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idanz Newbie

idanz

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Hi,
Sometimes when I'm surfing on IP.Boards I want to change my status to visible/invisible (anonymous user) and it's kind of annoying to logout & login in order to change my status.
So why don't you add a checkbox near the "Log Out" link which sets my status: visible or invisible., and of course remembers my last login status.
Thanks, Idan.

EliteKiller Rookie

EliteKiller

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Hi,



So why don't you add a checkbox near the "Log Out" link which sets my status: visible or invisible., and of course remembers my last login status.


Thanks, Idan.



This option an some kind of an away status would be nice for communities. In IP.Boards mainly used as forums without any community
EliteKiller Rookie

EliteKiller

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What do you mean by that?


Well, IP.Board 2.3 provides a lot of community features. The new profile features introduced in 2.2 (profile comments, last profile visitors, friend lists etc.) and the gallery and blog modules give customers the ability to use the IP.Board not only as board software but also as whole community suite. I think the needs of the members of a community are quite different to the needs of members of a board that's mainly focused on the forums. For example a community member writes more comments and pms than a forum member, in this case an away
status is more convenient. I hope it's now more clear what I meant.
EliteKiller Rookie

EliteKiller

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You're obviously confused, this is NOT about setting an "away status", it's about an option in your UserCP or such to change whether or not you're displayed as online, a.k.a. "invisible mode"


Oh sorry, that should have been "and" and not "an". I think invisible mode is nearly the same feature category as an away mode / status. That's the reason why I said it.
TrixieTang Rising Star

TrixieTang

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Oh sorry, that should have been "and" and not "an". I think invisible mode is nearly the same feature category as an away mode / status. That's the reason why I said it.



There's already an invisible mode, this thread isn't about adding one, it's about making an option to turn it on/off without having to log out then log back in again...

Sounds like an Emo feature, emo = bad, ergo idea = bad.



Unless someone can convince me why going anonymous on a forum at the drop of a hat is necessary.



How is it "emo"?

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.Matt.

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Mods will be amazing again . I mean products and hooks! upload and BAM, mod installed. So mods are ok with me again. if its a mod, then that's fine.

Tony Collaborator

Tony

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I agree it should be a default feature.



That feature it's useless for most of us, so as killswitch said a mod will be good for that (There's a mod for vB as well that do that).
.Matt. Enthusiast

.Matt.

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With hooks and plugins we should see a jump in more mod's and better mods. And it should be much easier to make a mod. So what ever isn't included in IPB3 would probably be a mod shortly after the release of IPB3.

TrixieTang Rising Star

TrixieTang

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That feature it's useless for most of us, so as killswitch said a mod will be good for that (There's a mod for vB as well that do that).



Useless to you perhaps, but to your members if you allow invisible logins? No. And I disagree completely with you saying it's "useless to most of us" because that's simply put, not the case.

It may be useless to you personally, but this is not about just about you, it's about making the software more user friendly, and you should not need a mod to have to achieve that in this case.

To clarify, in vB there IS an option in the User CP to set whether you use invisible mode or not, I don't really care how it's done, but as far as I'm concerned having an easier way to do it rather than having to log in/out is pretty much essential for IPB 3, it's not hard to make invisible status a User CP option, and it would make it a LOT easier for people who use invisible mode, so I don't see why there has to be so much "this is better as a mod" talk.

Just because you personally don't use a feature doesn't mean it's any less of a feature, anyone who doesn't already know, invisible logins have been there since the original IPB, and they've stayed the same since, they're not user friendly nor have they ever been and an option to change your visibility while logged in has been needed since the beginning.
teraßyte Grand Master

teraßyte

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Useless to you perhaps, but to your members if you allow invisible logins? No. And I disagree completely with you saying it's "useless to most of us" because that's simply put, [i]not the case[/i].



It may be useless to you personally, but this is not about just about you, [i]it's about making the software more user friendly[/i], and you should [i]not[/i] need a mod to have to achieve that in this case.



To clarify, in vB there IS an option in the User CP to set whether you use invisible mode or not, I don't really care how it's done, but as far as I'm concerned having an [b]easier[/b] way to do it rather than having to log in/out is pretty much [i]essential[/i] for IPB 3, it's not hard to make invisible status a User CP option, and it would make it a LOT easier for people who use invisible mode, so I don't see why there has to be so much "this is better as a mod" talk.



Just because you personally don't use a feature doesn't mean it's any less of a feature, anyone who doesn't already know, [b]invisible logins have been there since the original IPB[/b], and they've stayed the same since, they're [i]not[/i] user friendly nor have they ever been and an option to change your visibility while logged in [i]has been needed since the beginning[/i].


What vB have or not have is not the point :o

We are saying this feature by default is useless because only a few people requested it yet and normally new default features in each software are features requested by a lot of users (like reputation system) and not only some of them.


Said that i agree with you that this feature will make IPB more user friendly but only for a very small amount of peoples.
If IPS is going to add each of those small requests then a good part of modders will disappear :lol:
Tony Collaborator

Tony

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Everyone who uses invisible mode is [b]not[/b] a "very small amount of people" if you ask me, some boards make more use of invisible mode than others, and if yours isn't one of the ones that makes much use out of it then fine, but it doesn't change the fact it would be useful to a lot of people and would make the software better, it's not just vB that has this feature, more and more are adding this feature [i]because it's a smart thing to do[/i].



And this isn't a new feature, it's fixing an old feature which has never truly been user friendly, it may not be requested that much, but it would sure help members of a lot more boards than you seem to think it would, and would it be a good feature to have in the software, in my opinion and the opinion of just about everyone who actually uses invisible mode, yes, it would be.



And last off, it wouldn't be hard to do this, and there are NO downsides to it, especially for those who actually make use of the invisible mode feature.



I always thought making a software easier to use was a good thing, apparently not everyone agrees with that if they think you should have to log out then back in just to change your visibility on a forum.



A simple option here http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?...rCP&CODE=04 with "Do you wish to appear offline to others?" - Yes/No would be enough.

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