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[About XDA developers] IamTheBRAVE:
I agree mostly with @J.Michael . screenshots work for me either way (inside post or attached) it's useful in the middle of a post when writing a tutorial and explaining the steps with pics one by one. People just need to learn to use them right. You'll always have a portion of the community using tools the wrong way, if not this then it'll be something else.

So i'm against the idea but if XDA comes up with a better and easier interface for attachments i'm all in!

The more pressing matter to me is file types allowed in attachments ( l don't know the list of allowed types because when attaching an unsupported type, the message popping up is cut off by surrounding UI elements).

More file types allowed would ease things for us. This is a tech oriented site, not being able to load android/windows/iphone native files without renaming extensions or some similar trick is annoying me more than the matter at hand.

I'm sure more people will come up with more, better ideas
[About XDA developers] woodman:
I don't know if you already raised this issue somewhere on xda and what would have been the outcome but it is usually @MikeChannon or @bitpushr IIRC who can set file types allowed.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
To be clear, I am not porpoising anything stopping or hindering the way you use attachments. Simply putting training wheels on those that abuse it by inserting huge screenshots into their post. instead of leaving it as only an attachment or only inserting the thumbnail, instead of a an over-sized image.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
+1 to anything which minimizes the use of full-sized attached images, especially when a lower impact alternative would work just as well for the poster.

IMO, in the android app the large images are intrusive and make the text of the post hard to find as well as making the end of the preceding post and the beginning of the following post hard to find (thereby exacerbating existing issues with the new system) and becomes an unpleasant and unproductive browsing experience. Additionally, even those large images are often not large enough without zooming to see all of the text and details.

IIRC, the default is to attach full size image and it must be changed to thumbnail afterwards. Could it be arranged so that thumbnail was the default, or are there options I'm missing?
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
Frankly speaking, I have not much problem with 'real-estate'. If text or pictures are not interesting or if they bother, I will close and who cares

Also, I exlusively use mobile phone and mostly XDA app, hence no matter what's the resolution, it will be squeezed to the width of the screen

However, I'm more interested in the file size, since if pictures are embedded and if I want to read the post only informatively, I don't want to waste time and bandwidth on downloading and rendering too large files

Therefore, I prefer the use of attachements instead of embedded screenshots. Then I can (download and) open them only if I really want

And in that line, it will be useful if XDA would show the file size (and resolution, for those who like it) for attachements.

Currently it displays the file name, usually like "Screenshot_2021-03-30-06-28-39-137.jpg' which is in most cases of no use and even worse, that long filename is displayed over the attachement even when you open it, thus hiding the content

Anyway, if resolution or the file size will be limited, then XDA must take an active part in that. Not that user must spend time preparing such and such thumbnails or so - similarly like when sending pictures by mail, you will be asked if you want to downsize the pictures or so

PS: I know that some have totally different habits and preferences (using PCs, being concerned on the resolution, etc), but I.simply take my democratic rights to expose also my views and my wishes
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I want to provide a screenshot with a post. I want the contents of the file to end up on XDA. I am not talking about providing the URL of a file.

It looks like if I use the "Attach files" option, there will be a link after my post allowing someone to download/view the file. In the case of an image file, this site displays a thumbnail as part of that link. This is what I want -- minimal intrusion on someone flipping through posts, but the ability to view my screenshot if desired.

The "Attach files" function is mis-implemented. In at least one browser/computer(Android tablet), it fails to "open a chooser".

There is a button at the top of the Reply edit window that allows me to insert an image. This has no problem getting me to a "file picker". I do not see an option to "display thumbnail".

Maybe the reason the two functions use different code is that "Attach file" allows more file types. Maybe the "chooser" that it is unable to open is not the file picker itself, but the thing that lets you pick *which* file chooser to use.

Would someone with access to the Xenforo code say something?
[About XDA developers] BillGoss:
Since I essentially use XDA only on my phone, I prefer to see images fully displayed because the "thumbnail' of a screenshot takes up nearly as much space as the full image. See screenshot (no thumbnail 😊)

Unless what the screenshot is showing is an attachment?

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[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
That's a really big image, by my standards. The HTML says 1080x2400. I don't know how my using a browser on a desktop PC at this moment affects that.

How did you add that image to your post?

