Darryl Lict: Thank you so much for introducing me to that plug-in. I love you almost as much as I love Firefox.
For that matter, couldn’t you rig it to provide sig lines that are not replacements? Like, for a particular poster, I might like to see all of his posts end with “I worship at the altar of Ozzie and Harriet”.
Glad to help. I’ve been looking for a solution for ages. Make sure you go to the FoxReplace add-on page and rank it 5 stars.
For people who don’t have a predictable text string at the end of their posts? Not really. The contents of the post will vary too greatly. You could do it at the beginning of the post, maybe. Then all you’ll have to do is figure out how to represent the vBulletin markup between the username/userid and the beginning of the post. It would take one heck of a nasty regex though and it’s probably outside the scope of what FoxReplace was designed for. It could also be broken by pretty much any tweaks to the vBulletin templates the admins do. Your best bet is to do it with custom stylesheets in your browser, and even then it’s not an easy task.
Personally I’m happy with this solution, and have suggested it(having a re-write function in the user-agent, I was unaware of the FoxReplace add-in, thanks Darryl Lict!) to people in the past. I get to write what I want to write, and they get to see what they want to see. It’s a win/win as far as I’m concerned. Just like how the entire board is now in Verdana font for Liberal based on some custom settings in his browser. Web browsers are called “user agents” for a reason. Make them work for you.
Enjoy,
Steven
Just want to point out that, if I use it, I have a reason. And no two are ever the same.
Anyways, you guys must really hate Snopes, where Barbara always signs off…
If you replace a username with text, it also replaces it in the username field.
So you could have that floating above every post he makes!
Barbara can do whatever she damn well pleases. Also, she’s clever enough to change her sign-off every time.
First of all, the name I sign at the bottom is not the name at the top of my post. Second, generally I sign my messages because I was taught that you sign letters, and messages are a form of email, which are a form of letter – at least to me.
Ed
use the “ignore this poster” feature.
It’s a wonderful thing. I haven’t missed a “regards”, “valete”, or “kiss my ass” in ages.
SFP
In all the universes that may exist, there is **none **where that joke worked.
Yes, because the multitude of horrible things in the world means that you can’t also be annoyed by minor stupidity. Annoyance is a precious, finite resource. :rolleyes:
Unfortunately, I do most of my SDMBing from work, where I’m forced to use IE. I had to jump through a billion hoops to even get the upgrade to IE 7.
An article is not a message board, just as a telephone conversation is not a conversation held over radio.
Any kind of “ignore” feature is my tool of absolutely last resort, almost exclusively reserved for spammers.
Truly, sirs and mesdames, I cannot fathom the degree of outrage which various members of this august board hold for tghis practice.
Pray accept these,
My protestations of avids affection
and loyalty
To you
My bosom friends,
To whom I remain,
with every good wish
Your humble and obedient servant,
Polycarp
My humble and obedient servant, please go fetch me some more lemonade.
Certainly! Here you are!
No, no - don’t worry - it’s always that warm.
I made jsgoddess say “Regards”,
Shodan
My humble and obedient servant who did not originally identify himself as such but has apparently also accepted that role, please taste-test the “lemonade” you just brought me.
Mr. Desai, is that you?
I already did that in the kitchen.
Drink up!
Regardz,
Shodan
One would expect the posts to end with:
Cheers,
Morarji Desai
Why does the lemonade taste like Viagra?
Because it’s urine and **Shodan **can’t sustain an erection.
Dance. 