Jeff and .NET

Not to play the "i'm complaining about something that's totally free" person, but is this version 8 going to have any improvements to the Post Entry system? In the current version its a flat out chore to make a post in the forums at uberasp.net (really messes with trying to post code, fonts and colors get out of whack too easy, stuff like that)

Define "chore."

My definition:
- Not very easy to use

Some things i've noticed

- Copying and pasting actual code into the entry box doesn't result in a very usefull reply. For instance, i was posting about a question on one of your aritcles and it took me three tries and at least 5 edits just to show the code i was trying in a well spaced/well-indented manor so that people could follow it easier (it doesn't like "<" at all, for example: http://www.uberasp.net/forum.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=510)

- Color coding is quirky at best, fonts and colors get mixed together when there is copying and pasting going on

- Clicking the "Add Image" button and then changing your mind by hitting "Cancel" on the javascript prompt results in a broken image getting inserting into the post

- And maybe its just a pet peeve of mine, but i despise the inserting of a <p> rather than just a carriage return / line feed when i click "enter", actually i've seen that as a very very very common complaint on many WYSIWYG editors, so i know its not just me

I mean look, that's just a user perspective and my 2 cents.... not complaining, not thinking i can do better, not putting down your stuff, so i don't think you should feel obligated to change anything or even give a second thought to anything i just listed, but i just ** at least ** wanted to point them out......

- Steve (MorningZ from the CT forums)

Color and fonts are stripped out on purpose, so you aren't seeing anything "quirky" because it's just not there. Less than/greater than is parsed right in v8. The p tag thing is an Internet Explorer thing, whereas Firefox inserts br's. I need to figure out how to trap the enter key in IE (though shift-enter has the desired single-line break effect today).

"so you aren't seeing anything "quirky" because it's just not there"

If you really believe thats true, then i guess its all fixed in your eyes then, no convincing you otherwise

What? Dude... this isn't about convincing me of anything. The forum does not, and never had, handled colors or fonts. It's parsed out as leftover HTML. It's just not there.