Fancy dhtml link titles purely optional

February 17, 2003 1:29 PM

I changed the fancy dhtml link titles to be purely optional. By default, they won't be seen on the site, and you have to say "yes" to them on the customize page to enable them.
posted by mathowie (staff) to Feature Requests at 1:29 PM (26 comments total)

Thank you. Times a thousand. A lot of people liked this, and a lot of people didn't.. making it optional makes everyone happy.
posted by Hildago at 1:34 PM on February 17, 2003

I have preferred my changes: I like!
posted by dash_slot- at 1:34 PM on February 17, 2003

I don't know what fancy dhtml link titles are, but if I changed my settings on the customize page, would I find out?
posted by ginz at 1:36 PM on February 17, 2003

is this another preference stored in a cookie, meaning the site will appear broken until one logs out, deletes cookies, and relogs in?
posted by quonsar at 1:47 PM on February 17, 2003

Thanks for making this optional, Matt. The effect had gone from mildly amusing to intrusive in a matter of hours, and I for one am grateful it's gone.
posted by JollyWanker at 1:52 PM on February 17, 2003

Thank you.
posted by riffola at 1:53 PM on February 17, 2003

I just found out.
posted by ginz at 1:54 PM on February 17, 2003

I was also having a problem last night with them in the side bar. They seem to pop up on the far left side of the screen instead of under my mouse cursor when I rollover the links in the side bar. (IE6, XPPro) Very strange.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:01 PM on February 17, 2003

I like. I keep.
posted by dg at 3:07 PM on February 17, 2003

Okay, I marked my preference. While doing so, I noticed the option of small text. I know some of you know how to do this but I don't. Am I showing my total ignorance of html or is there some other arcane secret I'm not privy to?
(and do I have to know the secret handshake to find out?)
posted by konolia at 3:19 PM on February 17, 2003

Excellent. Can you please make the link title optional, too? They're nearly as annoying at the dhtml title.
posted by dack at 3:21 PM on February 17, 2003

Thank you.
posted by Mars Saxman at 3:39 PM on February 17, 2003

thank you.
posted by jessamyn at 3:57 PM on February 17, 2003

Dammit, I hate choice and flexibility. Curse you, mathowie.

(I'm keeping them on too, although they aren't showing up on the public access, IE 6.0 computer I'm using).
posted by gsteff at 4:22 PM on February 17, 2003

I think this means we may need to start a suicide watch for y2karl.
posted by crunchland at 6:23 PM on February 17, 2003

Can you make the Iraq posts optional?
posted by jonson at 6:48 PM on February 17, 2003

konolia, it took me a second to figure out what you were asking. If you want your text to be smaller than the rest of your text, surround the words that you wish to be smaller with the <small> </small> tag.
posted by ashbury at 6:50 PM on February 17, 2003

much appreciated.
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 7:18 PM on February 17, 2003

Oh goodie - it appears you also resolved the persistence issue since the tags seem to go away of their own accord and no longer require a refresh. Thanks Matt! Now if only I could give you the power to eradicate some other perstistent annoyances in my life!

And speaking of tenacity, I am having a damned hard time eradicating the mental image of a plump little winged cherub with your head on it flying around the site. Dispelling that image must require heavy drug use.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:22 PM on February 17, 2003

Is anybody else having trouble with the 'bold', and 'italics' buttons putting italics onto the page and not in the comment box, or simply not working at all?
posted by hama7 at 8:20 PM on February 17, 2003

Yes.
posted by inpHilltr8r at 8:23 PM on February 17, 2003

Bugs related to the bold, italized and link buttons found at the bottom of the comments box (for most browsers) should be reported in it's original thread, which also has it's own mention on the front page sidebar.
posted by yonderboy at 1:39 AM on February 18, 2003

I think this means we may need to start a suicide watch for y2karl.

Not true--I prefer the old tags and not taking heat for the locking.
posted by y2karl at 9:48 AM on February 18, 2003

Thank you Ashbury.

One of these days I promise to go to Webmonkey and leave the rest of you alone.
posted by konolia at 10:05 AM on February 18, 2003

Running Safari, don't see anything different — can we get one description of the effect when it works? Thanks.
posted by nicwolff at 10:09 AM on February 18, 2003

Nicwolff, they worked for me in Safari b61 just before Matt set up the preference option to hide them...
posted by JollyWanker at 10:54 AM on February 18, 2003