Do you want the elapsed time since last post put in as the Date or would you like it as hours or days elapsed?
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Do you want the elapsed time since last post put in as the Date or would you like it as hours or days elapsed?
Maybe a combination. For short durations less than a day perhaps the number of minutes, hours but for longer periods the date.
But then again I don't always know what day it is!
Time and Date. If you put the time and date and I want to know how long ago it was (why??) then it's not that hard to work out. Personally have never seen the advantage of putting "x minutes/hours/days ago".
I would much rather have it as "46 minutes ago" rather than "7th sep 2006, 07:52 AM".
Much easier to work out, at a quick glance. Why not just have both. That would save problems all round.
Joash
Yeah but why? You haven't said. Why do you need to know it was 46 minutes ago? What difference does it make if it was 46 minutes ago or 46 hours ago? I don't get it. Maybe I'm missing something...Quote:
Much easier to work out
If someone can explain the benefit, maybe I'll get it. At the moment, it just looks to me like a feature for people who can't tell the time...
My monitor is about 1.5 metres away, and while my eyes are good, it's still easier to read '15 minutes ago' than it is to read '7th Sep 2006, 09:36 AM'.
I could move closer to the monitor, I could get a bigger monitor, I could enlarge the font size, I could do any number of things.
Doesn't change the fact that the old (as above) was only 12 characters, including two quickly recognised words, where the 'new' is 16 chracters, with 3 numbers, 2 abbreviations and one thing you hang off numbers to make em sound right.
The old is faster and easier to read for me, and I have been able to read and tell time since I was about 3 years old so it's not like I have trouble comprehending either way.
I'd like it the old way, but I'd like to be able to choose which way I see it even more.
Gotta let the twits see it their way and all. ;)
Perfect solution:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wood Borer
OK, so it's time and date then? That's how it was a couple of years ago ;)Quote:
I'd like it the old way
Still haven't explained why you need to know how long ago the post was made... Why oh why oh why? Tell me, go on, I need to know. I might be missing some hitherto undiscovered time/labour/stress saving tip.
Same with me, the monitor is 1 metre away from me. I have no problem reading the screen, it is just easier to quickly glance at the time above each post, and see it straight away. I have no problem in working it out, it just takes that 3-4 seconds longer. Also, the time on the posts, is around 2 and a half ours different to mine. I have the right time.
BRING BACK THE OLD WAY.
OR put both ways in.
Just my insignificant opinion,
JOASH
I like the old way. With the elapsed time 14 days and 20 days are both 2 weeks ago.
I dont need to really need to tell the difference between something that was posted 10 minutes ago as opposed to 12 minutes ago. As a matter of fact, I dont really care what anyone else posts anyway. You should all stop it.
:D
Do you READ any of these posts?
Why do you need to know how many minutes/hours/days ago the post was made? Why oh why oh why?
Good, so you agree. The old way, which is the way it is now.Quote:
BRING BACK THE OLD WAY
Hang on, do you mean the old way, or the old, old way? Or the old, old, old way? :confused:Quote:
I like the old way
The so many minutes ago way
I was talking to Grunt. :rolleyes:
Do you know why? Or do you just hate change? :p
Do whatever, I'm sure I'll get used to it.
It helps to stop some people (only some mind you :rolleyes: ) from responding to threads from 2001. Especially the "For Sales"Quote:
Originally Posted by silentC
Edit: Oops, talking to grunt, disregard then.
Yep but those old ones always showed the date, even under the new/old system. (I was waiting for that one ;) )
Not many these days. There are just too many posts to keep up with and it's become a tad sterile.Quote:
Do you READ any of these posts?
Darn, trolled me, well hArrummphhh!Quote:
Originally Posted by silentC
[stomps off]
Not you, I was talking to the young fella. This is just getting silly now. Just do whatever, who cares? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by The Grunting One
:D
Why do you care?Quote:
Originally Posted by silentC
I'd like to know how long ago something was posted if I just replied to it, and someone else has added something. If I posted 5 minutes ago, and it shows that there is something new posted one minute ago, it's not mine and might be worth retorting to. Unlikely, but it might be worthwhile.
