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hatster
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Feb 18 2007, 1:38pm
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OK, after nearly 24 hours....
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What are the top two or three things you like the most about the new boards and what two or three do you wish you could change?
Stuff I'm so glad to see:
- Edit feature
- Search
- No more baaaaaaaad spell check
Stuff I wish I could change
- order in which posts appear (this one is just a matter of time, but I still tend to look at the top for the latest posts in a thread)
- Missing left hand links that let me move from board to board
- I miss modding
I have lost the dwarves and I have lost the wizard, and I don't know where I am; and I don't want to know, if only I can get away.
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FingonOfPittsburgh
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Feb 18 2007, 1:41pm
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Re: [hatster] OK, after nearly 24 hours....
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As for post order, just click on Age (Creation) and make it become Age (Activity). That should do the trick. I had the same concern (which I voiced on the Feedback forum) and Altaira quickly explained (whilst whittling her FAQ stick in my face).
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death: by the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste (or foretaste) of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man's heart desires.
--J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter #43, to his son Michael
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hatster
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Feb 18 2007, 2:04pm
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nope, that is for the list of threads within a forum
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I'm looking to change the behavior of the responses within the threads. It is really NO BIGGIE... just something I need to adjust to 
I have lost the dwarves and I have lost the wizard, and I don't know where I am; and I don't want to know, if only I can get away.
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Feb 18 2007, 2:16pm
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Re: [hatster] nope, that is for the list of threads within a forum
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You could try setting it to go to the first new post when you click on a thread.
The nice thing is that the posts you haven't read yet show up in bold, so that's cool.
What I would like to see, and it's something I use a lot at the other boards I go to, is a link on the main page that says "View posts since your last visit". When you click on that, it compiles a list of all the posts on every board that have had replies since the last time I read the boards.
I know this would be a lot of posts in a board like this, but it's a handy feature.
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entmaiden
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Feb 18 2007, 2:39pm
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I'm actually glad modding is gone
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but I haven't yet figured out what to do if we get an actual troll who requires down-modding. Modding had become a popularity contest with many people and I won't miss that at all.
Here's what I'm really liking so far:
- I love the smilies and the post mark-ups.
- I LOVE the edit feature.
- Love the avatars and footers that everyone's got now.
- I LOVE the Off-Topic forum, and not just because I can bore all of you with my new condo.
- I like all the editor features I can use to change font, color, etc. I'm not that great with html tags and this is so much better.
- I like seeing all the activity on one page so I know where there are new posts
- I like the fact that the timer is gone, so if I'm working on a list of features I like and dislike I don't have to keep an eye on the clock
Here's what I'm still getting used to:
- I feel pressured to have a cool avatar and/or signature which I never felt on the old boards
- I'm still playing around with some of the features and it's strange to not know how to do something
There's a lot I like, and not much yet that I don't like. The designers have worked very hard to make these boards feel like home, and I'm so grateful.
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
NARF since 1974.
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a.s.
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Feb 18 2007, 4:14pm
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What are the top two or three things you like the most about the new boards and what two or three do you wish you could change?
It takes longer to read. I had time yesterday, and had a lot of fun looking around and figuring stuff out. Those kind of days are very rare in my life, though (unfortunately). It's why I never had time to participate much on Main to begin with, not lack of interest or lack of enjoyment-of-good-times. I really only have time (barely) to make it to the RR and read the posts there most days. I can't even make it to the RR sometimes.
So I am really missing the plainness of the old RR, the layout of the posts, and the "cleaner" interface. I like the old days of discussion boards, when that was all it was: discussion. No icons. ASCII smilies only. No html, footers only in text, etc.
I'm a Neanderthal, in other words.
However, I really LOVE one thing, and that is the ability to view a thread in "flat mode". I really like this feature, although it is confusing as to who responded to whom (I probably haven't figured that out yet) forcing me to flip back to threaded mode to figure out which response is to which subheading, etc. But it's better than the old "collate responses" on the old Torn boards (wah! I hate saying that) because you can see ALL the subthreads together.
I know most of the younger crowd (don't shoot me! I'm not stereotyping!) who came online in the "advanced" days of these kinds of discussion boards feel more at home than many of us old-timers (well, me, I mean!! just me!!). While I'm enjoying the bells and whistles, I think since I will mainly be in the RR (look, a pun!) I don't need the bells and whistles, and in some ways they are distracting.
