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Dream Sequence
 member, 80 posts
 Certainly the loveliest,
 most civilized of us all
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 06:43
 msg #2085
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
And then repeat the process for all of the two dozen threads the years-old snip of dialogue I'm looking for might have been in?  Yes, that technically works.
bigbadron
 moderator, 16119 posts
 He's big, he's bad,
 but mostly he's Ron.
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 07:08
moderator post | [quote] | [reply] | msg #2086
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
Usually you can skip the whole "Notepad" stage.  Most browsers have a function that lets you search a page for specific text.

So open up the whole thread, and search for the text in your browser.

Of course, you have to remember the exact word/phrase your looking for... but that's true, even with those fancy "grown up" websites.  :)
locojedi
 member, 214 posts
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 07:12
 msg #2087
Vents with allowed responses - 3
Display all and then ctrl-f... If you can remember about which thread it happened in, that helps.

I get frustrated as both a player and DM when people can't bother to scroll back at least to their last post and refamiliarize themselves just a bit to avoid awkward posting which slows the flow when we all have to sort it out. I'll admit to doing it myself from time to time however, so I'm not throwing any stones. Just words. Some players and GMs are notoriously bad though. Can make for some hilarious scenes though when players spend consecutive rounds trying to flank an enemy as they orbit each other without reading prior posts!
Durgion
 member, 12 posts
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 07:14
 msg #2088
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
So what you are saying is that RPoL pulled a total dad move and is delegating to its children like a total boss? That is indeed grown up and added value in not wasting resources to provide a function that is already built into your browser.
Dream Sequence
 member, 81 posts
 Certainly the loveliest,
 most civilized of us all
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 07:22
 msg #2089
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
Searching multiple threads is not built into my browser.  Or yours, or anyone's.
Durgion
 member, 13 posts
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 07:38
 msg #2090
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
A couple extra button clicks. Easy Peasy.
Hunter
 member, 1835 posts
 Captain Oblivious!
 Lurker
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 07:44
 msg #2091
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to Sightless314 (msg # 2084):

It's not just the sorting through multiple threads for information that easily could be a year old.  There's also the issue of the time it takes to read through it.   On longer threads, that could be an hour or more.
Durgion
 member, 14 posts
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 07:48
 msg #2092
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
The same can be said if you don't remember what it is you are actually looking for. If I type a phrase in a full thread it takes me right to every instance of that phrase, or even if I only remember part of it, it takes me right to it.
Dream Sequence
 member, 82 posts
 Certainly the loveliest,
 most civilized of us all
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 07:49
 msg #2093
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to Durgion (msg # 2090):

A couple extra button clicks, for each additional thread you want to search.  It gets annoying after ten threads, and too frustrating to bother with before you hit twenty, though obviously other peoples' tolerance for that sort of thing may vary.
Sightless314
 member, 39 posts
 If there's a will
 There's a way
Sun 28 Aug 2022
at 13:47
 msg #2094
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to Hunter (msg # 2091):



No argument from me on that.  I've spent... wasted... the time.  I can't compare speed listening to speed reading, so I can't say with any certainty if I can listen faster, when listening for something specific, than you can look for it.
Brianna
 member, 2259 posts
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 15:35
 msg #2095
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to Sightless314 (msg # 2094):

I'd expect listening takes longer since your eyes can skip ahead as you read, but your ears can't.
Greymist
 member, 25 posts
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 19:45
 msg #2096
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to Brianna (msg # 2095):

I worked with a 100% blind colleague when developing an in-house software application, and when he used JAWS at his normal speed he was crazy fast in navigating Windows and the multitude of in-house apps we used.
SunRuanEr
 subscriber, 456 posts
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 19:51
 msg #2097
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
Brianna:
I'd expect listening takes longer since your eyes can skip ahead as you read, but your ears can't.

This is why I rage to the heavens when Jeopardy! has the video clues...
Hunter
 member, 1839 posts
 Captain Oblivious!
 Lurker
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 23:50
 msg #2098
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to Brianna (msg # 2095):

I used to type (back before Carpel TunneL) around a hundred words a minute.   Which meant that I tended to type faster than I could talk...and found having to use voice chat annoying.
Sightless314
 member, 40 posts
 If there's a will
 There's a way
Thu 1 Sep 2022
at 20:17
 msg #2099
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to Brianna (msg # 2095):


Well, this is where things get tricky. The average play for most audio devices is around 150-165 words per minute.     I can go up to three-hundred words per minute, and if its a text I've listened to prior and am searching for something specific can go up to 370 per minute.

