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I just got burned by a bug I reported a few months ago. I did an inline review, wrote up extensive closing comments, then clicked on x-line to review my comments before submitting. When I switched to x-line, the closing comments were wiped out. Also, the closing comments field in the x-line review is not a normal formatted text box, but rather a tiny field (about 1" x 2") that is a view into the database itself. I should be able to switch to x-line without losing my closing comments, and the closing comments field should be an appropriatedly sized formatted text box. These two problems are reproducable.
I'd love to know if there's an ETA for these.
Thanks.
Dirk
Matthew, for a comprehensive search, go to any forum, click on the "Show your posts" link (on the dark blue line at the top of the page), then click on "User defined search", then click on "Advanced search".
This feature really needs to be on the home page or somewhere else more visible. I suspect few people even know it exists.
Dirk
Two this time. Nicely done.
Lotyie sounds older? If you want old, call her Edna or Gertrude. When Ross and Rachel were trying to name their baby girl, Rachel vetoed the name Ruth. "Are we having an 80-year-old woman?"
KHippolite wrote:No need to panic and post the next... you got time before I get on your back. I have others in my cross-hairs right now (*cough*Norm*Judy*cough*)
Norm's out of commission until the household has been downsized by about 90%. Word of advice: don't ever buy those rolls of packing tape with the builtin plastic dispenser. I could've sworn I checked the Amazon reviews before buying it...
I agree with NJC's suggestion. Replace the IL Review button with a Reviews button that takes you to the bottom where one finds both the regular and inline review buttons, as well as all of the existing reviews. It's not a huge inconvenience as currently implemented, except for scrolling through long chapters, but it isn't consistent UI design. Having the inline button at the top constantly causes me to leave inline reviews for new members without thinking about whether they can read them. They then ask me to do a regular review instead. And *that* is a big inconvenience. Naturally, you may get flak for changing the IL Reviews button to a Reviews button as suggested here. It's one extra click to start an inline review. It would, however, be useful and consistent.
Betty White wrote:The audience today has heard every joke. They know every plot. They know where you're going before you even start. That's a tough audience to surprise, and a tough audience to write for. It's much more competitive now, because the audience is so much more - I want to say sophisticated.
You weren't surprised at the end of Atonement?
That wasn't covered in the study.
Depending on which college professor you ask, there are only a very small number of archetypes in fiction. For Star Wars, George Lucas did research for about a year, getting ideas from fairy tales, war movies, a Japanese Samurai film called the Hidden Fortress, and the Flash Gordon serials. He added the Force (in lieu of an almighty God) and lightsabers, and came out with magic. Until Episode I, that is. I like to pretend that doesn't exist. Nevertheless, Lucasfilm was bought by Disney for a mere $3B (including all rights to Star Wars and Indiana Jones), yet Snapchat (which is only four years old) is worth almost $20B. Doesn't anyone remember AOL Time Warner?
I read about an interesting study from 2012 that found that psychopaths had observable differences in their brains, with less grey matter in those areas related to empathy, self-control, fear of punishment, etc. In other words, stuff that would stop a normal human from commiting atrocious acts, especially violence. They distinguished people with anti-social personality disorders ("hot-headed") from psychopaths ("cold-hearted"). Unless they're also psychotic, psychopaths generally meet the criteria for sanity in the U.S. (they know right from wrong), but they're incapable of giving a damn. If one doesn't have the ability to stop a negative impulse, that seems like a damn good case of mental illness to me. It's too soon to know if there can even be a treatment for people with such brains (e.g., early intervention or medication). And jurors are afraid to put them in psychiatric hospitals, fearing doctors will let them out too soon. It's easier to declare them evil. Interestingly enough, people locked up in hospitals usually spend more time incarcerated than do their jailed counterparts for the same crime. And since prisons are notoriously bad at treating the menally ill, the jailed offenders get out sooner, and with virtually no psychiatric support. Duh!
Another 60-second timeout delay. This time when opening a second tab to the site (I was comparing reviews).
Google Chrome/Win7.
Dirk
Ideally, JP's style of list should be available at the click of one button (at most) located near the top of the home page, rather than the bottom. Scrolling for it is annoying. The button at the bottom that Cobber is referring to takes me to a listing of all books in my groups, not all writing. I'm not sure if that's specific to me. And the pictures on those pages are so large, it takes forever to scroll through them. The old site managed to get it down to one line per published work, which was great for scanning at a glance, like a spreadsheet. If the pictures are a must-have, use the small ones, like on the home page.
vern wrote:You can go to the latest post already by clicking on that instead of the topic.
Vern, how do you do that. I typically click on the link that shows up under Visit Your Groups on the home page. That takes me to the first page of the thread. I then have to click to get to the last page and then scroll down to get to the end. Is there a better way?
The email notifications/links telling me that there is something new to read on the site always go directly to the most recent unread post. I'm not sure why the links from the home page don't work that way. That might address Mike's needs.
Thanks
Dirk
Although there are authors who can write without a roadmap, I can't. I wrote the book content summary and then a chapter-by-chapter outline to keep me on track. Nothing was written in stone, but it was a useful guide.
Goodness you're quick. Nice dragon pic, BTW. My only feedback about the summary is that, as written, it seems like two separate stories (the girls and the dragons). I suggest adding something about what ties them all together.
It would help to evaluate the chapter if we know a bit more about the story. Book content summary. Hint. :-)
It couldn't hurt to get early feedback. It may give you some ideas for how to write a more complete draft without having to start from scratch. You can always use the system's version control to publish another version of the same chapter. Most people then make the older version inactive. Don't delete the inactive version until you're sure you're done with it, since I think the reviews are deleted along with it.
On a seperate note, be sure to join the Medieval/Fantasy Magic group and start a thread there for ongoing feedback and discussions about your book, unless you prefer to keep it here. I actually write sci-fi but most of my reviewers are into fantasy, so I spend most of my time in that group's forum.
The advanced search capability is a wonderful way to find old posts. Would it be possible to move it to a more obvious location, like the home page? Also, it would help if there was a checkbox to search "my groups" without having to scroll through that very long list of groups and check each one individually. Ideally, the list of groups should be in alphabetical order, otherwise it's like finding a needle in a haystack. Finally, groups hidden from me shouldn't show up in the list at all, although that's not as big a deal if the other enhancements above are implemented.
Thanks,
Dirk
A third option is to provide a button on the home page that takes you to All Works. Obviously, that still requires an extra click, so I'm not sure if it would make things easier.
Although I'm open to this, I suspect other users have grown accustomed to grouping works by type. One possibility is to make the home page configurable so that a user can choose which way they want it displayed. Another option is for the system to remember which new work we last read and provide a count on the home page next to each"more" button showing how many new works we haven't read of each type.
One related request is to modify the "more" screens to use the small images rather than the big ones. That makes it easier to scan the list of works.
Regards,
Dirk
Elisheva Free wrote:I have changed both the oil and tires on my truck.
Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well.
I have binders full of women to choose from.
I just watched the first two episodes of this TV series. So far, it's phenominal. The writing, casting, music, and production quality are astounding for a TV series. It's probably the best Bible adaptation I've seen since the Ten Commandments. It's the Roman era, so there is violence.
It's available for online streaming at Amazon. You can pay per $3 episode or get the whole season for $20. It's also available on DVDs. Unfortunately, NBC has decided to cancel the series after just one season.
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