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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDU Feature Request Thread
As mentioned in my announcement on Monday, after many months of behind-the-scenes work on database and security updates, we're starting to look at getting back to front-end development work. We do have some ideas in mind for things that we would like to work on, but we thought this would also be a good opportunity to ask the community if you have any feature suggestions or requests.
A couple of caveats:
1) This is not a bug report thread. If you're having trouble with something as it currently exists on DU, please report it in the DU Community Help forum, or contact me via DU Mail.
2) This is not a thread for making suggestions to change the rules or the Jury System. We're satisfied with the way those things are working at the moment.
3) This is not a thread for requesting policy changes to certain forums, for example, suggesting that we move Gaza War threads from GD back to I/P. We're always keeping an eye on how things are going, so policies could change in the future, but we're not making policy changes at the moment.
What we're interested in is whether you have any ideas or suggestions for new features or functionality that you think could improve DU. Please bear in mind that we are a small team (two people) so not everything that you suggest might be possible for us to pull off, but we'll take note of any responses which we think might be practical, and consider adding them to our to-do list.
Oh and one last thing, I can't end this post without a shameless plug for the current Tip Jar Fund Drive. Friday is the last day!
CrispyQ
(36,792 posts)After you click it, you get dropped to the bottom of the page, not even in your post. You should get dropped back into the text box right after the smilie you just inserted.
intrepidity
(7,506 posts)Although my beef is the location of the button that seems to always gets pressed by accident (on Android phone).
ms liberty
(8,704 posts)And my favorite smilies are all at the top. Since I'm on my phone most of the time, it would be a lot easier, at least for me!
CrispyQ
(36,792 posts)Personally I liked the old way where you had to click a second button to open the big smilies box. I don't use very many of those.
Wounded Bear
(59,046 posts)I find myself scrolling up to find the title line, then down to hit the post button.
Annoying. This is on my desktop, too. I can't imagine how it works on other platforms.
Dave Bowman
(2,076 posts)underpants
(183,593 posts)Dave Bowman
(2,076 posts)underpants
(183,593 posts)Unless I just dont know how to do that.
I think its pretty clear that we need a Katy Tur forum. 🙄
ecstatic
(32,928 posts)a pressure situation where you're forced to like your friends' posts or not like someone else's posts etc.
littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)canetoad
(17,297 posts)So you can see who your friends are.
Hugin
(33,421 posts)Within a thread. Right now its only highlighting the most recommended reply. Theres usually a bunch of runners up that are worth reading too.
That said, I would prefer to retain the anonymous post recommendations. I have been known to on rare occasions recommended my own replies when I believe them to be especially worthwhile.
UTUSN
(71,050 posts)Last edited Fri May 24, 2024, 06:27 PM - Edit history (2)
UTUSN
(71,050 posts)Last edited Fri May 24, 2024, 06:22 PM - Edit history (2)
The names aren't in the thread posts.
Mosby
(16,564 posts)and a way to organize and search personal bookmarks.
pwb
(11,469 posts)Was there lines or dots connecting replies. ????
blm
(113,271 posts)and usually an accompanying photo or graphic.
Ohio Joe
(21,807 posts)Dave Bowman
(2,076 posts)Disaffected
(4,645 posts)(so it doesn't revert back to Last Reply).
msongs
(67,766 posts)BWdem4life
(1,806 posts)I think this would make a big difference in my life!
UTUSN
(71,050 posts)sheshe2
(84,494 posts)Thanks for the thread.
My one request is for the highlight feature. Love it, however the color is to bold and bright
perhaps blue?
TY
Niagara
(8,012 posts)What happened to our community registered members count?
I haven't seen the DU members counts since we went to DU3.
Is it still there and I'm over looking it? Is it hidden? Did it disappear? Do I need a new prescription eyeglasses?
True Dough
(17,557 posts)Here you go, Niagara:
Always glad to help! Don't shake your head too hard or those eyes will really roll.
Niagara
(8,012 posts)Do these come with x-ray vision ? Do they come with a prescription? Do they come in transitional lenses?
None of my questions are deal breakers if none of this is included, I'm only curious. 🤔
I love these googly glasses! Nice job! 😍
littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)My eyes rolling...^^^^
I want more of you on ALL the threads!
