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Discussion in 'Site Comments & Suggestions' started by robls99, 2007/12/09.

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    robls99 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    About a week ago I lost the very nice feature when scanning the topics in the forum where you see the first few lines pop-up as you scan.

    I have no other problem with pop ups in my other programs. I'm using XP-home with SP2 and a wireless Logitech kb and mouse. I've added no major sw other than latest MS provided updates.

    Any idea how to fix this?
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    It was recently disabled....Might get turned back on at a later date.
     
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    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Good. I hate that thing.
     
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    PeteC

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    There are two camps on this - when enabled in software it can be enabled/disabled in your User CP.

    I am in the 'I Want it' camp :)
     
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    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Thank you :)
     
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    I LOVED IT because it made my scanning much more time efficient. In fact I've been trying to get several other forums I belong to to ADD IT!

    Why in the world would you NOT want a feature that only saves you time?
    (particularly as it seems from above that you have the option to use the CP and turn it off?)
     
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    noahdfear

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    The option to turn it off/on via user cp never worked. :(
     
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    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Ha!...
     
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    robls99 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Steve Jones (staff)

    1. Just curious, why was the pop-up featured discontinued?

    2. Why don't you take an informal poll and see what the members actually prefer?
     
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    Admin.

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    I disabled it, because it drives me crazy, and it's my forum ;)

    When I updated the forum software a few weeks ago, the user selection from the users CP stopped working, and I can't live with it 'on'.

    It may return later.
     
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    Vicki

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    I concur with PeteC. :D

    I found it very useful too when skimming through the different subject matters and would read the whole posting if I thought it might be some information that I felt I might need someday. It does take alot longer now but I do read through many of them anyway, just in case!

    As a non-paying member, I feel guilty for even suggesting/requesting that it be brought back. :eek: I hope to one day be able to become a subscribing member!

    I did like this suggestion too:
    I have learned alot of valuable information through this forum though and want to thank everyone that contributes to it!!

    ~Vicki~
     
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    I second all of Vicki's comments wholeheartedly.
     
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    I'm in the "don't want it" camp and agree it would be ideal for it to be the user's choice :)
     
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    Admin.

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    Again: If I can get the user choice option working, I'll get it back.

    There's no need for a poll, if I can't get it as a user-selectable option, it will not come back.

    Oh, and it'll take time before I can investigate this further, I have some other urgent projects to finish.
     
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    Ari, thanks and good luck with getting it to work.

    Regards,

    Rob
     
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