#49601 - 10/10/1010:51 AMRe: What happened to the SHOUT box?
[Re: DaveC in Oz]
Geoff Hannis
Super Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 10298
Loc: the path less trodden
Maybe Huw could simply disable the Delete feature (whilst allowing Edits for a period of a couple of minutes - so that typos can be corrected*).
* For those happy few who care about that sort of thing! But bearing in mind that the ESSENCE OF THE SHOUT is its immediacy - or speed of response - so there is bound to be the odd faux pas. But - on the other hand - the scrolling nature of the SHOUT BOX means that even the most embarrassing SNAFU need not be exposed for too long!
#49602 - 10/10/1011:02 AMRe: What happened to the SHOUT box?
[Re: Huw]
DaveC in Oz
Philosopher
Registered: 26/06/09
Posts: 594
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
Huw, would it be possible, given that there can be multiple shouts going on at the same time, to add some sort of colour code so that individual threads of conversation could more easily be followed?
Agree with the removal of the delete function. Perhaps we should not even have an edit function, we just have to accept that typos will happen and not give people a hard time if they do (ok Geoff?)