Commendations + Pony

November 7, 2007 7:07 PM

First of all, thank you to #1, pb, et al. for all of the new toys, it's not even Christmas! I'm wondering now, if it's worth the effort (or possible) to include the "Bold", "Italics" and "links" buttons to MeFiMail and much more importantly, to AskMe.

I know the little trick about using a comment box in the blue + copy 'n paste, but I think that, unless it's a little quirk that everyone loves, it would be really useful.

posted by snsranch to Feature Requests at 7:07 PM (25 comments total)

1. There is no HTML in MeFi Mail (it says anything will be stripped right at the top of the new message window)

2. We'll add it to Ask MeFi posting pages and MetaTalk posting pages as well.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 7:11 PM on November 7, 2007

Can this be added for Safari 3, now that we're out of beta mode?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 7:25 PM on November 7, 2007

Or, you know, just frickin type <a href=x>
posted by Rhomboid at 8:02 PM on November 7, 2007

Why would I want to visit x?
posted by blue_beetle at 8:17 PM on November 7, 2007 [2 favorites]

et al?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:33 PM on November 7, 2007

et al? Everyone else who pushed, pulled or asked very politely for the various "upgrades" that have been happening.

I'm not so much erudite as luddite, and so don't even belong here at all. But that's what makes it fun!

Thanks Matt!!!
posted by snsranch at 8:48 PM on November 7, 2007

What about preview? Can we get that too? Not being able to edit makes me falafel.
posted by miss lynnster at 9:03 PM on November 7, 2007

We also need a "translocate comment" button.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:23 PM on November 7, 2007

You better be adding G/L/B locate buttons at the same time then pal!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:30 PM on November 7, 2007 [2 favorites]

One thing that's still missing is the ability to Mefi-mail several hundred users at once. I have a work-at-home moneymaking opportunity that I think everyone would be interested in, you see.
posted by killdevil at 9:30 PM on November 7, 2007

Et al, Bluto?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:50 PM on November 7, 2007

One thing that's still missing is the ability to Mefi-mail several hundred users at once

killdevil = wendell?
posted by dersins at 10:15 PM on November 7, 2007

What about preview? Can we get that too?

In MeFi Mail? or MetaTalk posts? If you're talking about mail, Gmail, Flickr, and a bunch of other online messaging apps seem to work fine and don't offer a preview. I tend to look over what I've written before I push send and that seems to work fine.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:19 PM on November 7, 2007

I et al -- i.e.! I felafal!
posted by fleacircus at 12:20 AM on November 8, 2007

What about preview? Can we get that too?

In MeFi Mail? or MetaTalk posts?

If I catch her gist, I think miss lynnster refers to the infamous hack known as The Page That You Must Get Through to Preview a Comment on MetaFilter. I feel like a harpy jumping in on this point, but the Comment Preview page desperately needs to be brought up to speed with the rest of the site. The ponderous double-checkers and On-Previewers of the site would very much appreciate it.
posted by carsonb at 6:47 AM on November 8, 2007

I just want a wider comment box.
posted by blue_beetle at 7:03 AM on November 8, 2007

Yep, the comment box needs to be set somewhere between 60 and 80 percent of page width.
posted by Chuckles at 7:14 AM on November 8, 2007

blue_beetle (again) and Chuckles, if you search back through MeTa a few months—I think it's in a WCityMike MeTa thread—you might find the recipe I use at home (sadly not currently accessible for me) to widen the comment box. It's an end-user thing, through Greasemonkey I believe, but aside from that it's pretty great. I had to tweak the script that was built/linked to previously, but it's a good place to start. As soon as I get the home connection up and running I can link to or post the code I use.
posted by carsonb at 7:26 AM on November 8, 2007

I would also like to thank #1, pb, et al for all the improvements around here. Sometimes I wonder why mathowie, pb, or et al put up with the headaches.

However, matt, pb and et al make it look easy. So in summary, thanks, #1, thanks pb, and etc. etc. et al.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 7:44 AM on November 8, 2007

"I just want a wider comment box."

It's resizable. The default size is a pretty lame choice, sure, but if you want WIDER! NOW! you can just resize the thing.
posted by majick at 7:44 AM on November 8, 2007

It ain't no thang.
posted by et al at 7:59 AM on November 8, 2007

Can I call you al?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 8:08 AM on November 8, 2007

It's resizable.

Not for everyone. I think Safari 3 makes it resizable, but not other browsers. Matt tried to implement a resizable box, but it caused problems for some, so he took it out.

But being able to do this absolutely rocks in Safari.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:10 AM on November 8, 2007

Funny, I just got a spam with this subject line: "My new girlfriend says I'm not big enough for her wider comment box."
posted by found missing at 9:04 AM on November 8, 2007

2. We'll add it to Ask MeFi posting pages and MetaTalk posting pages as well.

I was under the impression that the b/i buttons were missing from the new AskMe post page for a reason.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 10:38 AM on November 8, 2007