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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bobboau on August 02, 2004, 01:51:52 am

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Bobboau on August 02, 2004, 01:51:52 am

other than makeing people inadvertently erase a mesage that they were just about to post without any ability to get it back!
I just spent five-ten minutes writeing up a reply to some technical thingy involveing vertex buffers and the handeling of them in diferent APIs, and I went to hit the add reply button but I accedently hit the stupid reset form button, and thereby erased my mesage rather than added it to the topic. this isn't the first time this has happened, and I am left with only one question,
WHY THE HELL IS IT THERE!?
can we get rid of it, the convenience of clearing out the box with one click, (when you could just as easily highlight everything and retype(this haveing the advantage of being able to go ctrl-z and get your mesage back if you change your mind), or just not hit the reply button), is far outweighed by the inconvenience of accedentaly clearing out the box with one click and not being able to get what you were seconds away from posting back.

:hopping: :mad: :sigh:

(I'm talking about the thing in the quick reply box thingy)

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Stealth on August 02, 2004, 02:02:15 am

usually when i post i hit TAB then ENTER automatically.  occasionally i've hit tab twice by mistake... thereby erasing my message.

i don't mind it though *shrugs*.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Fineus on August 02, 2004, 02:11:38 am

I suppose a "are you sure you want to erase this form.. ..yes/no" check box would be a good idea - then the function is there for those that want it - and can be undone by those that don't.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: WMCoolmon on August 02, 2004, 02:17:21 am

Uhm, wouldn't that take longer than clearing the message anyway? It's not in the normal posting screen anyway (Probably never has been) and no one's complained.

Seems like changing the button to preview the message would be more useful.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Bobboau on August 02, 2004, 02:17:40 am

yeah, that would be good,
but I still don't see what the purpose behind it is

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Rictor on August 02, 2004, 02:28:42 am

yeah, I've done that a few times. Just, instead of having it erase the message, have the button point to Playboy or something. That way, when you hit the wrong button, you get a nice surprise instead of  nasty one.

;) ;)

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Bobboau on August 02, 2004, 02:36:24 am

I for once whole heartedly agree with my comunist frend here
:D:d
(joke, ricky;))

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Setekh on August 02, 2004, 03:09:30 am

I can't think for what reason it would have been put there, either. For people too lazy to hit Ctrl-A-Delete?

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Bobboau on August 02, 2004, 03:14:22 am

you know a usefull button to put there would be a button that transfers your post to the full post screen (with the big smileie box and all the other stuff that you might forget) just make sure it transfers what ever you have so far

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Setekh on August 02, 2004, 03:18:06 am

That's pretty good thinking. I wonder if it would take much effort for the coding fellows. :)

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Lonestar on August 02, 2004, 12:22:36 pm

alt-s also submits replies. Who still points and clicks?To change the reset button is not big thing, can be removed are changed to something else.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Rictor on August 02, 2004, 12:31:27 pm

...I just did it again. But no biggie, it was only a short post.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Stealth on August 02, 2004, 12:44:22 pm

like i said.

1) type message
2) tab
3) enter...

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Bobboau on August 08, 2004, 02:08:29 am

problem.status == still_not_resolved

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Fineus on August 08, 2004, 03:28:05 am

We do all have other lives outside of HLP you know. Be patient and try to look before pushing buttons.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Janos on August 08, 2004, 04:28:09 am

Quote

Originally posted by Kalfireth
We do all have other lives outside of HLP you know. Be patient and try to look before pushing buttons.

We do?

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Fineus on August 08, 2004, 04:36:31 am

The staff do :)

At least there's 3 or 4 threads in the staff forum of the "I'm going away, I may be back in a week or two" nature... some even longer than that.

