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#1 Jan 20 2004 at 2:34 PM Rating: Decent
A woman on a mission! *Giggles*

I am petitioning to get our fabulous host to considered on making print friendly copies of the quests and/or missions. Come on people..lemme see some hands!!

Show your support!


#2 Jan 20 2004 at 2:37 PM Rating: Decent
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copy + paste -> ms word/notepad = job done.
#3 Jan 20 2004 at 2:45 PM Rating: Decent
Mm...Oh so that is more easier then just bringing it up..and hitting print? oh I see..*ponders then shrugs her shoulders*

I'm not asking for sarcasm, I am serious about this. Yes, there is the process of copy and paste, but I am requesting it just be something that is print friendly. *grunts*


#4 Jan 20 2004 at 2:46 PM Rating: Decent
yea... I'm for it, but good luck getting it... I saved the html source as a html file, then removed the main code, and viewed it using IE. I was actually able to print it out just like that... looked like it was printed from wordpad or something. Was really good.
#5 Jan 20 2004 at 2:49 PM Rating: Decent
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oh there wasnt any sarcasm in that post. in all seriousness, i find copying and pasting a lot easier than printing out. i can print out 6 quests on one piece of paper through copy, paste and editing than just hitting print.
#6 Jan 20 2004 at 2:58 PM Rating: Decent
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I'll "sign the petition", but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Allakhazam and the others have put a lot of time and effort into making this info a sortable database (or so I would assume), so to make a print friendly version would be both time-comsuming and a bit redundant...

But I suppose you could pull straight text from the DB...

/em shrugs.

*I think I've been playing too long. I typed the /em without even thinking...
#7 Jan 20 2004 at 3:02 PM Rating: Decent
An Item/Quest/Mission search database with drop down menus will be nice. Sure you can always copy and paste... doesn't matter to me actually. But the major things I think this site needs to improve are.... GET RID OF THE FRIGGIN POPUPS! And also, FIX THE LAG PROBLEM OF THIS SITE! I know I can use popup blocker, but hey, I don't feel like running another stupid process to slow down my system. Have McAfee on is a pain in the @ss already!!.

Edited, Tue Jan 20 15:06:35 2004 by ztock
#8 Jan 20 2004 at 3:05 PM Rating: Decent
See the Quest Discussion Area on this Ezboard http://pub238.ezboard.com/bffxionline for printable summaries of most quests.
#9 Jan 20 2004 at 3:08 PM Rating: Decent
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Hate to say it, but the popups are what help this site be free to you and me :)

Popup ads are a way of life guys.....if there weren't ads, we'd have to pay to view and use this site. :)

And copying, pasting, editing those quests and stuff really save on paper.....you can print a lot more stuff if you can manually edit out the bits you don't need. :)
#10 Jan 20 2004 at 3:36 PM Rating: Decent
eh... php can always be written to pull the info from the dbase, as it does already. Only thing wrong with the way it comes up now is I don't want to print the top banner or left frames.
#11 Jan 20 2004 at 3:58 PM Rating: Decent
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copy + paste -> ms word/notepad = job done.
Lugia

I agree.

Now Sedda, Im not being sarcastic.

Ive done it before for long quests since i cant alt+tab out and i need to read quest info because its so involved so i just copy +pasted it and printed out before hand.

1. You highlight the text.

2. Go under Edit on tool bar and Copy it.(In Explorer)

3. Open what ever word processor you use

4. Go under Edit on tool bar and Paste it.(In Word Processor)

5. Hit print.

The copy paste process works perfectly, the print comes out fine and looks great, you only get the text, (and the text is just plain old black) so dont have to worry about it killing ink cartridges.

Why should they redesign the site when there is a solution this simple.

Once again i mean no sarcasm and i dont mean to bash your petition but its not necessary. There is already perfectly simple solution that doesnt require people to be super geniuses with computer. Im a challenged when it comes to computers and i can do it.



Edited, Tue Jan 20 16:08:59 2004 by bhodisattva
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#12 Jan 20 2004 at 5:01 PM Rating: Decent
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I go one step well two steps further...

1 Copy/Cut

2 Paste into Word

3 Convert to Adobe PDF format

4 Sychronize to my Pocket PC

5 and I have a paperless. Inkless SEARCHABLE document literally in the Palm of my hands :D

6 AND I can search ALLAKHAZAM.COM WHILE playing FFXI

so I say get a PDA :D
#13 Jan 20 2004 at 5:09 PM Rating: Decent
My vote is for copy and paste. These message boards are huge and re scripting is a huge pain. Plus Allakhazam might have to *gasp* make the background light colored to save on ink cartridges and if you're like me and you spend your hard working hours looking at this site.... YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOUR EYESIGHT!!! Just copy and paste, it's a simple logical solution. No meanness or malice to my post but I gaurantee you wouldnt want to change scripting if you were the site manager yourself.
#14 Jan 20 2004 at 5:10 PM Rating: Decent
I understand your frustration . But the truth be told . If I had a choice between that this or a forum search engine . Have to vote for the search engine .

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