@happy_pigeon wrote:
@happy_pigeon wrote:
@pocomocomputing wrote:
Spellcheck. Sigh. I have been complaining about spellcheck in these forums on eBay.ca before Lithium took over and on eBay.com USA since 2013!
VERY interesting post, pocomo, thank you. So just to clarify my understanding based on this and your post over on .com, it would be your preference to turn off the Lithium-based spellcheck in favour of whatever browser-based spellchecking system the member might have in place?
Aaaand done. You're welcome
That said, if I see a SINGLE person with a flaming torch outside of headquarters over this, I will be toggling it back.
Wow, 5 years of complaining and you fix it in less than 24 hours. I am impressed.
Now if you are really that good, fix the spellcheck on the eBay.com forums for the body of a post.
Seriously, thanks for fixing it.
One feature on the eBay.com forums is a short explanation of the purpose of a forum. It is called "About this Board". Here is a screenshot from the eBay.com USA forums. I find this feature to be useful and informative as to the purpose of the board. It is most likely very helpful for new forum members to know where to post their questions.
The eBay.ca forums look like this with no "About this Board" at all showing.
Hey all, thanks for keeping the thread going. There's been quite a few more points of feedback, so I'm going to try to summarize instead of quoting everyone, and let me know if I miss anything.
Older business: A few people were asking about location. I did ask Lithium, and was told it would require research to determine what would be involved. I'll let you know when I know more, but if there is a lot involved, it may end up being a "save for the next round of updates" feature.
@thestuffofchris: Notification bell hover. That one would definitely be a deeper change along the lines of the Location request, unfortunately not something I can turn on myself like your last request 
So I might be 1/2 on this one, but I want to put it in writing so that if I can get budget for future enhancements, it's considered.
@fashionoutletdeal: I hear that you are not happy. It's not great to hear that, since it looks like you're a pretty active poster around the forums. The post size thing is tricky because it would require a complete redesign of the template to change, so while it may not be what you want to hear, it is probably not a change that's in the cards.
The white background and the fact that the text is less condensed is actually an accessibility thing. Lower contrast means those with disabilities, such as sight impairment, may not be able to see the words at all.
@lady.stark: Unread threads/posts: that's super weird - it definitely shouldn't be a special ~*~*~mod power~*~*~~ to be able to see which posts have been read and which are not. I will check with Lithium and possibly the US team on this, but in the meantime, what is the experience of other members with regard to previously viewed/unviewed threads and posts? Do you see any indiction on your side?
@pocomocomputing: Can't help you with the spellcheck on the US forums, that's all Alan 
With regard to the browser/Lithium spellcheck, the option is either/or, and unfortunately I can't set it to both. So for now we'll err on the side of what people seem to prefer: browser. I haven't seen any torches yet...
Groups: Love it. Would super love to go nuts deleting unused Groups like a deranged wildebeest.
For the Home page customization settings, let me look at that myself and spend some time with it. This one might end up being a bigger ask that ends up being a future enhancement, but there is sense in it.
Macros: I've now set the maximum number of allowed macros to 100, in keeping with what's allowed on the US community. What's good for the goose...
About this board: Hmmm..... THANK YOU, those are supposed to be there. I do recall writing the darn things during the QA process. Off to Lithium...
I THINK that's everyone...
Q. "What is the experience of other members with regard to previously viewed/unviewed threads and posts? Do you see any indiction on your side?"
A. If I'm understanding the question correctly, my previously-viewed posts are not in boldface while the New or Unread ones are bold. Sometimes. Also, the ones I've read before are also sometimes again made bold. Unless it's the same member posting multiple topics with the same title, or the same topic getting new views. Or some other factor I'm not fully understanding.
Can you fix the location of the drop down list for Options in a topic when opened. It is to the left, not directly under the Options word. I automatically slide down when I click on Options and end up passing over the Share Post box opening up its drop down list. So ANNOYING. It is like playing Whack-A-Mole trying to get the Options drop down list to show up as it takes me 3-4 tries before I realize the Options drop down list is off to the left and I have to carefully move left to avoid the Share Post box!!!
Regarding the issue of too much white space in the forums. When reading a topic, there is an option in the Options drop down list called "Printer Friendly Format". This is so clean to read, free of the right 1/3 of the screen used for Bookmark and Share Post links. It uses the full screen for the topic and moves the Options to the top above the topic. Reply and Options work on that page too. So much better for reading posts.
Why can't this display format be the default for reading a topic? Move the Bookmark and Share Post on the same line as the Options at the top of the page. I do not care at all about the Related Discussions section on the right.
At least make it a member settings option. LOL, you could call it "Eyes Friendly Page"!
Screenshot of the current display of reading a topic.
Screenshot of the Printer Friendly Page
Even that page has too much white space on the sides but better than the current display.
In My Settings -> Preferences -> Display Settings, I have the option for "Display dates as" set to "Relative dates (e.g. three hours ago)". This works fine except when a post is updated, it shows the update date and time ad a date time format, not a relative date. Inconsistent and annoying. Why does it not display as a relative date format.
Screenshot.
@ tagging feature
In the eBay.com USA forums, when you are replying to a members post and start to use the @ tagging symbol, it immediately brings up a drop down list of eBay members who posted to the topic being read with the OP (Original Poster) id being first and as you type the member name, it shows the subset of members in the community to select from if they have not posted to the topic. This lookup feature is very nice. Can we have this feature in the eBay.ca Canada forums?
Screenshot of eBay.com USA forum @ tagging drop down list feature.
