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Subject: Re: Suggestion for the new [D] FEN stuff.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:52:51 01/11/00

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On January 11, 2000 at 15:02:59, Peter Fendrich wrote:

>On January 11, 2000 at 11:08:01, Tim Mirabile wrote:
>
>>On January 11, 2000 at 00:23:22, Peter Kappler wrote:
>>
>>>On January 10, 2000 at 23:31:42, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>How about ignoring the [D] stuff if there are >> characters on the front of
>>>>lines?  IE in an original post, the diagrams are neat... But in each follow-up
>>>>post, they become tedius.
>>>>
>>>>Otherwise, I would suggest that this be used sparingly, where appropriate,
>>>>rather than shotgun-style.  It makes it harder to read text, and also greatly
>>>>increases the download times for posts that have a couple of dozen of these
>>>>things in 'em.
>>>
>>>I actually really like having the diagram in the response.  It's especially
>>>useful if you're debating the merits of the position.
>>>
>>>The real problem, as you said, is with posts that contain too many diagrams.
>>
>>There are two ways we could do this.
>>
>>1. We could leave it the way it is now, and anyone who does not want quoted
>>diagrams to appear in the reply can remove the [D].
>>
>>-or-
>>
>>2. Make it so the [D] has to be the first thing on a line to work.  Then if
>>anyone DOES want the diagram to appear in their quote they must remove any >'s
>>before the [D].
>>
>>Switching from one to the other only involves changing one character in the
>>script, so it's up to you guys.  I will say that choice 2 would be easier on the
>>server since there would be fewer diagrams to decode and less bandwidth used,
>>but I'm not sure if this would be very significant.
>
>Is it possible to add just another filter to turn the Diagram option off?
>Then we all have the choice.
>//Peter


Or what about turning the [d] fen stuff into a link.  Then you can click for
the diagram or not as you wish.  That would be the best of both worlds...



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