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| Posted on 2011-12-01 12:25:18 PM |
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So, I'm working on a toolbar that you'd actually like to use. I need some people to help test it though.
Here it is.
Obviously, there are still a few buttons missing, but just give me feedback on what there is so far.
Oh, and if there are any new BBCode tags you would like to see, now might be a good time to suggest them, also.
Finally, the both the toolbar we have now and the new one look rather bland. If there are some skilled designers who can come up with a better look for it, that would be much appreciated.
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| Last edited on 2012-02-10 11:17:50 AM by Kieran Menor. |
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 12:52:48 PM |
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As far as the design is concerned, I think that it should be SMW-styled, for obvious reasons. I'll try to whip up something.
As for additional tags, we could definitely use a Youtube tag (it certainly can't be any less secure than <object> and <embed>), and a tag to link to resources and hacks on the site, a tag to link to pages on the wiki, and a tag to display data from the ROM and RAM maps would be nice, too.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I tested the new toolbar in Chrome and it works perfectly.
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| Last edited on 2011-12-01 12:55:46 PM by Luigi-San. |
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 01:56:08 PM |
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Keep in mind that it needs to fit well with all schemes.
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 03:27:21 PM |
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Fiddled with it on Firefox and IE8. Seems to be working fine for me as of now on both.
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 03:33:18 PM |
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Tested so far and it works in the latest versions of Firefox, IE, and Chrome. The only bug I see is that if you click the link button and click cancel, the url tags will show up anyway.
EDIT: It works in Opera and Safari as well.
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| Last edited on 2011-12-01 03:53:38 PM by TRS. |
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 04:00:08 PM |
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Just please don't use those ridiculous BBcode tags, like [underline] instead of simply [u]
I doubt you'd ever do something like that anyways, but I'm just making sure ^-^l|l
Also, it doesn't recognize urls without the http://
Otherwise, it seems to work just fine in the latest opera 11.60 beta ^-^
fake edit: well, except the nifty values at the bottom of the page won't show up...
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 04:32:41 PM |
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Yeah, I'm not entirely sure about the tags either. I thought they might make more sense to people who aren't familiar with HTML and such, though.
It's not supposed to recognize URLs with no scheme (e.g. http: ). Not for now, anyway.
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Also, fixed text selection bug in IE 8 or older.
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| Last edited on 2011-12-01 04:33:37 PM by Kieran Menor. |
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 04:37:20 PM |
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The buttons should indicate what each letter means plenty.
Also, even if you decide to use those ridiculous tags, at least keep the old ones as well.
because:
a) I like typing the tags myself, instead of having to press a button every time(or worse, having to type out the entire word -_-)
and b) older posts will be completely(well, partially) fucked up, due to the tags being changed :V
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 04:37:37 PM |
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So many colors 
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 07:12:48 PM |
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A spoiler tag would be ideal.
Also, would it be too much work to link the tool bar gfx with the current site scheme? That way if someone is using the Halloween (or any other) scheme, the tool bar will match.
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| Posted on 2011-12-01 07:17:38 PM |
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Not at all, but that just requires that we actually create a toolbar design for every scheme.
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| Posted on 2011-12-02 03:40:18 PM |
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It's great to see the toolbar is finally getting some work. I love that the tags actually go around the text and that we finally have a working tab button.
And yes, I'm all for spoiler tags.
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| Posted on 2011-12-02 03:44:21 PM |
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Originally posted by Luigi-Sana tag to display data from the ROM and RAM maps would be nice, too.
Fiddled with it, seemed pretty bug free, but I want to bring this up again because it's a great idea. There are quite a few questions in Advanced SMW Hacking that are just "how can I ___ with a _____ in ASM" and usually a RAM address solves the problem. Same with hex edits of ROM. And it would be great for tutorials dealing with addresses from both.
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| Posted on 2011-12-03 01:15:23 PM |
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Looks really nice. One thing I'd like to request is that if you don't highlight any text then it uses tweaked old functionality. Pressing the bold button would insert "[b]" where your text cursor currently is located. If there is none on the text field then it just puts "[b]" at the end. Of course, pressing it again would insert the "[/b]".
The new highlighting functionality is a great new addition.
As mentioned, a spoiler tag would be awesome. And it is helpful for those who don't want to see a lot of pictures all at once.
I would also recommend Youtube bbcode. I made one where it only takes the actual address "IU_3zdKjab0" [youtube]IU_3zdKjab0[/youtube] and it removes all non-address related characters to prevent any problems.
And perhaps maybe make some additional settings for it that would allow a small, medium, and a large player. [youtube=small]IU_3zdKjab0[/youtube]
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| Last edited on 2011-12-03 01:20:14 PM by Scrydan. |
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| Posted on 2011-12-03 04:06:15 PM |
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For the size tag - perhaps a message box where you can actually input the size would make it better.
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| Posted on 2011-12-03 05:41:52 PM |
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Originally posted by Kieran MenorNot at all, but that just requires that we actually create a toolbar design for every scheme.
If need be, I could handle that if that's the route you decide to take. And if anything, there could always a default theme if there is none currently created for it.
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| Posted on 2011-12-04 12:30:27 PM |
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You've probably already realised this, and fixed it, but if we are going to change the BBCode, wouldn't all our previous posts that use the old BBCode be messed up? It would be better to keep both types of BBCode, [bold] and [b]?
It works fine in Firefox 8.
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| Posted on 2011-12-04 03:41:10 PM |
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I personally think it'd be a better idea to just leave the tags as b, i and u and let people logically assume they mean bold, italic and underlined. They should be able to figure this out after clicking the button once (and maybe previewing their post).
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| Posted on 2011-12-05 02:59:45 AM |
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Please, could buttons for alignment be added? And (not necessary) for font?
Also, where is image, emoticon, quote and code? Or are they not added yet?
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And I concur that b, i, u etc. should remain, as it is global.
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If where gonna get classier buttons, I suggest something clear - so no picture icons. It'll be best to use the global Bold or B and the such.
But we do have to give them a revamp :/
And shine, definitely have shine buttons.
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| Posted on 2011-12-05 06:31:55 AM |
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I just ironed out a somewhat obscure glitch in the selection handling for Internet Explorer 8 and older.
Also, I have implemented tabbing multiple lines. Try it:
Select multiple lines of text and press tab. Shift+Tab untabs.
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