Topic: Identifying the OP at a glance (SMF patch) (Read 1731 times)

I know I told you earlier in this thread that this feature would be difficult to implement in a technically sensible way, but I figured out a way to do it, and posted about it here.

Hopefully my latest work meets with theymos' approval, so that when you return to the forum, you'll find that another one of your ideas got implemented!

PowerGlove is right and I hope ajaxtempest will have to be grateful that his idea was implemented quickly unlike how theymos delays on making any change in the forum. Asking for tweaking now immediately after this will seem like you are asking too much and not grateful. Your idea has been applauded and we have to move on.

I would like a notification system when someone quotes you and  being able to quote someone highlighting the profile. Like @PowerGlove would make a clickable link for your profile. Other than that I would be happy with how things are, I like the oldschool feel of this forum. Perhaps a dark mode for browsing at night and that's about it.

No problem. I credited your thread in the initial post. I'm pretty sure this suggestion has come up multiple times (Welsh seems to agree), but I couldn't find older topics about it.

I think the style theymos chose is fine. Knowing that a given post was made by OP is a nice bit of context, but it's not crucial information, so I don't think it should go out of its way to draw attention to itself.

Forum changes get implemented so rarely around here, that I think we should just be grateful that theymos signed off on this one and not push our luck. I don't want to bug him with a patch for an inconsequential formatting tweak.

Yep, I've seen that one. I've only considered it superficially but knowing what I now know about SMF (which is not all that much, I'm still learning the codebase), implementing this feature would be technically quite "ugly" as it'll involve running a new SQL query for each post, each time it's rendered. I'm not sure if this suggestion is useful enough to warrant the additional DB load it'll cause. I guess if there are more than a few long-time members that chime in with support for this idea, I'll look into it more deeply and see if I can find a way to implement it elegantly.

That defeats the entire purpose of having OP in the first place

it should be A choice with a slight change aka (OP)  and not (OP) as A choice.

You can write a userscript to change that. Or just use CTRL-F and type " (OP)".

Thanks for implementing my suggestion. However by making it in BOLD it would have been more easier when skimming through the thread just to see only OP posts. THe fact the the OP font is same as others makes it discerning more difficult.
We can try it as an experiment and see the feedback.

also i had suggested another feature where you would click a down or up arrow in the post message to jump to next post of the specific user in that thread.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.60569905

There is no need for theymos to do such. He is already at 717 merits as of today and that is almost close to a legendary rank. The only thing holding him now is his activity count. He is at 98 activities. It remains just 2 to make him a Full member and he can wear an avatar in less than 2 weeks.


He has mentioned that and how he is going to pursue it.

Indeed, OP added an incredible and outstanding contribution to the forum, the feature he added is super useful, he indeed have proved his knowledgeability in writing codes and I suggest he be hired to work side by side with theymos to bring more improvement to the forum.

This just me thinking aloud, but sincere, I am humbled by the OP's level of skills in writing codes.

Faith in humanity finally restored.

Maybe we should hire him to finally finish new epochtalk forum
I don't think avatar is so important, but in sign of gratitude theymos could always enable it in his profile.

It sounds to me you are already thinking of new forum contribution with 2FA implementation

OP "Date Registered:   June 23, 2022, 12:26:29 AM" but already making awesome additions to the dungeon. This place is timeless. I appreciate contributions like these it makes the thread more informative especially ones that get hundreds of pages long - thanks "(OP)"!

 

Hey Loyce, having OP amongst this won't be bad idea you think also ? Don't bash me  Just suggesting.

Yes, getting an avatar is a piece meal for a man who just walked straight into theymos office. He is already a hero, and a Hero member 

He has my support for a special badge (up to theymos to pick it).
It should be more interesting than an avatar he will have sooner or later.

Yep, it came up in my first 2FA topic.

I've carefully considered what might have happened there and in order to maximize the chance of theymos accepting the work this time, I'm taking a different approach than NLNico. My attempt will be a patch (not a package) which allows for tighter integration and won't get in the way of implementing whatever feedback theymos might have. It will also not introduce any additional dependencies (written from scratch, no third-party code). Finally, it won't require JavaScript, which is important to me (and I'm guessing a few others).

It'll be a basic implementation of RFC 6238 (TOTP: Time-Based One-Time Password Algorithm). Nothing exotic, just a simple 6-digit code entered at login for those users that have enabled it.

The implementation is flexible enough for theymos to configure the specifics (hash algorithm, time step, digit count, synchronization window). The default values are set to maximize compatibility, so all the ordinary 2FA applications will work (e.g. Google Authenticator, Authy, FreeOTP, KeePassXC, WinAuth, etc.)

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I've been through as much 2FA content as I could find on the forum and I'm trying to make sure that my implementation won't upset anyone or introduce new problems. I'm also mindful that theymos is unlikely to accept a patch that involves too much additional code (and therefore, new attack surface) so I'm keeping the patch as small and easy to review as I can.

I'll get into all the details when I post about it. We probably shouldn't derail this thread with prolonged 2FA discussion.

I had the same feeling! Sometimes it takes so long to see nothing new, that it can give the idea that nothing else is being done. Especially for those who know the forum for many years, and at first glance everything seems the same.

But when we look at the details, we see differences. And then when small news comes out, we notice it right away and are very happy to see how things are still alive!

Congratulations to all those who continue to keep this community alive. Keep going and thank you! 

I just noticed this feature has been added to the forum. Very cool addition. Seems like it’s been a while since anything has been implemented so it’s nice to know things are still being worked on. I don’t see any downside to this addition so it seems like a great decision to add it. Nice to see new things around here.

I don't know that this thread is here. This new development is very good one for the identification of the original poster. I saw the sign last week. And I was like a confused state. I was trying to know if it is a new add or update that was I created a thread on it but someone just directed me to this thread. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/my-notice-on-new-update-in-the-forum-eg-agbe-op-5413377
The A and B are the preferable styles but the B has been chosen over others already so there is no need for any suggestions again. There are some suggestions that people made in the forum are useful but some users always condemned it they did not see any good part from the such suggestions. Personally, I really like this option of addition of (OP) to the writer's front for identification of the real writer of the thread.

PowerGlove, I'm glad that your current idea can be enjoyed by all forum users without having to install anything. This should be the new normal for us where I can quickly find the OP for every reply in a thread, its really a good idea.

I'm thinking of a user security system as adopted by many exchanges. Binance has 5 2FA to protect users, which includes Google Authenticator, message authentication, email authentication, security key authentication, and biometric authentication. If the forum had one of these I think it would be great although actually some people can think about the negative effects.