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  growthmadness · Member · Jan 27, 2007 at 7:10 am

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  I would assume some themes’ developers are still upgrading them and others not. I would have thought those being upgraded would have those upgrades appear here. I could be wrong, but without that happening at all, then over time we would all end up with antiquated themes. Ya know?

  I don’t think CSS customization can add a preview screen. Again, though, it’s not a big thing, just a common blog feature that might be nice to have. As I mentioned, there’s really *no* additional feature I or others absolutely need. But you can bet that three years from now you’ll see additional features on the blogs here. :)

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  contemplationrose · Member · May 30, 2007 at 11:34 pm

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  Did we see any movement on an edit button on the comments? I was recently on a blog that had a 5 minute window for you to go back and edit your own comment on the blog post. Is this available here?

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  drmike · Member · May 30, 2007 at 11:35 pm

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  Afraid not. Best bet would be to suggest this feature via feedback along with the reason why you think it;s a good idea. Staff has stated that they keep track on requests made via that manner.

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  carlbrannen · Member · Jul 16, 2007 at 5:03 am

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  Among the science geeks, “preview” is necessary because they use $latex LaTeX$ in their comments. The current implementation is creaky and regularly screws up. In addition, LaTex is a programming language and it is unnatural to require people to write code right the first time, every time. For example:

  latex left(begin{array}{cc}0.5&+0.5\-0.5&0.5end{array}right)^2 =left(begin{array}{cc}0.5&+0.5\-0.5&0.5end{array}right)

  is the code for $latex left(begin{array}{cc}0.5&+0.5\-0.5&0.5end{array}right)^2 =left(begin{array}{cc}0.5&+0.5\-0.5&0.5end{array}right) $

  Even that simple example requires over 100 keystrokes, cannot be previewed in the little box I’m typing in, and any keystroke change will ruin the meaning. This is more important than just a spell checker. It really is needed.

  For example, right now I have no idea if the LaTeX I just typed is going to show up in this forum or not. I have no idea if it has typos. I typed it up on faith. [edit] I see LaTeX isn’t supported here.[/edit]

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  tiamatsdisciple · Member · Jul 16, 2007 at 6:09 am

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  There’s a plugin that allows you to edit comments for a set period after they’re posted, but they’re not available here.

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  drmike · Member · Jul 16, 2007 at 3:05 pm

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  Carl, you see teh post right above yours, right?