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So I'm replying to a post and click on the "Submit follow up" button.
As usual, it takes me to the confirmation page. I scan my post for spelling, grammar and errors as usual and when ready, I click on the "Confirm Post" button.
Instead of the usual page that shows my response, it posts my reply and immediately takes me to the message I just posted.
Personally, I preferred the old way. That last window that showed my response to me gave me a choice between going to view my reply, or going directly back to the forum I was in. I like being able to pick my forum there and not have to click on it in the menu over on the right hand side after being sent to view my post. By the time I'm ready to do the final submission of a response, I'm happy with it and don't really want (or need) to view it again and I prefer to go straight back into the forum instead.
Justin, is there a way you could set it up so on the "submit follow up" window I could choose to:
a) post reply and view it
or
b) post reply and return to the forum????
OK...I'm back.
Curt R said:
By the time I'm ready to do the final submission of a response, I'm happy with it and don't really want (or need) to view it again and I prefer to go straight back into the forum instead.
Didn't the old format take you to a screen where you saw your response but in a different format than it appears in the thread?
In other words, perhaps you really don't prefer the "old way" because it too showed you your message even after you were happy with it. Did I missunderstand you in some way?
Personally, I never understood the purpose of the screen that has been eliminated.
If I am going to see my post again, I guess I'd rather be taken directly to the thread so that I can see if anyone else has posted something new while I was writing my response.
(It sometimes takes me quite a while to create a response since I am typically testing things in Excel and cutting and pasting formulae or code into the post. Someone else may very well have replied in the meantime and I can then scan the thread for updates.)
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What new format? I still have the Confirm Reply button that allows me to make changes before I hit the button.
i_Xp/VistaUser
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It's where you go next that we are discussing.
After clicking Confirm, I used to be taken to a screen that showed me a "text" version of what I had posted with the option of going to my message or to the Topic listing of the forum I had responded to.
Now I get taken directly to my message, in the thread.
Are you seeing something different?
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Maybe I am having a senior moment but things seem to be as they were for me. The screen you see after entering your response can be edited and then after hitting confirm you see the thread as you see it prior to responding at all.
Maybe I just accepted any changes and took them in stride.
DerbyDad
If you are having difficulty editing then scroll down to the actual message instead of viewing the Preview.
Also, there is a box that you can tick to show confirmation again. I don't know what that accomplishes as I don't use it.
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re: Maybe I am having a senior moment
Maybe so :)
The change we are talking about happens after you click the Confirm Post button, not after the Submit Follow Up
Prior to yesterday (I think...maybe it happened the day before) I used to be taken to page that showed just the message I have posted with a title that something like:
Here's is the message that you just posted to forum_name.
This page showed your message in a slightly different format than how it appeared in the thread pages - more of a plain vanilla version of the post. No blue banner with your username, no "Rate this post" thumb, etc.
From that page you could click one link that would take to directly to the message you just posted or a different link to go back the topic list of the forum you posted in.
Since the change, I am now taken back to the thread I responded to and can scroll down and see my message, along with all the other messages in the thread.
re: Also, there is a box that you can tick to show confirmation again. I don't know what that accomplishes as I don't use it.
I use that box all the time. It allows you to see the preview pane again so that you can view the formatting of the message before you post it.
For example, if I am laying out columns in a post as an example for an Excel spreadsheet (using pre & /pre) I can see how the layout will look, edit the message and preview it again.
That way I can make sure I post this:
A B C D E F G H I J K Linstead of
A B C D E F G H I J K L
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Whoa! Hold on here. It changed again!
Now the Submit Follow Up posts your message with no preview, but a Preview Follow Up button has been added.
D*nm Justin. I can't keep up!
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Hey,
Those are the only two changes I am going to make... The Submit Follow Up or "Submit Post" will post instantly. The "Preview" will show the confirmation page.
As for showing the "Message Posted" page... I think that isn't really necessary anymore. The reason I used to do it was to give the user the Unique Message ID. However, with all users now required to have a My Computing.Net account, and messages being automatically added to their My Computing.Net list, I don't think its as important.
Justin
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Justin, for what it is worth I liked the two copies of the post. Many times I saw something that needed to be changed or added to. Now I will need to click about 4 times to get back to the edit screen.
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Hey,
Well, these are suggestions from people at BestOfMedia to make the posting process easier. I agree it makes it easier. I also agree it could make it more difficult to see problems... If I were you, I would just use the "Preview" one.
Justin
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As for showing the "Message Posted" page... I think that isn't really necessary anymore. The reason I used to do it was to give the user the Unique Message ID. However, with all users now required to have a My Computing.Net account, and messages being automatically added to their My Computing.Net list, I don't think its as important.
Yeah, I don't need to see the previous "final text version of your post with Unique Message ID" because by the time I post, I've already proofread my reply.
I see you've added a "preview follow up" button below Justin. Excellent idea. One request for you on that if it's not too much work. In the "preview" window that button takes you to, is it possible to keep a "preview" button available so one can make changes and hit that button repeatedly without ever leaving that window?