However (my second however!!) I really REALLY REALLY love not having my post disappear when I forget to click "save" or "post with preview" etc. THANKS PTB!!
I'm sure there's more stuff I love, I just need to find it.
Besides the smilies. We all know I love smilies for "tone". And now my ASCII smilies have been personalized. How great!
 a.s. (in obvious need of a 12-step program for smilie-abusers!!)
"an seileachan"
The Lost Mod Power: An Elegy (with apologies to Wordsworth)
What though the mod power which was once so bright
Be now FOREVER taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the stats, of glory in the power,
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind.
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Magpie
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Feb 18 2007, 5:01pm
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I'm kind of in the middle of both ends. I always felt the old boards to be more difficult to maneuver than other boards I'd used. I began to think the format was keeping me from connecting as well as I might. I didn't like certain aspects at all. And I had figured out quite a few different board formats so I should be ready to take on this one. (and, just for the record, I'm old... old enough for sags and wrinkles and grey hair... and I hate change)
So I was surprised at how 'off kilter' I felt here yesterday. I would go back to the old boards just to check for new posts and there's was a certain sigh of comfortable familiarity. I had grown more used to those boards than I had realized and I will miss them. And I'm finding these boards, will all the wonderful, tremendous work put in them to make them workable for both worlds... are an interesting hybrid of all the other boards I've visited.
So, I'm not entirely comfortable. And I was a newbie in the TORn world. I'm sure it's a feeling more pronounced for some who lived at the old boards longer than I.
But I'm already finding tricks to make the boards work for me. When I think I've read everything I want to read at a visit, I go to the bottom of the main index page and click:  = Forum has new posts - Mark all read
Then when I visit next time, the new posts/threads are labeled as being newer than my last visit.
On the main index page, if a board indicates one new post, I don't even open up the board. I just click on the arrow and jump right to that post. But if it indicates more than one, or a new thread, I open up the board into a threaded view so I can see which threads the new posts are in and which threads are new. And I realized that one can open the board and see just the thread titles... and then click on a title to see the posts. Or one can open the board and click the "expand all threads" button. (and, of course.... the fact that the threads don't automatically expand is a preference I've set. your preference may be different).
I usually like reading threads in flat mode but I'm realizing one reason it's not working so well (at the moment) here. Most regular posters using a flat thread mode board know that one has to reference the post one might be referring to... either by using the quote feature, addressing it to the previous poster, or just restating the pertinent point. I think most TORn forum members are used to having it very clear which post one is replying to so they're not so used to doing that. As we all get used to the different needs of this board, I think that will change. But for the moment, if I read something that is an obvious response to someone else but I can't figure out who, I use my handy Firefox 'right click > open in new tab' function on the [In reply to] link next to the subject title. Then I can read that earlier post without losing my place in the thread's post queue.
Although I'm not very comfortable with this in practice, I know that mucking around in something, getting frustrated and then figuring it out, is often the best way of learning new skills. I love writing out directions, thinking they'll be wonderfully useful, and then never read other people's directions myself.
As to the bells and whistles, it can be fun to have an avatar... and a footer. But especially in this flat thread mode they can become annoying to me quickly if the footers are too big and the replies too short. I've seen forums where the replies in a thread run only 1 or 2 sentences long, but each footer is so big only a handful of posts fit on a page. There is the option, I believe, in preferences, to 'turn off' footers and avatars. I will do that in some forums. Avatars can be useful to put a face on someone. I might not remember the difference between Aerlinn and Aerin by textual 'name'... but I might remember the difference with the visual avatar prompts. (And just for the record... I know do know the difference between Aelinn and Aerin! 
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diedye
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Feb 18 2007, 5:40pm
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Yeah, that's my #1 complaint...
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... having to go to the main menu to switch forums.
Well, actually, the smilies are my #1 complaint... but that's just going to make it more fun to smuggle some rather "unique" ones from the outside world.
*cough*
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GaladrielTX
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Feb 18 2007, 6:05pm
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You have some great tips in there for navigating the boards that I hadn't thought of.
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I used to be GaladrielTX, but then I had liposuction.
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Altaira
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Feb 18 2007, 6:42pm
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(You don't know how difficult it is not to automatically put that 'a' in there).
