Mediocre Deployment Log - A.K.A. shiny new website features
7Our super awesome development team has been hard at work adding some neat new features to Meh and our other Mediocre sites, and we want to share this stuff with all of you.
So this thread is where we'll let you know about any changes that are worth mentioning after they've gone through a complex and intricate translation from developer speak. If you really want to hear about querying time series databases you should check out GitHub and then apply for a job with us, why dontcha?
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tl;dr mode
You may have noticed a new button at the top of some longer topics:
When a topic gets a lot of posts we automagically activate "tl;dr mode" which hides old comments and replies to make it a little easier to navigate long topics (without pagination!).
We disable tl;dr mode in a few situations:
- When the page is loaded from a permalink to an older comment or a reply.
- When "most votes" is picked as the comment sort method.
- When you view a topic for the first time (we want you to be able to have a chance to read all the stuff you might have missed).
This feature is brand new and very likely to change and evolve as we get feedback and come up with other ideas to improve the functionality.
@JonT I'm liking it now. Glad I bared (sic) with you. Keep up the work.
@JonT Is there a way to indicate unread comments/replies in the hidden section? It doesn't exist now, but could it?
@bluedyn ^^^ Yes, please.
@bluedyn It could do that someday, we had the same idea :)
@JonT Glad to hear it. I'm still gonna claim it as my idea. ;-)
@JonT Someday??? Like tomorrow?? Pretty please?
in before tl;dr mode
@JonT The gif in the banner looks like another one of y'all's attempt to induce epileptic seizure. Either that or it's a blipvert.
"some neat new features to Meh and our other Mediocre sites"
Are you saying there are other Mediocre sites besides Meh and Mediocre??
@conandlibrarian
@conandlibrarian
@conandlibrarian If you've read the article here: http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2014/july/matt-rutledge-woot-has-a-new-deal-mediocre-corporation?single=1 you can see two possible sites listed (one which can be confirmed as a future site, the other not really)
Hard at work....
@somf69 You know, that guy has neat hair and he is shaved. Meaning that he went home last night. I don't live in the US but does the developers GO HOME everyday in the US??
@pancake It is not uncommon to see developers shaving in the men's room. Lots of companies even have showers. This is handy both for those who bicycle to work, and for those who never leave.
Is there a way to re-hide the part that was hidden before pressing the button? I hit it in a thread to check something and now every time I go back it shows the full thread.
@Trailmix You might have caught them in the middle of a code change. They recently bumped the comment threshhold of the button. So, you won't see the button now in some threads.
@jsh139 Aha! Yes this appears to be what happened.
I would just like to apologize now. I know the roll out of some of this will be buggy, I know it's my fault. I apologize. You see, the lack of thumbs makes it difficult to code properly.
@Thumperchick If Strong Bad can do it, so can you!
@dashcloud oh man, I haven't been on homestarrunner.com in AGES!
@dashcloud I can quote me some Homestar Runner all day. "The old goatface killah is on the loose!"
@PanicSwitch I'm a long pants man, long pants long pants
@chellemonkey That's it, we need to get you some serious clown care man.
Could you please put at the bottom of each forum thread the "meh.com/forum" link so we don't have to scroll back to the top to click on it…?
@Kidsandliz Hit the "Home" button and it will take you to the top of the page.
@Thumperchick Where might I find the home button? At the top of the page? None on the bottom of this page… Oh you might mean on the keyboard maybe? Have a Mac. None that I see on there either.
@Kidsandliz Or use the back button. Or open threads in a new tab, then close the tab when done. Not all techniques will work on all devices, but something should work for you. Which browser are you using, on what kind of device?
@Kidsandliz On your keyboard.
@Thumperchick oh. If there is a home button on the Macbook keyboard I am missing it. Back button will work. Still want a button at the bottom of the page though.
@Kidsandliz I think @Thumperchick meant home key, not home button, although it doesn't matter if your keyboard doesn't have it. You can also use ⌘↑.
@Kidsandliz And I agree with @hamjudo about opening threads in new tabs. A big advantage is that you can read one thread while another one is loading. I have Safari set up so that all clicks open pages in new tabs.
@editorkid thanks. command up works great. Never did get around to learning all the keyboard shortcuts as I mostly use excel, powerpoint and word… boring use of computers what can I say. I also knew @thumperchick meant key but either way if there is one I can't find it (macbook air).
@hamjudo I second this. I just right-click and hit the back arrow.