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[About XDA developers] CR4SH_eR:
I think they are gonna make it available only for paid-members cuz if you look at their comparison http://imgur.com/heB6i1R you'll notice its there for paid-members while it's not for the free members
[About XDA developers] Vincesalv:
is there a thread....

is there a thread That can tell you which program works best with which other program.

For example, device control told me that it works better with superusersu rather then superuser#

2 different apps had me install 2 different busy box

Twrp said it didn't exist, etc.

I'm sure it is just slight conflicts or "families" of programs where the developers want you to use theirs

Being a noobie perhaps a thread called "Is there a thread..."

Thanks
[About XDA developers] :
You could about that here, http://xdaforums.com/android/help

But this is not the place to ask. :good:
[About XDA developers] knpk13:
Why can't we thank more than 8 posts a day?
[About XDA developers] :
To avoid abuse mostly. :good:
[About XDA developers] knpk13:
Sorry for the question, but how does thanking posts result in abuse?
[About XDA developers] :
I won't give anyone ideas here, but artificially inflating thanks totals is reason number one. Why, I don't know. Can't buy bread with thanks, or cure disease with thanks. But some really seem to want more of them. ;)

Edit: Don't tell anyone, but last I checked, Tapatalk and XDA premium apps have the ability to give unlimited thanks. :good:
[About XDA developers] ironman38102:
Not only that but crapatalk allows you to thank people in OT which was removed a few years back.
[About XDA developers] xenreon:
XDA app for 2.3 is also in that list, not sure about labs though
[About XDA developers] abhiraj tulsyan:
i am a new memberCan any one two me how to post thread
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
[GUIDE] - XDA New User Guide - Getting started on XDA by mikef
[About XDA developers] SavageRobot:
Found a work around, clicking the "User Control Panel" (settings cog at the top) will bring up your subscribed threads, not as handy as it was but at least can see what I'm subscribed to with new posts :)
[About XDA developers] :
As a long time user, I have the following suggestions to fix some issues that I run into frequently.

When a user replies to a post, especially the OP, there should be some checks in place to limit the amount of quoted text. Perhaps simply truncate the quote to XXX characters with a hide tag for the remainder? I'm not really sure the best way to go about this... but it should be feasible. The current method of letting users quote massive blocks of text not only commonly breaks the layouts, it creates browsing difficulties for many users.

XDA DevDB projects: When editing the project it will not pull in the current forum post text. This is likely intended... However, if the thread is an XDA DevDB project the EDIT button should be available on the post if editing the project will revert to OP text from the last time the project was edited vice the last time the post was edited. (this may have been fixed recently, I haven't tried it in awhile due to being deployed with bad internet).

Not necessarily a website issue... The XDA apps (the forum app as well as Labs) should recognize DevDB projects and provide some method for users to readily access the bugs/improvements sections.

Perhaps DevDB is winding down some with the advent of the XDA Labs store?
[About XDA developers] iamsubhranil:
Hey guys. I have a suggestion to make our XDA more useful. What if there's a more personalised "thread suggestions" box? A lot of members (aprx. 7 million by [MENTION=1303867]kuzibri[/MENTION] ) are using XDA right now. Everyone has different purposes to use it. And what if XDA understands the need of the user and presents it in the way an user wants? XDA can keep track of users activities like where are they browsing,what type of contents they're seeing or spending most of the time with, which type of thread they have the highest activities and finally juice all of them up to get a clear taste of users knowledge. As per my personal experience, I can tell that the suggestions of some device specific materials like ROMs and kernels are only useful to me for the device I have, or as per XDA, the devices I listed as I have. Most of the time and for most of the users, the heads up for other device materials are just useless. It can be optional. Like "Would you like us to give you suggestions for some device specific materials beyond the device/s you have?". And most of the users will uncheck it. In that place, a bit of users taste can be punched inside. I personally like mods and apps. So XDA can search through my browsing history to give me suggestions of more new mods and apps. The suggestions below should have a "View more" button, which can be operated within the same page. In XDA terms, it can allocate tags of my most visited and most active threads and search for other threads containing that tags. It will be a lot more useful in users side and devs also will get a lot more users of their creations, which is obviously a form of art I think. And what's art without huge audience?
[About XDA developers] kuzibri:
Hi,

as I told you, I would PM an Admin with your suggestions and this is, in short, his answer:

"Well the more user specific any of those suggested stories and threads can be the better of course.

As I think the huge number of members and the cross referencing with tags or the users specified devices, might make this very burdensome serverwise." But your message has the attention now cause I know this Admin very well and know that he is thinking about it and maybe planning to do something with you suggestion(s).

kindest regards, kuzibri
[About XDA developers] iamsubhranil:
Thanx a lot.

