is not 9,099,308 members.
That really is a defeatest approach. Thinking of why you can't do something, rather than how you can do something.
I have a few others who work for me like that........
Anyway, in memory cache, forward only index, would zip through several million in no time.*
*if done correctly for which I do not know how to do. Maybe ask in Q&A 
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I'd probably go layered caches: each layer (say, 3) based on member noise level. DD, for instance, would be in the top tier cache so that people could quickly annoy him by shouting out to him. If a cache lookup in one tier failed then it would drop to the next, and from there to a larger tier. Auto-complete is an aid, and not the only way to do it, so if it failed it would still allow you to manually enter a name or ID.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Not defeatist, just don't think it should be done this way for abuser's sake. The problem with cache is that too often we have to clear it to get something working. Persoanlly, I also wouldn't want everyone to be able to tag me willy nilly.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: tag me willy
For some reason I had a chuckle when I read that.......sorry childish mind 
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Yeah, I read it that way too when I typed it, but left it in for the chuckle effect.
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Chris Maunder wrote: A little tricky since we allow HTML and whitespace in usernames
Speaking of, I am not really sure how to search for content posted by specific authors who have complicated usernames. It's easy enough to search for "whatever author:AspDotNetDev", but how would I do that for authors with crazy names? Can I search based on their member ID? Or based on a part of their member name?
There are a few approaches you could take to make that easier, but thought I'd mention that it's a potential problem.
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I'm experiencing the same thing.
I just got my tips/tricks written and it looks messed up after they publish it because some images where missing.
Software Developer
Jayzon Ragasa
Baguio City, Philippines
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I'll dive in as soon as caffeine levels are normal.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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can we get a notification if everything is fixed? including the Uploading Files icon?
Software Developer
Jayzon Ragasa
Baguio City, Philippines
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Should be good to go now.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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All fixed. My apologies.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Many thx for the prompt response.
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It seems the upload module is broken at the moment. I'm trying to upload a file for my article. If I click Add File, I get a file browser, but the file doesn't upload and doesn't appear in the article editing website. I tried it at another location, using other browsers (Windows: Firefox, Chrome, IE, Mac: Safari). Nothing seems to work. Please look into it..
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After adding the files, hav eyou clicked the 'Upload files" button?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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that's the issue. the loading icon keeps spinning and after clicking the Upload files, boom!! 3 brown mice eating motherboards
Software Developer
Jayzon Ragasa
Baguio City, Philippines
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The files can't even be added, I have the same behaviour as in the other messages in this thread..
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