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    Comment Preview

    Posted by Jonathan on February 16th, 2013 (All posts by )

    I’ve installed a comment-preview feature. A preview of your comment now appears below the comment-entry window as you type.

     

    This entry was posted on Saturday, February 16th, 2013 at 12:32 pm and is filed under Announcements. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    18 Responses to “Comment Preview”

    1. Bill Brandt Says:
      February 16th, 2013 at 12:34 pm

      Nice feature!

    2. Jonathan Says:
      February 16th, 2013 at 12:46 pm

      Let me know if you have any trouble with it.

    3. Mike K Says:
      February 16th, 2013 at 2:36 pm

      That should avoid typos. Ann Althouse’s preview feature has the bug that it deletes the previewed comment. I hope we have avoided that.

    4. Mike K Says:
      February 16th, 2013 at 2:36 pm

      Nope. Good.

    5. veryretired Says:
      February 16th, 2013 at 2:37 pm

      goob odea thaat wil hellp us marjimal tipiststs aboyd spewlinf and uther mostikes/ thunks

    6. ANONYMOUS Says:
      February 16th, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      TEST

    7. Assistant Village Idiot Says:
      February 16th, 2013 at 11:25 pm

      Theoretically, this will improve quality.

      HAHAHAHAHA!

    8. Smock Puppet, 10th Dan Snark Master and Gender Bïgǒt Says:
      February 17th, 2013 at 5:47 am

      Every good boy deserves a little brown fox that eats his head off.

      Yep. Tested with all the letters from my bowl of Alphabits and it works.

      Alphabits are far more interesting than the metrosexual kind, BTW…

    9. TMLutas Says:
      February 17th, 2013 at 2:10 pm

      Very nice addition, and quite appreciated.

    10. Bill Brandt Says:
      February 17th, 2013 at 4:42 pm

      I have noticed it isn’t interactive – that is, you correct your mistakes on the original before hitting send – and the mirror still shows the original – but still a welcomed addition. I have looked at the mirror – somehow my typos stand out better there than the original – corrected them…

    11. Jonathan Says:
      February 17th, 2013 at 6:00 pm

      Interesting. What browser are you using?

    12. Bill Brandt Says:
      February 17th, 2013 at 6:44 pm

      Jonathan – it wasn’t a critique – more of an observation – I am using Firefox – I had just posted to a thread – for some reason seeing it “as it will be” seems (for me) to bring out the typos – I corrected the errors (that I could see!!! ;-) ) – cut it – refreshed the screen – pasted it to new comments and all looked good.

      Now I just put an “r” into “more” and noticed it interactively changing – so perhaps in Emily Lotilla’s famous line, “Never Mind “

    13. Bill Brandt Says:
      February 17th, 2013 at 9:02 pm

      OK Jonathan – here is what it isn’t doing – now mind up this isn’t a critique – just an observation – all of you running CB do it because you want to – so I for one am glad that you do it.

      But, if you see a spelling error (red lined as the software detects a spelling error) – you right click to fix the error – the new mirror does not show that change. But I can say that it is helping me – look at the results and seeing the typos more readily , no matter what “Assistant Village Idiot” may say ;-)

    14. Jonathan Says:
      February 17th, 2013 at 9:16 pm

      Thanks for the report. I’m guessing that this is a browser issue as I don’t see it in Chrome. I’m going to leave the setup alone since even imperfect it’s a significant improvement over not having a preview.

      Note that if you’re running a script blocker, as I am in Firefox, the preview may not appear.

    15. Bill Brandt Says:
      February 17th, 2013 at 9:32 pm

      The company where I work part time is writing a big Net-based application that , of course, depends on browsers. And the differences between IE, Chrome and Firefox are driving the programmer nuts.

      But even imperfect as it is on my Firefox it is a huge help as I can see how how it will appear vs as it appeared.

      And to get around the difference all I have to is is cut, refresh screen, paste and it shows as it should.

    16. Mrs. Davis Says:
      February 18th, 2013 at 10:10 am

      Hooray. Thank you.

    17. Jonathan Says:
      February 18th, 2013 at 10:16 am

      Thanks for the prompt.

    18. PenGun Says:
      February 18th, 2013 at 6:52 pm

      Really, oh my it works. It will kill off a few typos anyway. A nice addition.

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