Relative Time
It will be nice to have a relative time together with the old version of time. I know that there is mod already made by Live is not that popular but it is a nice add up though. IMO it will make the forum look more modern especially if the time can be made more live. This can be referred to SimpleNetwork Mod by Marcus.
Re: Relative Time
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The problem with relative time is that it sort of falls apart if it's not updated in real(ish) time. To have a post open from 'a few seconds ago' in a tab that's a day old in the browser can look a bit silly.
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Well you could make the same argument about the today and yesterday, but in practice it never seems to cause any complaints. I think most people would be ok with old tabs showing old content.
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Today/Yesterday are typically 'longer' so the problem never seems to come up.
I'm mostly just sharing the argument we already had about it in case it's useful. Personally I'd love to see it be included without worrying about the 'out of dateness' of the time/date.
Mind you, you guys hid the time/date on posts...
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I like seeing the time on a post too. As for the reply number, I don't mind leaving that on the subject title.
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Are you saying instead of the subject or along with the subject ?
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Well, I found the way to answer it. Just ditch the damned thing without asking for opinions. Seems to work a treat. Like I said, not a single complaint or question, even though the change was made absolutely everywhere and without any warning.
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Oh I'm aware of the overhead benefits of ditching it. They're a nice extra, but weren't my primary motivation. Still, I'm all for saving overhead when it's incurred by crap I don't want anyway.
My point about the change was that even those who claim that the prefix is necessary/useful/awesomesauce/whatever don't really seem to miss it at all when it's not available. I have had the discussion before on the same forum quite some time ago, and at the time there were some objections to removing the prefix, so I decided to see what would happen if I just went ahead. I expected at least one complaint or question about it, but it hasn't happened. My impression is that it's one of those things that people will feel compelled to give an opinion about, if and only if they are directly asked for said opinion.