❤️
True Dough
(17,557 posts)My wise little oiseau...
littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)Whooooooo.....? Meeeeee?
❤️
blogslug
(38,056 posts)please
chowder66
(9,218 posts)Abolishinist
(1,401 posts)Talitha
(6,796 posts)Instead of needing to drop them into an online photo storage site and then post them here.
MagickMuffin
(16,099 posts)That would eliminate a few steps and make these things easier.
I hope it can be accomplished!
Nittersing
(6,461 posts)that it would require WAY too much storage space.
I might be wrong, but that's my recollection.
canetoad
(17,297 posts)News and other sites lock down their images by making it nearly impossible to post an image link. We are increasingly turning to archiving web pages to avoid paywalls. Most images on the archive are converted to .webp which shows as a link on DU. Examples below.
https://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery/1.sm.webp
https://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery/2.webp
Celerity
(44,500 posts)yields
canetoad
(17,297 posts)Didn't think of trying this with images. Must be getting old.
Thanks mate.
JoseBalow
(3,103 posts)GenThePerservering
(1,998 posts)depending on the browser used.
JoseBalow
(3,103 posts)cbabe
(3,655 posts)WhiteTara
(29,785 posts)automatically. Please and thank you.
littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)There are ways to post xitter content without others having to visit xitter.
Some tools exist that help including posting graphics in their entity and using the threadreader* app for long threads. But there has to be an "unroll" first.
Great idea. ❤️
*https://threadreaderapp.com/ and
https://threadreaderapp.com/search?q=
OAITW r.2.0
(25,212 posts)electric_blue68
(15,386 posts)Eko
(7,599 posts)Celerity
(44,500 posts)Toppings include pineapples, peanuts, and cucumbers.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-taco-friday
SWEDISH FOOD COLUMNIST DANIELLA ILLERBRAND remembers her first Taco Friday well. She was 14, and it was the first time her parents, who cooked everything from scratch, decided it was okay to buy ready-made ingredients like tortillas and spices. That was a big deal for us, says Illerbrand, who works for Sweden Foodtech, an organization that works with food startups and businesses. My parents liked traveling, so they were into trying something new. It was her first real Fredagsmys, or Cozy Friday, a beloved Swedish tradition. Across the Scandinavian country, families stay home on Friday night, watch TV, and eat Tex-Mex-style tacos. This dinner choice is so common that, for most Swedes, Cozy Friday is also Taco Fredag, or Taco Friday.
A few elements conspired to make Taco Friday a Swedish institution. In 1990, the country was emerging from a financial crisis, and Swedes were eager to spend again and try new things. Around the same time, government deregulation of television allowed advertising for the first time. Prior to that, Swedes had only seen on-screen ads in cinemas. The Swedish chips company OLW popularized the slogan Now its cozy Friday time in its commercials. These days, most Swedes can still hum the catchy jingle by heart. This is widely believed to be the origin of the term Fredagsmys, and in 2007, it was even adopted into the Swedish dictionary. Chips are still part of many Swedes Cosy Friday routine, but its Tex-Mex that truly benefited from the idea of staying in and eating processed foods on the sofa. Old El Paso, which had been attempting to break into the market in the 1980s, experienced success as its ads demonstrated taco assembly.
Meanwhile, the Swedish spice company Nordfalks, which marketed their Tex-Mex products to appeal to a Swedish audience, eventually changed its name to Santa Maria due to the popularity of its tortillas and tacos. Their TV spots suggested tacos as a staple of Cozy Fridays, and for Swedes, who were already used to smörgåsbord or potluck-style meals piled onto one plate, tacos were something new and exciting, yet familiar too. Commercials were very important in showing how you could put together tacos because before that we didnt have anything where you could put it together in front of the TV like that, says Richard Tellström, a food historian and professor at Stockholm University. Soon enough, grocers and restaurants rallied around the idea, promoting Cozy Friday with discounts and take-out specials. Taco Fridays even became a staple of Swedens free lunch programs for schoolchildren. I remember being a teenager when you would start having dinners for school functions at restaurants, and the restaurant would make a taco buffet, says Illerbrand. That was, like, the best thing ever.
