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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