suggestions buddy lists

Bobopatch · Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject: suggestions buddy lists

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think i would be cool if we had buddy lists so we can see if our friends are online

Edward_Elric_1308 · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:56 am Post subject:

I'm not sure if this is a good idea, but it could work. Confused

cstdenis · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject:

There are faves.

Bobopatch · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:51 pm Post subject: buddy lists

no u cant tell if ur friens are online ha! Razz

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Dark_Angel_Of_Light · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject:

Yeah you can tell.... Go to their Profile page and it should say if they are online or offline....... Read it.... Neutral

Stratadrake · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject:

That's not what he's talking about. He's talking about a list of currently online friends/faves appearing on YOUR profile page, not theirs.
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Dark_Angel_Of_Light · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject:

I see...

Trinity_Fire · Forum Stalker Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 1042

I'd prefer we avoid that. Like I mentioned before, that'd only turn FAC into a chatroom rather than a community for art.

And I'm seeing enough crappy chatting on profiles already to make me sick. :<
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Bobopatch · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: true

[quote="Trinity_Fire"]I'd prefer we avoid that. Like I mentioned before, that'd only turn FAC into a chatroom rather than a community for art.

And I'm seeing enough crappy chatting on profiles already to make me sick. :<[/quote]

true but other people have diffrent opions but besides id be pretty dull if u couldnit reply or talk and just look at art thats wat makes this site unique
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Trinity_Fire · Forum Stalker Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 1042

You can reply.

And if you want to 'talk', well, you're free to discuss things. Preferrably in forums or over PM.
Still, FAC is not there so you can chat with friends all the time.

What's so hard about just swapping AIM screennames or something and chatting for something that's DESIGNED for it? It's faster and more comfortable, anyway. :/
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unfocused · Moderator Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 6983 Location: Texas

there's nothing wrong with chat-like features on FAC. it would be more intuitive and attractive to have more variety in the way we are capable of interacting with the community. Some members have been wanting a chatroom for FAC since forever. We even used to have one. And now we may be having paintchat coming.

the only problem a chatroom would cause for me is that it would render Random [i]completely[/i] unnecessary ;_;
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Trinity_Fire · Forum Stalker Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 1042

Well, yes, that would be interesting. I wouldn't MIND chat; all I'm saying is that I would really prefer it to stay off the profile pages and pictures on the site itself. If FAC had a separate chatboard, that'll be just dandy.
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Bobopatch · Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: hmm.....

hmmm....... intreasting points of views Exclamation

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Stratadrake · Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject:

On a related note, I still would like to see a "Journal" type feature so that people don't clutter up their profile fields with idle chatter or blogworthy material.
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unfocused · Moderator Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 6983 Location: Texas

[quote="Stratadrake"]On a related note, I still would like to see a "Journal" type feature so that people don't clutter up their profile fields with idle chatter or blogworthy material.[/quote]

coudn't that work like the "member info?" it could be as simple as a text field that displays the text on a members profile in a box titled "Journal" or something more creative and less cliched. only with this we would have to be able to save our journal entries.

also, we could have fill-in fields so profiles can look more organized and people wouldn't have to add more clutter to their "member info." Then again dA uses those for their devious information. but maybe we can be more creative with that too?
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fallenangel · Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:30 pm Post subject:

Or people could keep their personal whining on myspace where it belongs.
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unfocused · Moderator Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 6983 Location: Texas

you're smart enough to know that isn't gonna happen, right?
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fallenangel · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:01 am Post subject:

Either they can piss and moan in their bio space and look retarded, or we can look retarded by giving them a valid space to do it.

Perhaps, instead of appropriating features into halfassed versions that do nothing to enhance quality, an actual useful feature could be put in place. Don't break the trend. Gallery order, useful, fav/popular thumbnails, useful, journals for preteens to complain and further make the profiles look like shit? Stupid.

The whole bio field isn't really necessary, given that the only information generally needed is age/gender/location/whatever easily covered by other fields. "im 15 n i luv inuyasha, [insert 20 other cartoon network shows here], mcr, pocky, drawing, kittens, anal sex, furries, mtv, kewl ppl, my puppy, golden showers, my bff, bobby, cindy, laura, jimmy, and KAWAII STUFF!!!!!111" Good for you.
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Stratadrake · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:57 am Post subject:

[quote]also, we could have fill-in fields so profiles can look more organized and people wouldn't have to add more clutter to their "member info." Then again dA uses those for their devious information.[/quote]
dA's "Devious Information" is a bunch of discrete form fields (gender, homepage, e-mail, etc.,) which the site displays in a block -- it's not a catch-all miscellaneous text field complete with formatting.

Maybe just institute a limit on how much text people can enter for their "bio", like . . . 1024 chars. Enough for a blurb or two but no significant whining, and none of those forking Quizilla test results either.
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Battou · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:56 am Post subject:

[quote]originally posted by [b]Stratadrake[/b][quote]also, we could have fill-in fields so profiles can look more organized and people wouldn't have to add more clutter to their "member info." Then again dA uses those for their devious information.[/quote]
dA's "Devious Information" is a bunch of discrete form fields (gender, homepage, e-mail, etc.,) which the site displays in a block -- it's not a catch-all miscellaneous text field complete with formatting.

Maybe just institute a limit on how much text people can enter for their "bio", like . . . 1024 chars. Enough for a blurb or two but no significant whining, and none of those forking Quizilla test results either.[/quote]

I don't like that Idea, I do understand you don't want Bios being three days long, but some of us actually use it for some purpose or another.
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