I'm tired of writing in blue

[King Kool]

Yaay. Spoiler tags finally. the cn tower controls your mind

That is awesome. Thanks Paul. mythbusters is cool

[iEatNinjaZ]

Success!


Thanks Paul!

[Allen!]

I am not sure the spoiler tags work on der iPhone

[AlexanderDitto]

Holy crap, that was amazing. Paul posted that seven hours ago, but it was like he was SPEAKING TO ME RIGHT NOW, AND I HIT REFRESH, AND IT WORKED HOLY CRAP.

IT'S LIKE THE PART IN BACK TO THE FUTURE 3 WHEN MARTY FINDS THE DOC IN A HISTORY BOOK AND THEN FINDS HIS TOMBSTONE IS IN THERE OMG MY MIND WAS BLOWN

[Evil Jim]

Nice work, Paul! That was fast too. Cheers & beers to you, sir. Now I'll have to see if it works on signature text.

[ecocd]

Nice work, Paul! That was fast too. Cheers & beers to you, sir. Now I'll have to see if it works on signature text.

And it works when quoted too!

Thanks Paul!

[Lorithad]

Score.

My only issue with it is that it's too good. I can see myself easily missing the spoilers that I may wish to have spoiled.You didn't even know this was here, did you?

[Cade Antilles]

Sweet! Thanks Paul! You da' man!

[empath]

Congrats, kudos and thanks, Paul!


He is still full of epic win, but I still think if he still had the beard he'd have done this more quickly AND worked out a way to implement sarcastic text. <j/k>

[goat]

Nice work Paul!

Now, about that proposed hookers and blow dispenser for the forums....

[Tank_girl]

Seems like a good idea. I have added the [ spoiler] tag to the bbcode system. Any text in the spoiler tag will be coloured to match the background in both the post and in a quote or code block.

Example:

Darth Vader is Luke's father

Samus is actually a girl

The spoilers still show on the iPhone. Refresh or no refresh.

[Gordon Fearman]

Good. It's about time you were punished for using the iPhone.

[Paul]

The spoilers still show on the iPhone. Refresh or no refresh.

Unfortunately, the iPhone selection box doesn't actually reveal text in the same way as highlighting does on a regular computer. I will see if I can figure out a way to make it work.

My only issue with it is that it's too good. I can see myself easily missing the spoilers that I may wish to have spoiled.

This is a good point. I think I might change it to keep the text the same colour and change the background to match the text. That way it will be blanked out but be obvious that something is there.

Opinions?

[Cade Antilles]

What about an inverse of the quote box? So, a white bar with "Spoiler" inside it, with a light blue box below that. It should then be obvious that a spoiler has been inserted into the post.

[Vigafre]

Well, as long as someone says "Spoilers:" it really shouldn't cause problems.

Edit: Actually, Cade's idea is better.

[Paul]

What about an inverse of the quote box? So, a white bar with "Spoiler" inside it, with a light blue box below that. It should then be obvious that a spoiler has been inserted into the post.

That could work. The only issue with making it a block is that you wouldn't be able to to have a spoiler inline, it would automatically break the paragraph to insert the spoiler block (like quote does now)

[Cade Antilles]

What about an inverse of the quote box? So, a white bar with "Spoiler" inside it, with a light blue box below that. It should then be obvious that a spoiler has been inserted into the post.

That could work. The only issue with making it a block is that you wouldn't be able to to have a spoiler inline, it would automatically break the paragraph to insert the spoiler block (like quote does now)

This is true, but it wouldn't be a problem for me as I don't typically do spoilers that way. Of course, I can't speak for everyone else. I think if there's an understanding about how the spoilers tag works, people will likely be accommodating.

[theDreamer]

I like the anti-quote box idea.

[Karmic Knight]

That could work. The only issue with making it a block is that you wouldn't be able to to have a spoiler inline, it would automatically break the paragraph to insert the spoiler block (like quote does now)

Well, inline spoilers would be obvious to spot, perhaps add a [spoilerbox][/spoilerbox] tag for large blocks of spoiler text?

[Lorithad]

Both methods have merit. I could see myself using both of them.

[empath]

I was all for Cade's suggestion, then Paul's concern made me hesitate but still prefer his 'anti-quote box'...

...then Karmic Knight's compromise sounds FAN-dirtyword-TASTIC; <spoiler> for inline stuff, and <spoilerbox> for stuff on its own that otherwise might be overlooked. The latter has been used in some form or another in more forums I've seen than the former, but both have their advantages so why spurn one for the other?

...well, apart from making more work for ya, man - sorry.

[Gordon Fearman]

I agree with the spoilerbox idea.

[octopimpostor]

So im guessing that the spoiler box was never made. im really not going to enjoy finiding all the hidden spoilers within the chat. actually if you think about it, it could be a game. like wheres Waldo

[King Kool]

Well, that's your problem.

Dunno why I did that.

And I have a huge rodent problem.

Let's just do this! Say something horrible, but when unspoilered, it's actually innocuous!

I was atArby's and I saw a woman's purse drop. Iplaced my hand to grab it and someone said "His hand!" They thought I was stealing it. So I had to escape through the kitchen! Can you believe it? This is why women shouldn't leave the kitchen.

[octopimpostor]

Well, that's your problem.

Dunno why I did that.

And I have a huge rodent problem.

Let's just do this! Say something horrible, but when unspoilered, it's actually innocuous!

I was atArby's and I saw a woman's purse drop. Iplaced my hand to grab it and someone said "His hand!" They thought I was stealing it. So I had to escape through the kitchen! Can you believe it? This is why women shouldn't leave the kitchen.

wow you have too much time on your hands.anyways, that was still about as bad as wht was spoiled.


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