Vote: That Comment Page Layout

[ratiosu]

Get a load of the new default comment page layout. 9_9Hello, guys, I'm posting to address the problems arising from the new comment page layout. Issues of aesthetics aside, a whole slew of perfectly good features have been removed. These include, but are not limited to

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subject bar! typing in it because i CAN omg. D;

[eiryuu]

i *think* we can still mass-unscreen screened comments... i _think_.

At the bottom of the gamepage(commentpage) after all the comments there's a select-all checkbox and mod-options alongside it -- question is whether it works; not trying right now since my games're both still active at the moment ^^";

I really dislike the lack of subject titles as being highly annoying and not conducive to task-based operations on my end of things (like reading & responding to mod-side messages in my inbox before trade-side/rewards, the like) and/but my question is actually whether the S2-version has the subject lines as before, or just a face of the old commentpage. (they did say "looks and functions like", but at this point.. i'm not sure how much to believe. @_@"|||)

I guess for now i'm going with #2...?

/posting in html tags because i cannot abide so much Arial after its becoming the new default font ahaha sorry x_X";;;

*raises hand..?*

[eiryuu]

...oops; forgot the size-down in relation to the rest of the page; sorry. ><";;

But *raises hand* is it possible to apply the same settings this mod-comm has, to the game-comm...? the subject bars and previews still work here.

(it's still gonna be a pain for posting trades across trade-journals though, without Preview Comment. augh eljay team. *throttles*)

Re: *raises hand..?*

[ratiosu]

The game comm and staff comm have different layouts - if I applied the same settings to the game comm, I don't know if it'd look pretty [not to mention the content will be squished together]. XDD I'm finding a layout that's wider and easier on the eyes, but if players and mods don't mind it, we can stick to the current layout and apply the same settings.

By the way, I'll be testing the unscreen-all thing you've just pointed out - hopefully if we really can find the shortcut, but I think eventually we'll still have to stick to customized comment page because of how unwieldy the new default is. :/

Re: *raises hand..?*

[ratiosu]

Okay, fantastic!! I can see the Check All + options! *__*

But what about our comment previews and subject liiiines. But thank you so much for pointing this out!!

[katou]

I think we can work out a way with customized comment pages for now, because in dreamwidth it seems like they have custom comment pages as a default, too.
I also know the many issues LJ has had in the last 6 months so maybe it would be good to move in the long run, but I'm not sure how much work that would be, it would depend on the administrators to figure out if moving all the posts is possible and such.
I also looked for the option to mass unscreen in my game posts and I can't see it D: perhaps only the maintainers can see it?

[ratiosu]

DW was talking about allowing importing content from communities so if/when the option becomes available, it would make it easier for us to move if we really do decide to move! And yeah, I realized the mass screening option being only for maintainers might be the case. :/ Chuu customized a simple but effective layout for the main comm, so we'll be sticking to using customized comment pages for now, especially since you've pointed out that DW uses customized comment pages anyway and Jeny mentioned that players might not want to move (+ after open account creation is over, people who want to join will have to get a code to join. Way too much hassle.)

[ratiosu]

I didn't think about the code thing! Thank you so much for bringing that up. The hassle would definitely turn people who want to join away and that would be bad for the game in the long run...

We have a new layout for the main comm and I'll be enabling customized comment pages in a bit!

[nonchatte]

oh my gosh tell me about it??

anyway, i definitely agree with the majority when it comes to option 02. i can also help hunt for layouts! this one would make a great one, too (then again, all of fruitstyle's layouts are amazing!)

glad that you found a way to mass-unscreen comments o/
and i don't think option 3 would be too practical ;; doing that would be a total hassle, not to mention i'm sure than many members would be close to unwilling when it comes to moving completely to dreamwidth!

also WHY DID THEY TAKE AWAY COMMENT PREVIEW AND THE RANDOMIZED ICON BUTTON ;_;

[ratiosu]

Thank you for your offer, Curry! Chuu managed to customize a new one [also from fruitstyle, bless them ;w;] that's easier on the eyes so I'll be enabling customized comments in a bit.

And thank you for bringing that up too! I didn't consider that not everyone might be willing to move [and I completely understand that!]. x__x It's fine wanting to move to a more reliable site, but not at the expense of losing players.

I know right, WHY LJ X-(

[nonchatte]

the new layout looks wonderful! +__+ and glad that it was decided to just stay here o/ ngl but i wouldn't really enjoy moving to DW either hahaha