Forum Update

Posted by Zen Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:30:00 GMT

Not a big change, but a lot of people will be a little2 bit happier today

  • Location field is re-enabled across all forums
  • Skype icon is re-enabled across all forums
  • Posts / Page setting re-enabled. Tentatively, the new default is 50; new limit is 25–100 (old limit was 10–50) 1
  • Topics / Page setting re-enabled. Tentatively, thenew default is 50; new limit is 25–100 (old limit was 10–75) 1
  • Added support for Gravatars 3
  • Fixed stubborn bug in the preferences pane where saved settings weren’t being reflected

1 Subject to change in the next couple of months based on conditions. Also, you may need to log out and log back in for the new limits to take effect, or if one of your settings were perpetually stuck at 50.

2 I would be much happier if this announcement was to launch a private messaging module.

3 You can hide all avatars in your user preferences. Only PG and G avatars will be shown.

[I had an hour to work on HG stuff today. It was either waste it on an April Fool’s joke or do something more constructive, now that we have pretty much nailed down what was causing all the server slowdowns. Also, there’s an announcement on HG today that is not an April Fool’s joke. I’ll leave it up to you to figure what that is; and no, the announcement didn’t come from the tech team. -Zen]