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Avatar area displays less than before - Answered & Closed

davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
edited 2010-12-18 23:14 in General Discussion
To Whom it may concern,

"Something" has changed in the last couple weeks: the avatar area of a message now only displays the avatar, number of posts, user name, and level. The information concerning location, etc., is no longer displayed.

I've perused my profile settings and found nothing related to the issue.

Was I asleep when the memo went out?

Later,

DJ

Comments

  • BumpBump Posts: 592
    edited 2010-12-17 09:55
    You're correct! We nuked the location, age, and join date from the Postbit. If someone is seeking that information it is still accessible if people wish to know more about a specific forum's member, provided that member has made it publicly available.
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2010-12-17 10:06
    ...okey dokey - thanks for the response.

    DJ
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-12-17 10:10
    I rather liked having the location in the avatar frame, for two reasons:

    1. Knowing a poster's time zone helps in crafting a timely answer to a query (or lets you know if you have more time). Of course some forumistas seem never to sleep!

    2. Knowing a person's country helps one to be more considerate of poor English, if it's not a poster's native language -- or to respond in that language if English becomes too awkward.

    I know there's an offsetting consideration regarding vertical space on the screen, which is something I've commented on in the past. But I think the advantages of knowing a poster's location overcomes the disadvantage of two more lines of space. Of more concern in that regard is that the sig line always starts below the last avatar line, when it could overlap instead.

    -Phil

    Then there's that inch of whitespace before the edit notice below...
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2010-12-17 10:14
    ...oops! Have I "stirred the pot"?

    (smiles)

    DJ
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-12-17 10:20
    ...oops! Have I "stirred the pot"?
    As with legislation and sausage, if you like the forum, you probably don't want to see forum policy being made. :)

    -Phil
  • BumpBump Posts: 592
    edited 2010-12-17 11:33
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I rather liked having the location in the avatar frame, for two reasons:

    1. Knowing a poster's time zone helps in crafting a timely answer to a query (or lets you know if you have more time). Of course some forumistas seem never to sleep!

    2. Knowing a person's country helps one to be more considerate of poor English, if it's not a poster's native language -- or to respond in that language if English becomes too awkward.

    I know there's an offsetting consideration regarding vertical space on the screen, which is something I've commented on in the past. But I think the advantages of knowing a poster's location overcomes the disadvantage of two more lines of space. Of more concern in that regard is that the sig line always starts below the last avatar line, when it could overlap instead.

    -Phil

    Then there's that inch of whitespace before the edit notice below...

    I'll bring it up, we might see a return of the location information.
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2010-12-17 11:51
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I rather liked having the location in the avatar frame, for two reasons:

    1. Knowing a poster's time zone helps in crafting a timely answer to a query (or lets you know if you have more time). Of course some forumistas seem never to sleep!

    2. Knowing a person's country helps one to be more considerate of poor English, if it's not a poster's native language -- or to respond in that language if English becomes too awkward.

    Anything that serves a reminder that there is a bigger world out there is a good thing. I think it helps feel a little more connected to the rest of the planet when we see that we are conversing with folks around the globe.

    Please bring back the location info!

    Rich H
  • BumpBump Posts: 592
    edited 2010-12-17 14:22
    Location restored: Parallax Forums back with classic location data.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-12-17 14:54
    Thanks, Bump!

    -Phil
  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2010-12-17 15:05
    Bump wrote: »
    Location restored: Parallax Forums back with classic location data.

    Thank you!

    Rich H
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2010-12-18 23:14
    ...well lookee that - thanks Mr. Bump!

    DJ
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