Hi,
what is the point of It is currently .. and Your last visit ... If i want to know the current time i look at right bottom corner. And i know when i was lastly on the forum. Maybe they server some purpose i dont see but are they so important that they have to be included on top of index?
So i suggest to remove them or at least move them somewhere else but rather remove.
[RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
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AFAIK, the purpose is for time zone stuff. Because of time zones (especially on international forums) board time may be different than your own system time. When you are scanning the forum index for last posts you might want to know what time those last post times are based on.
For most local/country based boards I usually move that info to the footer or completely remove it, depending on the purpose of the board.
For most local/country based boards I usually move that info to the footer or completely remove it, depending on the purpose of the board.
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
There is info about timezone in the footer exactly for this purpose.
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But how many normal visitors of forum understand what does it mean?
On other hand that time in header shows only when user last time refreshed page. So it's not too helpful.
On other hand that time in header shows only when user last time refreshed page. So it's not too helpful.
Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
How many normal visitors check the Current time, then count the difference between it and theirs current time and then apply this difference on post times? 
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Certainly not me. For me would be best to see current board time and maybe difference between mine PC time and forum time. So instead "All times are GMT+00:00" I would like to see "Board time is shifted by +3 hrs" or something like that. Maybe, if there is the "Board time is shifted by +3 hrs", I wouldn't need to see current board time at all.
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The idea of last visit is, so the user can detect if someone logged in for him 
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Well then it is done very poorly
If we want to achieve this feature, it should be done like in gmail with list of last logins, times, places, IP adresses etc. And it should be in UCP, not in top of index where only important things should be.
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You don't think that it's important to know if you've been hacked?Kamahl19 wrote:Well then it is done very poorlyIf we want to achieve this feature, it should be done like in gmail with list of last logins, times, places, IP adresses etc. And it should be in UCP, not in top of index where only important things should be.
Both of those messages take a whole one line of text. If you want them implemented "better", that's fine. Put a
It's also odd that you post an RFC and start by asking "What's the point of....?" If you want to know the point, ask first, then open an RFC if the answer isn't satisfactory.
Steve
P.S. If you're really worried about wasting space, there's no reason to start an RFC (or almost any post) with "Hi" (especially on its own line).
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Re: [RFC] Remove Its currently.. and Last visit
That is the best thing that I read for a long time, it going to be my new sig now.Pony99CA wrote: P.S. If you're really worried about wasting space, there's no reason to start an RFC (or almost any post) with "Hi" (especially on its own line).And "what's the point" of two blank lines between paragraphs?