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@CalamityJane,

CalamityJane wrote:

What? Like we ever agree on anything.... hehe... (emoticons don't work)

Emoticons work for me. ("Show BBCode Editor-->Emoticons") Some of the icons aren't there. But some do, and there's always a link that inserts the right one when you click it. Testing....

Very happy---

Smile---

Wink---

Sad---

Surprised---

Confused---

Cool---

Lauging--- Laughing

Mad---

Razz---

Embarrassed---

Crying or very sad---

Evil or very mad---

Twisted Evil---

Roll---

Exclamation---

Question---

Idea---

Arrow---

Neutral--- Neutral

Mr. Green---

Two Cents--- 2 Cents

Not Equal---

Drunk---

@Thomas,

What do you mean by merging, exactly?

Just for example -- individuals who are members of the Philforum group might spend some time there engaged in rigorous philosophical discussion, but then also spend time on the A2K forums having more general discussion (or philosophical discussion in the A2K manner rather than the Philforum manner).

@Thomas,

Those are all blue question marks for me right now.

@Thomas,

Aaaah... so they don't work after all. The buttons do insert the string, but the strings aren't converted to an image.

@Thomas,

Interesting, the first time I saw your post it was all blue question marks. I then posted the above reply -- but five (only five) of the emoticons showed. When I refreshed, it was back to just blue question marks.

@Thomas,

I think it is just a matter of the graphics in the Groups system needing to be refreshed/repopulated.

At first, the emoticon only showed blue question marks for me, but after I went to the Forums system and looked at the emoticons menu there, I came back here and checked them again and now all the graphics are there on display.

They even show in the list you just created.

Twisted Evil

@Butrflynet,

Yep, that works for me too.

@sozobe,

sozobe wrote:

What do you mean by merging, exactly?

By merging, I mean that you end up with one database for the entire content, but possibly with different views on this content so users see an interface they're familiar with.

sozobe wrote:

Just for example -- individuals who are members of the Philforum group might spend some time there engaged in rigorous philosophical discussion, but then also spend time on the A2K forums having more general discussion (or philosophical discussion in the A2K manner rather than the Philforum manner).

Sure. And by the same token, they may also spend time on Facebook or Twitter, having yet another kind of discussion. I understand two different systems on two different websites. I understand one system on one website. What I don't understand is two systems on one website.

But on reflection, that's probably a design question that lies beyond the scope of our testing.

@sozobe,

I saw one emoticon after I posted, and all after I refreshed.

@Thomas,

Hmm. I think the database is shared, it's a matter of organization/ what you see at a given time.

But I'm not sure.

@Robert Gentel,

I will give you feedback soon after you feed me.

@Thomas,

Thomas wrote:

PS: Are there any plans to merge the systems?

No, the groups feature was created for the purpose of being a discrete system.

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I can understand that users with a different history might prefer a different view on the same system. But if the long-term objective is to maintain distinct systems for a2k, philforum, and possibly others, what's the point of merging them in the first place?

Both a2k and the group enjoy network effect benefits while the group can maintain the culture of their microcosm.

It's to a2k's benefit to host these groups because there will be crossover activity and it's to the groups benefits to be hosted by a2k because they can enjoy free forum hosting while being able to maintain a distinct forum culture.

For most of the groups that are going to be starting here soon, this makes the difference of being online or not.

@Robert Gentel,

Thanks for the explanation, Robert.

@Butrflynet,

Thanks, that makes sense.

I saw all the emoticons Thomas showed, for what that may be worth. (Safari).

will it be possible to see a list of group members for a particular group?

@ossobuco,

There was a bug with emoticons in the 'groups' section of the site. This was causing erratic behavior, as some people would see them working properly as they were cached from the 'forums' section of the site, but once the cache was invalidated, they would stop displaying (until you viewed them on the 'forums' section again).

This bug should be fixed, so emoticons should now be working all the time.

Ragman wrote:

Forgive me if this is a repat from anyone else's comments. Font currently as displayed in A2K appear chalky and uneven in but appear as normal in all other sites. Internet Explorer (64-bit). It's unpleasing to my eye and makes my eyes feel as though they 'tired'.

My experience is the same.

Using Windows 7
Internet Explorer 8

@Reyn,

Quote:

My experience is the same.

and my experience is the same - looks washed out .
hbg

@Reyn,

looks fine on mac os 10.6.6 and safari 5.0.3

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