Tex-Mex was a hot American import, just like the series and movies on the tube. But once it arrived, it morphed, becoming infused with Swedish food culture. Spin-off recipes emerged, such as taco pie (also available in frozen food aisles), taco soup, taco pizza, and taco burgers. Anything where you could add the packaged spice mix, really, says Tellström. Americans might recognize the ground meat, soft or hard tortilla shells, peppers, onion, tomatoes, and guacamole of Swedish tacos, but not necessarily the cucumber, peanuts, pineapple, and yoghurt sauces that Swedes added to suit their own cultural tastes. Cucumbers, which are perhaps the most curious ingredient, reflect a particularly Swedish love affair: Historically, Swedens summer months were jokingly called cucumber time, and youll still find cucumber on most dinner tables. It may be pickled, sliced and doused with vinegar and salt, or atop a salad; its also often a topping on kebab pizza, another ubiquitous national dish imported and adapted for the Swedish palate.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195666312000529?via%3Dihub
Abstract
This paper explores the meaning of the Mexican dish tacos for Swedish consumers. As such, this study examines the relationship between ethnic food and food culture in light of contemporary changing food rituals. The results reveal that the Swedish food ritual of Friday dinner can be enacted through eating tacos. Friday dinner is a point in time and space at which family members gather, after a busy week following divergent schedules that keep them from eating together, and to which children's food preferences are central. Tacos fulfil all the requirements for a quick-to-cook yet social dish that enables hardworking but time-constrained families to eat together. The much-debated informal and fragmented character of food consumption in contemporary society is accommodated in the taco meal.
Highlights
► Ethnic food that adapts diners to an individualized consumer society is easily accepted. ► The concept of cultural fitness suggests that certain ethnic food is more easily integrated in specific food cultures. ► The informalization and fragmentization of food consumption is accommodated within the taco meal.
Introduction
Food routines and rituals have changed as contemporary society has developed traits described as globalized, individualized, and informalized (Marshall, 2005, Warde, 1997). The dismantling of social and moral institutions and the effects in terms of individualized consumption choice are well described in sociology (Giddens, 1991, Habermas, 1987, Miller, 1994). Research into food and culture does not regard individualization as necessarily opposed to ritualistic food behaviour (Gronow and Warde, 2001, Marshall, 2005, Tivadar and Luthar, 2005), but poses a number of interesting questions about how food rituals have changed in response to socio-cultural movements that have shaped a highly individualized consumption society. Research in this area is interested in the relationship between traditional food and convenience food in western eating practices (Bryant and Dundes, 2008, Carrigan et al., 2006, Guerrero et al., 2009, Olsen et al., 2007, Pieniak et al., 2009, Warde, 1999). The present study of the integration of the Mexican dish tacos into Swedish eating practices and food rituals sheds light on how food rituals have been influenced by ethnic food, given eroded social eating structures and individualized/globalized food consumption. Among ethnic cuisines consumed by Europeans outside the UK, Mexican ranks third, just behind Chinese (first) and Indian (second) (Datamonitor, 2005). Outside the UK, Mexican food is the second most popular ethnic cuisine in all Europe (Datamonitor, 2005). However, the Scandinavian countries (i.e., Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) are responsible for consuming almost forty percent of the Mexican food consumed in Europe (Santa Maria, 2011; information based on AC Nielsen data and population statistics in key countries). In fact, Sweden and Norway have the highest per capita consumption of Mexican food compared to the most important European countries; the per capita consumption of these two countries is four times higher than in other European countries (Santa Maria, 2011; information based on AC Nielsen data and population statistics in key countries). The taco meal has become well integrated into Swedish food culture (Ekström and Norén, 2011, Expressen, 2011, GP, 2010). This integration of tacos as a Swedish meal is particularly true for families with children (Expressen, 2011, GP, 2010). Forty percent of 12 year old Swedish children reported eating tacos at least three times a month (Livsmedelsverkat, 2004). Tacos together with pizza, are ranked as the most popular dishes among Swedish 10-year-olds (Johansson et al., 2006). Recipes on how to make Swedish tacos are commonly available (Den Bruna Maten, 2012, ICA, 2012) making the case that the Swedish taco meal is an example of cultural hybridization, mixing Swedish and Mexican food culture (Pieterse, 1994). One of the largest retailers in Sweden, ICA, declares in a TV commercial We in ICA love Sweden and we want to demonstrate it with an offer for the most Swedish of the Swedish: tacos! (ICA, 2011). Why have tacos in particular, and not any Chinese or Indian dish, come to be regarded as an honorary Swedish food? What is the role of Swedish food culture in the successful integration of this Mexican dish into Swedish eating practices? These are the questions this study seeks to answer, moving beyond individual explanations of ethnic food consumption (Rossiter and Chan, 1998, Verbeke and Poquiviqui López, 2005). The present article aims to describe the meaning of eating tacos for Swedish consumers. The results indicate that the integration of tacos into Swedish food culture is connected to the Swedish family, the Swedish traditional meal, the characteristics of tacos, and the benefits tacos bring to families (e.g., a low-risk meal solution, a meeting point). In sum, tacos have a good fit with Swedish culture that has enabled them to be incorporated into Swedish food culture.
