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Pixelation 2.0
eishiya:
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--- Quote from: 0xDB ---A feature to create a PDF from a thread (with all images embedded) would be nice to have as well to save local backups of threads for offline reading
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Interesting idea. Is offline reading something you do a lot?
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Not at the moment but I like the feeling of safety that comes with having local backups of stuff for times without internet access. The feature to create a PDF might not be necessary though as long as there will be a way to display all posts in a thread simultaneously without having to advance through pages(of n posts per page) or through some automatic load-more-posts-as-you-scroll mechanism. In that case a browsers builtin SavePage mechanism could be used to save a thread.
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I think a minimal "reader view" or "print-friendly" view would be a good and more multi-purpose solution to this. This would be good for people on older mobile devices, people who just prefer to read with minimal clutter, and for saving as a PDF via the browser. The bulk of the work would be creating an alternate stylesheet for this, and providing a way to switch (not all browsers provide that ability, and most users don't even know how to do it in the browser).
MysteryMeat:
As I said in the other thread, I very much don't like that first draft in the op. As long as it's not Twitter-lookin' I'll be fine, but please don't do that.
One thing you might consider in addition to the jobs and critique boards are informational reserves, or a wiki for commonly (and uncommonly) used terminology. For example, I used to think dithering was the same as aliasing.
Zizka:
I think it'd be great to have some reward for people who give criticism, some kind of recognition which should be a bit more visible so to speak.
Could there be a way to archive as a glossary? For example, walking animations. Have an index where you get informative posts about walking animations. The search function can work, sure. This being said, some posts are more informative than others.
eishiya:
@Zizka: The tags would serve as a glossary. For some posts being "more informative", the karma/kudo/thanks system should have that covered, I guess it should be possible to sort search results by their karma.
I think sorting by karma should only be available for (tag?) searches though, not for general browsing, so that the forums don't become a popularity contest the way most other sites are.
Vinik:
Ah, this is awesome and spot on regarding every concern mentioned here :y:
I suppose you got that "catalog" art grid thing on the third viewing option from the imageboard experience, that was exactly what I would suggest to steal if there was only one feature to take from imageboards. I am thinking that the catalog view tab could benefit from showing the thread title and details by mouse hovering, keeping it as clean as possible as a gallery when not hovering. Great stuff.
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