How do you browse the forums?

FragmagnetFragmagnet Join Date: 2010-07-26 Member: 72873Members
<div class="IPBDescription">lol.</div>I usually have 1 internet browser open with around 5-9 tabs open which automatically refresh each minute.

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  • playerplayer Join Date: 2010-09-12 Member: 73982Members
    Just 1 tab, the forums aren't an interesting enough place to warrant more.
  • FragmagnetFragmagnet Join Date: 2010-07-26 Member: 72873Members
    edited February 2012
    Let me guess

    It's the
    Unknown Worlds Forums > Natural Selection 2
    page.

    and you refresh it now and then.

    There arn't enough people on the forums honestly.
  • FloodinatorFloodinator [HBZ] Member Join Date: 2005-02-22 Member: 42087Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited February 2012
    Usually I look for the posts that have been postes since I last logged in. There is a page for this.
    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?act=Search&CODE=getnew" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/in...amp;CODE=getnew</a>
    And on a 2. Tab is the DEV-tracker running.
  • endarendar Join Date: 2010-07-27 Member: 73256Members, Squad Five Blue
    With a more easy on the eyes colour scheme: <a href="http://unknownworlds.com/ns/forums/index.php?showforum=91" target="_blank">http://unknownworlds.com/ns/forums/index.php?showforum=91</a>
  • LV426-ColonistLV426-Colonist Space Jockey Join Date: 2011-08-05 Member: 114269Members, Constellation
  • KoruyoKoruyo AUT Join Date: 2009-06-06 Member: 67724Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited February 2012
    I only have 1tab open with Fragmagnets profile refreshing every 30s and giving me sms, email, pager alarms everytime he posts something new, so i never miss his awesomeness :X
    (at night i also have a "batman signal" with his logo lightning up the city sky if im not at home)

    :B
  • PsiWarpPsiWarp Gifted Gorge Richmond, B.C., Canada Join Date: 2010-08-28 Member: 73810Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1904168:date=Feb 17 2012, 12:18 AM:name=Koruyo)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Koruyo @ Feb 17 2012, 12:18 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904168"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I only have 1tab open with Fragmagnets profile refreshing every 30s and giving me sms, email, pager alarms everytime he posts something so i never miss his awesomeness :X<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Totally doing that.
  • FragmagnetFragmagnet Join Date: 2010-07-26 Member: 72873Members
    edited February 2012
    Hell I do that myself.

    I don't even know what I type half the time.


    wait... if you have it updating every 30 seconds..... why havn't you downloaded the flashlight I made and then said that it is awesome.
  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    I occasionally pop in, then read until I come across a thread like this, then leave immediately.
  • FragmagnetFragmagnet Join Date: 2010-07-26 Member: 72873Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1904188:date=Feb 17 2012, 05:01 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crispy @ Feb 17 2012, 05:01 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904188"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I occasionally pop in, then read until I come across a thread like this, then leave immediately.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    If you left immediately.
    How did you leave this post.
  • YuukiYuuki Join Date: 2010-11-20 Member: 75079Members
    I read them with black text on white background, otherwise it destroy my eyes.
  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    This seems offtopic, moving from NS2 Discussion to Offtopic.
  • ByekaByeka Name changed from Freak83 Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
    With waaaaay too many tabs open, but only about half as much as my dad.
  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1904192:date=Feb 17 2012, 10:32 AM:name=Fragmagnet)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fragmagnet @ Feb 17 2012, 10:32 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904192"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->If you left immediately.
    How did you leave this post.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->*head asplodes*

    Okay, you're obviously someone who pays great attention to detail and who wants to know more about the people he socialises with online. By way of apology, here's my answer:

    I switch on my PC by pressing the power switch (it's on the front near the top; I like that it's there and not at the bottom because <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN&groupid=701&catid=7" target="_blank">my case</a> stands directly on the floor by my desk {couldn't find a picture, but <a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-YE8atyi9qr8vj9I_ztjnI9klqmNmP_t18Tg8yoPCxLWQpKaiHw" target="_blank">here's a picture I did find</a> when searching for "ikea l-shaped desk", and here's another a picture of <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3642556290_714f28a639_o.jpg" target="_blank">some paper trays that I appreciated</a> mainly because they have elegant lines and they appear to be floating without means of support}, so by virtue of the fact the button is at the top, I don't have to stretch to reach it once I'm sitting and the stretching I do have to do when standing is minimised. I enter my password into my PC (which obviously I can't be specific about, but it relates to a computer game; one that I didn't really enjoy that much but which everyone else thought was worthy of a <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/pc?sort=desc&tag=supplementary-nav;item;6" target="_blank">Metacritic score in the nineties</a>). Occasionally, like today, I will open up Chrome and with it the UWE forums (never the UWE homepage, which is why it annoys me that comments threads for new updates - <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=116483" target="_blank">example</a> - don't link back to the original post), but most days I do my browsing on <a href="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/HTC/HTC%20Wildfire/Wildfire%20hands%20on/HTC_Wildfire_29-420-90.jpg" target="_blank">my phone</a>, except for discussion forums as these aren't typically well optimised for mobile browsing and because they also entail lots of page loads, which requires a stronger and more reliable signal than I get on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_465" target="_blank">train</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Electrocity" target="_blank">bus</a> to and from work. The UWE forums fall into this category. I maximise my browser to full screen (either by clicking the maximise button of the browser window, or by holding the Windows key and tapping the Up key once; it depends whether or not my left hand is on the mouse) and use the default magnification setting for Windows 7. The native resolution of a screen is the best one to use for performance reasons. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJPwheTtkbA" target="_blank">My screen</a>'s is 1920 x 1080 and I use that. I will typically open links to the <i>Off-Topic</i> and <i>NS2 General Discussion</i> forums, while also scanning the latest posts in the other forums to see if anything piques my interest. Usually this bears no fruit. I will probably browse the NS Mapping forum once NS hits version 1.0, but I don't have interest in making levels until the game design is 'final'. Within OT and NS2GD I open threads with new posts if they: 1. Contain posts I have made previously. 2. Are new and interesting. 3. Appear to be dumb and stupid. I use <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/05/meet-the-inventor-of-the-mouse-wheel.html" target="_blank">middle mouse button</a> to open links in new browser tabs and to close browser tabs because it's pro.
  • SopsSops Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17894Members, Constellation
    I feel this could use more detail.

