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Cross-site quirkiness...
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Apr 5, 2002
Hi.
Logged in to H2G2, I looked at a thread that I'd posted on in "A Sense of Place", and read the thread in Goo. I clicked "reply" and got the reply window in ASoP's skin, and when I posted I was returned to the thread in ASoP's skin, with no obvious "My Space" button to return from whence I came. Some newbies might have problems with three "Back" clicks... Why did the fact I posted something necessitate the change of forum skin? 
Cross-site quirkiness...
Jonny Posted Apr 5, 2002
I think that's how it's meant to be.
You always stay in the same site to view a thread, but you can only post in the skin of the site the conversation is taking place in. I like the way it does that because it underlines where you are, however I agree it can be confusing.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 5, 2002
Yup, that's OK, but afterwards I feel it should have returned me to the skin I was viewing it in before I posted... 
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Jonny Posted Apr 5, 2002
yes, I see what you mean. It also confuses me that whenever I return to a conversation in an h2g2 skin from any other DNA site, it takes away my frame view and puts it in single pages.
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Jim Lynn Posted Apr 5, 2002
In actual fact, it's supposed to switch to the skin of the site when you view the thread. So that's a bug.
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Jim Lynn Posted Apr 5, 2002
Aha. Only with frames. That's interesting. If you use single pages, it works fine. Which is probably why I never noticed it.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 5, 2002
That's what you've got me for 
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- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Apr 5, 2002)
- 2: Jonny (Apr 5, 2002)
- 3: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Apr 5, 2002)
- 4: Jonny (Apr 5, 2002)
- 5: Jim Lynn (Apr 5, 2002)
- 6: Jim Lynn (Apr 5, 2002)
- 7: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Apr 5, 2002)
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