Dakka 5.4 - Confirmation on mark all as read unnecessary

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**Yonan**

I noticed the forum incremented from 5.39 to 5.4, and with it whenever you hit "Mark all Messages as Read", there is now a confirmation popup. This seems unnecessary to me. It's a minor annoyance, but surely people can't accidentally hit it often enough to warrant a popup to confirm it?

Just some feedback, if such is desired ; )

**d-usa**

Yonan wrote:
I noticed the forum incremented from 5.39 to 5.4, and with it whenever you hit "Mark all Messages as Read", there is now a confirmation popup. This seems unnecessary to me. It's a minor annoyance, but surely people can't accidentally hit it often enough to warrant a popup to confirm it?

Just some feedback, if such is desired ; )

From looking at the "official release notes" it seems like the popup was added due to people hitting the button by accident quite a bit on mobile phones.

**Yonan**

Ahh k, couldn't see release notes. Damn mobile users ; p As I said, not a biggie, just seemed unnecessary. If it helps some people I can tolerate it ; )

**d-usa**

It's in the "New Player Finder" thread in the news section:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/565859.page

Other changes to the site today include:

1. More facebook 'like' links if you are not signed in (sorry! It is a great way of building traffic and interest alas)
2. 'are you sure you want to mark all threads read' confirmation on click (to prevent mobile fat fingers)
3. 'delete selected' button for PM page at top as well as bottom when removing PMs
4. add 'block all emails' for any given user to completely disable email sending if you want to get a full block on mails
5. added rotation detection to gallery uploads to make phone based pictures work better and easier
6. fixed duplicate stores being non-clickable in store finder
7. disable word 'kitchen' in subject of forum posts
8. registration page tweaks
9. user profile editing page redesign
10. various minor fixes and tweaks

I suffer from Fat Fingers, so that's why I noticed it

**Cheesecat**

d-usa wrote:
Yonan wrote:
I noticed the forum incremented from 5.39 to 5.4, and with it whenever you hit "Mark all Messages as Read", there is now a confirmation popup. This seems unnecessary to me. It's a minor annoyance, but surely people can't accidentally hit it often enough to warrant a popup to confirm it?

Just some feedback, if such is desired ; )

From looking at the "official release notes" it seems like the popup was added due to people hitting the button by accident quite a bit on mobile phones.

Your avatar is freaking me out.

**d-usa**

Merry Twerkmas!

**Snrub**

Yeah I'm quite disturbed by it as well. There is something just... off about it.

I say we purge it with fire!

**Tactical_Genius**

Why was the word 'kitchen' disabled in forum titles????

**legoburner**

Endless kitchen spam couple with the fact that nobody ever uses that word outside of spammers. Should cut down on spam a significant degree.

**Alfndrate**

legoburner wrote:
Endless kitchen spam couple with the fact that nobody ever uses that word outside of spammers. Should cut down on spam a significant degree.

What happens if someone tries to use the word Kitchen?

**legoburner**

Try it and see

**Alfndrate**

legoburner wrote:
Try it and see

Does it have to be thread titles, or like if I add Kitchen to the subject title of this post?

"Edit": Well now that I know what happens, I can no longer offer great kitchen deals to dakkanauts

**d-usa**

Dammed Lego, I was working on a great "Space Marines celebrating Scout Appreciation Day by working hard in the kitchen" diorama, now I can't post about it!

**Tibbsy**

You know they're just going to start offering bathrooms next

**d-usa**

The new anti-Kitchen spam function just interfered with a legitimate thread...I'm sad now...

**Snrub**

What thread?

**Alfndrate**

Snrub wrote:
What thread?

DCM Kitchen Thread

**Snrub**

I'm not talking to you any more Alf....

Limey git....

**Galorn**

Where is the mark all as read on a desktop? I've got a notification of an unread PM that I cant seem to find...

**legoburner**

Mark all as read wont mark PMs read, just forum threads.

**Avatar 720**

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/568566.page

They're evolving.

EDIT: Ah, thread deleted. Anywho, they're spelling it 'K1tchen' now; perhaps it wasn't the best idea to say exactly how they were blocked on the public side of the forum.

**Alfndrate**

Avatar 720 wrote:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/568566.page

They're evolving.

EDIT: Ah, thread deleted. Anywho, they're spelling it 'K1tchen' now; perhaps it wasn't the best idea to say exactly how they were blocked on the public side of the forum.

Even if it wasn't stated publicly that the word Kitchen is now baned from titles, when you attempt to put kitchen in a thread title, it says due to high amount of spam, the word kitchen is now allowed in our post/thread titles.

**Ouze**

Avatar 720 wrote:
Anywho, they're spelling it 'K1tchen' now; perhaps it wasn't the best idea to say exactly how they were blocked on the public side of the forum.

I strongly doubt there is any human involvement in creating these posts anyway, so it's moot.