The Coffee Shop

[montycrusto]

There are some members who (for whatever reason) don’t insert their images as thumbnails when posting. I don’t know if this is a deliberate decision (I think someone mentioned they like the fact that, if you don’t insert them as thumbnails, you get a view count which tells you how many times the image has been viewed; this goes away if you insert as thumbnails). Sometimes I suspect people just don’t know HOW to insert as thumbnails.

However, there are at least two advantages to inserting as thumbnails. First, your post will be MUCH prettier, as the pics won’t be smeared out over a wide area like butter over too much bread (Tolkien reference for fellow nerds)..

Secondly, if the pics are inserted as thumbnails, another member can highlight one of the thumbnails and use the “quote” option to respond to that picture; the thumbnail then comes up in their response too, so anyone reading their response knows exactly which pic they’re responding to, without having to click away from their post. In other words, using thumbnails makes it easier for people to respond, adding comments or captions if they want, and means less tedious scrolling past yards of blurry shit.

If you think having a view-counter is such a great advantage that it outweighs all of that, well fine, it’s up to you of course. But you’re wrong

 

[montycrusto]

Yeah while I’m sitting in the ranting corner, please please PLEASE credit artists by name when you upload their work.

What, you like their work enough to post it here, but you don’t respect the person who made it enough to mention their name????


If you don’t know who made the art, then shouldn’t you WANT to know? At least put “sorry I don’t know who made this artwork.. please tell me if you recognise it”?????????

Seriously please stop USING artists’ work without crediting them: you’re not helping them, you’re just being a parasite.

it’s possible I may have done it myself in the past, so feel free to throw that at me, if you can find an example. But I won’t be doing it again.. and I won’t be giving “likes” to members who continue to use art without any credit to the artist. If you like what they do enough to post it here, you OWE them at least a name-check, or a link to their site, or SOMETHING.

OK that’s my rant. Coffee please
(P.s. I know a lot of members already DO post well, with credit etc.. for example @wulf and @elephas, among others; keep up the good work)

 

[Jackie1111]

here are some members who (for whatever reason) don’t insert their images as thumbnails when posting. I don’t know if this is a deliberate decision (I think someone mentioned they like the fact that, if you don’t insert them as thumbnails, you get a view count which tells you how many times the image has been viewed; this goes away if you insert as thumbnails).

Actually the view counter works just fine when attaching images as thumbnails. At least it has for me.

 

[montycrusto]

Actually the view counter works just fine when attaching images as thumbnails. At least it has for me.

I’m usually here on iPhone, I’ll check on laptop later But assuming you’re right, that blows away the only reason I’ve ever heard for not thumbnailing

 

[Cran]

There are some members who (for whatever reason) don’t insert their images as thumbnails when posting. I don’t know if this is a deliberate decision (I think someone mentioned they like the fact that, if you don’t insert them as thumbnails, you get a view count which tells you how many times the image has been viewed; this goes away if you insert as thumbnails). Sometimes I suspect people just don’t know HOW to insert as thumbnails.

However, there are at least two advantages to inserting as thumbnails. First, your post will be MUCH prettier, as the pics won’t be smeared out over a wide area like butter over too much bread (Tolkien reference for fellow nerds)..

Secondly, if the pics are inserted as thumbnails, another member can highlight one of the thumbnails and use the “quote” option to respond to that picture; the thumbnail then comes up in their response too, so anyone reading their response knows exactly which pic they’re responding to, without having to click away from their post. In other words, using thumbnails makes it easier for people to respond, adding comments or captions if they want, and means less tedious scrolling past yards of blurry shit.

If you think having a view-counter is such a great advantage that it outweighs all of that, well fine, it’s up to you of course. But you’re wrong

How do I use the Quote option? I could never figure out how it worked.
I do see replies to posts, that directly contains the same image as a thumbnail, but I never knew how it was done

 

[montycrusto]

How do I use the Quote option? I could never figure out how it worked.
I do see replies to posts, that directly contains the same image as a thumbnail, but I never knew how it was done

If a post contains thumbnails, you just highlight the one you want to respond to, and the green “quote” button appears just below it. If you’re on a computer it’s easy with a mouse.

On iPhone it’s harder, you can’t highlight a single thumbnail without clicking on it.. but if there’s any text in the same post you can highlight that using “select”, and then move the “select goalposts” until they bracket the thumbnail you want.

For example this post


Let’s say you wanna quote the third pic. If you’re on a computer with a mouse, just block highlight the thumbnail, no problem. On iPhone you have to highlight on the text first, doesn’t matter where


then move the goalposts like this


until only that thumbnail is highlighted, then click “quote”
And hey presto
(If there’s no text you’re screwed, I don’t think it can be done in iPhone!)

 

[montycrusto]

Yes! It worked. Phew.

 

[Migoz2]

If a post contains thumbnails, you just highlight the one you want to respond to, and the green “quote” button appears just below it. If you’re on a computer it’s easy with a mouse.

On iPhone it’s harder, you can’t highlight a single thumbnail without clicking on it.. but if there’s any text in the same post you can highlight that using “select”, and then move the “select goalposts” until they bracket the thumbnail you want.

For example this post

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Let’s say you wanna quote the third pic. If you’re on a computer with a mouse, just block highlight the thumbnail, no problem. On iPhone you have to highlight on the text first, doesn’t matter where

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then move the goalposts like this

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until only that thumbnail is highlighted, then click “quote”
And hey presto
(If there’s no text you’re screwed, I don’t think it can be done in iPhone!)

