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Aaron Cake
Administrator
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 Posted - Mar 08 2004 : 8:13:39 PM
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For the first time in 5 years, the "Universal Remote" on this site has been updated. Many thanks to obout inc., who graciously provided the server side TreeView control that makes this possible. Let's face it, the old remote was neat, but entirely useless. The new one allows you to get to any page on this site in a few clicks, using a fraction of the time it would take to navigate there manually. Check it out by pressing the "Remote" button on any page on this site.
Edited by - Aaron Cake on Mar 10 2004 09:59:39 AM |
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Kale
Nobel Prize Winner
Canada
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Posted - Mar 09 2004 : 11:01:40 PM
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On the Awesomeness scale, 10 being truely god-like levels of awesomeness, I'd have to give the remote a 9.99
I had to deduct 0.01 because it didn't allow me to download pizza. 
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - Mar 10 2004 : 10:00:24 AM
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Thanks! Actually, it will get a little better because I plan to make it also link to the subtopics and replies in the "Random Thoughts" section.
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BEatonNo1
Nobel Prize Winner
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2004 : 4:37:32 PM
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Pretty snazzy. Is it possible to link to posts on the forum?
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - Mar 11 2004 : 09:21:12 AM
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Possible for sure, but the result would be a 10,000+ node tree. It would probably take several minutes to generate, and choke the client. Now, I could simply list the 10 most recent topics, but then things get a little more complicated.
Each node in the tree is added from a database using recursion. To add things "externally" means adding a clause in the loop that looks for the external material and shoves it in where it should fit...I don't want to do to much of this, as it makes the code very difficult to understand. A better solution is to simply modify the forum to add and remove from the tree database as topics are created or deleted. This sounds viable, but I don't want to modify the forum yet since I will be upgrading it in the (hopefully near) future.
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cirvin
Nobel Prize Winner
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2004 : 6:40:44 PM
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The new remote is indeed much better than the old one, but I dont use it. I prefer the back button on my browser. Still, might come in handy some day.
BTW, Glad to see the updates, hope to see more dynamic matrial.
Keep up the excellent work!
Edited by - cirvin on Mar 11 2004 6:42:44 PM |
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - Mar 12 2004 : 09:13:53 AM
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The theory is that the remote will take you to any spot in the site in 3 clicks or less, without having to actually navigate through the site to get there.
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Awesome New Remote!
