Which of these do you see when you enter Apterous Phil?Phil Reynolds wrote:In the list of online players, why are some names in bold and others not? What's the difference?
Not quite sure what you mean about signing back in, but anyway from memory I think it sometimes comes up with just my name in bold, sometimes all names in bold and sometimes none.
Non-contrib members don't get shown the bots (since they can't play against them.)Phil Reynolds wrote:I've never seen any of the names in blue like your illustration - they're always black. Thinking about it, I don't think I've ever seen any of the bot names in the list of online players either (even when someone's playing against one of them).
I can see them now.Charlie Reams wrote:Non-contrib members don't get shown the bots (since they can't play against them.)
Say you have just signed into Apterous and you are ready to play (you can see all the names in black etc) you should have what is resembled in Picture 1Phil Reynolds wrote:Not quite sure what you mean about signing back in, but anyway from memory I think it sometimes comes up with just my name in bold, sometimes all names in bold and sometimes none.
There's no refresh button on the Firefox window that pops up when I sign in to apterous (nor indeed any of the normal browser buttons at all). F5 does nothing, and neither does Ctrl-r (which is the standard keyboard shortcut for page reload in Firefox).Joseph Bolas wrote:If you were then to click on "refresh" (or press F5 on your keyboard), so the page was refreshed, it would sign you back in again
Ah, It must just work then on IE, because I don't use Firefox. Sorry about that PhilPhil Reynolds wrote:There's no refresh button on the Firefox window that pops up when I sign in to apterous (nor indeed any of the normal browser buttons at all). F5 does nothing, and neither does Ctrl-r (which is the standard keyboard shortcut for page reload in Firefox).Joseph Bolas wrote:If you were then to click on "refresh" (or press F5 on your keyboard), so the page was refreshed, it would sign you back in again
If you put the cursor in the address bar and then press F5 then it works.Joseph Bolas wrote:Ah, It must just work then on IE, because I don't use Firefox. Sorry about that Phil
Your method of changing to picture 2 works? But isn't picture 2 the "wrong" one?Joseph Bolas wrote:Say you have just signed into Apterous and you are ready to play (you can see all the names in black etc) you should have what is resembled in Picture 1
If you were then to click on "refresh" (or press F5 on your keyboard), so the page was refreshed, it would sign you back in again, and then everything would be bolder and the bots names come up in blue as shown in Picture 2
I don't know about anyone else, but this always works for me
Sorry Gavin, but I don't get what you mean.Gavin Chipper wrote:Your method of changing to picture 2 works? But isn't picture 2 the "wrong" one?Joseph Bolas wrote:Say you have just signed into Apterous and you are ready to play (you can see all the names in black etc) you should have what is resembled in Picture 1
If you were then to click on "refresh" (or press F5 on your keyboard), so the page was refreshed, it would sign you back in again, and then everything would be bolder and the bots names come up in blue as shown in Picture 2
I don't know about anyone else, but this always works for me
I think the first layout is the one you're meant to get. Your post seemed to imply you try to get the second one.Joseph Bolas wrote:Sorry Gavin, but I don't get what you mean.Gavin Chipper wrote:Your method of changing to picture 2 works? But isn't picture 2 the "wrong" one?Joseph Bolas wrote:Say you have just signed into Apterous and you are ready to play (you can see all the names in black etc) you should have what is resembled in Picture 1
If you were then to click on "refresh" (or press F5 on your keyboard), so the page was refreshed, it would sign you back in again, and then everything would be bolder and the bots names come up in blue as shown in Picture 2
I don't know about anyone else, but this always works for me
Are you saying that you are not meant to get that 2nd layout or is there a 3rd layout thats different to what I have posted?
Does anyone apart from Charlie actually have a custom avatar? I think the generic dude looks quite like me so I'm in no hurry to upload mine.Phil Reynolds wrote:Now that I'm a Generous Type TM, how do I upload my avatar so it shows up in the dialogue following each round like everyone else's?
I get you know.Gavin Chipper wrote:I think the first layout is the one you're meant to get. Your post seemed to imply you try to get the second one.Joseph Bolas wrote:Sorry Gavin, but I don't get what you mean.
Are you saying that you are not meant to get that 2nd layout or is there a 3rd layout thats different to what I have posted?
Kirk has one, but he's the only one I have seen (excluding some of the bots of course).Paul Howe wrote:Does anyone apart from Charlie actually have a custom avatar? I think the generic dude looks quite like me so I'm in no hurry to upload mine.Phil Reynolds wrote:Now that I'm a Generous Type TM, how do I upload my avatar so it shows up in the dialogue following each round like everyone else's?