Does your device have any Settings to control the resolution of a screenshot?
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
It's just not true that the thumbnail takes up nearly the same amount of space. Perhaps there differences, in fact I'm sure there are differences, caused by different display properties and OS settings. In my case images such as the one attached to your post are indeed intrusive. Please don't take this as a direct complaint, we're just doing analysis here. In a page of posts where are many contain such screenshots in is indeed needlessly difficult to get to the text of the post. It should be noted that although screenshots are helpful I won't and many people won't bother to transcribe the text shown in the screenshots in order to do more troubleshooting. That important information would be in text somewhere in the post and to my point is hard to find with all the scrolling going on. I think this is something that is experienced differently by different people. This was also an issue in the old app which as far as I understand is the reason we have the thumbnail preview option now.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
A weird thing about that is that how much of the page the image takes up does not seem directly proportional to the size of the image, at least that was the case in the old app where using a smaller image did not necessarily use up less screen space. It seems that in both cases the apps are just sizing it up to fit the width and expand down proportionally. Browser on a PC will also be affected by such things as font size and display settings in the OS and the browser but typically offer her more real estate on the screen to work with. In the XDA app now a one-line text statement guest completely lost when it is associated with one of these large images. Functionally the biggest difference seems to be that in the old app the default was to attach as thumbnail and if someone wanted it to show in line they would take an extra step and that now it is automatically dropped full size and the extra step is required to turn back into thumbnail.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
That's a good point but for those of us who are required buy some commitment to respond we don't have the option to scroll on by, so to the point you later make about different preferences this is something I care about.

+1 to yet another reason to use attachments.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
As I guess I should have expected, @BillGoss' image is a reasonable size when viewed in a browser on a tablet. That was not the case with one screenshot which provoked me.

You talk about an option to display an attachment as a thumbnail. Is this an actual option in the UI? Or is it a matter of you knowing what attribute to add to the markup?
[About XDA developers] BillGoss:
I used the browser version of XDA (no app used). And I added it like this:

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And there was no option change anything.

Edit: there's no option that I can see that allows thumbnails.

If I add it as an attachment (edit: which I now see is what the post I showed in my earlier reply had), then it's like this:
[About XDA developers] BillGoss:
So, for my user case (mobile browser), it's no wonder that I prefer full images.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
For browser: As mentioned by

@BillGoss.

In android app:

Attach files button > select image > tap "insert..." tap "thumbnail". I had included examples but they're the same as in previous post so I removed them...ya know... to save us from extra scrolling. :D
[About XDA developers] BillGoss:
I'm now using my PC browser and I can understand @DiamondJohn's issue. Screenshots look ridiculously large. They are actually larger than real life because they take up the full width of the post, making them larger than the screen of the phone. In fact, viewing the image on my PC using an image viewer in "actual size", the screenshot is HUGE.

I'm so glad that I use the mobile browser. But I totally get the issue now.
[About XDA developers] BillGoss:
One last point, there's no option for inserting thumbnails. The PC and mobile browser versions only give you insert or attach. An the attach files option gives the option to also insert it.
[About XDA developers] :
Any chance we can get an option to follow the system theme? It would blend in better with the browser and operating system.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
Search UI improved in browser on tablet in landscape orientation: keyboard now stays open.

Still unusable in portrait orientation: top line changes, no way to open options dialog (gear wheel on right non-functional).

In both orientations, when I type in the Search String box, the screen scrolls as if each keypress is an up arrow.
[About XDA developers] osm0sis:
Tonnes missing or broken, e.g. Galaxy Nexus is listed when you search but fails when you attempt to add it.

Hopefully someone can clean up the Nexus line to make them more uniform while they're at it; currently it's like "Samsung Galaxy Nexus", "Google Nexus 5", "LG Nexus 5X" and "Nexus 7 (2013)".. either should all say Google or none of them should. Ideally they'd all have Google Nexus in the names then have the manufacturer as "Samsung" or "LG" or "Asus" etc. 🧐

Also OnePlus 5's manufacturer is listed as "Essential" 😅
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
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[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
2-Factor Authentication

aka Two-step Verification

https://xdaforums.com/account/security

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[About XDA developers] Retrial:
Hmm now xda follows the browser font?

Also I cannot find the preview button 🤔

Edit: I found the preview button
[About XDA developers] srdryl:
How do you search for something within the thread ......for instance how do you search for something like kernels within for instance galaxy note 3/4?
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
I don't think it's a button, just when in a forum like https://xdaforums.com/f/about-xda-developers-com.263/

if you have your mouse over a thread link it shows a preview

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[About XDA developers] Retrial:
I found it, it was there 🙃View attachment 5246881
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Oh, the post preview. Ok, I thought you wanted the thread preview.
[About XDA developers] Venom0642:
New update breaks it tries to load then closes out , to fix it need to clear data and cache, but still closes out if change to home tab, also got this error , that error is from the bell notification even tho it takes you to the post you get that error.
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
In-Thread search is broken till site gets reindexed.

See this post
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
I think XDA app discussion should still be in this thread.

https://xdaforums.com/t/check-out-t...ow-what-you-think-app-rolling-out-now.4199599
[About XDA developers] XDHx86:
Is the edit button in private convos removed?

