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#1 Added by Zhoi 1 decade ago

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Sorry, but what kind of "date of post" is "5 months ago"?

Sometimes one needs to know on exactly which day a forum-entry has been made.

Like for knowing and referring to the day someone has been playing/writing actively for the last time, the day someone mentioned starting or stopping playing Ryzom, for writing RP-chronicles (to calculate the exact Atys-day from that date) or to find out about the date player-events have started / ended in the past (that may have only been announced in this forum).

The data of date and time of posting is clearly recorded for this forum. But is it really necessary to change it to such a very vague and sadly useless appraisal over time? Has this any pros/benefits compared to the drawbacks it has?

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#3 Added by Talya 1 decade ago

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What the heck is Facebook?
Detailed dates are cool by nature. :P

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#4 Added by Sherkalyn 1 decade ago

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I must agree, this is no Failbook. I never understood the point of "15 minutes ago" as if by looking at the date and time I couldn't figure it out by myself. Playing Ryzom is supposed to require some minimal amount of intelligence. This is almost an insult to that minimal amount. :P

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#5 Added by Iala 1 decade ago

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That said, given the numerous timezones different people are residing in, saying that something was posted "10 minutes ago" makes sense, unless you expect the server to convert the timestamp of each post to the timezone of the reader.

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#6 Added by Sherkalyn 1 decade ago

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Most forums do, actually. You set your timezone and everything is converted automatically.

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Girl Playing Roles

#7 Added by Felagund 1 decade ago

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I agree.
There should be an option, allowing the user to switch between "the old way" and a normal YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM format calculated in/to the appropriate timezone.

#8 Added by Talya 1 decade ago

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While being just a few minutes, hours or days ago, let's say 7 at least, it has some comfort to easily see how long it's been ago, but the original timestamp shouldn't be omitted.

Moreover, a redesign of a post's headline might make sense.
Nearly nobody makes use of the feature to change the "subject", so one could change the headline design as follows:

#[post number] | [player name] - [YYYY-mm-dd hh:mm:ss] [([time] ago)] [Edit] Quote

Last edited by Talya (1 decade ago)

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[ˈtʌʎˌjaː ˈʃʌtˑənˌtans] - The wog with the whip! Always takin' care for purposive Ryzom development and conductive community behavior via appropriate amounts of well-placed criticism.
Botherin' homins since Aug '06 - Nuttin' ta lose, but a bad rep.
DE, EN, C++, ASM, MHD, ahd, nl (Ik werk eraan als een ploegpaard), it, lat

#9 Added by Karu 1 decade ago

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there is time option under options

imho relative time is shorter and more verbose for casual viewer.

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#10 Added by Zhoi 1 decade ago

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Ah, thank you very much, now this is a LOT better! :) Sorry for having overlooked this option. Or has it been implemented just recently?

On the other hand a day-counter like "147 days ago" instead of "5 months ago" would also be nice... Not that I'm trying to find something to complain forcibly :D

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#11 Added by Felagund 1 decade ago

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these new options werent available "10 hours ago" :)

#12 Added by Zhoi 1 decade ago

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In this case: thank you very much, dear forum-gods (and goddesses of course as well)!

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#13 Added by Bitttymacod 1 decade ago

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Yay -- Yes, very nice -- thank you, oh Powers that control apps.

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