Thanks for sharing your secrets. I'll make a note of these and other suggestions and may incorporate them into the FAQ at a later date. (I may also eventually move this thread to Feedback).
I also wanted to reiterate what Alni pointed out that the "Jump to Forum" option at the bottom of the board will allow people to go to any forum from any other forum without having to go back to the Main Menu. It's a new option that KiKn didn't have and I love it!
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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hatster
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Feb 18 2007, 7:09pm
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I am glad for the "jump to" ....
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ahhhhhhhhh there always has to be a but.... I still keep going for the left side. Partly because of old bad habit, Partly because I always managed to think of the old boards as part of the whole site (even though I realize they were a separate module), and partly because..... well I really only got to see the home page when I goofed and clicked the wrong link on the menu 
I have lost the dwarves and I have lost the wizard, and I don't know where I am; and I don't want to know, if only I can get away.
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Elberbeth
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Feb 18 2007, 7:58pm
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I'm feeling really discombobulated
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especially when I read these posts about 'click this' and 'go here' and I can't find anything that correlates to that.
One thing that is really bugging me is that the post text runs off the right-hand side and I constantly have to move it over to see it all. I would like to be able to move that left-hand margin a little to prevent that.
There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.
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Altaira
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Feb 18 2007, 8:17pm
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What is your screen resolution?
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If you're using anything less than 1024 x 768 you'll have to scroll. To figure that out, go to your desktop, right click, choose "Properties" then the "Settings" tab.
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
TORn Calendar
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Elberbeth
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Feb 18 2007, 8:22pm
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but I think I will just have to remember to change that when I come here since it affects a bunch of other stuff that hurts my eyes, even if I change the text size. Thanks. I should have thought of that, because I have to do that with certain applications at work.
There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.
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hatster
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Feb 18 2007, 9:17pm
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you should be able to adjust things to be bigger for you
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and not just fonts. In the area where you change resolutions you may see an "advanced" button. If you have that you should see a place where you can change the dpi of your monitor. Mine defaults at 96 dpi and I am fairly comfortable even with terrible eyesight. I like the higher resolution simply because I need to get lots on the screen at once. The dpi adjustment can give me the best of both worlds when pressed
I have lost the dwarves and I have lost the wizard, and I don't know where I am; and I don't want to know, if only I can get away.
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Entwife Wandlimb
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Feb 18 2007, 9:39pm
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Re: [entmaiden] I'm actually glad modding is gone
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I feel pressured to have a cool avatar and/or signature which I never felt on the old boards
As a matter of fact, I've been admiring your avatar!
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Feb 18 2007, 9:46pm
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Now that I am in the Off Topic board, I feel free to comment OT
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No guilt for discussing Battlestar Galactica or Heroes! Hee.
Hatster, everytime I see your charming avatar I am reminded of one of my own cats. 
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Aerin
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Feb 18 2007, 10:21pm
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When I complained about the text running off the right edge, no one knew what I was talking about. It seems to be a browser thing.
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Aerin
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Feb 18 2007, 10:25pm
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Glad you know which of the A's I am! ;-)
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Feb 18 2007, 10:27pm
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the browser window needs to be maximized.
What I still can't figure out is why some posts rewrap when I make the window narrower, and others don't. From everything I've seen so far, that shouldn't be happening; they should all behave the same.
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Feb 18 2007, 10:36pm
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This applies only to Windows, of course [NT]
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Feb 18 2007, 10:37pm
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How about a regular BSG thread?
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Surely as many folks here watch Galactica as Lost. No?
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entmaiden
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Feb 18 2007, 10:41pm
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It's a Ted Nasmith original, which I own! It's very small, like 1 inch by 1 inch, and it's called Brooch. It's beautifully framed in a 5 in by 5 inch frame so it's not absurdly tiny on my fireplace mantel.
I'm so glad you liked it - I absolutely love it. I'm a Nasmith fangirl, and he's signed my illustrated Silmarillion.
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
NARF since 1974.
Balin Bows
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Aerin
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Feb 18 2007, 11:12pm
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My top three would be similar to yours,
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though so far, I haven't used the search feature. I have already edited a post (yay!), and it's nice to be able to preview a post without having to be careful not to select "preview with spell check." (I'll probably never use the spell check feature, though).
I also love having a taller box in which to type my posts! And not having to worry about the board refreshing while I'm composing a post!
