Can 'poly get those spoiler box things?

trickey · December 20, 2002, 08:56

They are great to use if your post has spoilers of some sort in it.

*searches to find one*

http://www.shiningforcecentral.com/f...pic.php?t=5053

FrustratedPoet · December 20, 2002, 09:43

We have to be registered on that forum to see it .... so it no worky I'm afraid ..... but I know what you mean.

DrSpike · December 20, 2002, 11:51

The only time I can think of for spoilers to regularly be relevant is in comparison games threads, which usually have CONTAINS SPOILERS in the thread title.

Ari Rahikkala · December 20, 2002, 15:52

egb13 nyjnlf jnf naq jvyy nyjnlf or zber rssrpgvir... Jul qba'g crbcyr hfr vg nalzber?

(note: if you zbebas can't read that, Google for "rot13")

Lemmy · December 20, 2002, 15:56

Quote:

Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala
egb13 nyjnlf jnf naq jvyy nyjnlf or zber rssrpgvir... Jul qba'g crbcyr hfr vg nalzber?

(note: if you zbebas can't read that, Google for "rot13")

In case some of you are too lazy:
"rto13 always was and will always be more effective... Why don't people use it anymore?"

Immortal Wombat · December 21, 2002, 07:49

Highlight to read the spoilers

blah blah blah, Gandalf doesn't really die, blah blah

DrSpike · December 21, 2002, 08:10

You bastard, I thought he was really dead.

Apocalypse · December 21, 2002, 08:46

This'd be useful whenever me, Kass, or whoever start talking about our favorite TV show.

Straybow · December 21, 2002, 14:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Apocalypse
This'd be useful whenever me, Kass, or whoever start talking about our favorite TV show.

No, that's what "ignore" is for…

spartak · December 21, 2002, 14:41

ixnay · December 21, 2002, 18:54

I'd like this. It's possible to implement in vbulletin so that you just put tags around whatever you want.

Urban Ranger · December 21, 2002, 19:58

Yeah, rot13 is better because it works with text-only browsers.

MarkG · December 22, 2002, 07:20

lets see....

Spoiler:

spartak · December 22, 2002, 07:24

Cor - cool. How did you do that?

MarkG · December 22, 2002, 07:32

magic spell i copied from Gandalf

spartak · December 22, 2002, 07:36

Skanky Burns · December 22, 2002, 07:40

Testing:

Spoiler:

Hey, it works!

Good one, Markos.

FrustratedPoet · December 22, 2002, 07:46

Does the censor work with the spoiler tags?

Spoiler:

/edit: yes .... damn.

FrustratedPoet · December 22, 2002, 07:47

Does it work with all the forum styles?

Zopperoni · December 22, 2002, 07:57

Of course these things don't work in Opera o_O

spartak · December 22, 2002, 09:10

Spoiler:

trickey · December 22, 2002, 10:13

Thanks Markos

Kassiopeia · December 22, 2002, 10:35

Markos

Quote:

Originally posted by Zopperoni
Of course these things don't work in Opera o_O

It works properly in Opera 7. Though, too bad if you're a non-Windows user (I think there's only a beta for Win right now).

Besides, in this case the blame would be on Opera. Showing highlighted text like other browsers do can't be that difficult.

JohnT · December 22, 2002, 12:13

I requested these things way over 6 months ago. The ones I proposed had the coding:

< table width=80% align=center border="1" cellpadding="2" bordercolor=black>< tr>< td>Spoiler:< /td>< /tr>
< tr>< td bgcolor=black>< font face="verdana" size="2" color="black" >

Insert Text Here

< br />
< /font>< /td>< /tr>< /table>< br />

So that it looks like this:

Spoiler:

Insert Text Here

I was told that people can just skip the text that they didn't want to read, and that we can trust 14 year old boys not to blab the ending of a 4 year old movie, thinking that "it's ancient and everybody's seen it already."

Therefore, they weren't implemented. The whole sordid tale can be found here.

I prefer the new tags though - far less intrusive. Thanks Ixnay, Markos!

Urban Ranger · December 22, 2002, 12:40

Me thinks Markos gives in to the wrong people

MarkG · December 22, 2002, 12:56

Quote:

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Me thinks Markos gives in to the wrong people

[santa voice]and what kind of feature would you like to see UR?[/santa]

Inverse Icarus · December 22, 2002, 14:07

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG

[santa voice]and what kind of feature would you like to see UR?[/santa]

jdd2007 · December 22, 2002, 17:54

hey, what does this forum have against 14-year old boys, you stereotyping

Spoiler:

?

Immortal Wombat · December 22, 2002, 17:55

Just testing to see how this works

Spoiler:

Skanky Burns · December 22, 2002, 18:02

I was going to post something about smilies apparently not being hidden, but then realised that obviously they wouldn't be. The text is only "hidden" because it is the same color as its background.