The outline of the study is as follows. The second section reviews the literature in the field of food rituals and the integration of ethic food. The concept of cultural fitness is introduced to describe the blending of ethnic food into specific food cultures in terms of a match between the food cultural traits and the blending properties of ethnic food. The third section presents the phenomenological methodology of the study. The findings are presented in the fourth section in terms of tacos as doing Swedish family where negotiation between parents and children, low risk and safe meal solutions, convenience and meeting point are important aspects. The fifth and concluding section discusses the contributions of this study and implications for future research.
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Eko
(7,599 posts)Works for me.
GoneOffShore
(17,356 posts)Lyon 'tacos' are extremely weird.
Lars39
(26,138 posts)by note topics would be incredibly handy! 🙂
crickets
(26,057 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,925 posts)A small change to those little gray or yellow triangles, for example on the My Posts page, would be very helpful for those of us with diminished vision.
It is really difficult to distinguish between the gray and yellow. A few possible changes would help.
Suggestion 1: change the yellow to some other color. Blue, green, red, or even orange would do.
Suggestion 2: Remove the gray fill and leave an empty outline. In this case, I think the yellow could stay.
Thanks!
littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)I just replied to myself to check on what youre suggesting. I concur. ❤️
JoseBalow
(3,103 posts)I have asked this question several times since joining DU, but I have never received an answer... When a user is put on ignore, can that ignored user still see (and reply to) your posts?
I know that on other sites and apps, when you "block" a user, you don't see their content and they don't see your content either. Is that how it works here on DU? If not, that is the way it should work. Otherwise users might be commenting on your posts without you ever knowing about it, and without you having the opportunity to reply. Or conversely, you may be commenting to a user who never sees your post, and you think they do see it and choose not to reply.
TL;DR - Ignoring a user should hide posts for both parties... if they already don't.
Also, a way to make a private note about select users would be nice. Like to remind yourself about their pet's name or a favorite band or some other notation that only you could see. Like maybe when viewing their profile? That could be a useful feature.
Think. Again.
(10,086 posts)niyad
(114,984 posts)to put in a title that one has used before, although I do not know what the technical term is. It is certainly a time-saver for frequently-used responses. From a previous discussion, I am aware that some other members do not like this feature, but I certainly do.
Anyway, as ever, thank you EarlG and Elad for all you do to make this an amazing community.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,410 posts)Come on...that was so much FUN!
People utterly losing their SHIT because someone didn't think a thread was the hottest thing on wheels and then complaining about it was some of the funniest stuff ever typed out on DU.
B R I N G.
B A C K.
U N R E C!!
UTUSN
(71,050 posts)doing it!1 - or it can be taken as an example for this Suggester's amusement!1
If suggestions are asked for, let them be considered? I contradict myself!
Hekate
(91,657 posts)Celerity
(44,500 posts)littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)littlemissmartypants
(23,218 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,207 posts)1. Allow hosts a space to talk to one another or at least allow us to send a PM to more than one person at a time.
2. Remove "groups" from "Latest Threads", unless the person is subscribed to the group.
3. When adding a "note", is it possible for it be saved without having to have the thread refresh?
It is a shame you refuse to make changes to the jury system and #3. I can't see why a box can't be added to the "bigotry" alert like there is for "group violation" or "signature violation" .
applegrove
(119,539 posts)The other half goes to the DU.