And because I'm a retard, I had to ask Charlie to put it on there.Joseph Bolas wrote:Kirk has one, but he's the only one I have seen (excluding some of the bots of course).Paul Howe wrote:Does anyone apart from Charlie actually have a custom avatar? I think the generic dude looks quite like me so I'm in no hurry to upload mine.Phil Reynolds wrote:Now that I'm a Generous Type TM, how do I upload my avatar so it shows up in the dialogue following each round like everyone else's?
I recall noticing in at least one game I've played that my (human) opponent had an avatar and I didn't. Now I come to think of it, it may well have been Charlie. But I was assuming that anyone could upload their own because of this item in the list of donors' benefits on the website:Paul Howe wrote:Does anyone apart from Charlie actually have a custom avatar? I think the generic dude looks quite like me so I'm in no hurry to upload mine.
Direct from Gimmick Central: give yourself a custom picture! Tired of looking like the old Facebook logo? You can have your ugly mug, or someone else's, appear in the game itself. Impress friends and relatives alike.
You can, but there's no automated system to do it; if you want to send me a picture then I can do it for you (or use your forum avatar.)Phil Reynolds wrote:I recall noticing in at least one game I've played that my (human) opponent had an avatar and I didn't. Now I come to think of it, it may well have been Charlie. But I was assuming that anyone could upload their own because of this item in the list of donors' benefits on the website:Paul Howe wrote:Does anyone apart from Charlie actually have a custom avatar? I think the generic dude looks quite like me so I'm in no hurry to upload mine.
Direct from Gimmick Central: give yourself a custom picture! Tired of looking like the old Facebook logo? You can have your ugly mug, or someone else's, appear in the game itself. Impress friends and relatives alike.
Are there any dimension limits and file size limits for your Apterous avatar?Charlie Reams wrote:You can, but there's no automated system to do it; if you want to send me a picture then I can do it for you (or use your forum avatar.)
Yep.Joseph Bolas wrote:Are there any dimension limits and file size limits for your Apterous avatar?
What are they, please.Charlie Reams wrote:Yep.Joseph Bolas wrote:Are there any dimension limits and file size limits for your Apterous avatar?
Email me the picture you want (or I can use your avatar from here.)Kai Laddiman wrote:On this subject, how do you change your avatar?
I'm itching to do this (as you can probably tell from the number of times I've asked about it) but I'm waiting for you to answer Joseph's question about dimension limits etc.Charlie Reams wrote:Email me the picture you want (or I can use your avatar from here.)
Please can you use my current avatar for this forum?Charlie Reams wrote:Email me the picture you want (or I can use your avatar from here.)Kai Laddiman wrote:On this subject, how do you change your avatar?
The image needs to be 64 pixels high and not more than about 96 wide, JPEG or PNG format; the rest is up to you.Phil Reynolds wrote:I'm itching to do this (as you can probably tell from the number of times I've asked about it) but I'm waiting for you to answer Joseph's question about dimension limits etc.Charlie Reams wrote:Email me the picture you want (or I can use your avatar from here.)
It makes sense as top players could choose the first 8 then run through all 26 letters of the alphabet mentally until they spot a 9 or an obscure 8. After the first 7 there are so many possibilities to choose from so there is no need for a time limit. One could sit there and think "I need an ER for a 9, or an AT, or maybe a TV" so Charlie has it right. Also, if time runs out on the last letter, an S is selected.Gavin Chipper wrote:In my only ever game of Goatdown I noticed that there was a time limit for thr last letter. Is there any logical reason why there should be a time limit for that but not for consonant/vowel choices, or for the last choice in a normal round? And what happens if you miss the time limit? I never did that.
Cheers Charlie - I've emailed you a JPEG. It's the same pic as my forum avatar, just reduced in size to fit the criteria above.Charlie Reams wrote:The image needs to be 64 pixels high and not more than about 96 wide, JPEG or PNG format; the rest is up to you.
Poo. I have no avatar at all now (not even the default one).Phil Reynolds wrote:Cheers Charlie - I've emailed you a JPEG.
Same here - time for some bug hunting, Charlie...Phil Reynolds wrote:Poo. I have no avatar at all now (not even the default one).Phil Reynolds wrote:Cheers Charlie - I've emailed you a JPEG.
It defaults to an S if you miss the time.Gavin Chipper wrote:In my only ever game of Goatdown I noticed that there was a time limit for thr last letter. Is there any logical reason why there should be a time limit for that but not for consonant/vowel choices, or for the last choice in a normal round? And what happens if you miss the time limit? I never did that.
Just played a game against Jon Corby and he christened me 'the invisible man'.Phil Reynolds wrote:Poo. I have no avatar at all now (not even the default one).
