<![CDATA[Questions and Confusions]]>Well, after a month of absense I came -- 'what the heck! what did they do to it! awww!'. Being thorough though, I've read stuff and sort of made peace (well, I'll be watching you, right).
Having read the "Welcome" topic (and then), I've grown curious.
1, I still can't see the categories structure to fit something: for one, I have a tablet computer... A: It is a computer, so it kinda fits into "computer" - but alas, there's no "Android" there. B: It is mobile - kinda - but it seems to me the devs didn't mean it to be in the "Mobile" section (namely heed the subcategory "other phones" or what it's called). So please consider such devices; they widely run on Android if you know...
2, I haven't gathered yet how the hell the threads in boards are organised and what those "ago" subtitles actually mean: do they mean to point out when the OP was posted or what? I was expecting it to show the last comment's time.
(About time, by the way: will it be 1) customisable by time zone? 2) customisable in terms of type/format? For the latter, I very much prefer like this HH:MM type rather than stupid "am" etc. For the former, I'd very much like it to show GMT/UTC/Zulu rather than some obscure local time however I live there physically.)
Well, back to the order issue -- is it/will it be customisable or will it be improved to appear clearer to the user or will at the very least it be explained???

Ah! others are welcome to present their confusions here, no doubt.
(People, don't use the "smilies" button: it hangs my Firefox, for one.)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/23308/questions-and-confusionsRSS for NodeWed, 14 Oct 2026 08:03:32 GMTTue, 14 Nov 2017 10:54:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:35:54 GMT]]>@joshl It allows you to minimize the composer window. You can have more than one Composer opened simultaneously and, if you wish, switch between them using these buttons. Finally, if you have any chats open they would pop up there as icons with avatars of your interlocutor, next to that big red circle, too.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/138216https://forums.opera.com/post/138216Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:35:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:17:54 GMT]]>What is this white plus sign in a big red circle on my bottom right when I compose something? Like right now?
Hovering produces pointing a link in my browser with the topic's name and number in it then some numerical after a slash ending with a hashtag.
Is it for calling an ambulance or something?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/138214https://forums.opera.com/post/138214Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:17:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:43:32 GMT]]>No, not yet.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/136465https://forums.opera.com/post/136465Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:43:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Sat, 06 Jan 2018 12:39:22 GMT]]>Leo mentioned a bug. Has it been addressed?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/136391https://forums.opera.com/post/136391Sat, 06 Jan 2018 12:39:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:15:59 GMT]]>@joshl Yes, you can.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135896https://forums.opera.com/post/135896Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:15:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 01 Jan 2018 11:44:32 GMT]]>@joshl looks to me like your screen resolution places you in β€œmobile” layout instead of tablet/desktop. Nothing really we can do about it 😞

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135891https://forums.opera.com/post/135891Mon, 01 Jan 2018 11:44:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:32:11 GMT]]>And another question - a little one: can we quote partially?
I might try checking it next time: highlighting some text then hitting "Quote"😏

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135886https://forums.opera.com/post/135886Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:32:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:29:07 GMT]]>@leocg said in Questions and Confusions:

@joshl said in Questions and Confusions:

And what about having some markings on the threads (on the lists in boards) as to when the latest comment there was?

On the right of the topic/section you can see the last comment.

Come again?
I meant entering the board, there is this list of the threads. They might seem - or be - ordered by the last reply, but I did not seem to see any apparent showing of its time/date (as it used to be on the old(er) forums).

@joshl said in Questions and Confusions:

Oh, and I can't seem to see a "preview" button here. Is there any?

When you start a reply, you already see the preview on the right.

Well, I do not. πŸ˜‘

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135885https://forums.opera.com/post/135885Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:29:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:24:20 GMT]]>@leocg

The login button is on the top right of the page.