    <!--quoteo(post=1904811:date=Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crispy @ Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904811"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I switch on my PC by pressing the power switch (it's on the front near the top; I like that it's there and not at the bottom because <a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN&groupid=701&catid=7" target="_blank">my case</a> stands directly on the floor by my desk {couldn't find a picture, but <a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-YE8atyi9qr8vj9I_ztjnI9klqmNmP_t18Tg8yoPCxLWQpKaiHw" target="_blank">here's a picture I did find</a> when searching for "ikea l-shaped desk", and here's another a picture of <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3642556290_714f28a639_o.jpg" target="_blank">some paper trays that I appreciated</a> mainly because they have elegant lines and they appear to be floating without means of support}, so by virtue of the fact the button is at the top, I don't have to stretch to reach it once I'm sitting and the stretching I do have to do when standing is minimised.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Do you turn your PC off every night?

    <!--quoteo(post=1904811:date=Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crispy @ Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904811"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I enter my password into my PC (which obviously I can't be specific about, but it relates to a computer game; one that I didn't really enjoy that much but which everyone else thought was worthy of a <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/pc?sort=desc&tag=supplementary-nav;item;6" target="_blank">Metacritic score in the nineties</a>).<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Is your password "silent cartographer"?

    <!--quoteo(post=1904811:date=Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crispy @ Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904811"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Occasionally, like today, I will open up Chrome and with it the UWE forums (never the UWE homepage, which is why it annoys me that comments threads for new updates - <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=116483" target="_blank">example</a> - don't link back to the original post), but most days I do my browsing on <a href="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/HTC/HTC%20Wildfire/Wildfire%20hands%20on/HTC_Wildfire_29-420-90.jpg" target="_blank">my phone</a>, except for discussion forums as these aren't typically well optimised for mobile browsing and because they also entail lots of page loads, which requires a stronger and more reliable signal than I get on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_465" target="_blank">train</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Electrocity" target="_blank">bus</a> to and from work.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->You talk about your commute but then you go on to say you do not check discussion boards at this time, the reader is left wondering when you do in fact check them.

    <!--quoteo(post=1904811:date=Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crispy @ Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904811"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The UWE forums fall into this category. I maximise my browser to full screen (either by clicking the maximise button of the browser window, or by holding the Windows key and tapping the Up key once; it depends whether or not my left hand is on the mouse) and use the default magnification setting for Windows 7.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Interesting, I find it much easier to drag the window to the top of the screen and let it snap to full screen.

    <!--quoteo(post=1904811:date=Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crispy @ Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904811"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The native resolution of a screen is the best one to use for performance reasons. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJPwheTtkbA" target="_blank">My screen</a>'s is 1920 x 1080 and I use that. I will typically open links to the <i>Off-Topic</i> and <i>NS2 General Discussion</i> forums, while also scanning the latest posts in the other forums to see if anything piques my interest. Usually this bears no fruit. I will probably browse the NS Mapping forum once NS hits version 1.0, but I don't have interest in making levels until the game design is 'final'. Within OT and NS2GD I open threads with new posts if they: 1. Contain posts I have made previously. 2. Are new and interesting. 3. Appear to be dumb and stupid.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->I think you would have a more enjoyable forum reading experience if you were running 1920x1200.

    <!--quoteo(post=1904811:date=Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM:name=Crispy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crispy @ Feb 19 2012, 11:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904811"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I use <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/05/meet-the-inventor-of-the-mouse-wheel.html" target="_blank">middle mouse button</a> to open links in new browser tabs and to close browser tabs because it's pro.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->I didn't know (or forgot) you could close tabs that way, TIL.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    I like how when a thread gets moved to off topic I discover that there are active members of this forum who have thousands of posts and a join date several years old, and I've never once seen them before.
  • LV426-ColonistLV426-Colonist Space Jockey Join Date: 2011-08-05 Member: 114269Members, Constellation
    edited February 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=1904978:date=Feb 19 2012, 08:54 PM:name=Nil_IQ)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nil_IQ @ Feb 19 2012, 08:54 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904978"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I use a computer.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Really? How bizarre...
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1904994:date=Feb 20 2012, 04:39 AM:name=X_Stickman)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (X_Stickman @ Feb 20 2012, 04:39 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1904994"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I like how when a thread gets moved to off topic I discover that there are active members of this forum who have thousands of posts and a join date several years old, and I've never once seen them before.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I like to imagine people get that same experience when I post outside off-topic.
  • AldarisAldaris Join Date: 2002-03-25 Member: 351Members, Constellation
    Denizens of off-topic unite!
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