>Margin Width Changes: I've always posted stories using a table that takes up about 75% of the page width. I've always been taught that it makes the text easier to read when it's not spread from margin to margin, like in a hardcover book. I decided to give everyone else the same advantage, so I narrowed the display area (see sidebar info below). Questions or comments on this?
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I think it's a good idea.
>Sidebar with Poster Details: As mentioned above, the display area was narrowed. But then I had a long page vertically with lots of empty space horizontally. That made posts harder to read because you had to scroll just to get past the poster info at the top. So I made more efficient use of space and moved the poster info to the empty space on the side. At first, the wrong side - it interrupted the flow of reading on the left - so I moved it to the right margin. Questions or comments on this?
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I'm ok.
>Revised Page Top Without Micros: I loaded the PVB at an Apple Store, and the first thing I saw was Pantsless Nats and Lisa. While that doesn't bother me particularly, it made me conscious of who was standing behind me. So I thought, maybe a lot of people aren't checking the PVB at work because it's not work-safe enough. I made a judgement call to improve the visitors' experience by removing them. Questions or comments on this?
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We make a new Lisa, remove Nats without pants and BRING-THEM-BACK!
This is a story medium, and it helps our readers to visulize what the authors want.
Now, I removed my Parodyverse Micros site two years ago and NO ONE noticed or cared. I've moved on from micros and unless I clone myself I won't be able to return to it. But, I still love seeing them. I might be alone in this since no one realized the site is gone now.
EDIT: Wow, Jay and Gav have a point. I guess the micros time is done. Good enough. They really made me feel guilty for never finishing them anyway.
Keep them gone.
Micros are dead.
>The New Default Main-Page Font: That's not permanent. I'm transitioning the pages from built-in font coding to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) so I don't have to modify the software code every time I want to change a font or font size. I picked Arial because the default font was Times and I wanted a visible change so I knew it was working. I'll be changing it to Times shortly. Questions or comments? Fonts you want to see?
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I'm ok with it.
>New Reply Quote Format: I tried to make quotes stand out more in posts by making them smaller and putting a border around them. Unfortunately that became obsolete with Rich Text, because I'm going to have to change the quoting system entirely. See below. Questions or comments? (see below for more on quoting)
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No opinion.
>Automatic Highlighting on the Main Page: I added that via CSS because I removed the Underline from threads. Why? Because Rich Text allows you to add Underline to Subject lines, and you'll never see it if the underline is already there. I eiher have to put the Underline back into the threads or remove it from Rich Text. The Highlighting allows you to see that the threads are still selectable. The color is not permanent, I just grabbed one at random from Photoshop. Questions or comments? Style or color of highlight you'd like to see?
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No opinion.
>Rich Text Options: Right now the Rich Text editor automatically opens if: a) The post you're replying to is Rich Text; b) You have Javascript enabled; c) It's not disabled in your Profile; d) It's enabled by default in your profile. Eventually there will be a cookie-saved option to turn it off so those without Profiles can make it go away. Questions or comments on the Rich Text behavior?
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The subject line still bothers me. My arrow keys don't do squat and I still can't access the entire line for editing parts or all of it. It frustrates me greatly.
>The proposal is this: When you post a reply, the Message area is empty. If you wish to quote text, you can do one of three things: Type something like
, you can select text from the original post shown at the bottom and copy and paste it between
, or if I can figure it out I'll put in something that will allow you to just select text and click a link and it shows up between
in the Message area. Or possibly another link that will put the entire contents of the original post in the Message area to be edited.
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Wiblk would love for the prior message to be removed becuase he downloads all these useless copies beccuase some people can't click "no text" for some strange reason. They type a two word reply and he's stuck with 20+ copies of a ginormous story.
On the other hand, replying to this poll is the perfect example why the previous text should remain. I wouldv'e forgotten to copy the poll and paste it here.
So I vote keep it. Sorry Wilard.
