Can we have a bigger reply box?
Sep 10, 2003 | 6:07 am
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Can we have a bigger reply box?
Randy and/or tech team
Can the size of the Message box in the Reply section be increased? It would make reviewing a message much easier and there seems to be a lot of unused space to the right of the edge of the box?
Thanks
Can the size of the Message box in the Reply section be increased? It would make reviewing a message much easier and there seems to be a lot of unused space to the right of the edge of the box?
Thanks
Sep 10, 2003 | 6:59 am
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from former discussions/replies: I guess, that this too is just what the current standard soft-ware offers and would need some 'hacking'.
And in the past, I also learned from the FT-techs, that hacking is not only time consuming (and seldom free from errors), but also unfriendly for future automatic upgrades of the standard-software.
And in the past, I also learned from the FT-techs, that hacking is not only time consuming (and seldom free from errors), but also unfriendly for future automatic upgrades of the standard-software.
Sep 10, 2003 | 8:55 am
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Sounds like a good idea to me.
Rudi, it should not be too hard to do this mod actually. I think all they need to do is to edit the page template for replies to change the WIDTH attribute on the textbox. There's no changes to the software required.
FewMiles..
Rudi, it should not be too hard to do this mod actually. I think all they need to do is to edit the page template for replies to change the WIDTH attribute on the textbox. There's no changes to the software required.
FewMiles..
Sep 10, 2003 | 9:11 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FewMiles:
Sounds like a good idea to me.
Rudi, it should not be too hard to do this mod actually. I think all they need to do is to edit the page template for replies to change the WIDTH attribute on the textbox. There's no changes to the software required.
FewMiles..</font>
Sounds like a good idea to me.
Rudi, it should not be too hard to do this mod actually. I think all they need to do is to edit the page template for replies to change the WIDTH attribute on the textbox. There's no changes to the software required.
FewMiles..</font>
Rudi: "future automatic upgrades" of the board software haven't been released for this version since late 2000. All the modification on the board were implemented by Randy's staff.
I don't know if it's useful to devote resources to changing this version when a new version is on the horizon.
Sep 10, 2003 | 9:48 am
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Present box works fine for me.
Sep 10, 2003 | 10:01 pm
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It should be a fairly simple change, not even deserving the term "hack." The source HTML for the reply page looks like the box is set to a fixed width of 45 characters. It can be set to a percentage width, in which case it would scale to the window size.
Sep 11, 2003 | 9:22 am
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Another option would be for people to submit shorter replies...
NAH... that ain't gonna happen!
William
NAH... that ain't gonna happen!
William
Sep 11, 2003 | 9:32 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by wharvey:
Another option would be for people to submit shorter replies...
NAH... that ain't gonna happen!
William</font>
Another option would be for people to submit shorter replies...
NAH... that ain't gonna happen!
William</font>
Sep 11, 2003 | 12:20 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ozstamps:
Present box works fine for me.</font>
Present box works fine for me.
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Me too!
-Mark
Sep 11, 2003 | 12:23 pm
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I would like a larger box. Doesn't need to be taller, wider would do just fine.
Sep 21, 2003 | 9:29 pm
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What about a preview option? The current box would be fine if I could preview what I was about to post and fix the fat-finger mistakes before submission.
