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What I'd like to see TechRepublic do to improve its website.

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by thevirtualone

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I'd like to see the time that a post was made in my timezone.

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by charliespencer

One of the staff (Jay?) started a discussion several months ago on the subject of suggested improvements. I think this was on the list, but I can't find it. The person who started it did make it clear that there was no timetable for implementing any of the suggestions.

by jdclyde

it would be nice if there was a time stamp shown in the "Post by my contacts" list.

I can live with the server using PST, even if that @#$@#$@'en Jaqui got me with the last/first posts of the year a few years back because of it... :p

by charliespencer

That's the one.

TVO, you may want to add your time zone suggestion to that discussion. That will put the discussion back on the active list. The Powers That Be will be more likely to notice it.

by ic-it

Login, Read the article and be able to click print/readall without being prompted to Login again.

by charliespencer

I have the same problem. It doesn't happen if I click it from a subsequent post, only from the original article. I'm using FF2 in XP SP 2.

by tig2

But I never had that happen. I'll have to drag an XP box out and see if I can get the error.

Doesn't happen on the Mac at all. But that is hardly conclusive, just me bragging!
:)

by nicknielsen

It's an interesting bug; I get it all the time (WinXP, FF 2.0.0.9). What's even more interesting is tht userid and password boxes on that page are blank and clicking login puts me right through.

by ontheropes

I can be logged in and go to read the "original article" in a discussion. If I want to reply to the discussion I'm prompted to log in again unless I reply to the post from the discussion area. (I think that makes sense.)

If I choose to "edit my alerts" via my email alert I'm also prompted to log in even though I am already logged in.

TR could use a way to edit my alerts on-site rather than having to go through email.

by the scummy one

I have noticed, several times that after reporting a thread/post as SPAM, it may sit there for quite some time.
Maybe it should go to a queue when the button is pushed, and 'quarantined' until a reviwer can get to it.
This is especially the case when people ask about cracking, and someone POSTS a valid answer!!!

by charliespencer

How am I supposed to have any fun at their expense? Where will w2ktechman post his brilliant scientific explanations on password cracking / self-electrocution?

by the scummy one

when someone posts an actual crack, then it should be removed from view immediately, right? At least until the reviewers can get to it.

by tig2

I hit the spam button just as quick as I see it. And where possible, send a peer to the person who did it.

But generally, Pond Scum gets there first.

by the scummy one

is I log in, click on 'My Workspace' and nothing... I have to click around the site a few to a few dozen times before it will let me go to it. Then, it usually times out, and I have to back up and click it again to view it. A lot of hassles just to see any updates to previous posts without clicking an email link...

by thevirtualone

I'd like to see a next thread/ previous thread button at the top of the posts so I don't always have to scroll to the bottom of the page.

by tig2

Because of how the "churn" for threads works. Some threads drop so you would not see a progression. While you are reading a thread, the next thread would change.

Or...

Are you talking about how you read a thread?

You can see all the posts in a thread by using the "View all posts" button. You can also reply to an individual post in a thread using that option.

I guess I am not sure what you are looking of in this one.

by tig2

When I have read a post it turns gray. Sometimes. If I reply to a post- even if I have read the whole thread- everything refreshes and I can no longer see what I have read.

I'm an old fart and I need to see what I have read because I forget things. This is not good- especially when reading a long thread.

by the scummy one

add a checkbox here and there (in print view mode), it could work everywhere too. That way we can mark what we have viewed.

Personally, I have the same issue as you EXCEPT it is worse, cause I log into TR with more than 5 different systems, depending on what I am using at any given time.

by nicknielsen

Beth, can we [WATB]pleease[/WATB] lose the proxy errors? My home page is my workspace and it sometimes takes three or four attempts to get through this:

Proxy Error

The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /5265-11518-0.html.

Reason: Error reading from remote server

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Thanks for listening.

by absolutely

Occasionally somebody uploads a novel, I've read their work before and I know nothing they say is going to be of interest, but I still have to scroll or PgDn to the bottom of their nonsense, just to hit the 'Next' button. Good idea, putting those up at the top!

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