Also search is working fine to me. Although in thread doesn't work at all neither by member nor by word.
[About XDA developers] svetius:
There's a "search this thread" button on the page up near pagination. See it, or need a screenshot?
[About XDA developers] Badger50:
I got this one Boss (y) :cool:
[About XDA developers] svetius:
Thank you so much for doing this!
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
Yes there is a new in thread search...

Which is broken till site gets reindexed.
[About XDA developers] Wolfcity:
App is force closing when tapping "forums" (2nd icon from the left).
[About XDA developers] mrjuniork:
The term "Contributor" is an understatement.

Great job mate 👏
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Yes! That's it. Thanks for taking the time to compare. On a standard landscape mode laptop only 25 to 35% of the image shows in the browser window before scrolling is required. In the Android app about 60% of it is visible in part thanks to portrait mode.
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
I get this in the Android app:

Attach files button > select image > tap "insert..." > tap "thumbnail".

When thumbnail is tapped the thumbnail code is inserted into the post (multiple times if tapped multiple times) and the image will show in the smaller size. If that code is not "inserted" then the image shows in a larger size. At least that's how it was working in my tests.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
In the browser, I don't see any reference to "thumbnail". If I use "insert an image", the markup includes the clause "type=full"; i.e., the insertion of the image is achieved by use of the tag

[ATTACH type="full"]

. Deleting 'type="full"' causes the inserted image to display as a thumbnail.

As inserted by "Insert image" button:

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After deleting 'type="full"' from ATTACH tag:

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[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
Attach files (not shown) > Select image (not shown) > click "insert..." (see image) > select Thumbnail (see image). The tags are modified accordingly as images are attached, flagged as thumbnail/full, or deleted. I've never had to use manual flag edit for this although I do use them to change unfurl to false (another space saver)

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[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
Post #385 is flagged New. This thread shows in "New posts". (It *does* say not changed since last visit, so it's half right.) Several times now.

If nothing else, I'll see if this is an artifact of its being the last post in the thread.

UPDATE: It's cleared up.
[About XDA developers] theelderstatesman:
XDA has got all the fancy titles for all kind of people, but when it comes down to take care of the normal user - IT FAILS. I just got downgraded from achievement level 35 to 30 without any explanation and that's a very bad style. In the meantime, I'm back to level 31 which probably should be 36. Luckily, I don't care about the achievements, but all in all I'm not happy anymore with XDA and I'm looking forward to move on to a new forum ...
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
You're lucky they only took off five points for bad attitude.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
The achievements system is still not ready, still beta. This is why weird stuff are happening.

Though not sure why you are that disappointed while you're saying at the same time that you don't care about the achievements. It's not really consistent.
[About XDA developers] theelderstatesman:
Ok, then at least I know. I don't agree with it, but I know now ...
[About XDA developers] theelderstatesman:
Check the answer from @J.Michael - bad attitude ... Well, now I know. Time to move on ...
[About XDA developers] IronTechmonkey:
FYI, the statement about losing achievements for bad attitude may have been a joke. To the point of @woodman's reply, achievements and other things were lost or changed in the various transitions. This happened to very many people, not just you.

There's another way to look at this besides what was perceived to be lost specifically by you. During that transition we all lost experienced changes in status and ended up on relatively equal footing to each other - no different from each other than we were before the transition.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
admitting that you have a problem is the first step...
[About XDA developers] zgfg:
Can someone teach me please the reverse engineering, how to obtain Level 37 from the other numbers (screenshots)

Btw, there are no badges for the level 4 or higher

PS: I cut the screenshots, hoping I'm not insulting
[About XDA developers] sd_shadow:
I believe XP is the only factor used to determine Level.

It looks like Higher levels require more XP.

The XP required to get next level is at the top of your Achievements page

Achievements

You can earn achievements by carrying out different actions. This page shows a list of the achievements that are available.

xdaforums.com

Also, past XP is still being calculated, and adjustments are still being made.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
Is a quote of the OP now considered OK?

I have always reported when people quote the OP, but recently got rejected as it was not explicitly violating the rules.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
Now that we run a XenForo based forum, we now have this "Click to expand" possibility for long quotes like shown in the thumbnail here below:

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... this helps not cluttering a page.

Maybe this is why you got rejects on reports? In addition to the fact that it doesn't break the rules indeed.

I'm just assuming because I never handled such report myself from you or anyone else so far. But maybe I would have rejected them too., dunno.

