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Hello,

I have installed a new plugin which provides a nice topic preview when you hover over a topic. The first 150 characters of the first and last post are displayed. Let me know what you think:

It is not for mobile.

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Thanks Peter. I found it a useful feature, makes it much quicker and more convenient to get a quick glimpse of a topic without having to go there.
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Thanks!

You can also now collapse and expand forums. Just click on the '-', or '+' icons.

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That's great. What a useful feature :)
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Two very cool features.
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I know I said, a year ago, that this was a great feature ... but it has been annoying me for a while now.
Is there a way to turn it off?
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Sokurah wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 10:23 am I know I said, a year ago, that this was a great feature ... but it has been annoying me for a while now.
Is there a way to turn it off?
Hi, Only for all users.
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Sokurah wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 10:23 am I know I said, a year ago, that this was a great feature ... but it has been annoying me for a while now.
You just have to train yourself to not hovering the mouse pointer over the list of new topics as you read them, otherwise a lump of useless text pops up and obscures what you were reading.

It's annoyed me from day one, but other people seem to like it. :)
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dfzx wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 11:28 am You just have to train yourself to not hovering the mouse pointer over the list of new topics as you read them, otherwise a lump of useless text pops up and obscures what you were reading.
Exactly :D
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Let me discuss with [mention]R-Tape[/mention] and we will probably start a poll in a week or two as to if to keep it. It would need a reasonable number of votes though to be useful.

Personally I find it useful, but am happy to go with the majority.

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That is a great feature! Saves a lot of time, thanks!
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