Half an hour ago, I logged with my Firefox, saw one at the left when entered a board. No top right though, AWAIR😐

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135884https://forums.opera.com/post/135884Mon, 01 Jan 2018 09:24:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:07:37 GMT]]>Wishes for the future ... There is not enough button "spoiler", when adding a comment, to hide large pictures and texts.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135465https://forums.opera.com/post/135465Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:07:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 25 Dec 2017 15:30:46 GMT]]>@joshl said in Questions and Confusions:

And what about having some markings on the threads (on the lists in boards) as to when the latest comment there was?

On the right of the topic/section you can see the last comment.

@joshl said in Questions and Confusions:

Then, sometimes I see a thread here and there, starting with a bold dot in the title line. Sometimes I see a kind of an arrow in a box there

It means that the topic was moved from another forum/section.

@joshl said in Questions and Confusions:

Oh, and I can't seem to see a "preview" button here. Is there any?

When you start a reply, you already see the preview on the right.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135302https://forums.opera.com/post/135302Mon, 25 Dec 2017 15:30:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 25 Dec 2017 15:22:31 GMT]]>@joshl The login button is on the top right of the page.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135301https://forums.opera.com/post/135301Mon, 25 Dec 2017 15:22:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 25 Dec 2017 09:08:45 GMT]]>And what about having some markings on the threads (on the lists in boards) as to when the latest comment there was? I'm kinda used to it.
Threads seem to order according to latest comments in them, but there's no sign when. Myself personally could use such to navigate faster...

Then, sometimes I see a thread here and there, starting with a bold dot in the title line. Sometimes I see a kind of an arrow in a box there - similar to that one clickable leading to the latest comment, but the one in question is not clickable. What do those mean? The bold dot seems to appear randomπŸ˜•

Oh, and I can't seem to see a "preview" button here. Is there any?
Wanted to check if a smilie exists or not...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135292https://forums.opera.com/post/135292Mon, 25 Dec 2017 09:08:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Mon, 25 Dec 2017 07:59:21 GMT]]>Been kind of off lately... A month ago had issues with chat here - mostly with my Firefox; now came after this while with my Opera 36: chat looks good here.
A confusion though -- could not see a "Log in" button when first came now - not logged; the "Log in to reply" one was in place in a thread, yet I'm accustomed to having one somewhere at the top of the page though... Perhaps there is some under the "menu" button on the left there - didn't check...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135288https://forums.opera.com/post/135288Mon, 25 Dec 2017 07:59:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:45:01 GMT]]>@joshl said in Questions and Confusions:

... No, I have not tried other browsers yet. And I'm not sure if I will: Chrome is buggy, outdated and dangerous, even perhaps infested; my Opera 36 gets me BSoD every exit now; the Good Old Opera 11 I won't even try; my Midori is, too, outdated, and even then when I used on OperaForums it had layout issues. So, perhaps Midori would be the only one I could try, but - considering it already had layout issues ...

You're up against a shrinking software availability selection, due to XP's increasing age/obsolesence. Many of the chromium-based and Firefox-derived browsers that are still updated will be deprecating their XP support by June 2018. The few remaining XP-specified candidates that offer some hope and hints of longer-term support and that might be worth installing and trying against this site are:

Advanced Chrome Custom-build (54.15.5320.0, based on Chrome, 3/13/17)
Slimjet 10 family (10.0.13.0, based on chromium 50, 2/8/17)
Otter - still in pre-release (0.9.92 release candidate 2, based on Qt, 11/1/17)
Lunascape (6.15.1.27563, based on 3 engines - but its Trident engine may be problematic, 5/27/17)

Even with these browsers, there are no guarantees regarding how long they will stick with XP-compatible updating, since the work and patching required to keep them secure and current will become ever more complex as chromium and Firefox engines further evolve without their own internal XP provisioning. One thing that will eventually cause problems for any browser on XP will be loss of browsing compatibility with secure SSL websites that are increasingly migrating to eliptical-curve cryptography - XP can't handle it in support of installed browsers.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/131186https://forums.opera.com/post/131186Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:45:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:00:38 GMT]]>@joshl said in Questions and Confusions:

