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GB's "I'm Messing with the media addon" test thread

#1

GasBandit

GasBandit

[DOUBLEPOST=1471276128][/DOUBLEPOST]Well, the thumbnails seem to be fixed but it still cuts off the bottom of portrait-style images... Grrr.


#2

PatrThom

PatrThom

Don't care. Sarah.

--Patrick


#3

Terrik

Terrik

This thread sucks.


#4

GasBandit

GasBandit

Terrik said:
This thread sucks.
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It's not FOR you.


#5

Denbrought

Denbrought

gbmuhthread.png


#6

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Denbrought said:
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#7

jwhouk

jwhouk

So - THIS is what crashed the boards for hours?


#8

GasBandit

GasBandit

Of course not. :p


#9

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Does this have anything to do with the cut off tweet postings?


#10

GasBandit

GasBandit

Re-test

[DOUBLEPOST=1471647070,1471647023][/DOUBLEPOST]Hrmmm... still not working. But the latest version is supposed to fix this... Lemme try something else.


#11

GasBandit

GasBandit

[DOUBLEPOST=1471648542,1471648519][/DOUBLEPOST]


#12

Bubble181

Bubble181

Hey! What happened to the folding instructions!?

Not that I don't like their replacement too. :D[DOUBLEPOST=1471648904,1471648836][/DOUBLEPOST]Anyway, the GOOD news is, AFAICS, that at least the "see album on imgur" button is working again, so we can see the pictures without resizing the browser screen 55 times.


#13

GasBandit

GasBandit

[DOUBLEPOST=1471649577,1471649191][/DOUBLEPOST]This is getting pretty frustrating. I've seen it work on other forums, ours just seems to not want to do so.


#14

GasBandit

GasBandit

The backend of this site is a rat's nest of addons, most of which aren't updated, some of which have been discontinued completely, and it's like walking through a minefield because I'm worried if I click the wrong thing I'll un-anon every anonymous post or trash everybody's bookmarks or something.


#15

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Hrmmm... still not working
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I don't get it. It's working fine for me. Are you clearing your web cache before you browse back to test?

--Patrick


#16

Bubble181

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
I don't get it. It's working fine for me. Are you clearing your web cache before you browse back to test?

--Patrick
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Even trying on a PC/user that's never been on HF before, the lower half of imgur albums etc still gets cut off. Everything else works fine, true.


#17

GasBandit

GasBandit

[DOUBLEPOST=1471651307,1471651191][/DOUBLEPOST]
PatrThom said:
I don't get it. It's working fine for me. Are you clearing your web cache before you browse back to test?

--Patrick
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Definitely not working. You can tell because the new format has a white background, like this. Our albums still have the black background and cut off the bottom, even from an incognito window.


#18

GasBandit

GasBandit

[DOUBLEPOST=1471652404,1471652381][/DOUBLEPOST]Well, the good news is I seem to have fixed the "twitter embeds of video are too small" problem.


#19

GasBandit

GasBandit

[DOUBLEPOST=1471656681,1471656625][/DOUBLEPOST]Alright, I give up for one night. I'll sleep on it and see if I can figure it out again tomorrow maybe.


#20

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
[DOUBLEPOST=1471652404,1471652381][/DOUBLEPOST]Well, the good news is I seem to have fixed the "twitter embeds of video are too small" problem.
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heyshorty.png

No, no you didn't.

--Patrick


#21

Bubble181

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
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No, no you didn't.

--Patrick
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What? In your screenshot that video seems pretty much the right size, no? It used to be smaller than the avatars.


#22

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

If I reload the page with ctrl-shift-R, the tweet is the right size, but not until then. :(


#23

GasBandit

GasBandit

Well, poop.


#24

PatrThom

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
What? In your screenshot that video seems pretty much the right size, no? It used to be smaller than the avatars.
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Small? No. Twitter videos have always appeared just like that for me. Full width, but 1/2 height, and clicking the "play" button plays the entire video just like that, as if I was watching it while it was stuffed into an envelope.

--Patrick


#25

Bubble181

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
Small? No. Twitter videos have always appeared just like that for me. Full width, but 1/2 height, and clicking the "play" button plays the entire video just like that, as if I was watching it while it was stuffed into an envelope.

--Patrick
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Huh. I had them appear in post stamp size for a while, now they're back to full size; often "cut off" like that but just clicking on them enlarges to full view. Odd


#26

Dave

Dave

GasBandit said:
The backend of this site is a rat's nest of addons, most of which aren't updated, some of which have been discontinued completely, and it's like walking through a minefield because I'm worried if I click the wrong thing I'll un-anon every anonymous post or trash everybody's bookmarks or something.
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So you're saying I haven't known what the hell I was doing? Duh. I've said that from the beginning.


