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New features?
Hello there,
This is kind of a follow up to this thread.
Items 1, 2, 3, 6, and partially 9 are done and others are high in my ToDo list. Now I want to hear what other features MetalTabs lacks or could benefit from? Mayme something you saw on other tab sites? Or something that annoys you here?
All comments are welcome! 
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2004-10-22, 20:59
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2004-10-22, 21:53
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5. Metal news on the homepage.
I've seen a couple of forums that have a forum called "The latest news in the world of metal" where some guy makes threads about todays news and tours. Its a neat idea but i think people should just go here if they want to find out about todays news. |
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2004-10-22, 21:57
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Yeh, cant get much better than Blabbermouth
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2004-10-22, 22:15
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That's what I'm going to do - to include the news on the homepage from blabbermouth's RSS feed (or from another news site).
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2004-10-22, 22:24
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Excellent idea!
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2004-10-22, 22:37
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More smilies!! Please!
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2004-10-22, 22:39
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That's what I'm going to do - to include the news on the homepage from blabbermouth's RSS feed (or from another news site). |
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2004-10-22, 23:18
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We MUST have some more smiles!!  Preferably a headbanging one, and a middle finger one!!
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2004-10-23, 00:58
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We MUST have some more smiles!! Preferably a headbanging one, and a middle finger one!! |
Yeah I know. On other forums with only like 10 members, they have 3 times as much smilies as we do. WE NEED MORE! PLEASE!
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2004-10-23, 01:13
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i hate any changes to layout of forums, even if its for the better in the long run. my vote is against ANY changes at all. except a custom user title ....
pleeease?
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2004-10-23, 01:50
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i also would like a custom user title  anything that makes me known on this site. if you wont give me one now then no probs, ill ask again another day. (remember my work for tabbing )
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We MUST have some more smiles!! Preferably a headbanging one, and a middle finger one!! |
thats the only thing i have to improve this site. also an embarrassed smiley would be cool.
thats really all i can think of, nomad you do a fantastic job with this website and you fix problems that i dont even notice, and improve stuff which was fine in the first. keep it great like always, your dedication is legendary |
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2004-10-23, 01:53
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thats the only thing i have to improve this site. also an embarrassed smiley would be cool.
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We have an embarrassment smiley, nigga. 
Still, we need more smilies! NOW!
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2004-10-23, 01:57
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i hate any changes to layout of forums, even if its for the better in the long run. my vote is against ANY changes at all. except a custom user title ....
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Yea, I HATE change, this forum is the greatest just the way it is formatted now.
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Yea, I HATE change, this forum is the greatest just the way it is formatted now.
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Yeah, just needs more smillies though!!! hint hint........*
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2004-10-23, 02:19
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We have an embarrassment smiley, nigga.
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very true. i thought that guy was an angry surprised dude. my bad
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2004-10-23, 03:07
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2004-10-23, 04:03
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im really looking forward to your number 10, though how exactly would that be implimented, would the comments be visible at the actual tab, or would the be sent via PM straight to the author (or both)?
oh, and to follow everyone else, i have to comment on the smiley's as well.
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2004-10-23, 04:24
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I like BLS' smileys, they's the shiznit.
Also, would it be possible to do something like... Whenever you make a reply/post, down the bottom of the text box it had a little option, you could write your Now Playing in there? That way most people would just stick it in there, as they'd be reminded.
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2004-10-23, 06:01
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Good smilies Bls. We need more than that though!
Nomad. SMILIES PLEASE!
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2004-10-23, 07:40
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i agree.....more smilies please
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2004-10-23, 13:46
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The site is excellent as it is, but unexpected improvements are always welcome. Keep up the good work, Nomad!
Member-only tab voting would be nice, but overall I think voting will plummet if this was implemented. Maybe the votes could be moderated and unrealistic votes removed/edited or someone can only register a vote with a comment attached to it. Just a thought, although I understand that it would be very labour intensive to moderate every vote.
Oh and headbanging smiley would be very welcome indeed!
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2004-10-23, 17:08
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Yeah I was actually thinking of the second to last one in BLS's list for the head banging one. And those first to are HI-larious. But we must keep in mind that we have like some really original smiles that aren't used elsewhere. We should keep that up. Like Nomad did for the title bullshitters, the person who comes up with the best [insert max# of smiles allowed] ORIGINAL smiles gets a custom title! yayyy...not that I care 
Member only tab votes would still be a nice idea but as you have said about the moderation needed, I'm sure this site gets 40 new tabs every day. We'd need to split it into section and have like 1-2 mods to each few tabs.
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Man, I get real sweaty after I wack my dong. Yeah, cause I headbang while I do, and I can't really "Jump" (haha ) like VanHalen in a dorm room, so I just walk back and forth....haha a couple days ago I was jumping up and down on my bed, with my pants down and my roommate came in when I wasn't looking, hahaha.
This is my band's page
http://www.myspace.com/ferocitydentontx
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2004-10-24, 11:06
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I think the best way to improve the voting is to require a comment with any vote. Any "This tab sux n u blow chode" remarks (and the corresponding vote) can be deleted. Obviously, it will need to be made clear that stupid, unreasoned votes/comments will be deleted. I'm thinking that with this system in place maybe people will give the tab an accurate rating rather than a 1 because they've spotted that one note is out of place.
As for the rate of submissions, I'd say it's more like 12-15 tabs on a busy day and as few as 5 on a quiet day. I should imagine that there are for more votes registered each day than tabs. Of course, if there are hundreds of votes submitted per day then moderating these votes becomes very time consuming and the idea of screening votes becomes redundant.
On the whole, I think the voting system is OK as it is. It gets annoying when somebody deliberately votes a tab that you've spent hours and hours on a 1 out of spite, but those instances are few and far between. It would be nice to see some comments on our tabs but I don't think it is an essential feature by any means.
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2004-10-24, 11:39
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A suggestion on this moderating votes thing, You could have the owners of the tab review their own votes, and any that they think is unfair is flagged for review by a higher power, whom can then delete them if they agree
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2004-10-24, 11:46
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The site is excellent as it is, but unexpected improvements are always welcome. Keep up the good work, Nomad!
Member-only tab voting would be nice, but overall I think voting will plummet if this was implemented. Maybe the votes could be moderated and unrealistic votes removed/edited or someone can only register a vote with a comment attached to it. Just a thought, although I understand that it would be very labour intensive to moderate every vote.
Oh and headbanging smiley would be very welcome indeed!
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stop with the constructive posting!
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2004-10-24, 12:00
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Yeah i think the sites fine as it is, and if BLS and that lot want smilies it wouldnt hurt to do that.. i dont think you should change the layout, like the buttons, cos it took me ages to get used to the change last time, hahaha
Keep up the good work Nomad.
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2004-10-24, 21:35
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A suggestion on this moderating votes thing, You could have the owners of the tab review their own votes, and any that they think is unfair is flagged for review by a higher power, whom can then delete them if they agree
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That's a good idea, BoC - it would certainly cut down on the workload for the mods if the idea is taken on board.
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I've seen tabbers recently teaming up to create tabs (like the three guys all doing those CC tabs at the moment) and so I thought It might be an idea to have some sort of co-author part (where applicable) in the tab submission section. Just a thought.
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2004-11-29, 11:13
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comments on tabs would be good. stupid voting used to annoy me a bit, but to be honest I couldn't really give a shit these days, it isn't a big thing
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need new smilies
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Would it be possible at some point in the future for authors of tabs to be able to edit their tabs after they've been uploaded to the site without having to re-post them in the pending tabs forum? I think this (if possible) would make editing tabs a lot more efficient and user friendly. Just an idea!
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