What I wish I could change:
(1) Not being able to control the font and type size in which posts are displayed or the width at which the type wraps. I can increase the type size in my browser and manually make the browser window narrower, but this means having to change things back for the other sites I use most, and I still can't use the font I prefer. Also, the text in some of the posts won't wrap, so if I want to read posts comfortably, I'm constantly resizing the browser window. What a pain!
(2) Incompatibility of the advanced editing feature with my browser (Safari). I'm not about to change my browser, for various reasons, and basic editing makes things much *less* convenient than they were on the old boards.
(3) Having default subject lines ("Re"). I'm really tempted to institute a policy of never opening a post with a "Re" subject line! But as soon as I make this resolution, I forget to enter a subject line!
(4) Not having "no text" labels. Without a prompt, hardly anyone remembers to label their no-text posts, and it's really annoying to open them.
(5) Not being able to have posts list in the order I prefer. It's not just a matter of what one is used to; it's a matter of what seems most logical and intuitive.
(6) Posts being cluttered with needless quotes, because not everyone is using the threaded view. The massive quoting is one of the things that has annoyed me most about other forums with this type of board, and I hope it doesn't get out of hand here!
(7) Seeing how many times a post has been read. I thought I would like this, but in practice, I find it distasteful. It makes it seem like some kind of popularity contest.
(8) Seeing what level of user people are. This isn't a problem yet, but after a while, this will be intimidating to newbies. It's another feature of this type of board that has put me off from other forums.
(9) Not having user names right next to the subject lines. It's annoying to have to look back and forth when deciding whether to open a post.
(10) Not having modding. It was sometimes abused, but mostly it functioned very well as a way of flagging inappropriate posts (and making them disappear) and of bringing really must-read posts to everyone's attention. IMHO, modding was part of what made TORn feel like a community.
(11) Smilies! ;-P
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Feb 19 2007, 12:12am
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Re: [Aerin] How about a regular BSG thread?
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Every Sunday night/Monday morning? I'd love it!
I was relieved to see in the paper the SciFi renewed BSG for another season.
Back on the thread's subject, it's a bit odd that with the new format, even though you were replying to various posts, you now have about three short messages in a row. I wonder if there's a way I should display them differently.
I also had a hard time remembering where I was having this discussion. I wonder if there's a way to mark the threads in which I posted?
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Feb 19 2007, 12:21am
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When you know you're going to want to continue a conversation, you could try the "Watch thread" button. It will send you emails when there are new replies. Which, of course, could be helpful or annoying, depending. But you can always un-watch them by going to Edit Profile and clicking on your Watched Threads list.
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Between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream:
The genius and the plan thus inspired
Depart me and I, entering a room,
Find myself on the threshold, stand still
And wonder what I came to do there.
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Feb 19 2007, 12:21am
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Wow! No wonder.
I have an Alan Lee calendar, but it's not quite the same!
I was looking for some entwife-ish avatar but didn't find much that I liked at all. There's a whole lot of art out there that looks vaguely like the mud-flap babe with leaves.
Speaking of babes, there's mine up from his nap now.
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Feb 19 2007, 12:25am
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Oh, I hadn't heard that! Thanks for the good news!
I was relieved to see in the paper the SciFi renewed BSG for another season.
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Feb 19 2007, 12:31am
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***a.s. has palpitations about forgetting to change subject lines....
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(3) Having default subject lines ("Re"). I'm really tempted to institute a policy of never opening a post with a "Re" subject line! But as soon as I make this resolution, I forget to enter a subject line! ACK!! I know I am going to forget this a hundred times. I really wish the default was a blank subject line that forced you to change it, like the "old Torn". That led to SUCH creative subject lines, the best on the net by far. Tell you what: I promise to not use smilies when I respond to your posts (except when I forget, of course!) if you promise not to skip my posts if I forget to change the subject line (skip on purpose, I mean). a.s. (refraining from a smilie here even though my fingers are ITCHING to insert one...)
"an seileachan"
The Lost Mod Power: An Elegy (with apologies to Wordsworth)
What though the mod power which was once so bright
Be now FOREVER taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the stats, of glory in the power,
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind.
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Feb 19 2007, 1:09am
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Any art I find is erm, unflattering, so I've never captured any. Let me know if you stumble on something - us Ent-girls need to stick together.
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
NARF since 1974.
