The Sandbox

Is it any different?

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I’ll be honest I can’t compare it to this other app people speak of as I have never tried that, but I find it exactly the same as when using the forum through my mobile browser. I noticed I can see previews of 7 notifications all at once rather than only 5 on the browser but other than that no other differences.

It’s been brilliant for receiving notifications for me and it means my browser is never used for the forum now.

Also I’m sure if people wanted a discreet looking app on their phone that wasn’t named Lovehoney then DiscourseHub sounds quite inconspicuous :smile: Not that that is something that bothers me, discretion has never been one of my priorities in anything :rofl:

Maybe try downloading it @Ian_Chimp, you be able to analyse and compare it so much better than I can :relaxed: Just donate all credit and royalties to me if it’s a winner though :joy:

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Thanks for the volunteer :slightly_smiling_face: Though I think I may lay off the ā€˜know-it-all’ Chimp stuff as it’s getting on people’s tits. :slightly_smiling_face:



DELETE COMPLETE




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Brilliant!

Luckily there’s a back to undo the delete - phew! :rofl:

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You’re now in the After-Forum. Welcome to the Good Place. :slightly_smiling_face:

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I pressed the button didn’t I :woman_facepalming:t3:


Now I’m in the sandbox. What sorcery is this :sweat_smile:

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We just can’t help ourselves

curiosity killed the :cat:

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Just testing some stuff…

Big red button link…
One day
Nope, didn’t work, link but no big red button.

Let’s see if normal highlighting does?
Again nope.

Okay, stealing @Ian_Chimp 's button link…
One day
Phew, at least one works - Thanks Mr Chimp

Does this do anything?
Interesting, that does essentially highlight leaving normal text. Guess it depends on browser though, might underline instead of highlight on some and I can’t dictate the highlight colour as the style options are disabled… shows green on my phone though.

Does this essentially produce a highlight in a different colour?
Yes, but again colour choice not up to me and not exactly a major highlight!

Checking to see if I can type code without it implementing it or needing a specific code box…
<kbd>:heart:</kbd> vs :heart:
Yes! :blush:


Okay, two new tricks that will be utilised when I get around to setting the next Rebus Quiz :+1:

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Came here with me bucket and spade hoping to build some castles. Now it appears a ā€˜sandbox’ is not what I imagined. :man_surfing: :confused: :desert:

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It’s not so bad. At least this one’s not full of cat shit. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Should I flag this reply for inappropriate language?

An emoji or two would have done the trick :cat2::poop:

You’ll get a Flag badge. :+1::slightly_smiling_face:

I thought the words were funnier. You’ve got to land a joke on a spondee whenever you can. :slightly_smiling_face:


But just in case you’re serious, swearing in moderation is permitted. :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

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I’m very rarely serious about anything. :imp:

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@Ian_Chimp Many thanks for your prompt responses during this exchange.

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I think you spoke too soon. We’re in a sandbox, its unavoidable I’m afraid :woman_shrugging:t2:

Look harder, leave no stone unturned!

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:coffee:

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:fist_right:t3: :fist_left:t3:

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I have a question @Ian_Chimp , is there a clever way to get YouTube videos to show and play on the forum when they’re contained within either hidden text or blurred? I couldn’t work it out last night and in the end gave up! I know you have found a special way to get some formatting stuff to work within a hidden section but I’m afraid I couldn’t find where you’d written this last night :see_no_evil:

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My initial thought is that the YouTube clip won’t auto-play within the formatting because the auto-play is a style of oneboxing? (that is, the forum does a bit of background magic, but won’t be able to if the link’s not on a line all by itself/not enclosed in other formatting)

I remember Brenna asking if tables would work in Hide Details, and that does. :+1: But I think that’s regular formatting within formatting, so as long as you don’t mix markdown and html too much it can handle it. Edit: I remember now. :slightly_smiling_face: It was the answers to the Poetry Round in the Pub Quiz.

I’ll have a little play. :+1:

(and did you click on my coffee? :slightly_smiling_face:)

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