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New feature? preview bypass?!

That can't be good...

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That can't be good...

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reply to freeze
We'll be sorrrrrryyyy...

reply to freeze
This will be a godsend those times when my isp is losing 80% of my packets and clicking each link takes an extra 30 seconds to come up. Whoever's suggestion this was a big thanks. i probably wont use it when my isp is normal but when it isnt itll be a big timesaver.
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reply to freeze
I just saw that. I tried it and I have a different background on the post. I don't like it!! Terrible idea. Why was this approved???? And who came up with "I'm feeling lucky"? I was very suspicious of that and I had not the slightest idea that if I clicked it that my post would post with only one preview. The second post I tried it on, I didn't preview at all and it posted ...but who would know that is what that phrase means? Dumb phrase for what it does...it is not in slightest descriptive of what happens when you click it at all! I thought it was some silly joke I would see on the screen when I clicked it.

I sure hope this dies a quick death!
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"Everything can be taken from a man or woman but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's destiny." Victor Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning

Mele20 - The phrase (in fact, the button) is lifted shamelessly from the main Google page.

It means (has always meant, in this context) that there's no need to preview, you'll accept whatever results from your typing.

Personally, I do wish that people would proofread their work, but I know that most of them won't even if forced through the preview mode.

That's right! I've seen that on the Google page, but I have never clicked on it. It seemed so dumb on a search engine page that I had no interest in exploring it....and now you have that same dumb phrase that doesn't mean anything here! "I'm feeling lucky"...about what? I thought it diminished Google to have something so silly and now we have it. Ugh! Why not just have a box that says "bypass preview"?. That would be understandable, sensible and wouldn't look so silly. I still wouldn't want even that though because I don't think we should be able to bypass preview. I thought this site would never allow that.

Does this mean that you can use chat shorthand, misspell everything now and get away with it? The spelling warning won't activate if you choose this button?
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reply to freeze
Why not kick this up another notch and put a small text window with the "I'm feeling lucky" button at the bottom of each thread to give users the ability to add dumb replies to posts even faster than ever?
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reply to freeze
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There has been a bit of talk lately from different mods and members lately about the "dumbing down" and quality of the posting styles in many forums.

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This forum, as I have said many times, is what YOU make it.

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said by mr sean:

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Intelligent conversation was sucked away long ago.

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reply to freeze
i'm sure if it gets out of hand it will be removed.

if people do start using more of the kiddy speak, simply "hey mod" them.
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reply to freeze
>if people do start using more of the kiddy speak, simply "hey mod" them.

So the point of this is to create more work for the mods?! There will be more "heymods" because as the saying goes "if you give them an inch they will take a mile". I already ignore many posts where in the past I would have tried to offer help. Now, I don't understand about one-third of the posts as they have all these chat abbreviations and stuff that I don't know anything about. I haven't used "heymods" on these posts because I thought "heymods" was for important things. In the case of these ignorant, lazy posters I figured they would just not get the help they needed so I have been shrugging my shoulders and gong to the next thread.

Now I think it will just get worse. I don't want to participate in forums or sites where this is prevalent. One reason I joined this site originally was because I was so impressed with how the serious forums were handled and requiring preview and having guidelines for posting impressed me because this site stood out from the norm. We appear to now be going backwards.
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"Everything can be taken from a man or woman but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's destiny." Victor Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning

reply to freeze
What is this, just because that button is there you people can't resist hitting the "I'm feeling lucky" button ?? Geez, get over it. DON'T USE IT if you don't like it !

Here I go. I'm going to hit it...
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said by Hall:

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What is this, just because that button is there you people can't resist hitting the "I'm feeling lucky" button ?? Geez, get over it. DON'T USE IT if you don't like it

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reply to freeze
Pretty cool! Will make things alot easier for me when at home on dial-up.

reply to justin
I like it since I look at my posts before I try to preview it anyway. So for many posts its a nice shortcut

Edward

reply to freeze
Ceeing ase Eye cant speel werth a durnned, Eye tink I'lll stick weeth preview!

reply to freeze
I've used this a few times so far and I like it ! Now I'm trying to find my old "new feature request" when I asked for this 6-12 months ago...
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reply to justin
Is this feature only for premium users? Because I'm not seeing the button.

said by Xanadu:

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Is this feature only for premium users? Because I'm not seeing the button.

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