Smiley Un-intuitve algorithm ??

[69GS400s]

why does it always seem that whatever smiley I want to use Isn't displayed on the screen and must be selected from the "More" pop-up" ??

You would think it would have the smarts to record (board-wise) what smiley's are most frequently used and display those selections saving the less used ones for the pop-up

....just some morning ramblings from an 18 year software designer / systems anal-ist

[David G]

agreed...

[Marco]

I'll third :Dou:

[Dale]

I'm just happy I can get at all of them now. :TU:

[69GS400s]

I'll third :Dou:


....did you have select the DOH smiley from the pop-up ?? :laugh:

[Greg Schmelzer]

It's on my regular screen here, but I had to go to the 'more' screen to get this one!!!:laugh: I guess it doesn't get used much?

[Truzi]

I just memorized the ones I use - you can do them all with plain text.

[bob k. mando]

You would think it would have the smarts to record (board-wise) what smiley's are most frequently used and display those selections saving the less used ones for the pop-up

....just some morning ramblings from an 18 year software designer

why would a software designer be expecting BBS software to be constantly processing a concurrent db on graphics serves and making choices based on that? that isn't exactly the purpose of a BBS.

and wouldn't the constantly changing user choices, resulting in a constant reordering of the smiley list as well as a constant churn between those smilies which are borderline between regularly displayed and fetched, actually disrupt posters?

at least having one consistent setup you can familiarize yourself with it instead of going "damn, where's my favorite smiley, he's usually over here" all the time.

i would presume that the Smiley list is chosen at set-up by the SysAdmin and normally left alone. i'm sure you can petition Mike or Jim to modify it more to your taste.

perhaps a poll?

[jlnel]

:Do No:

[69GS400s]

why would a software designer be expecting BBS software to be constantly processing a concurrent db on graphics serves and making choices based on that? that isn't exactly the purpose of a BBS.

Gee ...doesn't it tally all sorts of other statistics ??

* Posts / threads since last visit
* percentage of posts owned per user
* Activity per user / forum category

.... should I continue ?? :rolleyes:

and wouldn't the constantly changing user choices, resulting in a constant reordering of the smiley list as well as a constant churn between those smilies which are borderline between regularly displayed and fetched, actually disrupt posters?

Ummm ... No ?? calculating the current list of statistics doesn't dirsupt now, does it ??

....and correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't it currently reorder the display of smileys ??

What procedure does this ?? is it just totally ramdom ??

at least having one consistent setup you can familiarize yourself with it instead of going "damn, where's my favorite smiley, he's usually over here" all the time.

Dang - you must have a different reality than most of us who do see a constant changing of the positions where said smiley's appear

i would presume that the Smiley list is chosen at set-up by the SysAdmin and normally left alone. i'm sure you can petition Mike or Jim to modify it more to your taste.

perhaps a poll?

Presume again.....:rant:

While the list of available smiley's may is selected their position is not

I have never touched PHP code so I do not know its exact internal working methods and procedures - but - I've been around the block more than a few times which lets mededuce how certain tasks are accomplished

[bob k. mando]

Dang - you must have a different reality than most of us who do see a constant changing of the positions where said smiley's appear

you may be right. i haven't been paying that much attention to them. :puzzled:

While the list of available smiley's may is selected their position is not

then this is the first board that i've ever been on for which this is true...

Dang - you must have a different reality than most of us who do see a constant changing of the positions where said smiley's appear

hmmmm. so your hypothesis is that there is already an algorithm in place and operational?

evidently, you need to use smilies which are more popular with the rest of the board members then. :Brow:

yes, i am pulling your leg with that last line. however, stipulating to your hypothesis, if you started a poll which consisted only of smilies you like the extra traffic on your selection set might well be enough to force most of them onto the default display, mightn't it?

[Jim Weise]

You guys need more to do, to keep your time occupied.. :rolleyes:

:)

[bob k. mando]

so is that a 'yes' or 'no' vote on the question of an algorithm being in place and operational, Jim? :pp

i mean, you can't leave us hanging like this. we're on the verge of a major intarwebs flamewar, what with questioning others 'reality' and all. :blast: :spank: :af: :rant: :ball:

:cool:

[bignastyGS]

:moonu: Don't you guys have a Buick to work on????:moonu: :laugh: :laugh:

[Marco]

You guys need more to do, to keep your time occupied.. :rolleyes:

:)

It's snowing outside - what else would we do? :Do No:

:laugh: :laugh:

[69GS400s]

its snowing AND Im 45.7 miles away from any of my buicks stcuk here in Manhatten

...Oh well. I'll go work on the farm. Jim, didn't I tell you Im a Farmer now ?? I just went out to the field and took this shot

http://www.itnnetworks.com/a/alanservers.jpg

[Jim Weise]

That's a pretty dang fancy manure spreader you have there Alan...