According to his query about serverwise burden, I think then there can be an intelligent preference rule algo which'll first sort out the threads based on user tags,and then remove any of them containing any device specific tags not in the user's database. An user won't mind a second or two's of "suggestions are loading..." if it can be wrapped in a clever and glossy css.
[About XDA developers] kuzibri:
Very curious with what you're coming up, but you have raised with your posts attention now. But, also realize that's very difficult for XDA and will take a lot of time, whenever it would be possible to accomplish, to fulfill every member's needs as per the total amount of members of XDA.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
While I see merit in this it would also need to be able to be disabled. Many don't want sites following them and monitoring what they are doing.

Also if people are only staying in their own little device forums then a place like xda is wasted on them.
[About XDA developers] iamsubhranil:
See, and that's the fun part, devs don't have to handpick and apply it for every user. They'll just upload a few scripts to the generic user class and all members of xda will automatically fall under it. Much alike inheritance in Java just for example. We all inherit the user class and hence any change of variables or introduction of new members will automatically follow the hierarchy tree and reflect us. They'll just have to write a few more scripts for the engine, and tweak the generic "suggestions" box to be controlled by them.

---------- Post added at 09:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:01 PM ----------

No. I said that'll only apply for "device specific materials". If I upload a new kernel for my device, I'll definitely add a "kernel" tag to it. On the other hand if I upload a soundmod in my device forum, I'll tag "mods, soundmods, android". In this way, the useless will be brushed out and the useful can be more brushed up.

And just in case of monitoring, XDA already does so in the statistics column. And people in the XDA "share" things for others, they want to be seen. XDA will just guide the right people at the right place. That's it.
[About XDA developers] iamsubhranil:
See guys. I own a Redmi 2 Prime and that is listed in my profile. So I don't need a 6 out of 8 suggestions there. I will prefer to keep the "What do you miss..." post as a feedback thread and only one of my choice of thread "HTC beats audio...." shows up. 75% of the given suggestions is useless to me. That's a pretty big number I think to rethink about that. And it is the exact scenario that led me conclude this point.
[About XDA developers] kuzibri:
Hi,

Unfortunately I agree 100% with this quote from [MENTION=1140856]zelendel[/MENTION]: " While I see merit in this it would also need to be able to be disabled. Many don't want sites following them and monitoring what they are doing.

Also if people are only staying in their own little device forums then a place like xda is wasted on them.".

Although I really understand your wishes and hope that they are realisable in the (near) future, I told you earlier, XDA is not in the position at this very moment to keep all members satisfied, even if they wanted. But, nevertheless, I'm still curious with which algo you come up with to get it accomplished.

kindest regards, kuzibri
[About XDA developers] zelendel:
Still should be able to be turned off. I have a few devices and to be honest I don't really care what comes out for them. Heck many people don't even bothering to fill in their devices.
[About XDA developers] roofrider:
Has something been changed in the thread subscription model? I thought when you made a new post you were auto-subscribed to that thread. But that doesn't seem so currently. The threads I posted in today via XDA Labs don't appear in my subscriptions, instead they are marked as Participated Threads.
[About XDA developers] :
I'd bring it up here if it's an issue isolated to Labs, http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/labs-t3241866

And I just replied to a thread I never posted in too, same result. Not subscribed. But it's only a Labs issue I believe.
[About XDA developers] Trecoolius:
Can we get dev-host banned?

I was downloading some file and first they denied me access until I turned off adblock. So I disabled it. Then I clicked on the download button and it was an .exe file. "Weird," I thought, "but hey, this is from xda so I'm safe." Big mistake. I am still restoring my computer and lost 2 years of raw picture files. I understand people should be careful, but having an identical download button is just malicious, this is not a case of "we just put ads in there." The site design purposedly leaves space for the bogus download button, and I'm not the only one who thinks so. Here's an article that does a better job at explaining what exactly is wrong with them. Disclaimer: I didn't write it and I have no relation to the author/website/hosting, I'm just mad that I lost my files and had to reformat my computer because these guys can't make money the right way.
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
Dev-host is no longer allowed on XDA: http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-devhost/

Report the links you find (even if an auto-search by XDA Staff would be easier to eradicate this website).
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
Am I a bot? :)

Here is what I have when opening several subscribed threads.

Could you limit your detection of bots?
[About XDA developers] efrant:
I've passed this on to the server admin.
[About XDA developers] Primokorn:
There's no answer on the dedicated thread so can anyone help?

Bug with 2015 XDA theme

Is there a way to automatically resize a picture?

Original:

[IMG]http://forum-lw-1.xda-cdn.com/images/2015/swappa_50.png[/IMG]

Resized picture (it doesn't work):

[img(25px,24px)]http://forum-lw-1.xda-cdn.com/images/2015/swappa_50.png[/img]

[img width={width} height={height} ...]{url}[/img]

[img={width}x{height}]{url}[/img]
[About XDA developers] kenboyles72:
Gotta say, I'm loving the new design and color of the home page. Any chance of that color theme to be board wide?
[About XDA developers] PalmCentro:
Dunno where to report this issue, happens on chrome beta, tested with IE and everything was fine.
[About XDA developers] alroger:
Time to fix the site

Greetings, guys.

