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Geek Culture / [Petition] Vote against the new bar at the top of the forum window.

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Jeku
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Posted: 8th May 2011 23:59
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For the record, I didn't have anything to do with this! I wonder what kind of person actually likes this kind of thing? Who would actually use this service??


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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 9th May 2011 00:17
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Quote: "I don't care about the bar. It goes away fairly quickly "


That's probably why I've never seen it.

Can someone provide a screenshot of this mysterious bar?
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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 9th May 2011 04:08
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Actually I don't see it at all anymore.

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Black Mamba
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Posted: 9th May 2011 05:33
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I think they are talking about this bar...

Am I correct?

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RickV
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Posted: 9th May 2011 10:38
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Hi guys,

Clearly we have made a misjudgement with this.

I found this tool running on a Venture Beat when I highlighted some text. Apture's aim is to help keep users engaged on a site by providing extra info on text you may have highlighted. So it should help keep users on the TGC site, which I felt was a good thing for TGC.

I can undertand the drop down sharing bar being annoying so I'll turn that off now.

If you can also opt out on Apture's site are we OK keeping the "Find Out More" pop up?

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Thraxas
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Posted: 9th May 2011 11:21
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I miss that bar

R.I.P. Apture drop down bar, we hardly knew you.

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Posted: 9th May 2011 12:10
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Quote: "If you can also opt out on Apture's site are we OK keeping the "Find Out More" pop up?"


thats pretty nice, unecessary though, but i dont mind it much, and the happy brightcolor design on it makes me happy.. x)


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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 9th May 2011 18:50
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Thanks RickV. I believe what keeps most of us engaged here are these great forums and the amazing products TGC makes. There is no need for any gimmicks.

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xplosys
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Posted: 9th May 2011 18:54
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Once I found out how to opt out, I was fine. It would have been nice to know up-front and the opt out info given so we could make our choice but like I said, it's your forum.

Anyway, it's not like we've ever complained about anything before.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 9th May 2011 18:54
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Quote: "Thanks RickV. I believe what keeps most of us engaged here are these great forums and the amazing products TGC makes. There is no need for any gimmicks."


HERE'HERE' HERE'HERE'

(lol never thought we will start our own forum parlaiment lol)
(but hey ho ^^)

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Libervurto
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Posted: 10th May 2011 00:13
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Quote: "I found this tool running on a Venture Beat when I highlighted some text. Apture's aim is to help keep users engaged on a site by providing extra info on text you may have highlighted. So it should help keep users on the TGC site, which I felt was a good thing for TGC."

I don't understand that logic, if someone doesn't understand something or wants to research it they will go look it up and then come back to the forum. No one ever really leaves TGC.

Thanks for responding Rick, this is the reason I only come on this forum, unlike other forums TGC Mods actually pay attention to what's happening and aren't too aloof to respond.

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Quote: "uote: "Thanks RickV. I believe what keeps most of us engaged here are these great forums and the amazing products TGC makes. There is no need for any gimmicks."

HERE'HERE' HERE'HERE'

(lol never thought we will start our own forum parlaiment lol)
(but hey ho ^^)"

Haha, but in parliament they sound more like "MAAAAH!! MAAAAAAH!!" They are so rude in their little club house.

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Posted: 10th May 2011 00:22
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To be honest, I still don't like the little pop up boxes. They remind me of those sites where every other word is an advert that pops up when you hover over it. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but I imagine to a new user it looks kind of cheap.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 10th May 2011 00:42
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Thanks for removing the drop-down bar! I can deal with the "Learn More" thingamajig, in fact I've used it a little bit to learn more about stuff.

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Posted: 10th May 2011 01:58 Edited at: 10th May 2011 02:01
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im feeling irrirated by the copy paste highlight menu thing its making typing in the post box impossible and irritable... I simply do not like it, I do however like how you can search the entir forum for related content but it needs fixing as it also affects this comment box I find it difficult to copy paste into here... isnt ther a way to make it RIGHT CLICK activated instead? I do lie it, just hope it can be changed...

Quote: "Haha, but in parliament they sound more like "MAAAAH!! MAAAAAAH!!" They are so rude in their little club house.
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haha yeah

EDIT

I just got my STYX and DarkSource earlier today, hope i can make use of their features asap, thanks RickV I am loving playing with DBPro and the other software/tools

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oh and im going to publish one of my current applications, very shortly on here, just something strange about the app details... shows 33333333333333 and longer as description... ...

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That Guy John
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Posted: 10th May 2011 07:00
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Rick,

I am all for listening to what some of your forum members have to say about changes, in fact I think it is great, but on behalf of TGC wouldn't it be best to see what Apture does for the site traffic before removing any features of it?

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Posted: 10th May 2011 21:56
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I had a good experience with that select and popup thing. I didn't know what it was so I highlighted it to copy and was like "Click here for more" I was like "ok?" and it showed what I needed to know.

The scrolling bar however was annoying. Nice one TGC!

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That Guy John
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Posted: 11th May 2011 21:34
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Quote: "good experience with that select and popup thing"

Ditto on that, Ive been using it to quickly find more information on post topics.

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budokaiman
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Posted: 11th May 2011 21:39
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The pop-up is extremely useful, I don't know how necessary it is to have the pop-up on the site though. There is an Apture extension (which I've been using since long before it was added to the forums) that is just the pop-up, so if people really want to use the service, they can just install the extension.


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Posted: 11th May 2011 23:38
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I hate the pop-up box! I didn't mind it until I tried to copy text from someone's post, it makes it impossible to copy more than one line at a time! This seriously damages the forum.

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Posted: 11th May 2011 23:40
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Anything that pops-up without me asking it to is not okay in my book.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 11th May 2011 23:42
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Quote: "I hate the pop-up box! I didn't mind it until I tried to copy text from someone's post, it makes it impossible to copy more than one line at a time! This seriously damages the forum.
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MAAAAH-MAAAAH!

Quote: "Anything that pops-up without me asking it to is not okay in my book. "


MAAAAH-MAAAAH!

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Jeku
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Posted: 12th May 2011 05:50
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@MrValentine - Want to pipe down on the annoying factor yourself? Thanks


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Posted: 12th May 2011 05:54
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sorry Jeku, I shall now just say, I agree, sorry for being so joyful



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Posted: 12th May 2011 19:10
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Quote: "lol never thought we will start our own forum parlaiment lol"


Maybe we could make the first democratic forum?

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Posted: 12th May 2011 19:28 Edited at: 12th May 2011 19:31
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Ocho Geek

I agree, and hey did you notice something? << ^^

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Darn it its not updated... why? (click my username and see my profile haha)

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O I see location box doesnt like symbols like >

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Posted: 12th May 2011 22:12
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Thanks for removing it, I found it looked unprofessional and it made TGC look cheap, and that could have possibly scared away customers. TGC rocks as it is!

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Posted: 13th May 2011 14:00
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Totally agreeing with you there theComet like totally like

on a seious not i do agree with you


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Posted: 13th May 2011 18:03
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This is getting very annoying. It seems that something or someone has "opted" me in again. Is there any way of being permanently opted out from this - other than permanently leaving the forum of course?
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You may have inadvertently cleared your cookies.

Brian.

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Green Gandalf
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I doubt it - I clear them and all the other junk every day. Looks like life has suddenly become even more of a pain.
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Green, I posted about two solutions. Modify your hosts file to route www.apture.com to localhost, or block the website on your router.

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