The thing is some people can skim and scroll faster than that, since they can automatically skip over the image tags, and the links and their associated numbers and the like.    So, *does the see-saw motion with open palms*. It depends.   I've been known to sometimes speed listen for info while on hold, as its one of the easier times in which to do it in.
Sightless314
 member, 41 posts
 If there's a will
 There's a way
Fri 2 Sep 2022
at 14:55
 msg #2100
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
 The following is a public service rant.

If you are part of an organization that sends out regular E-Mail messages, you might want to think twice before you do an image background. Depending on the system it might make that text you put in as part of the image, in which case all your blind employees/ customers will get absolutely nothing. Oh, some of your sighted folks might have trouble too, depending on contrast, or lack  there of.

I was a customer, I sent it to three friends, all of whom also had trouble.   So I printed the sucker  out, scanned it in via OCR, and finally got the information.

Thank you, end of public service rant.
Hunter
 member, 1840 posts
 Captain Oblivious!
 Lurker
Fri 2 Sep 2022
at 22:14
 msg #2101
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to Sightless314 (msg # 2100):

Things tend to be done for "typical people", which involved certain assumptions much like those you're referring to.   This tends to end up leaving non-typical (usually people with mental and/or physical challenges) out of the loop.

Even though it's certainly a less annoying example: because of my autism, song lyrics often don't make sense.   Which means I have to look for them, also time consuming because music publishers don't like "free" distribution of proprietary material.

Or...updates on social media.   Not everyone uses social media.

This message was last edited by the user at 22:22, Fri 02 Sept 2022.

SunRuanEr
 subscriber, 457 posts
Sun 4 Sep 2022
at 00:10
 msg #2102
Vents with allowed responses - 3
Dear Amazon: The middle of the driveway, directly behind my car where I can't even SEE them, is *NOT* where you leave my packages. I don't care how big the box is, there's a sidewalk AND a porch AND a whole section of the driveway that's at least visible from the house that you could have used instead. This is twice. TWICE. /shakes fist
ShadoPrism
 member, 1421 posts
 OCGD-Obsessive-Compulsive
 Gamer-Disorder
Sun 4 Sep 2022
at 05:41
 msg #2103
Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to SunRuanEr (msg # 2102):

That is right up there with my last delivery from them. Sign by my front door says place packages on Bench NOT Ground, so where did they put it, under the bench, where I could not see it, on the ground.
I am physically disabled, a visiting nurse found it there by pure chance, marveling over it cause the sign is SO Obvious.
Hunter
 member, 1843 posts
 Captain Oblivious!
 Lurker
Sun 4 Sep 2022
at 16:38
 msg #2104
Vents with allowed responses - 3
In reply to ShadoPrism (msg # 2103):

I can top that, unfortunately.  I was supposed to be getting a replacement monitor yesterday; and just fyi, my apartment door opens to the sidewalk.   Driver pulls up, idles for like 15 seconds, then drives off.
V_V
 member, 1016 posts
Fri 9 Sep 2022
at 01:11
 [deleted] | msg #2105
Vents with allowed responses - 3

This message was deleted by the user at 01:28, Fri 09 Sept 2022.

Hunter
 member, 1846 posts
 Captain Oblivious!
 Lurker
Mon 12 Sep 2022
at 05:52
 msg #2106
Vents with allowed responses - 3
How System Restore keeps turning back on without prompting.

No, I really didn't mean it the first 100 times I turned it off....GRRR.
ShadoPrism
 member, 1423 posts
 OCGD-Obsessive-Compulsive
 Gamer-Disorder
Mon 12 Sep 2022
at 22:43
 msg #2107
Vents with allowed responses - 3
Windows unneeded updates and changes to programs I have used for Years with no problem. Update leaves them useless now. Weather App being a big one there, today. Log in and my animated weather radar is replaced by a brown and green still map with No satellite coverage and the option page is just Gone.
locojedi
 member, 216 posts
Mon 12 Sep 2022
at 23:05
 msg #2108
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
Yeah, wiped out my network drivers that have been doing fine for six years, thanks Windoze...
V_V
 member, 1017 posts
Tue 13 Sep 2022
at 08:15
 msg #2109
Re: Vents with allowed responses - 3
I was really worried some had hacked my PC. I'm in a motel, to ready to transition from homelessness, and people have access to my room; whether I like it or not. My rig is the opposite of a laptop. Granted, it fits in a motel room; so not even in the same zipcode as major PC rigs; but that's why I don't just unplug hardware. I have it password protected, and I have all my normal precautions up by an order of magnitude; and I was getting this driver indication for a new device; and I have no new devices...So until seeing this my thought was rubber duck/hack-drive. I'm not glad it's stupid windoze crap; but I'm relieved it's not near and personal malice.

This message was last edited by the user at 09:17, Tue 13 Sept 2022.

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