Have you not noticed all the problems with the new 2015 theme?

I used to stick to the 2010 theme, but new dev/etc options came in (just found out a couple weeks ago), like reviews, bug reports and etc on ROM Development.. very nice idea.

On the theme:

-we have a right bar that takes up 30% or more of the window. which I have never used - all non-interesting (to me) news.. besided I already subscribe to XDA Youtube, RSS, etc. (didn't even actually noticed it till today writing this)

-on the left a 20% sidebar that is actually usefull, but could have a hide/show option.

IMPORTANT: the new dev/contributor options in ROM threads, like Review, Bugs, Requests, barely show 3 stars for me to report, while I can see 5 and 4 stars reviews all over, but the site crops of what should show 5 stars. If I use my big 1920 full screen I can see everything... but come on.. what about my netbook, my notebook, my remote desktop, my tab, my cel?

I have a big screen... but unlike Windows users, that tend to use everything maximized, I'm a Linux user that actually use several windows.. and my browser is around 1100px in width.. at most. I have other things going on!

I have a few screenshots if you'd like.
[About XDA developers] rony raj:
nice they are
[About XDA developers] PalmCentro:
10 posts...? ;)
[About XDA developers] ewokmojo:
Is this the thread for feedback on the forums?

I would really like to see someway to save a thread offline. This

is a forum for mainly mobile devices. One click saving of hundreds of pages? Is this possible? I have also met people that only use androids as wifi devices and refuse to pay phone bills.

(This is the only group of people I have ever encountered that root their phones- or have heard of it. This would be a huge help for them).

Also, is it possible to zoom. Many postings of screenshots are so small. I believe there is a perfect example a few posts above. Tiny illegible text.

Bookmarking specific pages and posts?

Tab features with quick moving between posts?

I am not a programmer and not sure how easy it is to create these

features...

Thank you
[About XDA developers] :
You're suggestions will be noted. :)

A couple thoughts,

Any mobile browser, or pc browser, can save posts, pages and what not as bookmarks. And many browsers have tabs to flip back and forth as well, as you're describing. Sounds like you are describing a browser/Web page relationship that already exists.

You can also subscribe to threads you like and access them easily from the Web interface or an xda app too.

And the people you say would benefit from XDA threads, that you mean to print out, why not just give those people the links to the threads? They could register and participate too. :) If they only use WiFi, that would not stop them from enjoying xda.

There's search tools and other options here too, where a pile of paper pages would be very intimidating to go through. There's pics and links to click, that would be lost on paper. Not to mention links to files needed to do anything you read about and what to attempt.

Small unreadable pics are the way they were uploaded. Nothing can be done about that. That's a member function when choosing and posting pics.

I may have misinterpreted a couple of your suggestions, but hopefully some of this helps. :good:
[About XDA developers] yossijoe:
How about a rule that one can only become a member/senior member, if his thanks count meets a certain limit/ratio to posts?

There are members who posts tens of useless/newb comments, & Whoops! A senior member is born! Waddaya think?
[About XDA developers] :
Not going to happen. Thanks are nice and all but hold no weight for anything here. They're just for show, and even then they still get abused occasionally. :)

Giving thanks an actual purpose will only lead to more abuse of the system. :good:

Cheers,

Darth
[About XDA developers] egzthunder1:
ok... fair enough...

Onto your question, has this generated any issues/problems in the forums? If so, can you show/cite any examples that may led you to point out this as an issue that needs further review? (not being sarcastic, I truly have only seen people claiming that OT threads are bad, but not a single comment has explained why this is a problem aside from the obvious "it doesn't belong", which is a problem of aesthetics more than anything else).
[About XDA developers] KidCarter93:
I don't think it needs to be started from scratch, to be honest.

Gary has made his point and it has definitely been noticed.

I do agree with Gary, to a certain extent, but egzthunder did make that great point that on this kind of site there'll always be some kind of inconsistencies.

I think as Gary got his point across and this whole conversation branched quite far from Gary's main point, it doesn't really make sense to bring up the same point, at least not right now anyway.
[About XDA developers] undercover:
Thank you very much.

For me? No, it has never caused any issues. I don't think it's right, but that's besides the point. The only reason I popped into the middle of it all it to calm things down (hopefully) and to take topic back to what it was from the current state of discussion. I'm a lover, not a fighter (most of the times, not always, I have my moments too :)).

As it wasn't me that brought this issue up, I hand it over back to Gary. I hope he will appreciate my effort and will not continue with previous conversation but will rather continue from where it is now.

