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we could try some things with it, i have seen some better ways of placing it on some sites

 

Just reporting that: it took 12 seconds for the checkboard artefact to clear just now (when I scrolled down to read the messages in the thread)

 

that's very odd as i can't replicate it on firefox, or IE

 

I'm on Chrome. I'll try IE later. Most probably related to background processing my machine is doing, so if you can set a bit of a background load to simulate some delays in JS or Java you might see it ... perhaps

 

Noticed a new feature (I think? Not seen before that if you try to close a TAB / Window in which you have started composing a message / reply then you get a "Are you sure you want to lose all your work" type message. Neat

However, I got that on a page where I didn't have anything pending. I think it was after REPORTing a post. I'll try a test report on this message and see what happens

EDIT: No, that worked so that's not it. Perhaps some AJAX had not finished and it was a one-off. I'll report back if it happens again / often.

 

There is already a Disagree button (the "X" Icon)

 

If our Mr Tech, Richard, did manage to reboot the server earlier then that probably confirms his suspicion that there is a memory leak (no irony intended to your good self of course )

 

Although ... its the opposite of "Like"

Quite a lot of sites have "999 People <ThumbsUp> this, and 666 people <ThumbsDown> it" which is helpful in think.

But I agree the word "Dislike" is harsh, taken in isolation. Maybe Disagree fullfils the need.

I prefer the old "Like", because of its nice abridged list of the Likers (for reasons as explained in an earlier post). So perhaps both Like and Dislike could go from the Icon strip, and leave Agree/Disagree. Not sure which of the remainder contribute anything (i.e. if they are not pro-actively used then they might as well not be there), and some of them (Bad speller, Dumb, etc.) are bound to be perceived as being offensive, even if not intended that way by the O/P.

Leave them in for a while and see how often they are used perhaps?

 

I guess the "dislike" button would be used for a post that was offensive in some way although other forums just have a "report bad post" option which is much clearer, I think.

What is the "old" button for?? Would I qualify?

"Dumb" would be just plain rude.

 

We have that too here (I fell pretty sure you know that, so just saying to clarify in case not)