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Thread ID: 30093	2003-02-10 07:03:00	Any chance of requesting/getting features for PF1?	Kame (312)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
119952	2003-02-10 07:03:00	It's obvious that people need an edit box to edit their information. Moderators must be able to edit information right? I think that users should also be able to edit their messages they have posted. Sometimes saves them replying to a post just to explain more about the problem. Another feature that I think would be good is that a User should be able to select which PF1'er has given an answer that has fixed their problem. A lot of people don't say if their problem was fixed and to me that usually means they still have the problem and still need answers. That way if the problem is answered then people don't have to keep suggesting answers. Also makes it easier for people who have the same problem to find the answer quicker.	Kame (312)
119953	2003-02-10 10:13:00	Another idea. Who replied to who in the message.	Kame (312)
119954	2003-02-10 10:18:00	You can see who replied to who when you view in 'threaded' mode. ;)	-=JM=- (16)
119955	2003-02-10 21:44:00	>It's obvious that people need an edit box to edit their information No.. whats the point? After answering or responding, the original post might then be altered to be what was "really meant" making all the replies seem irreleveant. I think its better to just realise that once posted, what is IS. We should get it right first time ey? Also i don't think IDG staff have got huge amounts of time on their hands to alter Pressf1 when it is actually working, it seems that it is more than enough just to expect them to maintain the site for us :) .Clueless	Clueless (181)
119956	2003-02-11 02:07:00	Guys - there are lots of things that would make PF1 better, but honestly, right now our small group of developers is working on other projects and we won't be making feature changes to F1 in the near future.	Biggles (121)
119957	2003-02-11 02:48:00	The sure path to perdition is creeping featurism . Of course everything can be "improved" . But I prefer things which work . PressF1 works . Most of the time . ;-) When our ESP doesn't work, we ask the questioner . No code will get people to say "Whoopee, so and so fixed it . " As for editing, once I've clicked on Post Message, it's gone . If I didn't mean it, I wouldn't have sent it . Again, no code can make people think about what they have typed at maximum speed (especially the people who are such a hurry that they encipher their problem into "txt") . So sometimes the content is hard to find .	Graham L (2)
119958	2003-02-11 08:18:00	After reading the above post re: improvments for f1, one thing came to mind . If it ain't broke don't fix it !!! Katt	katt (2059)
119959	2003-02-11 09:31:00	If it ain't broke, tweak it was my motto. I understand how edit wouldn't be that useful in that sense (what about having an edit that disables the changing of their text) but even saying if irrelevant posts were posted would then require that there's an option to allow the user to pick which answer fixed their problem. So others with same/similar problems could try that. If not they can read the other messages there and maybe they would help. Although this fix may not fix another person with the same problem they could then post a new message or reply to the old one hoping someone will look at it. If I knew how to program in Java I could attempt to do this myself. But I don't know Java but I'll add it to my list of "to learn". I'm currently limited to C/C++, CGI, ASP, ASM, HTML, Javascript and JScript, VBScript, Windows Script, Perl, Python and VB (should I mention BASIC aswell)... I've done a lot of requests for many programs by e-mailing software developers what features I'd like to see in some programs, I just thought It'd be fair if I asked PF1 as well and see what they'd say.	Kame (312)
119960	2003-02-11 09:51:00	Originally posted by Katt: > If it ain't broke don't fix it !!! well i wouldnt rate pf1 highly reliable considering the last few weeks, :p all i can say is, pf1 is quite functional as is, but if this was going to be one of those 'wish lists' that get tucked away in the end, then hmm, a remote assistance button would be sorta cool :p it could be an option that when posting a thread, you can tick a 'Allow remote assistance' box, that a selected group of pf1ers could click to remotely assist someone with there prob :D </dreaming> grtz sal . tga	sal (67)
119961	2003-02-11 10:02:00	I sometimes fix people's computers remotely. I just wish everyone had broadband so it's not as slow as a i286 running XP.	Kame (312)
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