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  • 02-11-2004 11:02pm
    #1
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    I was just thinkin, It'd be a good idea. What you think?

    Boards ToolBar?!?!? 14 votes

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    #2
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    But what does it do?


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    #3
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    Like your pm's / recent posts / user cp / reputation points etc..


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    #4
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Meh, what's the point?


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    #5
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    to keep up to date on your posts and others


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    #6
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Well, there was a RSS feed or something like that that you could see the last few posts but individually showing each users details constantly updating would probably increase the bandwidth usage quite a lot.


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    #7
    fragile
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭fragile


    What, like an IE toolbar :confused:

    A Mozilla sidebar, now there's an idea ;)


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    #8
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    thats what i meant an IE Toolbar!!


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    #9
    Redshift
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,486 ✭✭✭Redshift


    Nice Idea but it would probably murder the mysql server with all those extra queries.


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    #10
    Woden
    Registered Users Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭Woden


    there is a boards ticker knocking about some where that can run in your toolbar with stuff on latest threads, or i think you can set it to latest threads which you are subscribed to and such

    edit - try here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=39220


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    #11
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    do you think it would be a good idea if it was to be released as a beta. very simple. I think it would really take off!


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    #12
    fragile
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭fragile


    Y o u s s e f wrote:
    thats what i meant an IE Toolbar!!

    I am just responding so that my sig can counteract the effects of your post
    :D


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    #13
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    Well, i think that this would be very successful!


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    #14
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Hate to point out but you seem to be alone there.

    A toolbar would be pretty pointless, really. What would it have besides a "PM" notifier and a boards.ie search button? I love boards and all... but it's no google (yet :D)

    flogen


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    #15
    snappieT
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    It could also show the latest post that you responded to that has had another response.

    Great Ideo


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    #16
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    Ok,

    I have an idea, i'll sketch up what i mean. just as an example. Valid point flogen!


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    #17
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    BoardsToolbar.JPG


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    #18
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    Do you like it? As its only an example its open to suggestions!:)


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    #19
    Rabies
    Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Y o u s s e f wrote:
    Do you like it? As its only an example its open to suggestions!:)
    No not really. Whenever I'm online I always have Boards open. Prob not alone in this. Don't think there is a need for it.


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    #20
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    TBH Youssef, I applaud and empathise with your enthusiasm, but all of these things can be solved by creating a new toolbar in your browser, and filling it with links to the relevant pages, like I do.

    The top of each page tells you your PM status, so I don't think that's so important.


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    #21
    smoke.me.a.kipper
    Registered Users Posts: 7,626 ✭✭✭smoke.me.a.kipper


    i always have a boards.ie window open when im online. might be handy for the odd occasion that im not on boards, or even if you were to add a login/logout field to it?


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    #22
    woosaysdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,093 ✭✭✭woosaysdan


    good idea but imo not needed i always just log in if i need to find out something


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    #23
    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    I would like to thank Y o u s s e f for volunteering to sacrifice his spare time to develop the Boards toolbar. We all look forward to seeing the beta.


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    #24
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Yeah thanks Youssef! Can you make a Firefox one too while you are at it?


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    #25
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    probably be better off making a firefox one instead of an IE one.

    the majority of people seem to use FF here. (me included)


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    #26
    yossarin
    Registered Users Posts: 932 ✭✭✭yossarin


    Hobbes allready made a nice firefox search thingie


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    #27
    fragile
    Registered Users Posts: 834 ✭✭✭fragile


    Y o u s s e f wrote:
    Do you like it? As its only an example its open to suggestions!:)

    If you are so confident that it would be successful why don't you just make one, and then ask what people think of it. If you have access to Visual Studio 6 or VS .NET then it shouldn't be too difficult, see here for an introduction to coding an IE toolbar.

    Unless of course you are looking for somebody else to code it for you ;)


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    #28
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    Hey Guys & Gals,

    Hey I think Fragile should give it a shot? :rolleyes:
    I just thought that this would be a handy tool for mods and users! It could have more features as well! Any suggestions on what it could include!?

    Thanks For all the feedback! :D;)


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    #29
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    fragile wrote:
    What, like an IE toolbar :confused:

    A Mozilla sidebar, now there's an idea ;)

    I like the idea
    I'm for the sidebar idea

    It could give links to CP, recent posts or subscribed boards
    would be very handy and certainly easier make then a IE toolbar
    :D

    If there be enough interested I could give it a shot


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    #30
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Y o u s s e f wrote:
    I just thought that this would be a handy tool for mods and users!

    It may well be, but you've gotta sell it to us! Show us a prototype (and a pic wont cut the mustard on this one).

    Thanks yossarin for pointing out the firefox search extension, could come in useful sometime!

    flogen


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    #31
    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    Any give it a shot yet? :):D


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