New Format
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New Format
The system was upgraded through the night - a 10 hour task.
The format and style you see at the moment is the programme default. It's not yet been modified to the final PPRuNe format.
Feel free to post any problems you encounter ON THIS THREAD.
If it's just a new procedure required to perform a familiar task, I'm sure one of the IT wizzkids and computer enthusiasts on the forum will be able to help us.
If it's a glitch in the system, it can be dealt with as the software is gradually modified to PPRuNe format.
Heliport
The format and style you see at the moment is the programme default. It's not yet been modified to the final PPRuNe format.
Feel free to post any problems you encounter ON THIS THREAD.
If it's just a new procedure required to perform a familiar task, I'm sure one of the IT wizzkids and computer enthusiasts on the forum will be able to help us.
If it's a glitch in the system, it can be dealt with as the software is gradually modified to PPRuNe format.
Heliport
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From: Ask the voices!
Re: New Format
Heliport,
Only thing that I have come across that is a bit annoying, is the page numbers on the Rotorheads Around The World thread, you have to scroll right, through a load of blank screen to get to the later page numbers!!
Just an observation
Only thing that I have come across that is a bit annoying, is the page numbers on the Rotorheads Around The World thread, you have to scroll right, through a load of blank screen to get to the later page numbers!!
Just an observation
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From: Great South East, tired and retired
Re: New Format
For some reason, when I have finished reading a thread and click on the "back" button, it won't go back a page, and instead says"URL not found".
Might just be my system...
Might just be my system...
Hovering AND talking
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From: Propping up bars in the Lands of D H Lawrence and Bishop Bonner
Re: New Format
Well, it's taken me a day to get used to it but, on the whole, I think it's better. However, is there and updated help/FAQ for all the new features we can use.
One thing I noticed in my, and other's, user profiles is a green square. When one "hovered" the cursor over this, it used to say "Whirlygig is off the scale" (ain't that the truth!) and now it says, "Whirlygig is on the distinguished road".
Is this anything to do with "reputation" and "rep points"? Is there any kudos in having a bad reputation?
Cheers
Whirls
Edited to say that I have just found out that, yes, the above is to do with reputation but apparently I cannot dish it out too frequently; I have to spread my reputation around!
One thing I noticed in my, and other's, user profiles is a green square. When one "hovered" the cursor over this, it used to say "Whirlygig is off the scale" (ain't that the truth!) and now it says, "Whirlygig is on the distinguished road".
Is this anything to do with "reputation" and "rep points"? Is there any kudos in having a bad reputation?
Cheers
Whirls
Edited to say that I have just found out that, yes, the above is to do with reputation but apparently I cannot dish it out too frequently; I have to spread my reputation around!
Last edited by Whirlygig; 1st January 2006 at 22:00.
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From: Gold Coast, Australia
Re: New Format
Interesting format, which I've used on other forums (fora?) and seem to have similar small irrits:
Scrolling to the bottom of the page to go to the next thread is a pain, we had the same feature at the top of the page as well as the bottom, in the old format.
Scrolling down too soon whilst the page downloads, gives a frozen scroll of the existing lines only, until download completes. Ugly.
My total post number is quite inaccurate, so no doubt others are suss, too.
Date of last post, rather than time since, would be preferable.
What's with the "rep" allocation?
Oh, and congratulations to the team that put it all together, it must have been a daunting task
Editing a post seems a bit clunky, too!!!!!
Scrolling to the bottom of the page to go to the next thread is a pain, we had the same feature at the top of the page as well as the bottom, in the old format.
Scrolling down too soon whilst the page downloads, gives a frozen scroll of the existing lines only, until download completes. Ugly.
My total post number is quite inaccurate, so no doubt others are suss, too.
Date of last post, rather than time since, would be preferable.
What's with the "rep" allocation?
Oh, and congratulations to the team that put it all together, it must have been a daunting task
Editing a post seems a bit clunky, too!!!!!
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From: UK
Re: New Format
Whirls
I assume the 'reputation' option is a feature of the default programme and will be removed when the programme is modified to PPRuNe requirements.
In the meantime, the sad elements of the Jetblast forum who need their daily dose of sycophantic 'You're so clever/funny/wonderful' ego-boosting will probably make use of it, but I doubt if it will be much used here.
Suggest we just ignore it until it goes away.
See my response to Whirls below, to avoid any misunderstanding of my second paragraph.
I assume the 'reputation' option is a feature of the default programme and will be removed when the programme is modified to PPRuNe requirements.
In the meantime, the sad elements of the Jetblast forum who need their daily dose of sycophantic 'You're so clever/funny/wonderful' ego-boosting will probably make use of it, but I doubt if it will be much used here.
Suggest we just ignore it until it goes away.
See my response to Whirls below, to avoid any misunderstanding of my second paragraph.
Hovering AND talking
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From: Propping up bars in the Lands of D H Lawrence and Bishop Bonner
Re: New Format
the sad elements of the Jetblast forum
Seriously, the edit post function is, as was so eloquently put earlier, clunky! Especially when one has been experimenting with different fonts and colours!
Dates would be nice - I'm not a darts player and so can't do "take-aways" in my head!
Cheers
Whirls
I said "the sad elements", not everyone who uses Jetblast.
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From: Den Haag
Re: New Format
Originally Posted by 212man
What does 'Rep Power' mean?
Hovering AND talking
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From: Propping up bars in the Lands of D H Lawrence and Bishop Bonner
Re: New Format
As was already said earlier, rep power and rep points is to do with your reputation. Not only can you rate a particular thread, you can rate a post within a thread thereby increasing/decreasing that person's reputation.
I don't know how the default reputation appeared; perhaps the Mods sat down one night and gave us all points out of 10.
Cheers
Whirls
I don't know how the default reputation appeared; perhaps the Mods sat down one night and gave us all points out of 10.
Cheers
Whirls
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From: Southern England outside the M25
Re: New Format
Heliport.
One factor to pass on is this.
Pprune in its previous form, allowed Ctrl and the thumbwheel combined, to enlarge other peoples submitted text.
My varifocal fuelled fifty year old eyes, like a size 14 text to read.
One factor to pass on is this.
Pprune in its previous form, allowed Ctrl and the thumbwheel combined, to enlarge other peoples submitted text.
My varifocal fuelled fifty year old eyes, like a size 14 text to read.