Quite often find myself trying to do date arithmetic (which isn't the easiest) to work out when a given post was made. (also "43days ago" gives no indication of what time of day a post was made)
So much so that I wrote this TamperMonkey script -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18X6_tnlqMzaL5vKepiw8Wz9C98oZlbFS/view?usp=sharing
At least that snippet contains the code that does the magic of allowing a mouse-over to show the posting date and time.
Trouble is the script I have doesn't work on the thread listing pages, only inside a thread. I suspect this is something to do with the infinite scroll now for the page. It fails to find the time elements on the forum page(s) but works fine in a thread.
@Russ - could you make the pages load the time elements with a title attribute set to the datetime value?
@orangutan saidI too dislike the 'infinite scroll' single page format now in use. I much prefer the older method that allowed you to use the page number system displayed at the bottom of each single page, that would allow you to go back to the earliest threads for the various forums.
Quite often find myself trying to do date arithmetic (which isn't the easiest) to work out when a given post was made. (also "43days ago" gives no indication of what time of day a post was made)
So much so that I wrote this TamperMonkey script -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18X6_tnlqMzaL5vKepiw8Wz9C98oZlbFS/view?usp=sharing
At least that snippet contains the code ...[text shortened]... d you make the pages load the time elements with a title attribute set to the datetime value?
We now have that single 'up' arrow that allows you to jump back to the top of the infinite scroll page. If nothing else, can we have a 'down' arrow as well, that will take you to the bottom thread or item on that single long page. Or something like the arrows at the bottom of the game board page when reviewing the moves in a game, where you can jump to the start or end, or just one move at a time, forward and back. Instead of game moves, it could be applied to pages to jump, back and forth.
And I would prefer to just see the actual date and time used as a time stamp everywhere that the date is used to identify something.
My two cents worth, anyway. 🙂
@orangutan saidI have added a title tag with a timezone adjusted date-time in it.
@Russ - could you make the pages load the time elements with a title attribute set to the datetime value?
I turned on the tool tips for the forum pages too, so you might have what you want now without a script.
The tooltip on the forum directory is incorrectly positioned a little, but I'll deal with that later.
@Russ saidLoverly jubberly.
I have added a title tag with a timezone adjusted date-time in it.
I turned on the tool tips for the forum pages too, so you might have what you want now without a script.
The tooltip on the forum directory is incorrectly positioned a little, but I'll deal with that later.
One thing to note - the CSS may need to change - it's impossible to read in dark-mode. But otherwise, just the ticket.
Thanks @Russ
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“And I would prefer to just see the actual date and time used as a time stamp everywhere that the date is used to identify something.”
I completely agree.
Prior to a site update that was done recently, it used to show the date when a last move was made, or a game was created.
It still does if it is over a year ago, but anything less than a year and it now shows ‘298d’ or some suchlike.
This just seems much less user-friendly if you are trying to locate a game.
Far better I think is to see ‘01 Jan 25’, instead of ‘298d’.
I can’t see what the point was of changing it.
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@Martin saidHi Martin,
I agree with posters' comments that dates rather than days would be preferred but that now leaves Russ with a dilemma...
what format the date - American or English?
Personally I prefer day month and year as opposed to month day year.
Games over a year old currently show (for example) ‘25 Oct 24’ which seems clear enough (and a lot clearer than ‘366d’ ).
I prefer this, to ‘Oct 25 24’, but either way, I still prefer it to just telling the number of days since the game was created, or the last move was made.