Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • So, denizens of The Thread, when do you think we'll hit 4,000 posts?

  • At the current rate over the past few days, probably sometime later tonight...

    more likely by the end of the weekend.

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  • Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    So, denizens of The Thread, when do you think we'll hit 4,000 posts?

    You never know, but it just takes the right question or comment to spawn about six pages worth of responses.

    Let's try one.

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  • Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    So, denizens of The Thread, when do you think we'll hit 4,000 posts?

    ...I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience.

  • Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


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    Steve Jones - Editor (5/1/2009)


    Hey, that's a cool feature! Hadn't seen that before.

    I guess it's a good thing that I didn't ask you how to get to it 🙂 Oh wait... I did:w00t:

    Well, as Paul said, it is intuitive. I mean, look, you got 3 answers within 6 minutes of posting your question. 😉

    Well, since even Steve didn't know this. Maybe these 3 persons have been the only...

    Maybe something like a simple textbox and a "Go" button should work also. The current "feature" seems more like a easter-egg :laugh:

  • Florian Reischl (5/1/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    WayneS (5/1/2009)


    Steve Jones - Editor (5/1/2009)


    Hey, that's a cool feature! Hadn't seen that before.

    I guess it's a good thing that I didn't ask you how to get to it 🙂 Oh wait... I did:w00t:

    Well, as Paul said, it is intuitive. I mean, look, you got 3 answers within 6 minutes of posting your question. 😉

    Well, since even Steve didn't know this. Maybe these 3 persons have been the only...

    Maybe something like a simple textbox and a "Go" button should work also. The current "feature" seems more like a easter-egg :laugh:

    Actually, it's a geek thing. Who actually takes the time to read the documentation any way? 😉

  • I discovered the feature (the go-to-page thing) by accident. Was a couple of months ago, I think.

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  • I never knew about it until today when the question was asked. I started playing around with the thread navigation buttons and I found it. Not that hard to find as it works like every other javascript hyperlink in that section...

    -Luke.

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  • Okay, same here. Read the questions, figured it out, posted an answer. The force was with us!

  • Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    Okay, same here. Read the questions, figured it out, posted an answer. The force was with us!

    Ditto



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  • I think we just went full circle back to Paul's comment about it being intuitive.

  • Steve Jones - Editor (5/1/2009)


    Hey, that's a cool feature! Hadn't seen that before.

    There's a lot (too much, IMHO) JS on the pages with features.

    Luke L (5/1/2009)


    I never knew about it until today when the question was asked. I started playing around with the thread navigation buttons and I found it. Not that hard to find as it works like every other javascript hyperlink in that section...

    -Luke.

    Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    Okay, same here. Read the questions, figured it out, posted an answer. The force was with us!

    Alvin Ramard (5/1/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    Okay, same here. Read the questions, figured it out, posted an answer. The force was with us!

    Ditto

    GilaMonster (5/1/2009)


    Florian Reischl (5/1/2009)


    Well, since even Steve didn't know this. Maybe these 3 persons have been the only...

    Never noticed it either. I usually change the url directly if I want to go to a specific page of a long thread

    Well

    First lemme me calculate:

    38,461 Points did not know this feature...

    Now lemme quote Paul:

    Very intuitive

    😛

    Edited: I had to add Gail

  • Florian Reischl (5/1/2009)


    Well, since even Steve didn't know this. Maybe these 3 persons have been the only...

    Never noticed it either. I usually change the url directly if I want to go to a specific page of a long thread

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  • Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    I think we just went full circle back to Paul's comment about it being intuitive.

    Yeah but look how many posts we added!

  • Paul White (5/1/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (5/1/2009)


    I think we just went full circle back to Paul's comment about it being intuitive.

    Yeah but look how many posts we added!

    Who can find the next undocumented feature? (I don't mean bug!)



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