I sometimes have to rewrite parts or cut and paste portions of my replies before I'm happy with it and being able to hit "preview" in that window repeatedly saves me having to copy everything, click on "back" and then paste the copied portion so I can then reedit and preview again.
As per my original post on this thread, when I posted earlier today, after clicking the final "post reply" button, it forced me to view my response. I prefer to go to the forum instead (having previewed my response it's moot at that point for me to look at it again). So if I confused anybody, my apologies....it's just, if I'm in the network forum for example, after finishing a response, I prefer to go back to the networking forum rather than read the response.
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Curt,
That feature has already been suggested by someone else. I have already added it. There is a checkbox that says, "Check To Show Confirmation Page Again." If you check that, it will show the preview window again. You can do that as many times as you like.
Justin
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Now testing the newee method.....
EDIT: I deliberately mispelled NEW to see if there's a way to catch it - NOPE! I'll guess I'll stick to using the preview.
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@ OTH & Curt R
If I understand you guys correctly, you might be doing things the hard way.
After clicking the new Preview button it takes you to the same Confirm page as before. If you don't like the way your post looks, you can edit it there, click the little box under "Confirm Post" that says
Check To Show Confirmation Page AgainThen click Confirm Post and preview the changes you've made. That ability has always been there and still is. I use it all the time, including on this post.
I'll agree that it might be confusing because it says you are Confirming the post, but if that box is clicked, you really aren't.
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What's the over and under on "sloppy" posts as people (who aren't part of this discussion) don't notice the changes and just click Submit Follow Up expecting the Confirm page?
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DerbyDad,
That I don't know, let me know if you see some glaring examples. I mean, people can always edit.
Justin
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I posted a reply before reading this thread and got the surprise of the day. No problem, just did a quick edit to correct a typo.
I'm old too and just click where I've clicked for years.
Now clicking on Preview Follow Up box...
Skip
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Curt,
That feature has already been suggested by someone else. I have already added it. There is a checkbox that says, "Check To Show Confirmation Page Again." If you check that, it will show the preview window again. You can do that as many times as you like.
Justin
Sweet!
Thanks a bunch....that'll definitely make life easier!
I just tried it and it works like a charm......perfect!
*EDIT*
Once I clicked "post message" in the preview window, it took me immediately into the post itself. This is what got me to start this thread. I'd prefer to have the option to go back to the forum instead of inside the posted question.......maybe the addition of a "post and return to forum" button.......if possible!?!?
:)
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... did'nt know to post in here or the "discuss-bandwidth-caps"
... as @ this moment here in CN clicking to hop "to n fro" between posts is a little bit "sluggish" a snails pace I should say ... using "firefox" and I get "THIS" ...slight modification... just a nag!
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.Grrrr
"...pentathol makes you sing like a canary"
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/...
... got brain freeze
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Actually that post doesn't belong in either thread.
It certainly has nothing to do with the Submit vs Preview buttons that are being discussed in this thread.
The "discuss-bandwidth-caps" thread was not supposed to have anything to do with response time or network speed, although some folks thought that it did.
"Bandwidth cap" is the term being used to discuss certain ISP's plans to charge a usage rate, similar to cell phone plans. You'll get X number of gigabytes of transfers (uploads and downloads) for a fixed amount and then pay extra for any overage.
Therefore, the fact that you are experiencing slow access speeds at this time really doesn't relate to either of those threads.
(BTW...I hope your problem clears up soon. What a pain!)
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At the risk of beating a dead horse...........
I just got back from vacation and jumped in here (as usual) first thing in the morning with my cup of coffee.
Upon posting my first reply, it took me immediately into the message itself after clicking on the "confirm post" button.
I used to have a choice of viewing the message or returning to the forum. I would like to have that choice and not be forced into viewing the response I just posted. To be blunt, I just previewed my response until satisfied after reading the thread. So going back into the message after clicking "confirm post" is moot. I would prefer to be able to go back to the forum and read the next thread.
Justin, any chance when one clicks on the 'confirm post' button you could then offer them the two following options as you used to?
1) View message
2) Return to forum
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... of course after viewing there is .....Reply: (edit) <<< to click
... altering text within 5 days limit.... but "NO" delete/remove the whole content of the single post if one wishes to remove it because of an error post!... or have I missed something?
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Grrrr
"...pentathol makes you sing like a canary"
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/...
... got brain freeze
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Testing message deletion feature
Edit:
This message has been deleted by the author. You can not see it. It is not here. You are getting very sleepy. When I snap my fingers, you will have no memory of this message.
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... the original post message may be gone (maybe not in this case)
... but the whole of "Response Number 27" still echo's a remnant of something ..for example look @ response number2 HERE
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Grrrr
"...pentathol makes you sing like a canary"
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/...
... got brain freeze
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My two cents concerning this issue is this. First off I am not thrilled with the new format but will learn to live with it.
As far as removing entire responses goes that is a bad idea.
Occasionally a mod will remove an offensive response or two. When you come into the thread after that has happened the responses posted after the offensive responses have been removed may no longer make any sense.
This would happen when a responder removed a response that someone commented on afterward. In other words the continuity of the thread may be lost.
If you need to remove your response for any reason the example mavis provided is acceptable IMO. I have done just that on occasion in the past.
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