#27

GasBandit

GasBandit

Dave said:
So you're saying I haven't known what the hell I was doing? Duh. I've said that from the beginning.
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It reminds me of the wiring in my server room, which I've said I need to spend a weekend redoing... for the last 12 years.


#28

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
It reminds me of the wiring in my server room, which I've said I need to spend a weekend redoing... for the last 12 years.
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It ain't gonna route itself.

--Patrick


#29

GasBandit

GasBandit

VICTOLY


#30

Bubble181

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
VICTOLY
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Is it to you I need to complain about there not being an "end" to albums anymore? They just wrap around and start from the top :p


But congrats :)


#31

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
VICTOLY
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Why can't I see YouTube embeds any more?

--Patrick


#32

GasBandit

GasBandit

[DOUBLEPOST=1471714513,1471714473][/DOUBLEPOST]
PatrThom said:
Why can't I see YouTube embeds any more?

--Patrick
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Dunno, works for me.... can you see this one?[DOUBLEPOST=1471714966][/DOUBLEPOST]
Bubble181 said:
Is it to you I need to complain about there not being an "end" to albums anymore? They just wrap around and start from the top :p
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That's all on imgur, those bastards.


#33

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
can you see this one?
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Yes.
Whichever one I was talking about was something I couldn't see in page view, even though replying to the message DID properly include the [MEEDIA]y0UtuB3iD;time=blah[/MEEDIA] blob.

--Patrick


#34

GasBandit

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
Yes.
Whichever one I was talking about was something I couldn't see in page view, even though replying to the message DID properly include the [MEEDIA]y0UtuB3iD;time=blah[/MEEDIA] blob.

--Patrick
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You might have been looking at it while I was working on it, and loaded that page during the magical 10 seconds between me renaming the old PHP file and uploading the new one. During that brief few seconds, no media on the site worked.


#35

PatrThom

PatrThom

Lucky me.

--Patrick


#36

Dave

Dave

This thread, folks, is why I made Gas an Admin. He's working on things that I couldn't even begin to fix.


#37

GasBandit

GasBandit



#38

PatrThom

PatrThom

Dave said:
This thread, folks, is why I made Gas an Admin. He's working on things that I couldn't even begin to fix.
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I thought it was because he needed an outlet for his ego?

--Patrick


#39

GasBandit

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
I thought it was because he needed an outlet for his ego?

--Patrick
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No, I make POTG montages for that.


#40

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
No, I make POTG montages for that.
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I'm actually gonna miss Lúcioball.

--Patrick


#41

GasBandit

GasBandit

Amazon product[DOUBLEPOST=1474258248,1474258237][/DOUBLEPOST]Well, that's that sorted anyway.


#42

Dave

Dave

Amazon product
Or so you thought![DOUBLEPOST=1474258415,1474258370][/DOUBLEPOST]Amazon product


#43

GasBandit

GasBandit

Aaaaand now it stopped working altogether.

Edit: ok, seems that it still (halfway) works on chrome, but none work on firefox.

Updated my notification to the author.


#44

GasBandit

GasBandit

In case the media plugin isn't working for anyone (like it isn't for me) right now, here's why - it works through github, which is under DDOS right now.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...-and-etsy-down-in-apparent-dns-attack-2016-10


#45

Denbrought

Denbrought

GasBandit said:
In case the media plugin isn't working for anyone (like it isn't for me) right now, here's why - it works through github, which is under DDOS right now.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...-and-etsy-down-in-apparent-dns-attack-2016-10
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Was at a lunch with a bunch of IT friends from my area. A few are being heavily affected by today's event. Only a minor annoyance for my work, thankfully.


#46

GasBandit

GasBandit

Denbrought said:
Was at a lunch with a bunch of IT friends from my area. A few are being heavily affected by today's event. Only a minor annoyance for my work, thankfully.
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An annoyingly not-insignificant portion of my day today has been spent explaining to people what a DDOS attack is and why it means they can't get to twitter.


#47

Denbrought

Denbrought

GasBandit said:
An annoyingly not-insignificant portion of my day today has been spent explaining to people what a DDOS attack is and why it means they can't get to twitter.
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Just found out our company moved away from Dyn for our DNS not long before I started. Yuge bullet dodged there.


#48

GasBandit

GasBandit

Denbrought said:
Just found out our company moved away from Dyn for our DNS not long before I started. Yuge bullet dodged there.
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I kicked Dyn to the curb when they stopped doing free dynamic dns.


