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Testing this private message thingy. Reply if you can read this. BTW, you can mess with the feature through the advanced options.
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:16 am
by CGI Joe
<div style='font: ; text-align: left; '>Testing this private message thingy. Reply if you can read this. BTW, you can mess with the feature through the advanced options.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:42 am
by Imakeholesinu
<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Yep I can see it.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:44 am
by Gentz
<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>CGI Joe, eh?</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:47 am
by kali o.
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I can't read it....???</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:50 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>works for me, good stuff, nice to hear from ya.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:58 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Needed an unregistered user to test things.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 2:05 am
by Flip
<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>blah, fooled me then, jerk.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 2:18 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>And since you had set this to admins, only you and other admins can see it.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 8:42 am
by Imakeholesinu
<div style='font: 10pt Arial; text-align: left; '>I know, I'm so cool!</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 9:39 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Yup.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 9:52 am
by Zeus
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yep</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 10:03 am
by Torgo
<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Read what?</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 10:06 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Why don't you specify the received as well? Like this one should say "Private, SineSwiper:" or maybe just "SineSwiper:" That way, if you receive a private message, you know if it's to you specificaly, or all registered users, only to admins, etc.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 11:29 am
by Lox
<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>If I could read or write, I'd reply!</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 11:31 am
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Hover the word Private.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 11:49 am
by Shellie
<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>I can see!!</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 12:52 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>That's not a complete solution, though. The information shouldn't require action on the part of the user. I realize this probaby isn't a quick fix, but in the future, I think this is worthwhile.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:01 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Curious to see what it looks like...</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:49 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Again, like the thread expand/collapse thing, I don't want to add more crap to an already bloated header line. Having it say the name of the receiver is a little confusing than the more direct "Private".</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 2:07 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Seems clear to me. Take the message I addressed to the admins - how does an admin know I addressed it to an admin and not all registered users? It's a private message, addressing it to that person seems the most logical thing to do.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 2:08 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Or group, in the case of admins or superusers, etc.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 2:31 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>It's a simple matter of hovering the mouse over the "Private" word to figure that out. Also, if it's not addressed to a specific person, it won't have a A link in "Private".</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 3:40 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Yes, which requires user action. How is "Kupek:" or "SineSwiper:" more cluttered than "Private:"?</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 5:25 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>When the guy's name is "New and Improved Zeus".</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 5:36 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>That's the exception. In the majority of cases, it looks just fine.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 5:41 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Perhaps, but "Registered Users: " also looks bad.</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 5:47 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>How about abbreviations? "Reg. users:"; "Registered:"; "Reg.:" - or, since a message to "anyone" has no tag, just make a message to all registered users the default "Private:".</div>
PostPosted:Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:07 pm
by EsquE
<div style='font: bold 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>me do read...hee hee...</div>
PostPosted:Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:26 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I'm experimenting with style-specific ideas with the private message tag. Does this look better?</div>
PostPosted:Wed Jan 29, 2003 4:15 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I understand the point of the inverted brackets (I think), but it's visually distracting. I think a simple "Kupek:" works. Maybe not bold the names, either... it gets confusing seeing a bold name and having to figure out if it's a "message by" or a "message to."</div>
PostPosted:Wed Jan 29, 2003 5:16 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>The problem is the name by itself, without the bold or brackets, merges with the subject line, and it's too hard to notice.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:35 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>If you make the colon bold, it might work. The brackets are just too distracting.</div>
PostPosted:Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:37 pm
by SineSwiper
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>A bold colon? That's kinda funny, like a bold period.</div>
PostPosted:Thu Jan 30, 2003 1:01 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>The meaning should be clear. It's part of the address.</div>
PostPosted:Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:38 am
by Ganath
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Shh! Shh! Quiet! Shh! Shh!</div>