Thank you for reminding me never to switch to an iPhone.

 

[Cran]

If a post contains thumbnails, you just highlight the one you want to respond to, and the green “quote” button appears just below it. If you’re on a computer it’s easy with a mouse.

On iPhone it’s harder, you can’t highlight a single thumbnail without clicking on it.. but if there’s any text in the same post you can highlight that using “select”, and then move the “select goalposts” until they bracket the thumbnail you want.

For example this post

View attachment 1050569
Let’s say you wanna quote the third pic. If you’re on a computer with a mouse, just block highlight the thumbnail, no problem. On iPhone you have to highlight on the text first, doesn’t matter where

View attachment 1050570
then move the goalposts like this

View attachment 1050571View attachment 1050572
until only that thumbnail is highlighted, then click “quote”
And hey presto
(If there’s no text you’re screwed, I don’t think it can be done in iPhone!)

It says "Message added to multi-quote", and the quote option at the bottom of your post changes from a plus symbol, to a minus symbol, but I don't know how to add it into my post.

 

[Barbaria1]

There are some members who (for whatever reason) don’t insert their images as thumbnails when posting. I don’t know if this is a deliberate decision (I think someone mentioned they like the fact that, if you don’t insert them as thumbnails, you get a view count which tells you how many times the image has been viewed; this goes away if you insert as thumbnails). Sometimes I suspect people just don’t know HOW to insert as thumbnails.

However, there are at least two advantages to inserting as thumbnails. First, your post will be MUCH prettier, as the pics won’t be smeared out over a wide area like butter over too much bread (Tolkien reference for fellow nerds)..

Secondly, if the pics are inserted as thumbnails, another member can highlight one of the thumbnails and use the “quote” option to respond to that picture; the thumbnail then comes up in their response too, so anyone reading their response knows exactly which pic they’re responding to, without having to click away from their post. In other words, using thumbnails makes it easier for people to respond, adding comments or captions if they want, and means less tedious scrolling past yards of blurry shit.

If you think having a view-counter is such a great advantage that it outweighs all of that, well fine, it’s up to you of course. But you’re wrong

Thanks for posting. This happens to be one of my pet peeves too. Thumbnails from everyone would be great IMHO.

 

[montycrusto]

It says "Message added to multi-quote", and the quote option at the bottom of your post changes from a plus symbol, to a minus symbol, but I don't know how to add it into my post.

 

[Cran]

I understand. Thank you for clarifying that for me.

 

[wulf]

Yes, I understand that well. But let us hold free this place from the bad real world.

Yes indeed. I come here to escape the circus of daily life. Thank you.

 

[montycrusto]

Hey @Wragg ! I found this little chap wandering around, I think he escaped from your avatar. What’s his name?

 

[Wragg]

Hey @Wragg ! I found this little chap wandering around, I think he escaped from your avatar. What’s his name?
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It appears

Horny The Unicorn

"Windar holding down one arm and Old Slave the other, and Tree sitting on her pelvis." Geeeze ... held down by my three "buddies" ... might have known that Tree would be the one to plunk himself down on my pelvis of all places.:rolleyes: Get off me you big dumb Missouri oaf!!!!!!! :mad:

www.cruxforums.com

to have a name that is not repeatable in an August establishment such as the Coffee Shop!

But it was, at least, a gift from Barb!

 

[montycrusto]

It appears

Horny The Unicorn

"Windar holding down one arm and Old Slave the other, and Tree sitting on her pelvis." Geeeze ... held down by my three "buddies" ... might have known that Tree would be the one to plunk himself down on my pelvis of all places.:rolleyes: Get off me you big dumb Missouri oaf!!!!!!! :mad:

www.cruxforums.com

to have a name that is not repeatable in an August establishment such as the Coffee Shop!

But it was, at least, a gift from Barb!

Well… do try to keep your pets under control!

 

[montycrusto]

What a waste.. they spent £6 million building a fake mound in the middle of London (at Marble Arch, site of the notorious “Tyburn Tree”, where criminals were executed) .. and they don’t even hold public crucifixions at the top!

Marble Arch Mound draws crowds keen to see how bad it is

Intended to bring shoppers back to the West End, the hill has become a financial and political disaster

www.theguardian.com

No wonder it’s already known as “London’s worst tourist attraction”, people are literally going there just to see if it’s as bad as they’ve heard .. but whether such “irony tourists” will shell out the entrance fee (yes, they charge you £3.50 to walk up a flight of steps.. tempting!!) remains to be seen

 

[Silent_Water]

Well, you can always see something positive in such "attractions".
For example, I have just learned some new English words which I did not know before like "underwhelmed" and "teething problems". And there are new combinations in this article from "The Guardian" which remind me of beautiful German word combinations like "Teletubby hill" which would fit perfectly into the German word "Kindergarten-"Teletubby-Hügel".
All in all, I really liked to read this article - certainly only for linguistic and etymological reasons because I regard myself as a scientist-in-spe, prevented by destiny ... but this is another story.

 

[The Fallen Angel]

Thank you Emma. You really made my day. Absolute class.[ATTACH ]1059440[/ATTACH]

 

[montycrusto]

Am I the only one who, each time the name Raducanu is uttered, flashes back to Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer calling down the “dove from above” with chants of “Eranu! Eranu!”?
Yep. Thought so