I'd like to suggest the bump a couple requests down a bit --

• message system, by which private posts can be left for other member, of limited length and retained for limited duration
• tagline archival
• (optional) birthdates in user profiles, with automatic "Happy Birthday to []" displays
• Events -- give users the ability to enter an event (JM playing guitar, ASH on Leno) which will be displayed up to the relevant date

And bump up:

• Shorten long URLs

Also, it should be noted which have been implemented on the test site:

• Display list of user names and e-mail addresses (would the 'search profile by e-mail address or for e-mail address' feature cover this? They seem similar) Yes, the search by e-mail address would address the same thing this is to
• Threadsuck

Which have been pre-coded, but not integrated into code:

• Tag closer
• Shorten long URLs

I don't understand "search by thread" -- is that "move search out of beta?" That should be on the list.

I missed the discussion on changing the colour of threads with new messages -- I don't quite see the point.

I'll poke at the CVS when I get home tonight.

FWIW, I think "move search out of beta" should be at the top of the list, since searching seems to be the most missed feature.

Those changes noted. My understanding was that 'search by thread' meant some way in which you could use the search engine to search only one thread, without having to muck around changing your subscriptions first. However, moving the search engine we've got out of beta seems to be higher priority.

My understanding was that 'search by thread' meant some way in which you could use the search engine to search only one thread, without having to muck around changing your subscriptions first.

You can:

[link]

With the thread id# where I have the ##.

In that case, I can take it off the list of things people want added. Thanks, Jess.

Lowest priority: Formatting of posts or board (more allowed tags

Can I just say that one request is for "s" to be added to allowed tags, which ought to be a relatively quick fix, and it's already an allowed tag, just not in its abbreviated form? It's short for STRIKE if you didn't know.

And about the missing email addresses when people write to admins to change passwords or whatever, wouldn't having a form, with required fields, be a better organisational solution to that? If I wrote to you it wouldn't be from the address I used for this board anyway.

wouldn't having a form, with required fields, be a better organisational solution to that?

Some people, for whatever reason, don't use forms. The just email directly to the admin address.

Then we should spank them.

Or we could reply straight away and say "if it's about changing your password, you have to use this form".

If I wrote to you it wouldn't be from the address I used for this board anyway.

Well, you're speaking as someone with more than one. So far I haven't fielded a request with the wrong e-mail address.

Besides we shouldn't force people to mail from the form. It's bad usability. That's why there's also a mailto: link on the e-mail admins page.

As for t s -- I don't know if it's still true, but as of a year or so ago, it showed up in fewer browsers than t strike -- meaning I was getting some fuckedstrange posts displayed.

Maybe I'm missing something, but "change password" is already in Set Profile.