# I love the OneBox feature! **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299 "2020-06-23T09:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/1 "2020-06-23T09:12:54Z")
Just put a URL by itself on a line, and it automatically creates a box with the relevant info and image. You can even put YouTube videos inline in a post. Quick, easy, and a _huge_ improvement in the quality of posts! **News articles:** > **[Smelly durian fruit forces evacuation of Bavarian post office](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/smelly-durian-fruit-evacuation-bavarian-post-office)** > > Workers taken ill after suspicious package emitting pungent odour causes panic > **[Opinion | A Plague of Willful Ignorance (Published 2020)](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinion/coronavirus-trump.html)** > > Trump has empowered America’s anti-rational streak. **Wikipedia:** > **[Internet forum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum)** > > An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes publicly visible. > Forums have a specific set of jargon associated with them; example: a single co... **YouTube:** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FTMLWuY36KQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Friday Afternoons (Cuckoo) - Benjamin Britten.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTMLWuY36KQ) Works great! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/2 "2020-06-23T09:33:23Z")
Yes, that’s a feature I’ve had for some time on another message board I frequent and I like it a great deal. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/3 "2020-06-23T09:48:27Z")
yes and you dont even have to mess with tags to use them like on the other board that i do you tube repost on … ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/4 "2020-06-23T09:55:09Z")
Inline images have been disallowed, but you can upload images to Discourse, and link to them. e.g. [Yacht pic](https://boards.straightdope.com/uploads/short-url/aIzuoJviJGiMwegq1ml6wi8ovNJ.jpeg) Simply drag and drop an image from your computer into a post, and it uploads it. But if you try to post you get a message saying images are disallowed. **Workaround** : Remove the ! at the beginning of the link and you can put a link to the uploaded image in your post. Wild!   🙃 ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/5 "2020-06-23T10:06:01Z")
But it seems that if you link to an image on another site, it will automatically display it: [![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28ea92f45cc82fdc301c149683f124dd78a1c328/1894_0_6311_3787/master/6311.jpg?width=1920&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=73361e52592b4b2dc98a2e3f7020653b) ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/28ea92f45cc82fdc301c149683f124dd78a1c328/1894_0_6311_3787/master/6311.jpg?width=1920&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=73361e52592b4b2dc98a2e3f7020653b) ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/6 "2020-06-23T10:13:54Z")
Yes this does seem a useful feature particularly for posting Youtube videos. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/7 "2020-06-23T14:14:42Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Just put a URL by itself on a line, and it automatically creates a box with the relevant info and image. > > You can even put YouTube videos inline in a post. Nice! That’s a fabulous feature. I have to try it out. > **[Sweden Tries Out a New Status: Pariah State (Published 2020)](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus-pariah-scandinavia.html)** > > Fearing the country’s lax approach to combating the coronavirus, Sweden’s Scandinavian neighbors have all closed their borders to Swedes. Whoa! This is way too cool!!! Sweden thread, here I come. Thanks **GreenWyvern**!! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/8 "2020-06-23T15:53:35Z")
Hate it. This is going to chew through my data plan in a week. ---
**Author:** ![newme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@newme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newme)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/9 "2020-06-24T03:44:27Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Hate it. This is going to chew through my data plan in a week I use ublock origin on firefox. In this tab, I only allow content from - [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) - [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) - [discourse-cdn.com](http://discourse-cdn.com) - [discourse.org](http://discourse.org) - [kxcdn.com](http://kxcdn.com) Tho only images I see are the avatars. Other images have placeholders, and I can click them to view in a new tab if I want. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/10 "2020-06-24T04:07:26Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Hate it. This is going to chew through my data plan in a week. > [@newme](#): > > I use ublock origin on firefox. I think if you’ll use your ad-blocker to block the element .onebox, it’ll keep all such images from loading. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/11 "2020-06-24T04:10:45Z")
News I can use: > **[Hasbro's Mandalorian Bop It Game Actually Requires You to Punch Baby Yoda](https://www.cbr.com/hasbros-mandalorian-bop-it-game-punch-baby-yoda/)** > > A new version of the Bop It game will be modeled after the breakout star of The Mandalorian, The Child. Easy peasy! ---
**Author:** ![newme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@newme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newme)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/12 "2020-06-24T04:14:00Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > I think if you’ll use your ad-blocker to block the element .onebox, it’ll keep all such images from loading. I don’t want to eliminate the onebox entirely. For example, in the nytimes link above, I like seeing the title and the first few lines of the story. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/13 "2020-06-24T04:15:32Z")
> [@newme](#): > > > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > > I think if you’ll use your ad-blocker to block the element .onebox, it’ll keep all such images from loading. > > I don’t want to eliminate the onebox entirely. Try blocking .cooked, then. Should get rid of the images while leaving the articles. ETA: If things start going wonky–buttons not working or something like that–remember that you’ve set a block. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/14 "2020-06-24T04:21:02Z")
These can be a good enhancement to this Board, if used judiciously and with some restraint. As mentioned elsewhere, we don’t want to fill up the boards with 600x800 images of Captain Picard doing his face-palm. If we can develop a board culture of using these one-boxes where they will actually contribute meaningfully to the conversation at hand, then great. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/15 "2020-06-24T09:50:03Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Try blocking .cooked, then. Should get rid of the images while leaving the articles. > > ETA: If things start going wonky–buttons not working or something like that–remember that you’ve set a block. Nice! Thanks! I’m writing that one down for reference. I’m Ok with the images so far, but if they get out of hand, I’ll have a way around it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/16 "2020-06-24T12:04:44Z")
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I’m okay with this in general, but I don’t like how the headline of the linked article is on bigger type than our regular post text. (At least in Sam’s Simple theme). Our original content — the TEXT of OUR posts — should take visual precedence over everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/17 "2020-06-24T12:15:31Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Our original content — the TEXT of OUR posts — should take visual precedence over everything else. One workaround might be to spoiler the article. It requires one more click to get the article and one more step to post it, but that’s the same amount of steps in the old system. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/18 "2020-06-24T12:23:21Z")
True, thanks. I’d rather that posters not have to do that, though. And, it’s useful to have spoilers reserved for the specific reasons we’ve always used them (movie plot points, NSFW links, and long posts that aren’t critical to the poster’s argument). I’m not asking for a big change. Just making the cited, colored headline smaller — the same size typeface as our posts — would be enough. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/19 "2020-06-24T13:11:39Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I’m not asking for a big change. Just making the cited, colored headline smaller — the same size typeface as our posts — would be enough. Happily, there are different types of spoilers in Discourse, so lots to play with. Maybe one type of spoiler, say blur, for one thing and maybe hide details, for another. (click the gear thingy at the top of the post box) If you feel strongly about it, maybe you can add it to the thread in site feedback for creating a better theme, [One Theme To Rule Them All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-theme-to-rule-them-all/912639) [Whoa, that was so cool! All I had to do was copy the link of the other thread after the comma, and the rest was done for me. This is going to save me tons of time posting here. I’m liking it.] ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299/20 "2020-06-24T13:17:53Z")
Thanks! Yes, I did post my opinion on this in the One Theme to Rule Them All thread. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-onebox-feature/912299.md?page=2)