Now our forums include also the "preview" functionality, which is available when you write a reply to an existing thread or are about to start a new thread.

I just noticed this and I have to say I like it. Keep up the good work.

cool, was wondering when this feature would make a return :)

I just noticed it and i came right here to say THANKS .

It has already helped me and I'll be using it a lot.

I even used it for this post ;)

Pretty cool, dRD, i like it.

Cool

Great thanks!!!!

Originally posted by creaky:

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cool, was wondering when this feature would make a return :)

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You mean they had the preview function there before?

Well that must have been quite a while back.

I love it
? wonder why it was removed in the first place

For me this function is a good addition although it does not change the way i post on aD. but for others this could be much help. Great improvements so far dRD.

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You mean they had the preview function there before?

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It may have been here before but due to the servers and the old system resources that the site had then little improvements like this may have been removed until aD had enough resources to deal with the new functions.

sorry was too lazy to say that earlier. what he said :P

Actually, the old preview functionality and its removal had nothing to do with our server resources, it was just slightly "too ahead of its time" for some people's tastes. The preview functionality, that is actually still available to admins on various site tools, was a real time preview, showing the text rendered in UBB tag, etc as you wrote it, above the message text area.

The problem some people had it was that is that it somewhat freaked them out seeing the page update while they wrote in another area. Another reason why it faces some objections was due the fact that most browsers -- including IE and Firefox -- were slightly slow rendering the Javascript-powered preview box in real time, causing people who pasted LOOOONG Nero logs, etc to suffer from browser hiccups. It basically put the preview functionality and power it required (not much really..) to user's browser, instead of servers.

indeed, those pesky 6mile long Nerovision logs used to kill my work PC completely :P

nice addon :)

Found a slight problem (I think) with the preview and post. It deletes the posters icon when message is posted. At least it seems to on my end.

Jerry

I didn't use the preview on this message and my eagle is there. When preview is used it seems to get removed.

Jerry

That happen to me to. could be the only bug in the system that i noticed.

Yea, not a big deal. I thought maybe reloading the page would bring it back but it doesn't.
This post is with the Preview used.

Jerry

Yeah Jerry, that happened to me as well

Edit- Yeah it looks like the checkbox for showing ur sig is not there when u hit the preview button, just the email notification

Yeah, I noticed the same thing but didnt think too much of it.

To be honest i dont see the point of having a preview button. Maybe in the case of those that post huge pics and it makes the page go crazy its a good idea other than that. its all the same to me :)

It just saves people from having to edit a post for litte things like typos all the time

Fixed the sig issue.

Keep it up dRD and the whole aD team.

Glade this feature got added. :-)

pazzini, you might want to check your account at smileyworld.com. When I was viewing this thread, I kept getting a login box asking for a username and password no matter what browser I was using. You're the only one linking to that site. Not sure if this is happending to anyone else.

Yeah, I keeps happening to me too. But I dont understand why.