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01/13/2007 02:09:48 PM · #1 |
This always bugs me - whenever you post a comment or in a thread and you immediately realize you made a typo or something and go back to fix it, the system puts the Message edited by author... note on the post. I think the system should not put the note on if there have been no posts (or at least views) since the message was first posted. Or in the case of comments, no "edited" note if the image has not been viewed since the comment was made.
Not a major issue - just an annoyance feeling like you have to go back and explain the edit.
Also - make the note in a smaller font to more easily separate it from stuff that was typed.
edit: typo - DOH!!!
Message edited by author 2007-01-13 14:10:03. |
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01/13/2007 02:13:13 PM · #2 |
Don't use that - Message edited by author! It is so damned annoying!
Anyway, what did you edit?? |
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01/13/2007 02:13:43 PM · #3 |
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01/13/2007 02:23:15 PM · #4 |
As a frequent practitioner of this technique I also support the suggestion, but I feel obligated to point out that remembering to use the "Preview Post" function does reduce the problem a bit.
While we're circling the topic, how about a "Preview" button for PM's -- by the time you see the typo in the "Sent Message" window it's impossible to change it. |
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01/13/2007 02:40:40 PM · #5 |
I think spell check might help reduce some of those edits
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01/13/2007 02:56:28 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I think spell check might help reduce some of those edits |
Spell check doubles the time to post and wouldn't help much other than the same effect preview has since most of mine are like duplicated words or something spell check wouldn't catch. Plus it would always harp on me for "Hmmmm" and "Whuh??" and the like.
I do preview many of my posts, but mainly only to make sure linked urls and images and other tags work. |
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01/13/2007 03:04:25 PM · #7 |
Spell check is built into real browsers, so swap if you cannot spell check :-)
I like the idea of not showing the "edit" if it is only a few minutes - there is little point to me IF no one has seen it because I assume the pages are reasonably active.
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01/13/2007 03:06:15 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I think spell check might help reduce some of those edits |
Firefox 2.0 has a built in spell checker. Anything I spell wrong it underlines in red as I write it.
If you don't already have Firefox, theres another great reason to download it here today.
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01/13/2007 05:27:34 PM · #9 |
Typos and spelling mistakes aren't the only problems.
Quite often, my brain is way ahead of my fingers, and the result is gobbledegook with perfect spelling, something spell checkers wouldn't pick up.
The preview doesn't help when you're rushing to "get a word in edge-ways" before others beat you to it.
I vote for a grace period before the edit message appears. |
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01/13/2007 05:29:10 PM · #10 |
| I agree, I hope this becomes a reality soon. |
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01/13/2007 05:58:49 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
I vote for a grace period before the edit message appears. |
Yeah, I think this'd be the best solution. I also still think you should implement a text field for edited posts and comments. When editing posts or comments, an additional text input field appears below the textarea field and becomes the "reason" for the edit. Whatever you enter here is appended to the edit time, as in:
Message edited by author 2007-01-13 18:10:03: I don't know how to spell!!! |
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01/13/2007 06:06:31 PM · #12 |
On another forum I belong to, they did away with the "Message edited" note, and I love it. I type about a jillion words a minute, with almost as many errors, but I also go 90-miles a minute by nature, and rarely want to take time to preview posts -- yet -- I hate it when, like you say, the minute I see one and notice glaring typo's, I want to fix it.
Anyway, all that to say, "yes", I'm all for doing away with that little note too! What's the advantage anyway????
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01/13/2007 06:41:32 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by SandyP:
Anyway, all that to say, "yes", I'm all for doing away with that little note too! What's the advantage anyway???? |
The "advantage" is to make it impossible to edit a post in any way without leaving a record of it. Internet forum history shows a LOT of people using "unsupervised" editing to make other people look like idiots by changing the original wording after the fact. It's probably not very significant in the DPC context, but in political forums and the like it can be very important.
As for "explaining yourself" after you edit, I practically never do it. I don't care. I just change what I have to change and don't worry. If I make a change to an original post based on feedback from a respondent, I will add an editing note to that effect; otherwise, no.
R.
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01/13/2007 06:44:03 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Plus it would always harp on me for "Hmmmm" and "Whuh??" and the like. |
One of the delightful features of Firefox spell checking is that you can add stuff like "jejeje�" to the dictionary, and then it checks THAT for you and makes sure you don't type "jejjeje�" instead...
I just edited 3 typos Firefox caught in this one :-)
R.
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01/13/2007 06:45:58 PM · #15 |
a dictionary inside the post reply-screen woud be helpful too :)
but, I have to say I agree on you Art.
what could be an option too, is to be able to tell why you edited the message.
example:
message edited by author: spelling.
maybe make a dropdown menu so you can choose the reoson of editing. |
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01/13/2007 07:49:10 PM · #16 |
Allowing a short grace period for errors comes with no disadvantages -- anyone wanting to make sure there is a record of what they are responding to should be quoting the relevant portions.
I would also like the ability to edit the standard 'has been edited' tag. Allowing for explainations, remarks, second thoughts and witticisms.
David |
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