:puzzled:

JW

[Brad Conley]

That's a pretty dang fancy manure spreader you have there Alan...

:puzzled:

JW

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[69GS400s]

That's a pretty dang fancy manure spreader you have there Alan...

:puzzled:

JW

Sooo ... did you have to go to the Pop-Up to find that Smiley ??

Inquiring minds et al .... :Do No: :Dou:

[bignastyGS]

That's a pretty dang fancy manure spreader you have there Alan...

:puzzled:

JW



Yeah and it is fitted with Blue Jeans.....
:laugh: :laugh:

[Truzi]

why would a software designer be expecting BBS software to be constantly processing a concurrent db on graphics serves and making choices based on that?

That raises a question in my mind... why wouldn't a software designer simply memorize a dozen or so tags so as to not waste time moving a mouse? Opps, forgot about VB and .NET :laugh:

Nice little rig you have there Alan. What's it for? I don't get to mess with the racks where I work, but I keep calling the big red kill button on the wall the "Easy Button," and the admins don't think it's too funny.

To be honest, I did like it better when all the smilies were shown at once. Though I rarely click one (just type). I've been known to post off-site Smilies as well.

[Mike Bucy]

All right, how about this? I just modified the UserCP to include "Favorite Smilies". Just go to your UserCP under "Settings and Options" and you'll find "Edit Favorite Smilies" at the bottom. Pick 20 of the ones you want!

How that for a fancy manure spreader!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[bob k. mando]

udaman!

[69GS400s]

All right, how about this? I just modified the UserCP to include "Favorite Smilies". Just go to your UserCP under "Settings and Options" and you'll find "Edit Favorite Smilies" at the bottom. Pick 20 of the ones you want!

How that for a fancy manure spreader!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Thanks Mike ... but Im still curious as to how the generic smiley option picked what smileys appear on the main page as well as in the pop-up ... and what controls the ordering of the ones on the main page

... curious geekster here

[Marco]

Thanks Mike ... but Im still curious as to how the generic smiley option picked what smileys appear on the main page as well as in the pop-up ... and what controls the ordering of the ones on the main page

... curious geekster here

Troublemaker! :Dou:

:pp

[68 Skylark cust]

Mike if you do want to use some of them they are "freeware" . No copyright on the smillies . If you do not want to take the time (or lose your time ...lol) just delete this post , no prob . It's only a sugestion .

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/7526/033102beer1prvhs3.gif

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/6904/birthdayhw8.gif

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1596/blblff8.gif
Not sure if this one will pass the test ! lol !
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9820/canadianlw5.gif

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/8738/dollargq9.gif

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/8858/goodpostfe4.gif

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/2371/iconprayix2.gif

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7734/ideale2.gif

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/4127/kodaksmiliecam3tm6.gif


If you do like them I have 6 or 7 others that could be interesting . I'll wait your response . thanks

[Mike Bucy]

The smilies were just picked out of a group from different sites. We can change them at any time. Just do like Sky Cust did. Post some smilies, I'll gather them up and put them in.

[nailheadina67]

That was a great idea Mike, :idea2: letting us choose 20 of our favorites. And the new ones you just added are very cool! You can never have enough smilies. :TU:

[68 Skylark cust]

Here's another run ! We use most of them in our Forum in Quebec (Muscle/classic/rod) .



http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1536/luckdl9.gif

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9436/nonnonsa9.gif

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9540/questioniconnh9.gif

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/650/scullvhb9.gif

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6500/whistleje2.gif


and finally these last two for the exclusive use of the moderators ! :laugh:

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4012/lockul4.gif

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7314/stopkj1.gif

[nitrousfish]

heres some more,stolen from rick crawford...Fish

[GRIMM]

The juggernaut :Brow: (side bar)

By that i would assume you have seen that high-larious movie. :bglasses: (more tab) :laugh: (more tab)

I think ill look around for some smileys, i want to contribute.

All i found was a bunch of downloads :blast: (side bar)

:TU: (side bar)