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sjch




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PostLink    Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:21 pm    Post subject: warning of new post while typing a reply Reply with quote


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Hi Kal,

Your forum in becoming more and more active, which is definitely a good thing! Good start and nice work.

I was wondering. It happened twice to me now that while typing a reply, someone else is simultaneously posting a reply to the same thread. That interference can sometimes lead to unnecessary redundancies.

I have seen forums where you actually get a warning whilst typing a reply, in case someone else is beating you to it.
Any chance of incorporating such function on this site?

I am not skilled in these things myself so I have no idea how easy or hard that is... others may have more experience

just an idea
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Greg




Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Posts: 92
Location: Paradise, Newfoundland


PostLink    Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That always happens to me so I usually just edit what I wrote, annoying but you said I hate to sound redundant also. I never knew that type of alert could be setup, nice concept.
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kal
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Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter


PostLink    Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I've seen this done too... anything can be done of course but it would be custom programming. The always question the usefulness however as the forum can't know what people are talking about. There are often multiple ideas/thoughts going on. All the forum does is tell you "someone has responding since you started typing" which is often not that useful.

If you post something and it's redundant, there's no harm in leaving it. Having 2 people chime in with essentially the same response (in my mind) reinforces whatever is being said. If the two (or more) posters have slighly different thoughts then that's fine too! That brings on more discussion.

Of course, as Greg mentioned, you can always go back and delete or edit your post anytime.

Kal

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brewmcq




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PostLink    Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought phpBB did that automatically..? Of course, it's been years since I ran a forum... Smile
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PostLink    Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope, it's not in phpbb by default... at least not the v2 I'm still using. v3 may have it. I use v2 as I have 70+ mods installed.

Kal

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