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Re: Improvements
« Reply #495 on: September 17, 2015, 09:24:02 PM »
I suggest "non-binary", although "other" works well enough. "neither" doesn't really fit because there are some people who are literally both
I personally vote for "other", but "non-binary" is good ;w; (Definitely not "neither", like Haiz said. That would only work for agender people, I think?)

(Regardless of how things get sorted out, I can offer making a Preferred pronouns field, that's just a few clicks. ;) )
1) Thank you so much for looking into it!
2) A preferred pronouns field would be absolutely AMAZING ;W;

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Re: Improvements
« Reply #496 on: September 17, 2015, 09:40:17 PM »
Wellll. I've looked a bit into this, and at first sight, the Gender field – being a standard profile field – looks somewhat/pretty much/greatly (further investigation is needed to determine amount) tangled into SMF's inner workings. Sadly that means that adding that third option requires us to find a mod that adds this feature, or modify SMF source files ourselves.
By fumbling around, I've managed to find about 2-3 places in the code that possibly need to be slightly changed, and I'm far from sure that doing that would do the trick without wrecking anything, sooo I'll need to test things and mess around more and so on.
And even if I found a solution, the very act of messing around this much under the hood is slightly risky, so I'm not sure it'd get put in after all. Probably we'll talk about this and then notify you all when we come to a solution/conclusion. :)

(Regardless of how things get sorted out, I can offer making a Preferred pronouns field, that's just a few clicks. ;) )

Thank you so much for looking into this! I would really appreciate a preferred pronouns field. That would make things so official-feeling and I'd be ridiculously grateful :w;;

What specifically should that third gender option say?  "Other"? "Neither"?  I realize those might sound kind of dismissive or blah, but "Gender-neutral" might be a bit long.  Also, given the tiny bit I've learned about gender issues, "gender-*neutral*" might not be the right term if some people think of their gender not as *neither* female nor male, but *both* -- or some other third option, I suppose. 

Nonbinary/other would encompass pretty much any other genders out there :0
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Re: Improvements
« Reply #497 on: September 18, 2015, 02:19:28 PM »
(Regardless of how things get sorted out, I can offer making a Preferred pronouns field, that's just a few clicks. ;) )
If that's so much easier, how about nailing down the existing gender selector to "unset" (just somehow suppress the other two values for selection in the editing <FORM>) and introducing an entirely new "gender" field?

(Can't say that I ever noticed my selection having an effect anywhere but in the editing window, but then again, there's a bunch of features I don't use ... ?)
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Re: Improvements
« Reply #498 on: September 18, 2015, 02:20:51 PM »
If that's so much easier, how about nailing down the existing gender selector to "unset" (just somehow suppress the other two values for selection in the editing <FORM>) and introducing an entirely new "gender" field?

(Can't say that I ever noticed my selection having an effect anywhere but in the editing window, but then again, there's a bunch of features I don't use ... ?)

Ohhh.  There's an interesting idea!  Eich, Eri, Hush... any idea if that might work?
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Re: Improvements
« Reply #499 on: September 18, 2015, 03:04:10 PM »
If that's so much easier, how about nailing down the existing gender selector to "unset" (just somehow suppress the other two values for selection in the editing <FORM>) and introducing an entirely new "gender" field?

(Can't say that I ever noticed my selection having an effect anywhere but in the editing window, but then again, there's a bunch of features I don't use ... ?)

I have thought of that, it's fully doable. The drawback is that the "real" Gender field is indeed hooked up to things across SMF, for example the Female-to-Male ratio thing in Stats. Those things may not work if I deactivate that field.

Also, I'm getting closer to untangling this thing, so we'll probably be able to solve it both ways. :)
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Re: Improvements
« Reply #500 on: September 20, 2015, 12:17:05 PM »
Got reminded by Auleliel for the umpteenth time that there should be buttons for the Unread posts and Unread replies functions on mobile as well, except this time I've actually done it. ::)

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Re: Improvements
« Reply #501 on: September 20, 2015, 12:20:08 PM »
Got reminded by Auleliel for the umpteenth time that there should be buttons for the Unread posts and Unread replies functions on mobile as well, except this time I've actually done it. ::)

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Re: Improvements
« Reply #502 on: September 20, 2015, 01:27:12 PM »
Got reminded by Auleliel for the umpteenth time that there should be buttons for the Unread posts and Unread replies functions on mobile as well, except this time I've actually done it. ::)

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Re: Improvements
« Reply #503 on: September 22, 2015, 02:24:06 AM »
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Re: Improvements
« Reply #504 on: September 25, 2015, 11:50:23 AM »
Because I'm lazy to do actual important stuff, I'm fixing little annoyances I stumble upon. Today, message icons. :D
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Re: Improvements
« Reply #505 on: September 29, 2015, 02:08:14 AM »
Not sure if this is the right thread to ask, but can anyone tell me how to change my username? The username I log in with, I mean. It's different from my screen name and I keep forgetting what it is. :-\

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« Reply #506 on: September 29, 2015, 01:43:31 PM »
Not sure if this is the right thread to ask, but can anyone tell me how to change my username? The username I log in with, I mean. It's different from my screen name and I keep forgetting what it is. :-\

If smf is anything like most other forum templates you'll need an admin (Eich, hush or Eriaror) to change that for you.

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Re: Improvements
« Reply #507 on: October 08, 2015, 08:02:46 AM »
Really not a pressing issue but... will there be a Swiss flag emoticon thing? Please? Would be really nice to have it ^^'
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Re: Improvements
« Reply #508 on: October 08, 2015, 08:43:31 AM »
Really not a pressing issue but... will there be a Swiss flag emoticon thing? Please? Would be really nice to have it ^^'
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Re: Improvements
« Reply #509 on: October 08, 2015, 08:56:17 AM »
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