zagibu
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Post by zagibu on Sept 19, 2021 23:06:35 GMT
So, Proboards is pretty extensible, because it has an own plugin system with a library of already existing plugins and a simple way to create new ones that don't exist yet.
Maybe list some features here that you are missing, and then we could vote on which are the most pressing ones and try to find existing plugins or someone could write new ones. I've already made one that is currently working, that enlarges images that have been shrunk due to the limited horizontal space of the forum theme. A lot can be done with relatively little effort needed.
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+ Image showcase (click to enlarge) + Quote highlighted text + Quick scroll buttons + Pagination controls at bottom of thread + tapatalk integration
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- Quick way to add spoiler tags - Dark theme - Theme with larger font size - Nav tree at bottom of thread |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2021 23:13:22 GMT
Make mobile view better.
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Post by zagibu on Sept 19, 2021 23:18:24 GMT
Can't be done with plugins, unfortunately, because plugins are completely disabled in mobile view.
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Post by spacein_vader on Sept 20, 2021 0:15:48 GMT
Spolier tags? Strike through text altjough I'm posting from mobile currently so can't remember if thats in already
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Post by zagibu on Sept 20, 2021 1:34:58 GMT
Strike through text is already implemented. Spoiler tags need BBCode atm (tags with square brackets), might be possible to insert them with a button.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 20, 2021 7:03:05 GMT
The select-quoting, forum pages at the bottom and possibly spoiler tags would be the main ones for me. Maybe also the Quick Scrolling Buttons? Not sure how themes work, but if there seems to be an option in my settings to select a theme, but no other alternatives. An option for a dark theme, and possibly one with larger text, would be lovely. (though at first glance a lot of them seem to have been created by old geocities users  this one doesn't look awful: www.proboards.com/library/themes/item/3837 )Is there any cost or performance impact from installing a bunch of plugins? |
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Post by mrpon on Sept 20, 2021 7:29:30 GMT
Prev/Next at the bottom of the page in desktop mode. They are there in mobile mode.
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Post by dfunked on Sept 20, 2021 7:41:57 GMT
Would be nice if spoilers didn't go on to new lines so that you can use them in a sentence, but not sure if that's at all possible. I think spoilers are a bit shit! |
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Sept 20, 2021 9:16:38 GMT
I'd like to be able to filter the different subforums I'm interested in. So that I only see posts in those forums when I go to the startpage
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Post by Lizard on Sept 20, 2021 9:21:50 GMT
Dark mode would be cool.
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Post by mrpon on Sept 20, 2021 9:33:47 GMT
I'd like to be able to filter the different subforums I'm interested in. So that I only see posts in those forums when I go to the startpage Participated button top right any use as a interim solution? You can create notifications for specific categories but not down to thread level. |
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 20, 2021 10:39:44 GMT
On the mobile version, the ability to select the last page of a thread rather than it defaulting to the first.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 10:45:44 GMT
You can't change anything in the mobile version yet. If you press "New" though it does take you to the last post you read.
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Post by Sarfrin on Sept 20, 2021 18:45:33 GMT
Can't be done with plugins, unfortunately, because plugins are completely disabled in mobile view. Ah, crap. I spend the majority of my time here on mobile. |
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Post by zagibu on Sept 20, 2021 18:54:05 GMT
forum pages at the bottom Can you elaborate what you mean with that? Just the pagination controls that are currently at the top to be at the bottom? possibly one with larger text Ctrl + might help, although it of course enlarges everything, not just the font. Prev/Next at the bottom of the page in desktop mode. They are there in mobile mode. Isn't that a bit redundant, though? The pagination is stickied at the top of the window, so it's always quickly available. |
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Post by zagibu on Sept 20, 2021 18:58:32 GMT
Is there any cost or performance impact from installing a bunch of plugins? Yeah, they increase memory usage and page load time, although only in very small amounts. They also have the potential to slow down the whole browser, but it would have to be a special plugin doing some weird continuous shit for that. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 20, 2021 19:00:49 GMT
The quick scroll buttons do not play well with other elements (I'm looking at the page slightly zoomed in) and are ugly
What's the purpose of them exactly? The down one goes right to the bottom of the page rather than last post and the pages aren't long enough to warrant it really
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Post by zagibu on Sept 20, 2021 19:04:59 GMT
It was requested by a user in the shoutbox. It's useful when a page is long and you want to go back to "Recent" for example. I've made another plugin with top and end buttons that does the same thing, but puts the buttons to the left of the pagination controls (and makes them look the same). I've also sent this to neilka, but he chose to use this other one instead.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 20, 2021 19:10:51 GMT
That's a shame. Doesn't look good having stuff covering the page. It's pretty distracting
It also covers up text, so you have to scroll to get it out of the way
I hope the person in the shoutbox is happy
edit: example image
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Post by zagibu on Sept 20, 2021 19:35:12 GMT
Yeah, that's not great. I'll ask neilka to install mine instead, it doesn't do this.
