Do the site rules on swearing apply to us all then
Rob?
Probably. Next time instead of scoring smarty-pants points, hit the report post button and I'll most likely give myself a stern bollocking.
Just a quick thought.
Wouldn't it make most sense to make the visibility of them optional, in addition to the use of them? That way everyone would be happy.
I guess that'd be a pretty good option in terms of getting to a compromise quickly; but unfortunately it's not possible to make their visibility in the index user-selectable - well, it could be done with some time spent on the code, but (a) it'd be pretty labour intensive to achieve, bordering on prohibitively so and (b) there are other things in the pipeline for the pretty near future which mean any more tinkering with code is on hold for now.
I was hoping that with a set of clean, identically sized, aesthetically similar icons, the prominence of the prefixes in the layout could be reduced to the point of 'blending-in' and being present enough for those who wished to use them, while not being a considerable eye sore for those who didn't.
The fact that all you S3 owners were able to find this thread and vote in the poll shows that you are not just ignoring the threads that are not S3 specific. If you look closely you will see that this thread is marked as "A3 Specific". Actually, I'm surprised staz was able to find it too!
It was 8P General for all but the last couple of days' worth of argument when I began to try some new ideas, and switched to A3 and S3, and made the prefixes optional. Oh, as well you know...
As most of you have clearly missed out when the bling bling logos appeared the prefixes have changed from being 8P General and now distinguish between the A3 and the S3. So there can be no confusion in future over what a thread refers to.
See.
I think the simplest way to resolve the issue is to create an S3 sub forum
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Cutting to the chase, that's not on the cards, and won't be for the forseeable future. Some background to that... Audi-Sport.net came from being a model specific forum (Sport 3.net) many moons ago, it grew exponentially and moved on, catering for more models. It's almost like evolution I guess, as development seems to happen that way regularly among automotive forums.
As I've said before I spend a lot of time reading up on various automotive forums
I guess I'm taking coals to Newcastle on that evolution bit then.
I don't see any mention there of "I think they are a great idea, but in their current incarnation they are a bit pants, but if you want to change things a bit and have a look at improving them then I'm all for it. Crack on!".
Well, as it was more an opinion poll than a strict ballot or referendum, there are no 'set-in-stone' outcomes to follow the result. If the result had been unanamous, then I guess it might've been more compelling to just let them bite the dust. It wasn't though, and even though there's been honestly ridiculous levels of argument on the issue (lets face it, we're talking about a potentially (once it's perfected) minor layout change to the index of threads), there has been some relatively constructive exchange of ideas. That's the bit which made it worth examining revisions of the system to perhaps mean that those who voted in favour of prefixes weren't left completely in the cold as it was instantly removed as a result of the poll.
Right, so here's what's going to happen now.
Prefixes will be disabled for the time being, it's likely we will run another trial in the not to distant future implementing a balance of what's been put forward by the group on this thread.
Watch this space...
Regards,
Rob.
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