Thread Title Length - increase?
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Thread Title Length - increase?
Is there any particular reason why thread titles are capped at however many characters they are? Can we bump it up a bit? Just wondering. Maybe from 85 to 125?
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
Would be nice to increase the characters, within a limit of course.
#4
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
Met you in the middle at 105 and we can see. Is there much reason to have an entire (old) Twitter post as a thread title?
#6
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Why in the world do we need thread titles at 100+ characters?
#8
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Good point. Carry on...
#10
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Now please adjust the column width to accomodate the increased characters... you can always reduce the amount of wasted space in the Last Post column
#11
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
Yeah, I've been hoping for a formatting update for this. Last Post has WAY too wide a column. With everything left-justified and the ad bar on the right, I'm always looking to the far left of my screen when browsing.
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
Can you guys give me an example of where the increased characters are an issue? I can adjust those myself, but reformatting has to go through tech.
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
They aren't saying it's a new issue, it's just that it all looks cramped with the column spacing. And with longer thread titles it makes each line thicker for wrapping (so you get less on a screen).
This is the "New Posts" page, but in the main page of a forum the "Last Post" column has a lot of extra space in it too.
This is the "New Posts" page, but in the main page of a forum the "Last Post" column has a lot of extra space in it too.
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I'm still not entirely clear on why longer thread titles were desired. Seems like a solution in search of a problem. Then again, I don't start threads very often.
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
^ I had a thread idea (not the one I started, but one in Politics that I still haven't made, and may not bother) that I couldn't figure out a shorter thread title for. Other forums I visit have like a 200-character limit. 85 just seemed archaically short. ![Shrug](/images/smilies/shrug.gif)
Honestly didn't think anyone would bitch about it
but this is DVDTalk dot com.
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Honestly didn't think anyone would bitch about it
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
^ I had a thread idea (not the one I started, but one in Politics that I still haven't made, and may not bother) that I couldn't figure out a shorter thread title for. Other forums I visit have like a 200-character limit. 85 just seemed archaically short. ![Shrug](/images/smilies/shrug.gif)
Honestly didn't think anyone would bitch about it
but this is DVDTalk dot com.
Keep yellin' at the clouds, boys.
![Shrug](/images/smilies/shrug.gif)
Honestly didn't think anyone would bitch about it
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Keep yellin' at the clouds, boys.
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
^ I meant it in the most loving, respectful way. ![Smilie](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Nah, bitching was a bad word to use. I just meant the general resistance (in this thread and the one in Other) on the topic was a bit of a surprise, but I should have known better. It was also a bit of a surprise that IBJoel ran with it so quickly, but hey, that's just good customer service!
![Smilie](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Nah, bitching was a bad word to use. I just meant the general resistance (in this thread and the one in Other) on the topic was a bit of a surprise, but I should have known better. It was also a bit of a surprise that IBJoel ran with it so quickly, but hey, that's just good customer service!
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Re: Thread Title Length - increase?
^ I meant it in the most loving, respectful way. ![Smilie](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Nah, bitching was a bad word to use. I just meant the general resistance (in this thread and the one in Other) on the topic was a bit of a surprise, but I should have known better. It was also a bit of a surprise that IBJoel ran with it so quickly, but hey, that's just good customer service!
![Smilie](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Nah, bitching was a bad word to use. I just meant the general resistance (in this thread and the one in Other) on the topic was a bit of a surprise, but I should have known better. It was also a bit of a surprise that IBJoel ran with it so quickly, but hey, that's just good customer service!
![Pttth](/images/smilies/tongueold.gif)