Who said that?Phil Reynolds wrote:Just played a game against Jon Corby and he christened me 'the invisible man'.
You did, in the chatroom during this game. Or, if not you, someone else called Jon Corby.Jon Corby wrote:Who said that?Phil Reynolds wrote:Just played a game against Jon Corby and he christened me 'the invisible man'.
Um... yeah, it was an 'invisible man' joke which was unlikely to work when it's written down, and names you in the quote, and several other factors. But I triedPhil Reynolds wrote:You did, in the chatroom during this game. Or, if not you, someone else called Jon Corby.Jon Corby wrote:Who said that?Phil Reynolds wrote:Just played a game against Jon Corby and he christened me 'the invisible man'.
Jon Corby wrote:Um... yeah, it was an 'invisible man' joke which was unlikely to work when it's written down, and names you in the quote, and several other factors. But I tried
You did say that it didn't pay to be patient Charlie, so... are you working on this problem at all or have you just forgotten about it? The lack of any kind of avatar means that my declarations tend to be hard to spot in the end-of-round dialogue, as this screenshot illustrates:Frank Rodolf wrote:Same here - time for some bug hunting, Charlie...Phil Reynolds wrote:Poo. I have no avatar at all now (not even the default one).
Hadn't forgotten as such, but pestering me has probably moved you up the priorities list a bit.Phil Reynolds wrote:You did say that it didn't pay to be patient Charlie, so... are you working on this problem at all or have you just forgotten about it?
Thanks Charlie - sort of... I now have an apterous avatar - but for some reason it's stretched horizontally, so I appear to have an abnormally wide head. Which I don't, before you ask.Phil Reynolds wrote:Cheers Charlie - I've emailed you a JPEG. It's the same pic as my forum avatar, just reduced in size to fit the criteria above.Charlie Reams wrote:The image needs to be 64 pixels high and not more than about 96 wide, JPEG or PNG format; the rest is up to you.
My information above was wrong. It can be any dimensions (although it gets scaled to 64x64) but it should be square, otherwise the aspect ratio goes awry. If anyone wants to submit a new picture in the light of this information then go ahead.Phil Reynolds wrote:Thanks Charlie - sort of... I now have an apterous avatar - but for some reason it's stretched horizontally, so I appear to have an abnormally wide head. Which I don't, before you ask.Phil Reynolds wrote:Cheers Charlie - I've emailed you a JPEG. It's the same pic as my forum avatar, just reduced in size to fit the criteria above.Charlie Reams wrote:The image needs to be 64 pixels high and not more than about 96 wide, JPEG or PNG format; the rest is up to you.
I'd like to second this, as thats the main reason I use the word search.Kirk Bevins wrote:You seemed to have changed the word search feature to just state "dictionary corner" got it. Is there a way you could revert back to the "Jon Corby vs Kirk Bevins"? I wanted to see if I'd seen PERACUTE before and I'm sure I had so I did a word search which would tell me instantly had I seen it but missed it (i.e. DC got it) but instead I had to click each individual game that said "dictionary corner" to check to see if I played in it.
That thing was kind of clumsy. Most of the time if you search for a word you want to know who got it, not who didn't. Maybe I could add a "only show games I was involved in" button, or something.Kirk Bevins wrote:You seemed to have changed the word search feature to just state "dictionary corner" got it. Is there a way you could revert back to the "Jon Corby vs Kirk Bevins"? I wanted to see if I'd seen PERACUTE before and I'm sure I had so I did a word search which would tell me instantly had I seen it but missed it (i.e. DC got it) but instead I had to click each individual game that said "dictionary corner" to check to see if I played in it.
Yeah, I've discovered that, and Wikipedia often doesn't have redirects to the root wood (so if you look up CLOWNS it doesn't take you to Clown.) Dictionary.com is a bit crap. Maybe I should just point it to Google, or maybe Google's I'm Feeling Lucky, which will tend to return the Wikipedia page if it exists and something else useful if not.Paul Howe wrote:I like how the metamax now links to the stemmer, nice one!
And double clicking the words taking you to wikipedia is cool too, but most of what I've clicked on doesn't have an article (e.g. PERACUTE!), maybe it would be better to link to dictionary.com or similar?
Maybe this would do the trick for Kirk, but I much prefer the old system.. I like seeing how many times a word has appeared and who has missed it as well as who has spotted it. That's a fun way I like to engage with the database. Maybe I'm the only one though.Charlie Reams wrote:That thing was kind of clumsy. Most of the time if you search for a word you want to know who got it, not who didn't. Maybe I could add a "only show games I was involved in" button, or something.
