That's weird, maybe it's a skin specific file then. I'll check it out :)

Facebook can do @Full Name, why cant this app remove the semicolon?

Doing that kind of checks on major posts like forums would lag up browsers I reckon.

I for one would like the option to spend more server CPU time to make it more user friendly. If it's too server intensive, can be disabled.

I've not purchased this or installed it yet mainly because I'm concerned that without making it simple people won't use it.

Mike

There's always the BBCode button that lets your users type an username without needing to know the @ and ; keys :)

We'll investigate for future versions, but we can't promise anything due to the fact that this mod is not the single reason why someone would type the @ letter :)

Whether it adds an @ or not, the users still do the same thing. They use [mention] tags or the post editor button. Removing the @ may be an aesthetically preferable situation, but it makes no difference to how the users use the mod.

Still on the fence :) A question --- if the user opts for the Toolbar option, does it use AJAX like other areas of the site to predict/finish the username? Like when you send a PM for instance, how it pops up with the usernames as you type.

I'm just concerned to spend money on this and then find people have type-o's in usernames. I was talking to one of my mods about this and he kept leaving out the space in MY username when I was showing him how to use it. So if a mod even has trouble...

I really want this, I think it could be great to increase social networking on the site itself. It's a shame it couldn't work in-line in the editor itself, as you type (just like I am typing this post right now), if it detected @ it could start displaying usernames as someone typed :) I wonder how facebook does it.

Mike

@ctrlbrk: I understand your concern, the reason why we didn't implement AJAX checking like FaBook does is that not only may it be hard (or impossible) to hook into the WYSIWYG editor (that's yet to be confirmed, we'll investigate for the future though), but it may cause confusion if an user is typing an email address and not attempting to tag.

Additionally, the AJAX check isn't instant, so users may put typos in there before the AJAX check has a chance to kick in.

It's certainly something we'll look into though, I'll raise this as a Task in our project tools :)

Sorry for bugging you guys again, I know your like "just install the damn thing already!" but I am methodical ;)

Question, lets say a user tries to tag but screws it up, like leaves out a space or semicolon. If a mod or admin goes back later and edits the post to fix it, will the tagged user still be notified (on edit, instead of initial post)?

Mike

I don't remember seeing this mod before, thanks I've been looking for something similar. :)