#49

PatrThom

PatrThom

Also yay for local caching servers.

--Patrick


#50

jwhouk

jwhouk

The "Upload Files" button (between "Post Reply" and "More Options..." is showing up blank for me. Any particular reason?


#51

Denbrought

Denbrought

jwhouk said:
The "Upload Files" button (between "Post Reply" and "More Options..." is showing up blank for me. Any particular reason?
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Shows up fine for me. What browser and OS is this with? Have you tried a different browser, and/or clearing the cache?


#52

jwhouk

jwhouk

FF 49.0.2 on WinX.[DOUBLEPOST=1477280216,1477280129][/DOUBLEPOST]EDIT: Strange, it's showing up on Chrome 54.0.2840.71...

EDIT #2: And it showed up briefly before reverting to a white box... :confused:


#53

GasBandit

GasBandit

Unlike the other two buttons, the upload a file button is a flash widget. That might be a place to start looking...


#54

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Unlike the other two buttons, the upload a file button is a flash widget. That might be a place to start looking...
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Most browsers are starting to just outright ignore Flash content by default.
Lotta stuff is gonna break.

--Patrick


#55

GasBandit

GasBandit

Ok, now my firefox at work started doing it, too. The button still WORKS but it is a blank white box. I suspect, as Pat does, that it is due to new versions of the browsers continuing the steady march away from Flash.


#56

evilmike

evilmike

There is an option under your Halforum Preferences "Use the Flash-based uploader to upload attachments". I imagine unchecking it will resolve this problem. (I've had it unchecked for months and never saw an issue.)


#57

GasBandit

GasBandit

evilmike said:
There is an option under your Halforum Preferences "Use the Flash-based uploader to upload attachments". I imagine unchecking it will resolve this problem. (I've had it unchecked for months and never saw an issue.)
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Yeah but the non-flash-based uploader suhhhhhcks >_<


#58

GasBandit

GasBandit

Checking to see if updating the s9e media addon has fixed the twitch embeds -

[DOUBLEPOST=1488345971,1488345953][/DOUBLEPOST]And the answer is no.[DOUBLEPOST=1488346317][/DOUBLEPOST]Alright, trying again.

[DOUBLEPOST=1488346337][/DOUBLEPOST]Aaand still no.[DOUBLEPOST=1488346750][/DOUBLEPOST]One more time before bed

[DOUBLEPOST=1488346774][/DOUBLEPOST]Alright, I give up for now, I'll try it again tomorrow.


#59

GasBandit

GasBandit

Another hail fucking mary



NOPE[DOUBLEPOST=1493076155,1493075723][/DOUBLEPOST]Another test

[DOUBLEPOST=1493076490][/DOUBLEPOST]https://player.twitch.tv/?video=v137672853


Hrrmrmrmmrmrmrmrm.....[DOUBLEPOST=1493076562][/DOUBLEPOST][DOUBLEPOST=1493077023][/DOUBLEPOST]HRRrmmmmm....



#60

Dave

Dave

I see all of them.


#61

GasBandit

GasBandit

Dave said:
I see all of them.
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Some of them I had to cheat on. Some of them are displaying something other than what they're supposed to.

I'm still working on it as we speak.[DOUBLEPOST=1493077421,1493077298][/DOUBLEPOST]Did I finally fix it?

[DOUBLEPOST=1493077529][/DOUBLEPOST]YES. FINALLY.

MOTHER FUCKING VICTORY.

HEY NOTE TO FUTURE GAS BANDIT

WHEN S9E updates you have to MANUALLY change out the PHP file in /library/s9e, NOT the one in /upload/library/s9e, that one doesn't do shit. THEN run the update routine.


#62

Dave

Dave

Terrik got deviant tastes. Typical.


#63

GasBandit

GasBandit

GasBandit said:
HEY NOTE TO FUTURE GAS BANDIT

WHEN S9E updates you have to MANUALLY change out the PHP file in /library/s9e, NOT the one in /upload/library/s9e, that one doesn't do shit. THEN run the update routine.
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Thanks, Past Gas Bandit! I'm really glad you sent me this message because HERE WE FUCKING GO AGAIN[DOUBLEPOST=1517276084,1517275624][/DOUBLEPOST]OH GOOD THAT BROKE EVERYTHING.[DOUBLEPOST=1517276668][/DOUBLEPOST][DOUBLEPOST=1517277889][/DOUBLEPOST][DOUBLEPOST=1517277932][/DOUBLEPOST][DOUBLEPOST=1517277947][/DOUBLEPOST]


#64

GasBandit

GasBandit

Ok, working now, I think. Though, old imgur links will be busted unless updated to the new media tag syntax. Can't be helped.


