VB: Private message receipts

QuikSand · 02-06-2004, 02:42 PM

Is there any way to tun this feature off? I cannot fathom any circumstance where I would actually want to receive a receipt from someone getting my PM, but to decline this option, I have to click an extra button every time I send a PM. (Yes, I know... woe is me)

Any way to hack this away?

Would anyone mind if there were and we did so here?

Kodos · 02-06-2004, 02:50 PM

I find it annoying too.

JAG · 02-06-2004, 03:12 PM

I have no need for the return receipts either.

Ben E Lou · 02-06-2004, 03:26 PM

Same here.

Franklinnoble · 02-06-2004, 03:49 PM

Same here. Make it go away, please.

Fritz · 02-06-2004, 04:11 PM

just click cancel when it asks you if you want to send one

Maple Leafs · 02-06-2004, 04:11 PM

Or at the very least, change the responses to "Yes" and "No" instead of "OK" and "Cancel".

The idea of clicking Cancel when you want to go ahead with an action (sending a PM) is extremely unintuitive.

korme · 02-06-2004, 04:46 PM

I heard dat brotha

Ryan S · 02-06-2004, 04:58 PM

I have disabled the feature.

Could somebody test it out to see if it is working properly.

QuikSand · 02-06-2004, 05:49 PM

Seems to work great - thanks, Ryan!

Buccaneer · 02-06-2004, 07:59 PM

Now can try again to turn off the tooltip-like popups every time one moves the cursor over the thread title, please?

Ben E Lou · 02-06-2004, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Now can try again to turn off the tooltip-like popups every time one moves the cursor over the thread title, please?

I sure hope that is inaccurate.

Buccaneer · 02-06-2004, 08:10 PM

I have brought this up three previous times and there have been no resolution. Can it be done??

Ben E Lou · 02-06-2004, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I have brought this up three previous times and there have been no resolution. Can it be done??

If I could figure out why on earth that would be an improvement....

Buccaneer · 02-06-2004, 08:14 PM

I am not understanding. Am I the only one that finds this very annoying and distracting? How an option or perhaps a separate style, if it's not too much trouble?

sabotai · 02-06-2004, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Or at the very least, change the responses to "Yes" and "No" instead of "OK" and "Cancel".

The idea of clicking Cancel when you want to go ahead with an action (sending a PM) is extremely unintuitive.

Which is the only reason I have ever asked for a read receipt, because I automatically click "Ok".

Franklinnoble · 02-06-2004, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I am not understanding. Am I the only one that finds this very annoying and distracting? How an option or perhaps a separate style, if it's not too much trouble?

It must be your style of browsing, because I rarely even see the pop-up thread previews. I wouldn't miss them if they went away, but they don't bother me now.

The QOTM, on the other hand, I miss very much.

Ben E Lou · 02-06-2004, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I am not understanding. Am I the only one that finds this very annoying and distracting? How an option or perhaps a separate style, if it's not too much trouble?

I find it very convenient. It only pops up when I hold the mouse stationary, but it saves me the trouble of clicking on some ambigiously-title threads.

Buccaneer · 02-06-2004, 08:19 PM

Fair enough.

RPI-Fan · 02-06-2004, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SkyDog

I find it very convenient. It only pops up when I hold the mouse stationary, but it saves me the trouble of clicking on some ambigiously-title threads.

My thoughts exactly. If people would go for thread titles a little more descriptive than "Wow" or "question" I could letting it go... as it is now, though, it's a feature I love.

klayman · 02-07-2004, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

I am not understanding. Am I the only one that finds this very annoying and distracting? How an option or perhaps a separate style, if it's not too much trouble?

I'm with Bucc. The delay is set to quickly and the pop up appears before I have a chance to even read the thread title. If the delay was longer I wouldn't find it annoying at all.

ISiddiqui · 02-07-2004, 02:52 AM

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My thoughts exactly. If people would go for thread titles a little more descriptive than "Wow" or "question" I could letting it go... as it is now, though, it's a feature I love.

Indeed! Great feature!

Simms · 02-07-2004, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Or at the very least, change the responses to "Yes" and "No" instead of "OK" and "Cancel".

The idea of clicking Cancel when you want to go ahead with an action (sending a PM) is extremely unintuitive.

I know it's a moot point now, but just fyi, this exact issue (word for word) came up 2-3 months ago in the vB support forums. It was debated fairly heavily, but the bottom line was that the OK/Cancel phrasing is a function of javascript and IE, not the forum software, and it is impossible to change (short of recompiling js and getting Microsoft to release an IE patch).

Even if anybody wanted to change it (and most did), you can't.

02-06-2004, 03:26 PM	#4
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	Same here. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

02-06-2004, 04:11 PM	#6
Fritz Lethargic Hooligan Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing	just click cancel when it asks you if you want to send one __________________ donkey, donkey, walk a little faster

02-06-2004, 04:11 PM	#7
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Or at the very least, change the responses to "Yes" and "No" instead of "OK" and "Cancel". The idea of clicking Cancel when you want to go ahead with an action (sending a PM) is extremely unintuitive. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

02-06-2004, 08:14 PM	#15
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	I am not understanding. Am I the only one that finds this very annoying and distracting? How an option or perhaps a separate style, if it's not too much trouble? Last edited by Buccaneer : 02-06-2004 at 08:15 PM.

02-06-2004, 02:50 PM	#2
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I find it annoying too.

02-06-2004, 03:12 PM	#3
JAG Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: St. Paul, MN	I have no need for the return receipts either.

02-06-2004, 03:49 PM	#5
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Same here. Make it go away, please.

02-06-2004, 04:46 PM	#8
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	I heard dat brotha

02-06-2004, 04:58 PM	#9
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	I have disabled the feature. Could somebody test it out to see if it is working properly.

02-06-2004, 05:49 PM	#10
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Seems to work great - thanks, Ryan!

02-06-2004, 07:59 PM	#11
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Now can try again to turn off the tooltip-like popups every time one moves the cursor over the thread title, please?

02-06-2004, 08:10 PM	#13
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	I have brought this up three previous times and there have been no resolution. Can it be done??

02-06-2004, 08:19 PM	#19
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Fair enough.

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