Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 22:46:17 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 15:52:51, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... I really think everybody is over-reacting to one particular message where a guy went a little crazy and posted 7 or 8 diagrams. Most of the messages that I've seen contain only one diagram. As for the bandwidth discussion, is it really an issue? I just looked at one of the individual piece gifs, and it was roughly 300 bytes. This stuff is really quite compact. --Peter
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