No, I'm exactly the same as you Jono. With my mate and personal trainer Simon Myers, he plugs away with some obscure words he's teaching me or ones I've got and says "oohh, Paul Howe doesn't know it and neither does Ben Pugh - it's obviously a goodie", that kind of thing.Jon O'Neill wrote:Maybe this would do the trick for Kirk, but I much prefer the old system.. I like seeing how many times a word has appeared and who has missed it as well as who has spotted it. That's a fun way I like to engage with the database. Maybe I'm the only one though.Charlie Reams wrote:That thing was kind of clumsy. Most of the time if you search for a word you want to know who got it, not who didn't. Maybe I could add a "only show games I was involved in" button, or something.
Kirk Bevins wrote:With my mate and personal trainer Simon Myers, he plugs away and says "oohh it's a goodie"
Kirk Bevins wrote:With my mate and personal trainer Simon Myers, he plugs away and says "oohh it's a goodie"
Thing is, the way that Kirks and Jonos use a feature is not necessarily the way that everyone else uses a feature. If the current implementation had been the original one, I really doubt anyone would be suggesting that we also list the names of all the people who happened to be in a game when someone else got a given word. You have a personal trainer? What? Are you mad?Kirk Bevins wrote:No, I'm exactly the same as you Jono. With my mate and personal trainer Simon Myers, he plugs away with some obscure words he's teaching me or ones I've got and says "oohh, Paul Howe doesn't know it and neither does Ben Pugh - it's obviously a goodie", that kind of thing.
Yeah, Simon trains him in skills like "understanding jokes".Gavin Chipper wrote:You have a personal trainer? What? Are you mad?Kirk Bevins wrote:No, I'm exactly the same as you Jono. With my mate and personal trainer Simon Myers, he plugs away with some obscure words he's teaching me or ones I've got and says "oohh, Paul Howe doesn't know it and neither does Ben Pugh - it's obviously a goodie", that kind of thing.
Keep it down, Charlie, you have a coach too!Charlie Reams wrote:Yeah, Simon trains him in skills like "understanding jokes".Gavin Chipper wrote:You have a personal trainer? What? Are you mad?Kirk Bevins wrote:No, I'm exactly the same as you Jono. With my mate and personal trainer Simon Myers, he plugs away with some obscure words he's teaching me or ones I've got and says "oohh, Paul Howe doesn't know it and neither does Ben Pugh - it's obviously a goodie", that kind of thing.
Ha ha - very good, but with Kirk you never know. He seems more obsessed than most with this Apterous thing.Charlie Reams wrote:Yeah, Simon trains him in skills like "understanding jokes".Gavin Chipper wrote:You have a personal trainer? What? Are you mad?Kirk Bevins wrote:No, I'm exactly the same as you Jono. With my mate and personal trainer Simon Myers, he plugs away with some obscure words he's teaching me or ones I've got and says "oohh, Paul Howe doesn't know it and neither does Ben Pugh - it's obviously a goodie", that kind of thing.
I'm really confused now. I was being serious.Gavin Chipper wrote: Ha ha - very good, but with Kirk you never know. He seems more obsessed than most with this Apterous thing.
Oh, OK then - I thought Charlie was implying that I was missing the joke (because I haven't been trained in it myself), but maybe I read too much into it.Kirk Bevins wrote:I'm really confused now. I was being serious.Gavin Chipper wrote: Ha ha - very good, but with Kirk you never know. He seems more obsessed than most with this Apterous thing.
I'm not sure what Charlie was on - I think he was having a dig at me, not you.Gavin Chipper wrote:Oh, OK then - I thought Charlie was implying that I was missing the joke (because I haven't been trained in it myself), but maybe I read too much into it.Kirk Bevins wrote:I'm really confused now. I was being serious.Gavin Chipper wrote: Ha ha - very good, but with Kirk you never know. He seems more obsessed than most with this Apterous thing.
Another possibility is to add another column, "Other Participants" or something, which gives the name of the opponent or both players (if DC noted the word). For bonus points, bold names of players who offered an equal-length but different word.Charlie Reams wrote:That thing was kind of clumsy. Most of the time if you search for a word you want to know who got it, not who didn't. Maybe I could add a "only show games I was involved in" button, or something.Kirk Bevins wrote:You seemed to have changed the word search feature to just state "dictionary corner" got it. Is there a way you could revert back to the "Jon Corby vs Kirk Bevins"? I wanted to see if I'd seen PERACUTE before and I'm sure I had so I did a word search which would tell me instantly had I seen it but missed it (i.e. DC got it) but instead I had to click each individual game that said "dictionary corner" to check to see if I played in it.
