Any way to turn off the thread preview boxes? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

bodypainter · 08-16-2004, 01:23 PM

Those yellow boxes that appear when you hover over the title of a thread in the thread list view and show you the first few lines of the thread.

I gotta say I hate those things. I looked in the options but didn't see a way to kill them. Any help would be appreciated.

KnifeMissile · 08-16-2004, 02:40 PM

I went to the doctor and said "Hey, doc. It hurts when I hang my arm from my elbow like this. What should I do?" To which, he replied "Well, don't do that."

That's an old Groucho Marx joke but it applies to this situation, I think. If you don't like the yellow boxes that come up when you hover the mouse pointer over the thread title then don't do that! Why are you hovering the mouse pointer over the thread titles, anyways? Won't that get in the way of your reading it? Just read the thread titles until you see what that you're interested in and then click on it.

Personally, I like those boxes but that's mostly because people on this forum make really uninformative subject titles that really say nothing about the subject thread, defeating the whole purpose of a subject title...

bernadette · 08-16-2004, 03:07 PM

man! what yellow boxes? am i missing out on something?

must be yet another thing jealous PC users are sticking in the face of mac users....

pfft!

bodypainter · 08-16-2004, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bernadette

man! what yellow boxes? am i missing out on something?

must be yet another thing jealous PC users are sticking in the face of mac users....

pfft!

Not this time -- I'm using Safari.

As for the other response, they appear when the cursor is anywhere in the square that bounds the thread title. That's a lot of real estate to avoid when you're just scrolling up and down. I'm just asking if I can turn them off.

Averett · 08-19-2004, 09:07 AM

I don't think you can turn them off. I'm fairly sure they're a feature of Vbulletin.

Redlemon · 08-19-2004, 09:20 AM

You can cancel the display of the thread previews... if you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser. And yes, there is a Mac version of Firefox. To change the setting, just open about:config from the URL bar, and change the setting for browser.chrome.toolbar_tips to false. (I can give more detail if that isn't clear for you.)

MSD · 08-21-2004, 11:11 PM

This sucks, you can't get rid of them when you want to, and I can't get them to show up unless I hover over the bottom 5 pixels of the box. Maybe we should swap computers ...

08-16-2004, 01:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
bodypainter Psycho Location: Sarasota	Any way to turn off the thread preview boxes? Those yellow boxes that appear when you hover over the title of a thread in the thread list view and show you the first few lines of the thread. I gotta say I hate those things. I looked in the options but didn't see a way to kill them. Any help would be appreciated.

08-16-2004, 03:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	man! what yellow boxes? am i missing out on something? must be yet another thing jealous PC users are sticking in the face of mac users.... pfft! __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

08-19-2004, 09:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	I don't think you can turn them off. I'm fairly sure they're a feature of Vbulletin. __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

08-16-2004, 02:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
KnifeMissile Location: Waterloo, Ontario	I went to the doctor and said "Hey, doc. It hurts when I hang my arm from my elbow like this. What should I do?" To which, he replied "Well, don't do that." That's an old Groucho Marx joke but it applies to this situation, I think. If you don't like the yellow boxes that come up when you hover the mouse pointer over the thread title then don't do that! Why are you hovering the mouse pointer over the thread titles, anyways? Won't that get in the way of your reading it? Just read the thread titles until you see what that you're interested in and then click on it. Personally, I like those boxes but that's mostly because people on this forum make really uninformative subject titles that really say nothing about the subject thread, defeating the whole purpose of a subject title...

08-19-2004, 09:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	You can cancel the display of the thread previews... if you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser. And yes, there is a Mac version of Firefox. To change the setting, just open about:config from the URL bar, and change the setting for browser.chrome.toolbar_tips to false. (I can give more detail if that isn't clear for you.)

08-21-2004, 11:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	This sucks, you can't get rid of them when you want to, and I can't get them to show up unless I hover over the bottom 5 pixels of the box. Maybe we should swap computers ...