Balin Bows
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Feb 19 2007, 2:17am
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Re: [Entwife Wandlimb] How about a regular BSG thread?
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Use the threaded view and it will look and feel much more like the old boards and you can better keep track of which post you meant to respond to
I have lost the dwarves and I have lost the wizard, and I don't know where I am; and I don't want to know, if only I can get away.
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Feb 19 2007, 4:27am
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Probably a bad time for me to answer this, but
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I'm with you on search, edit, and spellcheck - none of which I've used yet, but I imagine I will. It's kind of nice to be able to tell at a glance if there are new posts in a forum.
I think more people might post in more forums (fora?), just because they're right there, with enticing "NEW" marks next to them.
But ... I miss my old post font and color, and others'; I liked being able to have that automatically.
I kind of miss spoiler messages. And, yes, modding; it had its place when it wasn't used as personal attack.
I'm not sure I like art and parodies and whatnot being shunted off onto its own board. I feel all segregated.
And I hate making a moron of myself by fouling up html in midpost. What works in a footer doesn't work in a post. It's taken me all this time, mainly on TORn, to learn the little html I know, and now it's worthless here. *kicks at dirt* *whines more* I don't wanna get used to using the buttons.
I've got to not go back to the old boards any more. It's too depressing.
I don't know... There's no choice in the matter, so I need to suck it up, but ... I want to go home.
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Aerlinn
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Feb 19 2007, 4:32am
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The timer's gone. This is a good thing.
Oh, another thing I'm not fond of (to counter it ) - not being forced to write your own subject line. If you forget you just get the stupid "re" tag, which is annoying and I hate it.
Post markups... what on earth is the little green one that looks like a green cat with a top hat on askew? (Yes, I probably do need a new eyeglass presecription.)
As for pressure... I'm horribly afraid that I'm going to be watching the number of views on my posts. I thought I would be glad of that feature, but now I'm not so sure...
Oh, I don't know.
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RosieLass
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Feb 19 2007, 4:33am
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It had become a popularity contest, and I think it caused more bad feelings than it helped identify actual trolls.
Sometimes boards like this have a feature where you can report a specific post to the moderators as a troll. I didn't notice if these messages had that or not. It might be a feature they could activate.
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Aerlinn
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Feb 19 2007, 4:40am
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Holy mackerel, when did I fix my footer?
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I must have been more tired than I thought yesterday.
That's very strange. Did the html fairies come in and make it a table -?
*gives up and goes to bed*
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 19 2007, 4:43am
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Re: [Aerlinn] I loooove your footer, BTW!
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And I do know the answers to all those questions Well, except maybe the one about Aragorn. Is it Elros?
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 19 2007, 4:48am
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Re: [a.s.] I've been experimenting with this kind of subject line.
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It's an idea I got from other folks here. I keep the Re: and the person's name, but then add my own subject line. That way someone viewing in flat mode can at least see who my reply is directed to, if not which post exactly. We'll see if I like it or not. I'm an old fogey too about stuff like this, and it's taking some getting used to.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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Patty
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Feb 19 2007, 5:43am
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has got to be the ability to edit. I wish you could edit for longer than 10 minutes, but I guess that is a reasonable time frame for you to say "oops, I screwed up" and fix it. I'll bet that happens for most of us immediately after we hit the post button.
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Aerin
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Feb 19 2007, 6:15am
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Sorry, but I'm not about to quote every message I respond to, or identify to whom I'm responding--that's exactly what I hate most about other forums (that don't provide a threaded view). If others want to use flat mode, that's their problem! But if you want to have conversations, switch to threaded mode (expanded, so you can see all the response headings). That will at least approximate the traditional TORn experience.
That's great new about BSG's renewal! I hadn't heard that yet!
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Aerin
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Feb 19 2007, 6:20am
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allow NT messages, as I've seen some that weren't identified as such. I also saw someone use [NT], so I've adopted that as my own no-text label. The slash might work if everyone knew what it was, but for me, the meaning of [NT] was immediately obvious.
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Aerin
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Feb 19 2007, 6:23am
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But here's a compromise: keep the old-fashioned smilies alive! ;-)
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Sherry
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Feb 19 2007, 6:45am
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have suggested to report trollish posts etc you drop them a PM (or email). I'd throw in the link to the post you are reporting.
