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_refugee_  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Three Common Complaints from New Users

Oh, I thought three common complaints from new users would be 1. kleinbl00 2. me 3. who wants to volunteer?

Frankly, although I can understand why this feature is currently excluded, I'd like to have a "posted when" visible from the main page for each post. However I think we've abstained from that because we encourage reanimation of thread corpses and the date tag could potentially encourage people not to comment (oh,this is old, why bother, no one will see what i have to say).





thenewgreen  ·  3822 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    posted when
I don't use it, but i am pretty sure you can still toggle on "post times" in your settings. Does that help?
_refugee_  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll look into it when I'm not on mobile.

For the record the problem I have with the new mobile is that on the iPhone it's impossible to get to the bottom menu bar without selecting the top menu(URL) bar. This seems to be an iPhone/iPad problem. The consequence of this is that it's not easy for me to navigate using back/forward buttons and/or open up a new "tab" (page); I can't do so without first basically telling my browser I want to type in a new web address, which I don't. No one else has complained about this though so I wouldn't worry too much.

mk  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This has been annoying me too. insomniasexx have you noticed this?

insomniasexx  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ohhhhh I know why too.

remove "minimal-ui" from

    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=yes, minimal-ui">
I just copied and pasted the meta tag from my site where you can't go back and forth so it gives users more screen space.

Also, FWIW, _refugee_ it's a Safari only thing (for now)

mk  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks. Will do!

I'm so glad you said something _refugee_. Like listening to improvisational jazz in traffic, it was unconsciously driving me nuts.

_refugee_  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm glad it wasn't just me!

_refugee_  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Safari makes sense - apple products after all.

kleinbl00  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Speak for yourself. I don't truly grate people until day 2 or 3, unless they've come here specifically to be grated on by me.

_refugee_  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"New user" does not mean "first day user," eh?

kleinbl00  ·  3821 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A fair point. I guess I was observing that the layout hits you immediately, while the acrid burn of my cranky-ass wit is more of an unpleasant aftertaste.