ngreenwood6 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I think that this would be a good addition to the forums. When you make a post it notifies you that someone has already replied do you still want to submit. I tend to find myself answering the same post that someone posted to just a few seconds/minutes before I had. It would be nice if there was a way to tell that someone is replying to a thread. Maybe something like if you want to reply to it to check a box and then when someone else goes into the thread or clicks the reply button that it tells them someone is already replying so that they do not waste their time replying until they see if the other person answered the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 This setting is already available. Go to your profile->Look & Layout, there is an option 'Don't warn on new replies made while posting.'. If this is not ticked you will recieve warnings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 That setting is turned on by default. You must have turned it off yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngreenwood6 Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Wow i dont think either of you actually read the post. I want a checkbox when I want to reply to a message to let other users know that I am replying so that they do not waste their time replying until they see my post to see whether they should still reply or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yeah, reading further into it, I see what your getting at. Maybe you can make this suggestion to simplemachines, but we won't be implimenting it ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I find that feature somewhat useless. How is the forum going to know if you're still writing or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I find that feature somewhat useless. How is the forum going to know if you're still writing or not? Ive seen it done with Ajax but yeah, its going to slow the board down somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngreenwood6 Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Thats why I said if you want to reply you check a box that says you are going to reply. obviously if you dont post something within a certain amount of time it would take that out as if you weren't posting anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 As I said however. This is a suggestion for simplemachines. We don't mod the board ourselves for obvious reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngreenwood6 Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 It could be done in php and possibly know when you click the reply button(page refresh), yeah it may slow the board down in the fact it is another process but it also may speed it up so that 4 people dont reply with the same answer since they know someone is already replying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngreenwood6 Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yeah i kinda get that from the administrators. I was just seeing if anyone had an opinion on whether they thought this would be a good idea or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Eh just post anyway. Its not that big of a deal, otherwise just turn off the warning so you don't no someone else posted while you were posting. Lol, in fact when I wrote this there were 3 new replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Pretty pointless imo. If it's that long a reply, chances are no-one else is going to bother. If it's not, then what's the big deal. In any case you can always take a look at who's reading the thread anyway and make a guess if they might reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 The bad thing is, even if someone is replying, you don't really know what they are typing until they post it. So it could be something like asking a question or even providing the wrong solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Wow i dont think either of you actually read the post. I want a checkbox when I want to reply to a message to let other users know that I am replying so that they do not waste their time replying until they see my post to see whether they should still reply or not. I wouldn't call it a 'waste of time'. 1) Someone may have a different answer then you. 2) You may have the wrong answer. 3) Even if you have the same exact answer, so what, you wasted a couple minutes, tops. Sometimes I will check to see if someone else has already posted an answer. If they do then I just CnP my response (cause sometimes it doesn't show you what the other person has posted yet) and check to see what they posted, if mine is the same as theirs I will disregard mine, if mine is different I will post. I don't really think it's that big of a deal, it's not like we're working on enterprise projects here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Can never really have too many answers to your question in my opinion. When ever I answer something and see someone else has replied first I just check what they put, i think the varied solutions can be helpful to someone learning. Only once have I seen it turn into some kind of 'reply war' where I think the original author of the topic just got confused... A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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