And yep - I'm going as well. Tenerife at 3:00am on Tuesday morning. Numbers are going to drop significantly over the next month... everyones busy :nod:

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Janos on August 08, 2004, 04:44:06 am

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Originally posted by Kalfireth

And yep - I'm going as well. Tenerife at 3:00am on Tuesday morning. Numbers are going to drop significantly over the next month... everyones busy :nod:

Tenerife?
What the hell are you doing on Tenerife? That place is a total tourist hell. Carnage. Havoc. Never, ever go to Canaries, unless you enjoy the sight of geriatric convoys heading for YOUR favourite beach, where the little kids are peeing on the water/on you and the stench of slowly burning skin and flesh fills the air. Vultures soar above this infernal sight. Gravediggers are waiting for the evening to bury those who have fallen in this fierce combat for water and place to lay oneself which is not laced with broken glass and bad detective story book's pages.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Fineus on August 08, 2004, 04:58:01 am

I'm going to go and get drunk out of my mind, thankyou very much.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Cyker on August 08, 2004, 06:06:21 am

I think the Reset Form is a throwback to the Good Old Days (ugh) when the web was young and people just discovered Form Entry!

And thus yon Form designers did readeth yon Ancient Scrolls of Form Designing and sayeth:
"Forsooth! There be a function to Clear The Form! Niftyeth! Let us slapeth that in Brother Yoric!"
"Righty-o Brother Bob."

And thus yon Curse'd Button Of Form Resetting did propogate through the ages to infest almost all web-based forms! And stuff. Eth.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Setekh on August 08, 2004, 06:39:51 am

Thanks for the explanation, Cyker. ;) And yeah, most of the admins are all in various places not here. I'll be the only one around for a couple of days. :nervous:

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Flipside on August 08, 2004, 06:46:24 am

LOL That explanation reminds me of the April Fools prank this year ;)

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: aldo_14 on August 08, 2004, 06:47:48 am

Quote

Originally posted by Janos


Tenerife?
What the hell are you doing on Tenerife? That place is a total tourist hell. Carnage. Havoc. Never, ever go to Canaries, unless you enjoy the sight of geriatric convoys heading for YOUR favourite beach, where the little kids are peeing on the water/on you and the stench of slowly burning skin and flesh fills the air. Vultures soar above this infernal sight. Gravediggers are waiting for the evening to bury those who have fallen in this fierce combat for water and place to lay oneself which is not laced with broken glass and bad detective story book's pages.

Beats the hell out of Haghill on a Saturday afternoon, then.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Hippo on August 08, 2004, 07:03:29 am

heh... run a keylogger in the background all the time... a; it will have anything you type (needing a little editing) andb; grab the passwords of anyone using your somputer :p ...

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Cyker on August 08, 2004, 07:19:55 am

ROFL! Hippo, that idea is both ludicrously stupid yet brilliantly elegant :)

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Singh on August 08, 2004, 07:35:33 am

Quote

Originally posted by Setekh
Thanks for the explanation, Cyker. ;) And yeah, most of the admins are all in various places not here. I'll be the only one around for a couple of days. :nervous:

quickly! revolt! Spam! Overwelhm him and take over the forums!! Arrr!! call in the pirates!! Yaaar!! Use bad spelling to confuse and deter! mwhahahahahahahahaha!

:drevil:

*looks around
Errr.....you didn't hear it from me. :nervous:

*runs :shaking:

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Fineus on August 08, 2004, 07:45:24 am

Go ahead - but remember - we're coming back :drevil:

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Gloriano on August 08, 2004, 08:48:28 am

Quote

Originally posted by Setekh
And yeah, most of the admins are all in various places not here. I'll be the only one around for a couple of days. :nervous:

Well it's good that AWACS is still around here when other admins are somewhere:p ;)

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Janos on August 08, 2004, 09:48:09 am

I CAN BE THE NEW ADMIN

TRUST ME

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Taristin on August 08, 2004, 10:47:51 am

I'd trust you as much as I trust Dragonclaw if he were an admin. :p

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Bobboau on August 09, 2004, 04:51:41 am

I just wanted to make sure this hasn't been forgoten.

Title: the 'reset form' button, does it serve any purpose?
Post by: Fineus on August 09, 2004, 05:19:52 am

It won't be - but more or less everyone is busy right now. It's not exactly top of the list :)