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Topic Preview, good idea or bad idea?
Posted: 01 Nov 2011, 22:26
by Anakha56
So I was browsing a phpbb3 mods database when I stumbled across this mod about having a topic preview.
http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/topic_preview/
Description
Displays an excerpt from the first post of a topic when the user hovers their mouse over the topic title, using the browser's built-in tooltip ability. The amount of text shown can be defined in the ACP, and the MOD can also be turned off. It's much more simplified than other similar MODs (no javascript or css needed), this version is designed to mimic the vbulletin method.
Should it be something to implement? I like the idea of hovering over the link to get an idea of what I am going into although this being PCF-SA it is probably spam anyway...
Re: Topic Preview, good idea or bad idea?
Posted: 01 Nov 2011, 22:35
by D3PART3D
Nah... I have a back button on my mouse so I'm in and out in a flash.
That's what she said.
ROFLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL???
Re: Topic Preview, good idea or bad idea?
Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 07:35
by Stuart
I reckon this one may actually have some merit.
Re: Topic Preview, good idea or bad idea?
Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 07:43
by Bladerunner
As usual, this is a default feature of the vBulletin system
It is rather useful, and if implementing it won't blow up the moon, why not?
Re: Topic Preview, good idea or bad idea?
Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 07:53
by Ron2K
Stuart wrote:I reckon this one may actually have some merit.
For once, I'm in agreement with you lot here.
Re: Topic Preview, good idea or bad idea?
Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 07:55
by SykomantiS
I'm guessing that this will incur performance hits in the form of querying the db at least twice for the same data?
Either way, it's not jumping out at me... Might be nice to have, but I wouldn't know unless using it first to see.
Re: Topic Preview, good idea or bad idea?
Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 11:28
by Stuart
SykomantiS wrote:
Either way, it's not jumping out at me...
Do you have a 3D screen? Have you tried the glasses?
Re: Topic Preview, good idea or bad idea?
Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 11:33
by doo_much
Ron2K wrote:Stuart wrote:I reckon this one may actually have some merit.
For once, I'm in agreement with you lot here.
So does that mean that, for once, its going to happen?
Since I live in the Afrikaans thread I don't really see the use.