Questions denoting a particular location on the DU in a criptic way. When you find the location, press on a button to get the next clue. Go on like that till one person gets to the final clue and wins the prize. If you wanted to be really saucy you could put a clue to some outside of the DU website just to spice it up....like "first word in wikipedia's entry for DU" (and you could add the next clue/question to DU's Wikipedia entry ) but more of a puzzle. Usually scavenger hunts are a kids' thing but I've played it as an adult when the clues were poetic and metaphoric and that was fun guessing too.
sorcrow
(431 posts)I only have a few people on Ignore, but I still see their posts in many cases.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Best regards,
Sorghum Crow
Think. Again.
(10,086 posts)...the 'indent' function of the replies stops after a certain number of posts, and it becomes impossible to follow who is replying to whom.
I have had to simply give up on good discussions because I could not tell who is responding to which post, and sometimes I have responded to posts with posts that don't apply because my response was intended for a different post.
It could just be my small screen (I use a tablet for DU), but I hope there is some way to allow the clear order of responses to remain clear throughout the discussion and not just become white noise after 10 back-and-forth posts.
sl8
(14,620 posts)The ability to expand/collapse threads at different levels would be helpful to see who's replying to whom in long threads. For examples, see Reddit apps, Usenet readers (if you're old), etc..
Also, on the home page, in the "New in Issue (Culture/Alliance/Region) Forums", I think it would be better to revert to one entry per forum, as it was in DU3. For example, if someone posts 5 or 6 music videos in "Music Appreciation", currently all of them show up on the home page's "New in Culture Forums" section, pushing out posts from all the other "culture" forums. Under DU3, only the most recent post from any given forum would show up there, limiting the number of posts from other forums that get bumped.
Thank you.
Mr. Sparkle
(2,979 posts)I miss so many good articles because they don't get enough recs.
Kid Berwyn
(15,606 posts)They are resources of information, useful for historical research and keeping politicians, spinmeisters and the news media honest.
intheflow
(28,562 posts)If someone is recommending a post but doesnt have anything to add to the conversation, their voice should still be heard in real time.
The Revolution
(767 posts)The tree view can be hard to follow, especially if you come back to a thread later. New posts are in the middle of various trees.
In this view, there could be an indicator of what post it is a reply to if it is not the OP. Maybe with a collapsible section to show the text of the post being replied to.
TygrBright
(20,811 posts)Often when I'm in a forum or on the home page, the post title and even the snippet isn't enough for me to determine whether it's worthwhile to navigate away from the page I'm on to do a full view of a post. It would be great to have a "Quick view" button that would open the full post body in a modal window, with the further options to:
a) close the modal window and return to viewing the page; or
b) open the post page with all its comments and discussions, etc., navigating to the new page.
Just my tuppeny'orth for a nice little extra if it's easily do-able on the platform.
hopefully,
Bright
cbabe
(3,655 posts)AI
Ie the current Google mess
Technology
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218973999
NanaCat
(2,332 posts)To all users, as a courtesy to people with assorted vision problems. For instance, necessary medications make me quite photosensitive, and black on white print is often excruciating to endure.
Hekate
(91,657 posts)Whatthe_Firetruck
(564 posts)I view DU in mobile mode (Samsung) and something has changed the last few days. The 'subs' and 'posts' tabs used to say, respectively, 'subs' and 'posts', whether it was it had activity or not.
For a few days now, the tabs both say 'my'. If the tab is active (yellow), the second word, either 'subs' or 'posts' overlaps the main area just under neath in white. Kinda like this.
[tab] [tab]... [My] [My] ...[tab] [tab]
.................. Subs...............................................................
JudyM
(29,402 posts)(At least for hosts, so we can ensure we can retrieve discussions weve had about topics and issues and with certain DUers, though maybe everyone would like to be able to do this)
also the ability to sort our mail by the other DUers name would be very useful, rather than just paging back and back and back without knowing when specifically the exchange with them took place.
Thanks!
Abolishinist
(1,401 posts)but think of this as an additional fund-raising feature!
From time to time I run across a 'Post removed' that I would pay to see. You could charge like $20 for a buy-in, and then determine how many credits this enables one to have - one view per credit. And you could have a rule that they are not to be shared or even hinted at, with the penalty being loss of all remaining credits and not being able to purchase any more Removeds.