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Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 16:46
by TradeMark
There are only few people among me, who actually uses it correctly.

So, i suggest it would be hidden as its usage is becoming more or less like the Signature (which is disabled too, gladly).

I have been thinking to say this out loud for a long time by now, but the last straw was when i noticed Knorke had put an URL in it to advertise some of his stuff. Also that URL breaks the layout in IE8.

The only reason i have put my location there, is to show that my mother tongue isnt English, so people can maybe understand to read my messages with less strict way, although, that has never worked.

So, all in all, just remove the tag, nobody uses it, its totally useless & annoying.

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When youre onto it, could you format the Joined date to not have hours/minutes/seconds in it too? (it was like that before forum update few years ago...)

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 16:51
by smoth
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"breaks IE layout"
they could use html/css to lock how wide it can be.

"location becoming something else"
cool they should just not call it location. Software evolves based on the end user which is the rest of us.

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 17:18
by Jazcash
Breaks in Chrome too. Just rename it to "Motto" or w/e. Oh and yeah, remove time on Join Date.

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 17:52
by TradeMark
smoth wrote:"location becoming something else"
cool they should just not call it location. Software evolves based on the end user which is the rest of us.
Location: GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN KIDS!
yeah, its very useful...

alright guys, i will put crap there too then >_> tho my crap will be much more epic than yours.

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 19:50
by knorke
Also that URL breaks the layout in IE8.
haha oh wow? :shock:

ill change it but cant we just hide the post field too?
The text there is often more useless & annoying.

/e
sorry, i develop and validate my postings on Firefox 3.6
it worked there.

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 19:52
by Pxtl
Chrome layout is widened too. In the mean time, may I suggest a URL shortener?

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 20:05
by TradeMark
Pxtl wrote:In the mean time, may I suggest a URL shortener?
i dont like url shorteners since it makes it hard to just copy the url (if you mean those that make ... in it), although i believe we have such system here already :/

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 20:24
by Pxtl
No, URL shorteners are websites like 3.ly or bit.ly that just provide you with a short-url redirect.

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 20:29
by knorke
now shortend/obscured would be really annoying.
not enough rickroll yet?

Re: Can we hide the Location tag, please?

Posted: 16 Apr 2011, 21:35
by TradeMark
Pxtl wrote:No, URL shorteners are websites like 3.ly or bit.ly that just provide you with a short-url redirect.
lol thats even worser since every link would break if some website decides to go down or delete their links, also it wouldnt tell a shit about the link either, as knorke said.