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D2 Updates, Text Message Notifcation

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-play-with dept.

A few quick notes on some recent code updates. The smaller function is that we've added text messaging stuff for phones. If you visit the messages page (you must be logged in) you can define your cell phone's email address, and get notifications sent to it. The more interesting update is for Discussion2 users (turn it on on any article page). There is an option now to restrict page sizes and you will retrieve comments by score. This means you can configure your Slashdot to return smaller, more bandwidth friendly pages that you can expand without loading fresh pages. Anyone still running D1 is a sucker.

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  1. "Sucker!" by Nova+Express · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Anyone still running D1 is a sucker.

    Ah yes, insulting your readership. I see that Slashdot's grasp of the finer points of customer relations remains as firm as ever...

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    1. Re:"Sucker!" by fm6 · · Score: 1, Insightful

      It only took a few minutes for you to lose 3 point (counting your karma bonus) to moderators misusing the flamebait and troll mods. You were expecting courtesy on Slashdot?

    2. Re:"Sucker!" by zerocool^ · · Score: 2, Insightful


      Yeah, I agree with you. I have my display set to show comments +3 and above; because with karma bonuses and bad moderation, comments 2 and below are often a waste of breath. I want to read *all* the comments that have actually been moderated at least once upwards.

      Can't do that with the new system. You can say "highest ranked comments get priority showing up on my screen", but that's not what I want. if a story has 40 +5 comments, I don't want to set it to only show me +5's inadvertently by switching to the new system's threshold. I want to see the +3's too.

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  2. sucker? by IPFreely · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone still running D1 is a sucker.
    or is stuck running IE. (Remember us, that lonely lost majority of the internet?)
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  3. Things I don't like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Things I don't like:
    - the floating widget floats over other things. I want to put it in the left margin and it must not float up above the menu, but stay below the Services entries.
    - there still is no way to "close" a thread or to easily skip to the next top-level thread. when someone (usually an early poster) posts some flamebait comment it is very difficult to find the next top-level comment. There should be a [+] entry in the title bar of each comment where one can close all replies to that comment.

  4. Interesting assertion by Control+Group · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone still running D1 is a sucker

    Sure am. Only a sucker would give in to the man, and not replace IE with Firefox on his company laptop. What a sucker.

    I haven't complained about D2's not working in IE, because I recognize that it's IE's fault. I also recognize that IE will never change as long as everyone panders to its broken-ness, so I can even respect Slashdot's decision to not do so. I'll even continue to subscribe, despite not being able to use the New Shiny most of the time, because I think Slashdot's worth supporting.

    But some of us aren't in a position where it's feasible to change our client, and cheap shots at our expense aren't particularly appreciated. If you don't want to put in the time and effort to make D2 work in IE because you don't want to perpetuate the use of broken standards on the client, that's great. But I'd really appreciate not being mocked in the process.

    Thanks.
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  5. D2?! by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Uhhhggh!! This thing is horrible! What's with the emboldened headings? Comment previews gobbling up space. Re:? The entire page juddering about with every click.

    No thanks. Call me a luddite, but I like my pages nice and static if you please. If I need to read a subcomment, I open it in a new tab.

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    1. Re:D2?! by porkThreeWays · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I think D2 has really encouraged reading of subcomments. When I'm not logged in and defaulted to D1 I almost never read deep into a discussion because it's a pain and I lose my spot. I suspect mods on D1 do the same. So comments that make it to +3 will probably make it to +5 and those not visible will be stuck. D2 has reeeeeally helped the moderation system and I find comments more appropriately rated in general.

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  6. D2 is great by rufo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's not perfect (as evidenced by much of the biatching around here), but at least for the way I like to read /., it's a huge improvement over the old system.

    Just wanted to be the odd person who actually comments when they like something, instead of only posting when it's broken.

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