I'd just check the 'Whose Online' list and see if any of them are about and if so, send them a PM. If not, resort to sending a PM to whomever you feel its best.
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Altaira
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Feb 19 2007, 6:52am
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send a PM anyway. My defaults are set to send me an email when I get a PM. Since I can see the subject line of the PM, I usually know whether it's urgent. That's very useful when I'm at work and can be logged into Gmail all the time, but not necessarily into TORn. 
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hatster
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Feb 19 2007, 12:13pm
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well look at you! your footer is working!
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Yeah, the old boards are sorta sad looking right now. And I know how frustrating it is when old habits hit the new boards. But give it a week or two and you'll get used to it. I can imagine us a year from now looking back, hardly able to believe that this didn't seem normal
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 19 2007, 12:59pm
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I'll probably change this, but
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for now I have my preferences set so that I see only the post I've clicked on, and the rest of the thread in threaded mode. This makes it look almost exactly like the old boards. If I get in a hurry I can switch to flat mode, which is rather like the old 'collate replies'. I may get braver in the future, but for now it's comforting to have things looking kind of familiar.
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Aerlinn
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Feb 19 2007, 1:39pm
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It's a miracle. (<- Shakespeare in Love ref) I've always loathed first weeks with a pathological dread. School, work, anything. I made chocolate cookies last night - that should help. *Sets out plate*
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Altaira
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Feb 19 2007, 2:12pm
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to post parodies on Main!
When I wrote that blurb at the top of Fan Art, I was thinking more of some of the long fan fics we used to get at KiKn. We certainly don't want to change the feel of Main except to take truly Off-topic things to their own home, and give artists a place just for them to showcase things. Truly, I was also hoping to lure more artists back, and new ones here, because I miss it.
I think I'll edit it so it's not so restrictive.
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hatster
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Feb 19 2007, 2:17pm
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I just wanted to add one tiny little vote for keeping fiesta on Main. I mean, it seems to me that fiesta was by its very definition the moment when off topic was allowed freely on Main. On the off topic boards it is just chit chat as usual. I don't know... probably I'm just being a stick in the mud :-)
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GaladrielTX
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Feb 19 2007, 3:34pm
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I'd like to second that motion.
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The other "off topic" subjects, like what are you reading and what movies did you see, will get a lot of replies. Putting the fiesta on main will kind of even things out. Plus it honors the tradition.
I wonder if main will get much traffic now that all the off topic stuff has moved away.
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Magpie
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Feb 19 2007, 3:53pm
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moving from threaded to flat quickly
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Aunt Dora... after viewing flat for a day, I'm not using threaded to see which I like better. When a thread is very short, I often like flat better... almost no confusion and less clicking. In case you hadn't noticed, it very easy to view flat when you're in threaded default mode by using the button in the upper right hand corner. One doesn't have to change their preferences if they just want flat occassionally. It may be obvious to everyone... but I didn't find it at first so I thought it was worth mentioning.
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Aerlinn
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Feb 19 2007, 4:07pm
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I'm not a tree-herderess, but ...
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These weren't too bad:
Sexy tree:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64443083@N00/92745024/
Innnteresting, not too mud-flappy:
http://tolkiengateway.net/w/images/thumb/3/31/Daniel_Govar_-_Entwife.jpg/180px-Daniel_Govar_-_Entwife.jpg
Purty:
http://www.renaetaylor.biz/images/gallery/thumbs/1134261551.jpg
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hatster
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Feb 19 2007, 6:46pm
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ack! I almost missed that post!
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awww I love your "cow cat" Doesn't my Ranger Rick look like he is waiting for a remote and a beer?
Here are all my kitties
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GaladrielTX
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Feb 19 2007, 10:20pm
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He looks like one of those pictures you'd get in a joke email! How funny, and what a great pose.
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Feb 19 2007, 11:24pm
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When another board I belong to upgraded, the Admins/PTB disabled certain features to keep as close to the old look as possible, and to avoid the distractions commonly found elsewhere. They set up rules for using the features still enabled.
It still took some getting used to, but it worked out well for us.
So far, I haven't found the new TORn look distracting...
...but if multiple .gifs start showing up in posts and footers and making it look like Vegas.......I'll be adjusting my settings.
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Entwife Wandlimb
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Feb 20 2007, 2:50am
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They're just not me. I think I like the well figured tree the best, though.
Thanks for the links! It's fun to browse.
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