Charactor maximum indicator on status updates.

[Zygen 6,066]

Ok so as I've become a more frequent poster on status updates of my friends on here an such, I've also started to make some long replies, some so long that they exceed the space each post on a status update may take, and then I get a ... At the end and have to retype whatever I didn't get in because I never know exactly where this point is.

 

So I suggest we should have something sorta like the charactor indicator on posts, that tells how many characters of the maximum you've posted.

 

It would be a nice convience to people who post long stuff like me.

 

I'm not sure how hard this would be to implement or the technical stuff behind it, or if it's even possible really, but I would like It if it's something possible. Or something along these lines.

 

Regardless thank you for the consideration.

Edited May 2, 2013 by Zygen

[NavelColt 22,880]

Status updates, like blogs, are in terrible need of many customizations, this being one of the better suggestions that's been brought to the staff's attention a few times. Unfortunately, as Feld0 outlines here, status updates and blogs are pathetically streamlined by IPS, so trying to customize them would be a coding nightmare that none of the techies have time for. The good news is, at some point in the not so distant future, the forum is going to receive some rewriting so that we can branch away from IPS and its' many drawbacks when it comes to coding updates, and at that point, things like this should be far easier to write and implement.

[Zygen 6,066]

Status updates, like blogs, are in terrible need of many customizations, this being one of the better suggestions that's been brought to the staff's attention a few times. Unfortunately, as Feld0 outlines here, status updates and blogs are pathetically streamlined by IPS, so trying to customize them would be a coding nightmare that none of the techies have time for. The good news is, at some point in the not so distant future, the forum is going to receive some rewriting so that we can branch away from IPS and its' many drawbacks when it comes to coding updates, and at that point, things like this should be far easier to write and implement.

Oh ok, I figured there was some technical limitation behind it somewhere along the line, just wasn't sure.

 

Hopefully when this stray from ISP happens this does get added though .

 

Thanks for the clarification CD.

[NavelColt 22,880]

Hopefully when this stray from ISP happens this does get added though .

 

Thanks for the clarification CD.

 

Yup, suggestions are always tracked :3 I've actually already found this suggestion on our tracker and it looks like Feld0 has a makeshift solution that will make it so the status update won't let you type past the limit; that way, you'll know where the limit is prior to hitting submit, and can alter your status to fit accordingly. Won't lose any text from not knowing where it is.

 

We'll see how it goes~

[Zygen 6,066]

Yup, suggestions are always tracked :3 I've actually already found this suggestion on our tracker and it looks like Feld0 has a makeshift solution that will make it so the status update won't let you type past the limit; that way, you'll know where the limit is prior to hitting submit, and can alter your status to fit accordingly. Won't lose any text from not knowing where it is.

 

We'll see how it goes~

Oh alrighty then, well any form of a solution is better then nothing I suppose, most of the annoyance comes from just having to retype all your thoughts, so I think it could solve some of those problems with a system like that.

 

Thanks again!