If it says the date, then I'd actually have to read it and comprehend what it says (a rarity around these parts), whereas if it says elapsed time, then I can see quickly how long ago it was, requiring minimal reading and no comprehension.
Saves the effort of actually thinking... :rolleyes:
I don't particularly but obviously some people do care enough to complain about the change, so I'm curious to know how it helps to know precisely how many minutes ago a post was made.Quote:
Why do you care?
I suppose it depends on how you use the forums. When I look at New Posts, if the item interests me and it is in bold, then there have been new posts to it since I last looked and I follow the link. It seems immaterial to me whether it was made 5 minutes ago or 5 hours ago, I still either want to read it or I don't. The name of the last poster is there, so I know it wasn't me.
This thread is soooooo yesterday
or should I say 24 hours ago
For example:
It's bold so I know I haven't read it. It has your userid on it, so I know it wasn't me who posted it and I also know it was you, so I can decide whether or not I want to read it ;) If I want to know how long ago it was, I don't have to refresh the screen to find out because the time is there. If I click new items and then look at it 5 minutes later (because the phone rang), all the elapsed times are out by 5 minutes. With the date and time instead, I know you posted at 1:26, regardless.
I think having the actual date/time removes a problem that sometime occurs with showing elapsed time.
When two people post at almost the same time, the posts can appear out of context or repeated. If elapsed time is used then both posts will say 1 week ago and you are but if you use the actual date/time you can see that it was a posted at the same time.
What Lignum said.:):eek::D
Brenton
I'm going to start posting stuff tomorrow. And read stuff posted yesterday, today. Unless what I post tomorrow is not relevant any more, and then i'll post it yesterday.
:rolleyes:
I like the way it was before the upgrade (SC:p ). As others have said it's simply quicker to determine how recently the last post was made because you're reading less information, let's change it back please, I don't want to have to work while I'm skiving off.:p :D
HH.
It's changed when you view who's online as well so now I have to subtract the time of last activity from the current time to see how long it was since someone was active. This is more effort than simply reading the elapsed time before.:confused: :confused:
Love the multi quotes BTW :D :D
HH.
Why do you even care about that?Quote:
I have to subtract the time of last activity from the current time to see how long it was since someone was active
Nope, sorry, all of your arguments are silly and I'm so much righter than you it's beyond reckoning. :p
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Originally Posted by silentC
Trouble is we arnt all as intellectually brilliant as you silent and we have to take a few secs to work it all out. The old way is easier for us simple folk:)
Silent, just shutup and stop stirring.
You obviously don't give a f*** either way. :(
OK, I'll spell it out real slow for you simple folk, seeing as no-one has yet answered my question:
Why (you with me?) do you need to know (following?) how long ago the post was made (still there?). Why does anyone feel the need to work it out? Why do you care how long ago it was since userX posted? Why does it affect your life to know that the last post to thread y was 15 minutes ago (or 15 minutes from when you last refreshed your browser)?
I'm not saying there is no reason, I just want to know what it is. That's all. Please? I'm dying to know. Not being sarcastic. Really :)
G'day,
I voted time elapsed because it affects my time in the house because I get less time in the shed. :D
Thank you Big brother. :)
When I was a lad back in the days when this site used to show the time of the post rather than the elapsed time, I didn't care that something was posted 15 minutes ago, 2 weeks ago or 2 months ago. Then one foul day they changed the forums to show the elapsed time. I still didn't care when a post was made. Then they changed it back to the date/time of the post and I still don't care that Waldo's post was made 7 minutes ago, 2 weeks ago or 2 months ago.
I'm with Silent. Why does anyone care?
There is no real reason, I just like it that way. Just like I (generally) prefer the colour blue to the colour red.
Yup, you're right, I don't really care either way. Just wondered why others do. Looks like no-one really knows. Funny things, humans :rolleyes:
:D
Some funnier than others.Quote:
Funny things, humans :rolleyes:
Struth, is it Friday already? :confused:
Sssh Cliff, they might cotton on.
G'day,
Nah, not yet Cliff. But it's almost beer 'o clock. :cool: