Would any of you guys be interested in this.....

[Steven Vaccaro]

Would any of you guys be interested in something like this.....

http://offshoreelectricsforum.ourtoolbar.com/

The default search is google. But you can click and do a quick search of the ose forum. Also a chat and RSS feed. For guys that dont know rss, its a update of the newest threads on the forum at a quick glance. You can click on and it brings you to the forum thread your interested in.

If you guys like it I can advertise it. Or I can scrap it.

[Steven Vaccaro]

For those who play with rss feeds, you can get the ose feed at http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/external.php

[Eyekandyboats]

omg i love it

[tth]

I vote keep it!!!

[ReddyWatts]

Will it slow down the OSE site, when it is sending out the tool bar updates to each user?

[Eyekandyboats]

ya my tool bar has not updated for the past 10 mins even when i am getting new thread emails

[ReddyWatts]

You can change how often it updates. Go here and view feed properties, but it looks like it defaults to once an hour.

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/external.php



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[Eyekandyboats]

it doesnt show any where on the page about feed properties

[ReddyWatts]

Click on that link above and it shows up at the bottom right of page as "view feed properties".

[Eyekandyboats]

nope not for me

[Diegoboy]

You have to "subscribe" to the feed before you will see it.

[Ub Hauled]

I am really not sure.. I like the RSS but having more "add ons".. hmmm... Steven, just so you know, remember when people were having a hard time with the sites speed? Well, I still do.
It's only at the OSE site. Sometimes I click the "post" button and it takes a while to post it and when it does, it says that I can only post one message every 30 seconds (or whatever time it is)
and comes back to the edit mode, if I click on "post" again it doubles the post... I guess I am afraid it'll get slower somehow.

[Meniscus]

Agreed. I'm still experiencing slow site speeds on various machines and different connections. Mine seems to be slowest while posting. Further, I would say that 3 times out of 5, I cannot edit my post. It appears to load, but will sit there for up to 10 minutes. Repeated attempts do not work either.

So far as the OSE toolbar, I think it is great that you are providing this value added service. Personally, I never run any toolbars like this, just because it can slow my browsing down, but I'm seriously considering this one! :)

[Doug Smock]

I am really not sure.. I like the RSS but having more "add ons".. hmmm... Steven, just so you know, remember when people were having a hard time with the sites speed? Well, I still do.
It's only at the OSE site. Sometimes I click the "post" button and it takes a while to post it and when it does, it says that I can only post one message every 30 seconds (or whatever time it is)
and comes back to the edit mode, if I click on "post" again it doubles the post... I guess I am afraid it'll get slower somehow.

Me too.

Doug

[ApacheDude]

I tend to agree with UB and others about speed. Anything that might take away from the core function or speed will not get my vote. Note sure if this directly impacts that but just my preference. Keep it clean, fast, simple.

Does the toolbar even work on a Mac?