Notepad?

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Hey Jordan. I've been looking through some of the other PHP based forums out there, and I can't help but notice that alot of them have this notepad feature in the user control panel. It's not much, but it does provide quick reference for any little notes you may want to store. Most places have a length limit of about 500-2500 characters (including markup), which means that it wouldn't take too much spae up on the GTP server. I just thought that I would express this convenience and suggest that it be considdered in the creation of GTP6. In other words; please can we have a notepad feature in the user cp? pretty please?
 
Sorry Jpec, but that's on Invision Board software.

Not vBulletin software. There's probably a hack for it.

Couldn't you just create a notepad document for that? And have it saved to your harddrive?

Or post a thread in the Test Forum and bah bah....
 
Problem with the test forum: eventually it will fall into the pits of darkness; and let's face it; when you're in a rush to use a picture or a quote or something, you don't have time to go digging all day. The point behind the notepad would be quick access without the trouble of loading another application or digging through the forum database on your own. If it is Invision Powoer boards, then I would love to help develop such a feature for vBulliten (if only I knew how... *digs up PHP dictionary and starts reading...*). It's just a proposal, no need to start getting hyper-critical now...
 
There is one for vbulletin. I've been on a board or two that uses it and they run vbulletin. Dont remember the sites though. Been awhile since I've been to those places.
 
That would be a neat idea.

I usually subscribe to a thread that has important info in it. That way I can easily find the thread in my user control panel.
Then, if it's a thread that I frequent often, I'll link to it (like my storage thread) in my sig. See if you can find it.
 
Wow Boom, you have five links in your sig. That's awesome.

I really don't see the point of the notepad feature. I mean, just use the search function. It isn't that hard to find something.
 
Originally posted by Timmotheus
Wow Boom, you have five links in your sig. That's awesome.

I really don't see the point of the notepad feature. I mean, just use the search function. It isn't that hard to find something.

No its not hard to search for something, but it is time consuming and bothersome.
 
Originally posted by Timmotheus
Wow Boom, you have five links in your sig. That's awesome.
Call me crazy, but I only see one link in Boom's sig. You wouldn't happen to have been referring to Jpec, would you?


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Anyway, I wouldn't mind a notepad feature - I'd probably use it occasionally, because if I jot it down in a document, I'll usually save it into my "Misc." folder and forget about it for another 3 months.
 
I see four links in Boom's signature.

The yellow button on the top left of the post. Post #12 link on the top right. "register... in his sig" 3rd link. Report to Moderators, is the 4th.

:sly:
 
Very impressive. As a matter of fact, I just might have to copy you. You now officially have the coolest signature on GTP. It's "t3h kwel." All typos intended.
 
Ah, I see them now (amazing what you can learn when viewing a bit of Source Code). Somebody needs a hobby... :p
 
I like the sig...

Took me a while to find all the links though.
 
This is what a notepad looks like:
 

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I really don't see how this would be any better than using the "Notepad" program on your own computer. :confused:
 
Notepad on the computer requires the opening of notepad, the accessing of the txt file, and the agonizing process of doing this whenever you want to quickly access the information. With this notepad, you just click a link on the page and bam! you're there with the information accessed and posting it while notepad.exe is still loading (unless you're on a really, really, really slow 56K connection)
 
I see six in Boom's sig. Maybe I can't count but both the quotations marks, the 'C', the Exclamation point, the "Register..." link and the period.

Insane!
 
Originally posted by Klostrophobic
I see six in Boom's sig. Maybe I can't count but both the quotations marks, the 'C', the Exclamation point, the "Register..." link and the period.

Insane!
He added the "C" recently. Or I'm blind.
 
Sorry to raise a dead thread, but this really would be a helpful addition. I know that myBB boards have it, and I'd like to see it in the next iteration of GTP.

Since I browse GTP regularly on 3-4 different computers, it would be a handy "scratch pad" feature for ongoing GTP-related projects, typing links, copying large amounts of info for later use, and the like.
 
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