"This message has been posted successfully." <- do not like

[LR24]

The "This message has been posted successfully. - View your submitted message"-page that appears when you submit a post is pretty common on forums, but I always wondered and still wonder why. If there is a good reason for it, I'd be glad to know. If not, could you remove it? It's rather annoying and steals you a few seconds or an additional click which does not sound like much, but it's pretty pointless in my eyes.

[apetresc]

That page actually contains the server-side code that writes the post to the database, etc. It wasn't vitally necessary that it be a separate page when phpBB was initially designed, but they likely decided to do it that way because it makes the server-side logic much easier to maintain. Now that it's been written like that for years, it would be a really painful task to refactor.

It might make sense to lower the auto-redirect timer though. Would that be an acceptable compromise?

[LR24]

Heh, I didn't know that. I know some forums where this page does not appear, so I thought it's the decision of the admin if he wants it or not. I guess those forums used wbb (or what it was called, not sure anymore) instead of phpBB, right?

Anyway, I'd be okay with the shortest time possible. Your call to set a reasonable time.

[schultz]

From a programming perspective, it makes a lot of sense.

Personally, I also like that page because it gives me the choice of where I want to go to - to see my post, or to go back to the thread view. Often times when I'm working a little faster, I prefer to be able to go back to the thread view and this is a much faster way of doing that (rather than waiting for the entire thread to load).

So my call is to not make it too short. I like the option! And don't want to have to be lightning fast to click on it every time.

[LR24]

Not sure if that's possible, but can it be another value for each person? Like an option in the User Control Panel where you set the delay. If this works technically and is easy to implement, it'd probably be the best solution.

[schultz]

Not sure if that's possible, but can it be another value for each person? Like an option in the User Control Panel where you set the delay. If this works technically and is easy to implement, it'd probably be the best solution.

For a second I thought you were referring to setting which option you wanted (show post vs. back to thread view). Then I read it again and realized you were talking about setting the delay. I guess if it's possible to add that option without too much trouble, might not be a bad thing. Not sure how easy that is going to be to add, though. Adrian, thoughts?