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Post by grizzly on Sept 20, 2021 20:16:37 GMT
Page controls at the bottom of the page would be great (pretty sure that that is what Bill (and possibly also ben?) means as well). If at all possible, not having the quick reply show up until you're at the final page would also be good, just to prevent that silly forum bit where you accidentally post a response to the first page of the thread whilst the thread itself is 30 pages.
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Post by zagibu on Sept 20, 2021 20:29:15 GMT
Is that the only use case for that feature, though? I'm just trying to find out the requirements for this feature. Would moving the current bar to the bottom be good enough, or would it have to be duplicated, or do you need an UI that isn't stuck to the window, but instead remains at the bottom of the messages, above the quick reply?
If it's just to prevent you from replying to an old message / without realizing that there are X more pages, maybe a simple message above the quick reply window that says there are X more pages or something would be good enough. Replying to a thread's initial message without having read the whole conversation is still a valid use case and should probably not be prevented.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 20, 2021 23:55:56 GMT
Did we always have the quickscroll buttons, or did they just get added? While the implementation seems a bit flaky the basic idea is already handy. (z-index seems a bit off as they end up under the shoutbox comments. It may be a very simple css fix if it's possible to edit the css) It might also be triggering a small horizontal scroll when the window is narrow, but that might have been there before. The use case being that all the navigation is at the top of the page, so when you read a thread and get to the bottom, there's no navigation where you need it. So you need to scroll back to the top of the thread almost every time to either access the 'Participated' button or the forum menu. forum pages at the bottom Can you elaborate what you mean with that? Just the pagination controls that are currently at the top to be at the bottom? Yeah, that would be fine. From the screenshots, that plugin that adds page numbers to the bottom of the thread looks perfect. The UI/UX of having the page controls and menu at the top of the page is a bit odd. As mentioned above, you're mainly going to be wanting to move to the next page or a different thread when you get to the *end* of a page/thread, but there's no indication there that there might be another page, and no way to access other pages or threads or forums. I can kinda understand how they thought the floating page bar might address the issue, but given that it took me about a week to even notice it existed, it's clearly not intuitively placed. Even now I know it's there, I still keep forgetting about it and the bottom of the page has no indication at all that there might be another page following it. If I was proboards king, I'd probably make an option to replace the shoutbox with the Participated list... since I'm not really clear on the usage of the former, and I seem to use the latter all the time. But that's probably just my Discourse bias kicking in. As long as I have a way to quickly jump back to the top I can access the menu and Participated easy enough. It's cool that some plugins have already been added though... I'm gonna go and try them out!  |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 21, 2021 0:00:21 GMT
Why not just use Page Up and Down for quick scrolling? It does basically the same thing
Home/End does exactly the same thing (and is faster)
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Post by zagibu on Sept 21, 2021 0:12:51 GMT
Because you have to use the keyboard for that. When I'm reading the forum, my other hand is stroking my pussy (no innuendo).
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 21, 2021 0:16:17 GMT
Because you have to use the keyboard for that. When I'm reading the forum, my other hand is stroking my pussy (no innuendo). How far away is your keyboard from your mouse? Make the cat do it
Is it possible for users to disable individual plugins?
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Post by zagibu on Sept 21, 2021 0:18:52 GMT
The use case being that all the navigation is at the top of the page, so when you read a thread and get to the bottom, there's no navigation where you need it. So you need to scroll back to the top of the thread almost every time to either access the 'Participated' button or the forum menu. Having the pagination controls at the bottom does not solve that, though. The quickscroll buttons help with that, but maybe having the nav-tree with the "Participated" button down there as well would be an option. Not sure if it can be done with a plugin, but I'll check. |
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Post by zagibu on Sept 21, 2021 0:36:59 GMT
I've added the plugin "Proboards Pagination Control" to my test forum here, and it seems useful. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 21, 2021 3:21:55 GMT
Why not just use Page Up and Down for quick scrolling? It does basically the same thing
Home/End does exactly the same thing (and is faster) Using a keyboard to navigate a web page? Hmm... it's an interesting idea i guess. Never tried it in 20 years using the net though... Having the pagination controls at the bottom does not solve that, though. The quickscroll buttons help with that, but maybe having the nav-tree with the "Participated" button down there as well would be an option. Not sure if it can be done with a plugin, but I'll check. Yeah, I was talking about the combination of pagination controls (for thread pages) and quickscroll (for menu/particpated/thread access). PS/ If this post works correctly, then the Quick Quote plugin is great! |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Sept 21, 2021 5:39:55 GMT
Using a keyboard to navigate a web page? Hmm... it's an interesting idea i guess. Never tried it in 20 years using the net though... That's cool but implementing half-arsed plugins for every little whim someone has for everything is going to turn the site into a monster. The quick scroll does negatively impact the usability of the site for me overall for something that already has a solution that you can't be bothered to use |
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this one doesn't look awful: 