We have now this handy "Click to expand feature", so this is not as annoying as it used to be under vBulletin IMO.
[About XDA developers] Oswald Boelcke:
Unless I'm mistaken, I believe I left my name is the rejection notification. If we weren't limited in them I could have explained more in detail but I rejected your report for the reasons provided by @woodman above.

During vB times (and despite not violating any rule) I tended to place such a quote in hide-tags but this is no longer necessary on XF.
[About XDA developers] DiamondJohn:
If I am not mistaken (at least I have been caught out a few times), the"click to expand" does not have a "click to hide". or does it? So I have inadvertently clicked to expand the quote, to understand what their question was by understand what they have quoted, and find myself faced with a useless looooong post ie the OP. ie the click to expand has not solved the issue 100% as someone trying to help will be punished. It also sets people up for bad habits by allowing them to quote uselss OP's when asking a question; and later just random quotes to get attention rather than context or simply a mention for attention. There is NO common reason to quote the whole OP (I have taken excerpts specific to my question) except to annoy the poster with an unnecessary notification out of laziness by the poster. Actually, it just occurred to me, that is another reason to stop/deter quotes of OP, they will generate often useless notifications to the person who was kind enough to start the thread. ie your possibly annoying (or allowing new posters to annoy) the people you would wish to encourage to stay/engage more.
[About XDA developers] x2k13:
Just as a suggestion, the xda logo that appears when starting the app looks terrible on a tablet. Maybe you devs could add it as svg by any chance? That would make scaling much easier.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
You are right, there is no "click to hide" when a quote has been expanded. Only way is to refresh the page to re-hide the quote (not handy I admit).

You make good points about bad habits.

@MikeChannon or @the_scotsman , is there a way to configure this on XF? I mean to enable the possibility to un-expand a long quote that has been expanded using the "click to expand" button?
[About XDA developers] the_scotsman:
Yea, not sure. 315am, been playing 3D printers all night 😜

If Mike doesn't beat me, I can ask the question tomorrow.
[About XDA developers] rsngfrce:
So many XDA Forum threads that I can't keep up, hopefully this is the correct one.

Searching didn't help. I just noticed that the badges are gone. Why is that?
[About XDA developers] woodman:
I assume they temporarily removed them because it was not ready yet. It's still beta. Possibly, it was causing issues. Dunno.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
@the_scotsman

@MikeChannon

Bumping this ^^ 😁

Thanks!
[About XDA developers] MikeChannon:
Well I have, in-turn, bumped it, as I don't see any standard Admin type options to change this.

Mike
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
I have reported this before and excuse me for doing it again.

I don't use the app. I want to get emails only when quoted or mentioned. This is imperative for a commutation on sites such as this one.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
It has been requested again and very recently by us Mods to the xda owners, they said building a XenForo add-on would be needed since it's not a feature present natively on XenForo, they will look into it.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
How is this different from what I am about to get from checking the box for this thread on my "Watched threads" list and, at the bottom of the page, in the "For selected threads" dropdown, selecting "Enable email notification"?
[About XDA developers] woodman:
I was wondering the same because I guess it should not be difficult to code (I'm not a dev, I'm just assuming) but the fact is that XenForo does not have this possibility natively, maybe they never wanted to implement this for some reason, don't ask me why I don't work for them. I can't say more than this.
[About XDA developers] J.Michael:
I got an e-mail. It said I was getting it because "Woodman replied to a thread you are watching." I'll wait to see if I get drowned in e-mails when I am neither quoted nor mentioned.

I thought the reason I disabled e-mail notifications was that the new site sends an e-mail for each new post; the old site sent one e-mail -- no new e-mails would be sent until I visited the site.

Oddly, there was no badge on the notifications bell. Maybe I checked too soon.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
You didn't receive that email because I quoted you, you received it because a new comment (mine) has been posted in a thread watched by you.
[About XDA developers] tiho5:
Precisely.

What if someone quates a guy who doesn't use the XDA app and visits XDA site once in a year? The quated guy won't know at all and the guy who's asking the question will not get an answer for months.

If however the "email when quoted or mentioned" worked, these 2 persons could be in touch in a minute.
[About XDA developers] woodman:
I totally agree with you, you don't need to convice me, I'm also all for being able to have this.

It's not that the "email when quoted or mentioned" doesn't work, this is actually not present and not possible on XenForo natively, it's not an implemented feature. And xda has a XF native functioning.

As I said previously, the xda owner said they will look into bringing this possibly one way or another, possibly with an add-on.
[About XDA developers] IamTheBRAVE:
On different matter, i noticed some changes in the app's ui:

In forum tabs, threads now display correctly in native AppWebview instead of browser webview.

Also, in article tab, articles load in original browser view. I find that better as the native page never displayed links correctly.

Thanks to all who work in the shadows to improve our use of XDA 💯%👍