Time stamp again - Page 2

glatt · 07-31-2006, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

This may be a "grass is greener" situation, but I've changed the timestamp back.

Thank you!

Ibby · 07-31-2006, 04:07 PM

I assume it isnt, but I figure I'll ask... is it possible to make it so users can set which they prefer in their settings? Cause I personally can't stand these timestamps. I liked the ago better because if i havent checked the cellar in, say, two hours, i can scroll down till i see numbers less than 2 hours.

I'm totally with Flint on this one.

Undertoad · 07-31-2006, 04:11 PM

Nope, this is a site-wide setting.

Flint · 07-31-2006, 04:16 PM

Again, the numbers don't lie, people obviously prefer the timestamp. But, I can't imagine why. To me, it is incredibly inconvenient and it doesn't add anything. It makes the site harder to navigate, less enjoyable.

BigV · 07-31-2006, 04:20 PM

Hip hip Hooray! Timestamps are back!!

Long live the Timestamps!!

Flint · 07-31-2006, 04:21 PM

Curious: what do they do "better" ???

BigV · 07-31-2006, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibram

I assume it isnt, but I figure I'll ask... is it possible to make it so users can set which they prefer in their settings? Cause I personally can't stand these timestamps. I liked the ago better because if i havent checked the cellar in, say, two hours, i can scroll down till i see numbers less than 2 hours.

I'm totally with Flint on this one.

buy a watch. : poke :

Thanks for the timestamps, UT!!!

Flint · 07-31-2006, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Thanks for the timestamps, UT!!!

:::raises hand::: Why? "Thanks" why?

wolf · 07-31-2006, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

Obviously the masses have spoken, but I personally find it suddenly impossible to navigate the site. Now I'll need to take notes and keep a calculator handy in order to simply determine if a thread has moved or not.

That's what the "new posts" button is for.

Flint · 07-31-2006, 06:37 PM

:::stamps feet::: but I don't wanna use the "new posts" button!

But seriously, what exactly do the timestamps "do" other than make the home page of the site harder to read? Is it that you want to compare posts versus known dates when newspapers were published? Do they, in some way, add substantive data to the post that the reader utilizes in order to . . . in order to do what? I don't get it.

I mean, I'm sorry, but this isn't the only website I frequent. I want your home page to make the status of things clear to me, without "investigation."

wolf · 07-31-2006, 06:59 PM

It is only "investigation" if you are not oriented to time.

You want things your way? Go back to AG.

Flint · 07-31-2006, 07:01 PM

Good one.

Griff · 07-31-2006, 07:03 PM

"Is this the right room for an argument?"

Flint · 07-31-2006, 07:03 PM

:::ahem::: Substantive discussion...anybody?

jinx · 07-31-2006, 07:09 PM

Woohoo!
I'd like to thank the acade... I mean UT.

View Poll Results: Which time stamp do you prefer?
Time and date	28	71.79%
Ago	8	20.51%
Don't care	3	7.69%
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

07-31-2006, 04:07 PM	#17
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I assume it isnt, but I figure I'll ask... is it possible to make it so users can set which they prefer in their settings? Cause I personally can't stand these timestamps. I liked the ago better because if i havent checked the cellar in, say, two hours, i can scroll down till i see numbers less than 2 hours. I'm totally with Flint on this one. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

07-31-2006, 04:16 PM	#19
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Again, the numbers don't lie, people obviously prefer the timestamp. But, I can't imagine why. To me, it is incredibly inconvenient and it doesn't add anything. It makes the site harder to navigate, less enjoyable. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-31-2006, 04:20 PM	#20
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Hip hip Hooray! Timestamps are back!! Long live the Timestamps!! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-31-2006, 04:21 PM	#21
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Curious: what do they do "better" ??? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-31-2006, 04:11 PM	#18
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Nope, this is a site-wide setting.

07-31-2006, 06:37 PM	#25
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	:::stamps feet::: but I don't wanna use the "new posts" button! But seriously, what exactly do the timestamps "do" other than make the home page of the site harder to read? Is it that you want to compare posts versus known dates when newspapers were published? Do they, in some way, add substantive data to the post that the reader utilizes in order to . . . in order to do what? I don't get it. I mean, I'm sorry, but this isn't the only website I frequent. I want your home page to make the status of things clear to me, without "investigation." __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-31-2006, 06:59 PM	#26
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It is only "investigation" if you are not oriented to time. You want things your way? Go back to AG. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-31-2006, 07:01 PM	#27
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Good one. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-31-2006, 07:03 PM	#28
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	"Is this the right room for an argument?" __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-31-2006, 07:09 PM	#30
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Woohoo! I'd like to thank the acade... I mean UT. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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