@amatczak I'll wait. (By the way, it's a quote from a classic "Angel on my Shoulder" B&W film, delivered by the Smilie character;)

Your wait is over. Lo and behold your glorious Gravatar! Thanks to @julianlam for merging the fix quickly.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/131083https://forums.opera.com/post/131083Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:00:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:27:16 GMT]]>@joshl it should work. Let's try:

First line
Second line

And some text afterwards.
You need to add one blank line before the code block for it to work. AFAIK this is consistent with Markdown specs.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130999https://forums.opera.com/post/130999Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:27:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:23:37 GMT]]>1024x600 huh? No wonder. We don't have that bar on the right either. Get yourself a larger screen (if possible) so you don't have to zoom so much, I guess,

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130985https://forums.opera.com/post/130985Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:23:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:26:22 GMT]]>@sgunhouse I can only see the cog and the cross no matter what. πŸ˜•

Should I try disabling the adblocker? It shows 1 piece of something "prevented" here...
It didn't seem to help. However, I'm still not too familiar with this uBlock at all -- something I seem to get, something else gets me at a loss...

Not sure if pasting a clipboard will work here in Firefox... 0_1510683313968_83f73465-7ffc-4f86-9d44-efecda5d2a76-image.png Huh! it does (unless it's the old one)! (No, it isn't.)
It does work. Well, that's how the chats list looks from down here on the zoom 133%. On ones 120% and lower it looks like yours, Steve.
No, I have not tried other browsers yet. And I'm not sure if I will: Chrome is buggy, outdated and dangerous, even perhaps infested; my Opera 36 gets me BSoD every exit now; the Good Old Opera 11 I won't even try; my Midori is, too, outdated, and even then when I used on OperaForums it had layout issues. So, perhaps Midori would be the only one I could try, but - considering it already had layout issues -- what assurances could one have that it will make any sense then??
(Well, my tablet has a couple of browsers installed, but it only works out of WiFi, WiFi I have only got at the hospital, I've no intentions to get sick again and get back there any time soon:P)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130981https://forums.opera.com/post/130981Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:26:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:06:17 GMT]]>Since I can't post it in the chat, here's a screenshot of how I normally see a chat popup:
0_1510682763360_4452e333-d2c6-4959-b861-fc45bd92f6d2-image.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130979https://forums.opera.com/post/130979Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:06:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:27:41 GMT]]>My reply to Steve's latest post wasn't shown in the row when I opened the thread this time now. It appeared folded in that blue "1 reply" -- while I didn't have those previous times - or at least it seemed/seems so.
I did not touch any settings (nor even remember seeing one for that). Why does it get folded or in the row -- and how does one fix it? Is there a setting for that? Myself personally seem to prefer it in one smooth chunk - not chopped into separate folded conversations... πŸ˜•

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130972https://forums.opera.com/post/130972Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:27:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:20:07 GMT]]>@sgunhouse said in Questions and Confusions:

πŸ”«?

Yeah, I was about to chop Suey because I had no face;)

On your profile page - below the name and stuff - it lisrs "Posts made by joshl, And yes, it does say 3.8k posts. If you click on the 3 dots to the right of your avatar, the menu should include both Posts (topics started by you) and Comments (replies to existing threads). Note that both appear as one big list, as you scroll down older stuff gets added to the bottom.

Yes, I found it in the dropdown: just "Topics".
And no, no one big list, fortunately; separately "Topics" then "Posts"🍺

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130966https://forums.opera.com/post/130966Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:20:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Questions and Confusions on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:35:00 GMT]]>πŸ”«?

On your profile page - below the name and stuff - it lists "Posts made by joshl, And yes, it does say 3.8k posts. If you click on the 3 dots to the right of your avatar, the menu should include both Posts (topics started by you) and Comments (replies to existing threads). Note that both appear as one big list, as you scroll down older stuff gets added to the bottom.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/130960https://forums.opera.com/post/130960Tue, 14 Nov 2017 17:35:00 GMT