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Vanity | October 10, 2003 | RightFighter

Posted on 10/10/2003 7:35:55 AM PDT by RightFighter

I was just wondering if any of you have any suggestions for how to make Free Republic easier to use and a better place in general. This is NOT a criticism of Jim Robinson and I am most appreciative of all his hard work. This site is great and I enjoy coming here to learn about and discuss the conservative issues of the day. This is just my desire to see this site become more "viewer-friendly" than it is in its present iteration. I've had thoughts over the years about this and these are the ones that I keep coming back to:

1. Different background colors for alternating posts within a thread, for readability

2. Ability to set up chat rooms for certain events, rather than using the "Live Thread" concept. The entire idea of a "Live Thread" is somewhat of an oxymoron and EXTREMELY difficult to follow.

3. Smilies and other icons available when posting messages

4. Keeping track of numbers of posts by each user. Many forum sites do this, and some even give titles to users who reach certain posting milestones.

5. The ability to mark a thread for later reading, rather than having to "bump" the thread


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To: RightFighter
Spel Chekk.
41 posted on 10/10/2003 7:49:13 AM PDT by ArneFufkin
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To: Skooz
How 'bout them Chiefs !
42 posted on 10/10/2003 7:49:29 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: new cruelty

43 posted on 10/10/2003 7:49:39 AM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: RightFighter
Changing the "Search" feature so that the default is "Search by Post Time". This change alone will avoid many of the duplicate threads!
44 posted on 10/10/2003 7:50:06 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. (Recall Davis))
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To: RightFighter
Regarding 2- Ability to set up chat rooms for certain events, rather than using the "Live Thread" concept. The entire idea of a "Live Thread" is somewhat of an oxymoron and EXTREMELY difficult to follow.

Live Threads are just as easy to follow as going into a chat room and trying to read all the posts coming in at the same time. One advantage of a thread is that the post is documented. And as noted in post 12 there already is a FR chat room.

45 posted on 10/10/2003 7:50:36 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: RightFighter
We still need an ability to block posts by specific kookburgers.
The only problem with that idea is that I'd never see my own posts. ;>)
47 posted on 10/10/2003 7:51:04 AM PDT by ASA Vet ("Those who know don't talk, those who talk, don't know.")
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To: TomGuy
But why do we need a permanent archive of random thoughts about a Yankees game? That would be much better suited to a chat room.
48 posted on 10/10/2003 7:51:04 AM PDT by RightFighter
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
your suggestion belongs here
49 posted on 10/10/2003 7:51:04 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: mhking
No smilies! Please!

I agree. I dislike those cheesy forums that use emoticons and the number of posts by the user's name, along with their posting status (Senior Member, Rookie, Junior Senior Wannabe, etc).

They are lame.

50 posted on 10/10/2003 7:51:13 AM PDT by Skooz (All Hail the Mighty Kansas City Chiefs)
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To: So Cal Rocket
Changing the "Search" feature so that the default is "Search by Post Time".

Now there is a change that I wholeheartedly support.

51 posted on 10/10/2003 7:51:25 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
No. Subscribing to a thread could have any number of meanings. On forums with less traffic than FR you might get emailed every time someone posts to a thread.

;^)

OK, that would destroy the internet considering the rate of posting here.

Actually what I want is a convenent page where we can view the activity on threads we are interested in. Bookmarks are not convenient. I want a page that works like news/activism, but only displays threads we choose to monitor, for as long as we choose to monitor them.
52 posted on 10/10/2003 7:52:03 AM PDT by js1138
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To: Admin Moderator
umm....that turned out longer than I thought it might. Maybe you want to edit (delete) it?
53 posted on 10/10/2003 7:52:09 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
#46 - longest post ever! hehe
54 posted on 10/10/2003 7:52:25 AM PDT by RightFighter
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To: RightFighter
I don't really want everyone else to see what articles I'm interested in.

LOL... because you just know everyone is curious as to what you are interested in reading. : )

55 posted on 10/10/2003 7:52:34 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Skooz
:)
56 posted on 10/10/2003 7:52:48 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: Eric in the Ozarks; John123
I'm bad with proof reading my posts. It is a message board. But for those that worry about spelling errors can use a free online one like http://www.spellcheck.net
57 posted on 10/10/2003 7:53:00 AM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: Skooz
BUMP for the sports forum
58 posted on 10/10/2003 7:53:03 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: msgt
Right click, open in new tab. it's the only way to FReep.

mozilla

59 posted on 10/10/2003 7:53:25 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: RightFighter
Then bookmark it into your browser.
60 posted on 10/10/2003 7:53:41 AM PDT by PaulJ
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