#65

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

But are you actually watching Citrus, @GasBandit?


#66

GasBandit

GasBandit

DarkAudit said:
But are you actually watching Citrus, @GasBandit?
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No, it honestly wasn't even on my radar until I saw that picture today.


#67

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

GasBandit said:
No, it honestly wasn't even on my radar until I saw that picture today.
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I think I'm the only one here who's jumped headlong into the Winter season. I picked up Citrus because of the preseason hype. It's a little bit rapey so far.


#68

GasBandit

GasBandit

DarkAudit said:
I think I'm the only one here who's jumped headlong into the Winter season. I picked up Citrus because of the preseason hype. It's a little bit rapey so far.
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I rarely ever watch new anime as it comes out. I want English dubs.


#69

Bubble181

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
I rarely ever watch new anime as it comes out. I want English dubs.
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Peasant.


#70

GasBandit

GasBandit

Bubble181 said:
Peasant.
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Hey, when I wanna read a novel, I'll read a novel. And at least that'll be a properly localized too, so I won't have to be dealing with the same 7 phrases over and over again. There's just something about the way all the subtitles are done that make every show seem like the exact same show. Somebody always won't forgive somebody else, like that's supposed to be a dire pronouncement. Something can't be helped. Even if you say that! Somebody does something that is "as expected from whatever-kun." But is that really ok? You're a hundred years too early. It's a bother.

And through it all there will always be a liberal sprinking of gratuitous engrish that is neither pronounced correctly or even used with the correct meaning in mind.

I know that stuff seems super cool beans to the weebtaku set, but after a while it grates on us normies.

Occasionally I *will* watch a subbed anime, though even in that case I prefer for them to at least have one complete season out, so I can watch it at my own pace.


#71

Bubble181

Bubble181

I barely-if-ever watch any anime...And I know the English dubs are often at least decent.
Doesn't mean I won't look down on anyone prefering dubs over subs for pretty much anything, though. The idea "oh, reading a line per 6 seconds is too hard" is just laughable.
And if you've ever seen a movie dubbed in French or German, you'd know what I mean when I say it's just not the same. Many Hollywood celebs have their "fixed" voice actor, and some are just hilariously bad.


#72

Dave

Dave

I like dubs better because you can concentrate on the screen instead of reading when you should be checking out the cinematography.


#73

PatrThom

PatrThom

Dave said:
I like dubs better because you can concentrate on the screen instead of reading when you should be checking out the cinematography.
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Cinematography is for the second run-through.

—Patrick


#74

Bubble181

Bubble181

Dave said:
I like dubs better because you can concentrate on the screen instead of reading when you should be checking out the cinematography.
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Really a matter of experience and habit.


#75

Cog

Cog

Bubble181 said:
Really a matter of experience and habit.
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It's true. I grew up reading subtitles and I prefer them. I hate that now every movie in the theaters is dubbed. I swear that there are only three people doing all the voices in all the movies.


#76

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

I listened to a couple of clips of Funimation's dub of The Devil is a Part-Timer! and the dialogue is just cringeworthy and out of place. It didn't even feel like it was part of the same show I was watching. The sub was so much more enjoyable. Emi having the same VA as High School DxD's Rias certainly helped. :)


#77

GasBandit

GasBandit

DarkAudit said:
I listened to a couple of clips of Funimation's dub of The Devil is a Part-Timer! and the dialogue is just cringeworthy and out of place. It didn't even feel like it was part of the same show I was watching. The sub was so much more enjoyable. Emi having the same VA as High School DxD's Rias certainly helped. :)
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I watched the sub of Devil is a Part Timer, and let me tell you, the problems with that show didn't just come from bad dubbing. It's tedious and cringeworthy all on its own. I ran out of patience with it before the end of the first season.

That said, there ARE bad dubs out there. Love Hina, springs to mind. That dub job was *awful.*

Also I DID NOT INTEND FOR THIS TO BE THE "ARGUE WITH GB ABOUT ANIME" THREAD


#78

Bubble181

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
I DID NOT INTEND FOR THIS TO BE THE "ARGUE WITH GB ABOUT ANIME" THREAD
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Oh, well la-di-da, sorry mister Admin and Authority Figure, sir. We'll be sure to keep all threads neatly on topic and serious, just like we've always done in the past.

So, anyway: boobies - totally great or just awesome?


