The one thing I'd really, really like...

GraceKrispy · 10-10-2010, 03:18 AM

Another forum I frequent (for educators) is quite similar to this one in terms of setup. One thing I can do there that I really wish I could do here is get a preview of each thread by hovering over the title. Sometimes I sit here on MR with the cursor hovering for several seconds before I remember that nothing's going to show up. Then I'm sad.

Is that neat little trick a possibility here? Nobody likes a sad penguin....

FizzyWater · 10-10-2010, 03:51 AM

If we're creating a wish-list, I'd like to share a little thing that drives my anal-retentive soul crazy...

You can only give even-numbered Karma (and if you enter an odd number, it rounds down), so for people - like GraceKrispy here - with odd karma, you can never bring them to a nice round (and even) number!

I know, it's anal retentive. So I'm anal retentive. It still bugs me!

Donnageddon · 10-10-2010, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

like GraceKrispy here - with odd karma

I do not think GK has "odd" Karma... it is just a little "different".

FizzyWater · 10-10-2010, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Donnageddon

I do not think GK has "odd" Karma... it is just a little "different".

GraceKrispy · 10-10-2010, 06:46 AM

OMG! What??? How did I get odd karma?? WHO DID THIS TO ME???

I'm a little freaked out.. I've never noticed the even vs odd, or even that you couldn't give odd karma. I'm damaged goods!

eta
wait, it's not just me! Dreams and Donna have odd karma too! yaay, I'm not alone! Maybe *you're* the odd one, FW!

(still wondering how we got odd karma if you can only give even!)

GeoffC · 10-10-2010, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

In another forum I frequent (for educators), it's quite similar in a lot of ways to this one in terms of setup. One thing I can do there that I really wish I could do here is get a preview of each thread by hovering over the title. Sometimes I sit there with the cursor hovering for 10 seconds before I remember that nothing's going to show up.

Is that neat little trick a possibility?

That's a neat trick I would like to second.

FizzyWater · 10-10-2010, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

(still wondering how we got odd karma if you can only give even!)

I think it was something that changed after I'd been a member for about a year. If I remember correctly, there was some kind of change made to allow newbies to give karma (or something like that).

So if you had an odd number when that change went in, you stayed "odd".

I've tried to give "odd" karma to bring someone to an even number, and it just drops the odd "1" (for example, an offer of "41" karma is applied as "40").

Donnageddon · 10-10-2010, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

OMG! What??? How did I get odd karma?? WHO DID THIS TO ME???

I'm a little freaked out.. I've never noticed the even vs odd, or even that you couldn't give odd karma. I'm damaged goods!

eta
wait, it's not just me! Dreams and Donna have odd karma too! yaay, I'm not alone! Maybe *you're* the odd one, FW!

(still wondering how we got odd karma if you can only give even!)

You, dreams and I must have stepped on a butterfly in a past life.

Donnageddon · 10-10-2010, 07:18 AM

Individually of course. I am not crazy enough to believe that you, dreams and I stepped on the same butterfly at the same time in our past lives.

Just thought I should clarify that.

GeoffC · 10-10-2010, 07:20 AM

If the rest of you are odd, why am I an even one ?

Donnageddon · 10-10-2010, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Does anal retentive have a hyphen?

I am backing slowly away.... I am not going to touch that.

GraceKrispy · 10-10-2010, 08:07 AM

This is all very interesting and illuminating (thank you, FW, for that explanation... I guess once you're "odd," you're always "odd?"), but let's get back to it.

hovering preview, please! I think I got a second from Geoff....

(my odd karma will haunt me to my dying days)

Wetdogeared · 10-10-2010, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

This is all very interesting and illuminating (thank you, FW, for that explanation... I guess once you're "odd," you're always "odd?"), but let's get back to it.

hovering preview, please! I think I got a second from Geoff....

(my odd karma will haunt me to my dying days)

I'm "odd" too, Grace, so you're in good comany. (Notice the commas and apostrophes?

)

I can really shake a tail feather too!

I'm not sure if those using iPads can "hover", Grace. I'm not sure what flash is but this sounds like a flashy idea.

GeoffC · 10-10-2010, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

I'm "odd" too, Grace, so you're in good comany. (Notice the commas and apostrophes?

)

I can really shake a tail feather too!

I'm not sure if those using iPads can "hover", Grace. I'm not sure what flash is but this sounds like a flashy idea.

Flash is when you expose ...... oh! wait !

that flash

.....

Alexander Turcic · 10-10-2010, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

Another forum I frequent (for educators) is quite similar to this one in terms of setup. One thing I can do there that I really wish I could do here is get a preview of each thread by hovering over the title. Sometimes I sit here on MR with the cursor hovering for several seconds before I remember that nothing's going to show up. Then I'm sad.

It's disabled by default because it could slow down page loading considerably. But we'll see how difficult it was to make it a customizable option in the User CP.

10-10-2010, 03:18 AM	#1
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	The one thing I'd really, really like... Another forum I frequent (for educators) is quite similar to this one in terms of setup. One thing I can do there that I really wish I could do here is get a preview of each thread by hovering over the title. Sometimes I sit here on MR with the cursor hovering for several seconds before I remember that nothing's going to show up. Then I'm sad. Is that neat little trick a possibility here? Nobody likes a sad penguin.... Last edited by GraceKrispy; 10-10-2010 at 07:14 AM. Reason: belatedly fix my grammar and add a little somethin' somethin', even though you can see my mistakes in Geoff's quote!

10-10-2010, 06:46 AM	#5
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	OMG! What??? How did I get odd karma?? WHO DID THIS TO ME??? I'm a little freaked out.. I've never noticed the even vs odd, or even that you couldn't give odd karma. I'm damaged goods! eta wait, it's not just me! Dreams and Donna have odd karma too! yaay, I'm not alone! Maybe you're the odd one, FW! (still wondering how we got odd karma if you can only give even!) Last edited by GraceKrispy; 10-10-2010 at 06:52 AM. Reason: discovered something

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10-10-2010, 03:51 AM	#2
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	If we're creating a wish-list, I'd like to share a little thing that drives my anal-retentive soul crazy... You can only give even-numbered Karma (and if you enter an odd number, it rounds down), so for people - like GraceKrispy here - with odd karma, you can never bring them to a nice round (and even) number! I know, it's anal retentive. So I'm anal retentive. It still bugs me!

10-10-2010, 07:18 AM	#9
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	Individually of course. I am not crazy enough to believe that you, dreams and I stepped on the same butterfly at the same time in our past lives. Just thought I should clarify that.

10-10-2010, 07:20 AM	#10
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	If the rest of you are odd, why am I an even one ?

10-10-2010, 08:07 AM	#12
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	This is all very interesting and illuminating (thank you, FW, for that explanation... I guess once you're "odd," you're always "odd?"), but let's get back to it. hovering preview, please! I think I got a second from Geoff.... (my odd karma will haunt me to my dying days)