This will probably sound harsh but please believe me when I say that I'm not trying to be mean or rude to you.

1. I was talking to MODS

2. If you haven't noticed all I did is run out with an extinguisher

3. Point that started it all has not been addressed yet up until egz reply.

4. Wherever you agree or disagree with mods is irrelevant in this case.

Again, not trying to be nasty, just stating as I see it.

Sent from my fridge. Make:LG Model:N4
[About XDA developers] prototype7:
With that said, why is this thread getting closed? There were two off topic threads in that forum, this one being the more active of the two, and both of them are being closed. This is yet another example of the inconsistent moderation, but you can't argue that this was just the moderators not being able to get to the thread in time. To make myself clear, I'm not arguing for or against off topic threads in device forums, but if you're going to allow one and only one off topic thread per device forum, then make that the policy and have the mods themselves start off topic threads in new device forums with the message that this will be the one and only thread there. These are the kind of rules we need to set in place to ensure consistent moderation when possible. I understand that there are many cases where a moderator needs to use his/her own judgement when deciding what to do, but there needs to be stricter policies about the other cases, like these, and they need to be made clear to the members as well. I always hate it when people start a post or thread with "mods please delete this if it doesn't belong, but...," it just shows that the rules aren't clear and transparent enough for people to know what they can and can't do.
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
This has nothing to do with the OT forum itself, it's about off topic content in the real forums.

There are many reasons why there will never be a way to deal with it which pleases everybody, mainly the sheer number of people turning up every day with little to no idea of how XDA works, or at least how most of us would ideally like it to work.

Each and every opinion/idea on how to address the problem is of course welcome but can we please give greater consideration to not posting things which may come across as insulting or antagonistic to those with differing opinions, even if they aren't intended that way.
[About XDA developers] conantroutman:
It's always been the case that whether or not an OT thread is allowed in a device forum is up to the specific moderator responsible for that forum. Many devices have been assigned a new moderator and either had an OT thread opened or closed with differing reactions from the users. I opened/endorsed several myself as a forum moderator but will always respect the decision of another mod as to whether or not they wish to take on the responsibility of overseeing such a thread.

Ultimately, the device forums are for device related talk only and the OT forum is for OT. That forum isn't going anywhere and for as long as that's the case I'm not sure that one specific thread (admittedly one from several devices) is that much of an issue. I could understand there being a lot of discontent if XDA were to simply state "no off topic, anywhere, ever...." but that isn't what's happening.
[About XDA developers] jugg1es:
One specific threads would be ok, albeit with several devices. I'd be happy with sanctuary staying, but it's also being closed down. At first my argument was to retain the users thread in favor of sanctuary, but now both are being closed.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

—Oscar Levant
[About XDA developers] TonyStark R.I.P.:
I have been a strong advocate of cleaning up all development threads :eek: Yes a daunting task but it has to happen. I see debate throughout this thread and even in here, people seem to run astray from the topic. So what does/do OT threads buy for everybody? Not sure... most development threads seem to go in that direction on there own.

There are those that take the forum seriously, there are those that follow the rules (there are rules :eek:) and then there are those that seriously could care less. The distance between those that do and those that don't, are widening at a rapid rate. Common decency and SELF respect have left the forum. It's sad to see dev threads having people talk about DWI's, jail time what happened on vacation (yes really)!

A member earlier mentioned being on XDA for years and came to read and enjoy learning how development happened, I too am still in this corner. From my earliest days with an HTC 6900 I stumbled onto this site and was guided through how to sync CE w/ MS Document. Fast forward to today there would be great OP threads with this topic, the only difference, the disrespect "noob, go search" or "that question has been asked x,y,z times" Would it not be best if people simply give a link or direct the user to bring the questions to Q&A? Instead users are greeted with a barrage of insults.

This act of "kindness :rolleyes:" leads to a new user feeling this is the way of this forum. While not being a mod myself, I have asked countless times (while in a development thread) for people to take OT conversation elsewhere, only to be balked at "you're not a mod". I usually walk away and ask mods I know to review the subject. 9 out of 10 times it is dealt with... But should it really get that far?

I am part of a group of people on XDA here for the purpose of our contribution to the forum. I have no special powers and need none, but what I find is people questioning my knowledge because of my title:eek: I like to help, as I was once helped, nothing more and nothing less. I am but one, with a group of many trying to help XDA be what it once was.

OT should be a sub section of it's own! Similar to General. Direct all users there and away from development. I feel having mixed into each section creates bleed-through directly to the development sections. Q&A in itself is a form of OT. Each Q&A answers the question of the development... OT didn't even exist 2 years ago. If you were to look at the postings of many high post users, you would find a high presentage would be OT posting. I again ask... what has this to do with development?

Rant over... still feel the same way. Time to go back and do it all over again:cool:

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