#79

GasBandit

GasBandit

Bubble181 said:
Oh, well la-di-da, sorry mister Admin and Authority Figure, sir. We'll be sure to keep all threads neatly on topic and serious, just like we've always done in the past.
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Whatcha gonna do now, smart guy? :p[DOUBLEPOST=1517330828,1517330753][/DOUBLEPOST]Anyway, note to Future Gas Bandit, CONTINUE DOING THIS:

WHEN S9E updates you have to MANUALLY change out the PHP file in /library/s9e, NOT the one in /upload/library/s9e, that one doesn't do shit. THEN run the update routine.


#80

GasBandit

GasBandit

I updated the media plugin again finally to 2.7.9.

God help us all.


#81

PatrThom

PatrThom

Did it add anything new and useful? Or just bug fixes?

--Patrick


#82

GasBandit

GasBandit

Bug fixes, and support for some platforms I'd not heard of previously.


#83

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

GasBandit said:
Bug fixes, and support for some platforms I'd not heard of previously.
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We finally have support for zombo.com?


#84

GasBandit

GasBandit

ThatNickGuy said:
We finally have support for zombo.com?
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Anything you can do at zombo.com, you can now do here. The only limit is yourself. You're.... WELCOME.


#85

PatrThom

PatrThom

Since Zombo was Flash-based, it doesn't even work any more.

--Patrick


#86

GasBandit

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
Since Zombo was Flash-based, it doesn't even work any more.

--Patrick
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Still seems to work for me.


#87

PatrThom

PatrThom

Ooo they must've updated it since the last time I went there...which was probably pre-COVID.
Well one thing the update appears to have fixed--I no longer have to manually add buffer newlines after a media insert to keep the subsequent text from crowding the insert.

--Patrick


#88

GasBandit

GasBandit

OH BOY HERE I GO UPDATING AGAIN.

Stay tuned


#89

GasBandit

GasBandit

Ok, looks like everything went smoothly.

The media embedder, and by that, I mean this:

1681424638911.png


Now supports approved embeds embedded into unapproved URLs, if you check the boxes.

What does that mean?

It means that this url
Code: 
https://t.co/6qO65EngPb
now embeds as the following youtube video, when previously it would just tell you that "you can't do that." Makes it a little easier to use, I guess. Works for stuff like bitly as well.



#90

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Now supports approved embeds embedded into unapproved URLs
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So…pointers? It supports pointers now?

—Patrick


#91

GasBandit

GasBandit

PatrThom said:
So…pointers? It supports pointers now?

—Patrick
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That's a good way to put it. Yeah.


#92

mikerc

mikerc

GasBandit said:
OH BOY HERE I GO UPDATING AGAIN.

Stay tuned
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Aaaaaaah! The sky is falling! :aaah:

GasBandit said:
Ok, looks like everything went smoothly.
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The sky....isn't falling?

I feel this messes with long-standing HF traditions. I'm disappointed with you Gas. :p


#93

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be a Halforums-shattering boom!


#94

GasBandit

GasBandit

To be honest I was expecting more out of the update. When it said it could parse embedded media from URLs I thought it meant it would pick out the embedded media in the linked page and embed that instead. Like, if you used "insert media" on a news story that had a video in it, it would embed the video. But I guess not.


#95

Bubble181

Bubble181

Well, I mean, he did somehow manage to take out power in my whole neighborhood for 2 hours. At least I assume it was because of this testing. Correlation = causation after all.


#96

Dave

Dave

ThatNickGuy said:
Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be a Halforums-shattering boom!
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Someone competent did the updating.


#97

GasBandit

GasBandit

I don't know if anybody noticed, but attachment thumbnails were apparently borked for a long time. I figured out why. So now, if you upload a lot of attachments and then click the "thumbnail" button it should ACTUALLY put the thumbnails in the post instead of the full size image.

Incidentally, the board automatically resizes any picture larger than 1000px to 1000px, and thumbnails are 100px. Using thumbnails makes for a much more mobile-friendly post, as often the narrow portrait version of the site that fits into most mobile browsers will only be wide enough to fit 3 or so thumbnails side by side, it seems.

Tapping on any thumbnail will bring up an overlay displaying the full size image, and you can then swipe/click/arrowkey left and right through all attachments in the post.

1682179415921.png


#98

figmentPez

figmentPez

GasBandit said:
I don't know if anybody noticed, but attachment thumbnails were apparently borked for a long time.
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I noticed. Thank you for fixing this.


#99

GasBandit

GasBandit

Media Embedding should now support Threads. Not that anybody has been clamoring for that around here, but there it is.


#100

GasBandit

GasBandit

Youtube now supports clipping videos, like twitch does. These clips have their own URL structure, and the media addon now supports embedding via these clip URLs.


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