Limited Title space
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Limited Title space
I don't know where most people enter into GH, but for me it is /discuss.
I find more often than not, I cannot figure out what the thread is about from the truncated title displayed.
Different solutions involving either a change to layout or text size come to mind, but I do not know how much a programming headache is involved.
One idea:
Rather than the current
This is my thread about
by EricGo
have
This is my thread about
Title length. by EricGo
Alternatively, if a horizontal stretch of the window stretched the threads frame, that would work.
I find more often than not, I cannot figure out what the thread is about from the truncated title displayed.
Different solutions involving either a change to layout or text size come to mind, but I do not know how much a programming headache is involved.
One idea:
Rather than the current
This is my thread about
by EricGo
have
This is my thread about
Title length. by EricGo
Alternatively, if a horizontal stretch of the window stretched the threads frame, that would work.
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 4,623
Re: Limited Title space
What truncated thread names are you referring to? The only one I see that follows this format is the "last post" colum on the main Discuss page. Have you tried the "new/recent posts" links at the top of the page?
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 443
From: Eastern Washington State
Re: Limited Title space
Like any database, there is a pre-determined limit to the number of characters in a field. The title field certainly has a limit to facilitate in displaying the title of a thread or reply in a specific given space as determined by how the system will display that text on the actual web page. I'm not generally a huge thread starter, however when I do start a thread I do try to keep my title short and specific. Difficult at best.
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