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galen · Local time: Jul 21, 2006, 07:39 PM

I voted yes. applebees must return!!!!!

I guess GFF is just too much serious business for fun! We are all very professional people with very dry senses of humor and well thought out and poignant opinions of a variety of topics, after all!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

galen · Local time: Jul 21, 2006, 08:03 PM

Not useless. Unnecessary, yes, but not useless.

How ya doing, buddy?

galen · 03:49 AM

Originally Posted by eriol33

Now, why bobo actually removed this feature?

Here is a quote directly from Bobsy himself:

Quote:

I love the work Bigblah is putting into the site but some features just don't make any sense from a usability perspective. Display names is one of the few. I want to bring consistency to the entire place, not have every possbile aspect modifiable. The username is one of the few constants about a user and having graphics or blank usernames to display adds no functional aspect to the site and makes things downright confusing.

So, okay. Inconsistency. He wants things to be consistent.

And hey, I can't blame him. I'm a big fan of consistency! I like things predictable too. In fact, I think we should go ahead and set the current avatars and signatures in stone. In the name of consistency, of course.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

galen · Local time: Jul 22, 2006, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Aardork

I'm sorry, that's a straw man. I don't agree with bobo's removing the feature, but you can't equate something like that with avatars or signatures. Virtually all vBulletin boards have customizable avs and sigs, so if I register at a new board, it's expected that I will understand it. Customizable names, however, are something else.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make a post that would require someone to pull out their fancy debate terms on me. My point was that his argument was weak, and I emphasized that point with an extreme and unrealistic example.

His point that he wants a consistent username is valid, until you take into account the hundreds of theme weeks with member name changes, other member name changes and the fact that the feature was not board-wide and easily disabled, as has been said before.

Anyway, if you don't agree with the decision as you say...why did you vote against it?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

View Poll Results: Do you want Custom Display Names back?
Yes, it was optional, off by default, and helped the community. What's not to like?	62	83.78%
No, I want you to rip off my face and nail it to the back of a tractor.	12	16.22%
Voters: 74. You may not vote on this poll