[RESOLVED] Thread Starter???

[techgnome]

Yea, that looks much better. Though it still has a jumbled look.

No matter what you do, there are always some people who will never just be happy with things... :P


-tg

[dday9]

I personally love it, I'm really glad that we have it. If I had to move it, I'd move it in the title bar, just right of the Date and Time.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I personally love it, I'm really glad that we have it. If I had to move it, I'd move it in the title bar, just right of the Date and Time.

I like THAT solution, too.

[Niya]

No matter what you do, there are always some people who will never just be happy with things... :P

Happy ? What does that word mean ? Is that something to eat ?

Seriously though, it's positioned badly. It should be under the user name itself. The user name, title and the "thread starter" are close together so they should have a consistent order from largest to smallest. Generally that looks better. The user name has the largest font and is bolded, followed by the "thread starter" which is smaller but bolded and then the title which has the smallest font and is not bolded.

This:
Happy
Happy
Happy

Looks better than:
Happy
Happy
Happy

The first one has a symmetrical look to it which is more aesthetically pleasing.

[brad jones]

okay. It now is what it is.....

I've put too much time into moving it already, so I'm going to leave it as it is.

Brad!

Feel free to rep me if you like it!

[Niya]

Yea, that looks better.

[dunfiddlin]

I just want to know if we're supposed to start using TS instead of OP now?

[brad jones]

I just want to know if we're supposed to start using TS instead of OP now?

Yes, we deviated.... We are dealing (mostly) with programmers, so hopefully most of them will figure out what Thread Starter means even though we normally use OP/Original Poster..... Based on what I've seen, we might lose a few though.....


Being serious....
I could change "Thread Starter" to "Original Poster"; however, I do believe Thread Starter is a better phrase to use overall.

[dee-u]

I just want to know if we're supposed to start using TS instead of OP now?

In other forums I visit they usually call them TS, I only visit a very few forums but it seems only here in VBF that we call them OP.

[Niya]

In other forums I visit they usually call them TS, I only visit a very few forums but it seems only here in VBF that we call them OP.

Seriously ? Every forum I've ever been to they're called OP. I have NEVER seen an OP called anything else. There are even image macros that reference the original poster as OP.

[dee-u]

Hmmmnnn... Aside from VBF I only visit mostly forums in the Philippines (motorcyclephilippines.com and tipidpc.com), perhaps it is just in our culture then to use TS here in our country.

[Niya]

Ah well that makes sense. As far as I know, all the forums I ever visited are American.

[brad jones]

We used "Thread Starter" because that is what was in the code that our tech person found and hacked into the forum. It doesn't sound like anyone has a super strong opinion, so I'm going to leave it as is and call this topic closed. You can call me the Thread Closer

[Shaggy Hiker]

Frankly, thread starter is more clear than OP, so it's a good change.

Of course, now we need a member whose name is simply: Elliot.

[Niya]

...Of course, now we need a member whose name is simply: Elliot.

I don't get it There's a pun somewhere in there isn't there ?

[techgnome]

I got it.... very clever Shaggy...

I was going to include the answer... but I'll just wait for the E.T. references instead... because I jsut know someone's going to get it wrong...


-tg

[dday9]

T.S Eliot, he was a famous poet.

[techgnome]

Awww DDay ruined it.... :P

-tg

[Niya]

That was it ? Seems a little obscure to me. Should I feel bad that I didn't know there was someone important called T.S. Eliot ?

[techgnome]

Depending on where you're from... and even then, only if you're an English Lit Major...

-tg

[Niya]

Well I did English lit in secondary school for CXC so maybe I should be a little ashamed

[dunfiddlin]

Depending on where you're from... and even then, only if you're an English Lit Major...

Considering he wrote the 'book' for Cats (better known as Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats when it was just a book) I don't think you can excuse anyone on the grounds of either of those!

[dday9]

Cats, isn't that the Broadway musical about a gay guy, and something about the number of minutes in a year?

[dunfiddlin]

Yeah, something like that!