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It's stupid and pointless, can you convince FF4 that there's nothing there to lose?
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
modified on Friday, June 24, 2011 1:39 PM
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I'll add it to the bug list.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Highly voted Q&A answers seem to change text color to red, making inline code almost indistinguishable from the rest of the text. Should we change the color of one or the other to maintain the readability of answers?
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IMO, that existing pale green background is better one.
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I'm with you on that one!
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Yes, this has been bugging me too. I meant to fix it this week. It slipped my mind.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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On similar lines, visited links and 5-voted links have the same (or very similar) colors. So sometimes you see a thread and you can't tell if a certain post is a visited post or a 5-rated one. Any way to fix that?
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Pick a new colour for high voted.
They used to be red because, back in the '90s, red was for hot threads. You really need to say that in a Barry Manilow voice.
So yeah - maybe a change of colour to reflect 2011. Pastel Blue? Two tone with a reflective bottom half?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Uhm I meant the text color, not the background. A background color would be horrid.
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How about now?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Looks good in my opinion!
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Ah ah ah, so you are the originator of the green movement !
(I was just ranting in the Lounge about it being undistinguishable from grey and blue on my monitor, and I thought I'd look in SB&S).
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The free tools forum has the 'good question' & 'bad question' voting links.
Wouldn't the normal '1-5' voting be better?
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I think the free tools forum (which was a top-notch idea IMO!) might be better transferred wholesale to a Q&A format (even if the rep points gained are the same as the message board) though not as part of Q&A. That way posters can tag the tool under different categories, e.g. "text editor", "graphics" etc.
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I don't. At least not until the Q&A format is fixed so it doesn't resemble the personal diary of Charles Manson.
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Interesting analogy. Anything specific you dislike?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I haven't kept up with all the changes going on, so some of this may be out of date now, but here is my short list:
1. Answers to the OP's question are sorted based on which tab is selected. So it is common to see Answer 3, Answer 1, Answer 2, Answer 4. This by itself is disconcerting, but what makes it egregious is the fact that posters often refer to "the previous answer", and you have no clue whether they're referring to the previous answer that they are currently seeing, or Answer N-1. Of all the UI faux pas on the site, this is in the Top Ten Worst.
2. Having two tabs in the first place is absurd. There just are never enough answers to justify the complexity and confusion. Anybody that can't look at 4 answers and figure out which is the top-rated is a moron (to borrow Christian's term).
3. On top of the mess caused by (1) and (2), there are hierarchical comments. So now we're all of a sudden back to the CP classic forum structure, with comments, sub-comments. sub-sub-comments, etc. However, unlike the classic forum, the comments in Q&A are presented on a white background with no delineation whatsoever. Again, hard to read and confusing.
4. Do the Q&A answers still get re-numbered? Haven't checked that lately. God I hope not.
To sum up: the Q&A format is confusing, overly complex, and completely unnecessary; the classic forums do a better job and are much more readable.
I understand the motivation behind the Q&A format, but please don't convert any of the classic forums to Q&A format. That would be a big mistake, and very distressing. If you were going to do anything, I would suggest 1) get rid of the two tabs and stop re-ordering answers; and 2) add some visual demarcations for both answers and comments (and no, mouseover coloring don't cut it).
p.s. I tried to find it, but couldn't - I believe Luc has posted some very detailed comments on the Q&A format. I'm in a crunch right now, so I don't have time to find it. Maybe he can give a link.
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I have Luc's list - no need to hunt around, but thanks for the offer.
With regards to sorting answers, I disagree with keeping answers in the order they were posted.
When you post a question, or when you search for an answer and find a similar question, you want the best answer. This is the entire goal of QA - solicit and present the best answer to a question. By design the questions should be ordered in descending order of rating.
We made the change a while back that kept the answers' numbers static. It's now simple to refer to "solution X" or "The answer by Joe Blogs"
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I'm with you on that one, the "best" answer should be at the top - since it's the only one most people are going to read...
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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This[^] user has decided that he can spam with impunity. Beware the mighty hand of the spam slayer.
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Poor Chris. Despite repeated requests to members asking them to use the Report Member link in the profiles, people post threads here.
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