Multitool.org in 2012?

[Grant Lamontagne]

I admit I didn't read the whole thread but is there any mention of an MTO realtime chat / IRC?

We had that in the past- initially as a part of the forum, then as an outside service after an update broke the original.  It wasn't terribly successful, especially not after the update when it became too much of a complicated pain in the arse for most folks to use.

I'd kind of thought about a Shout Box, but again I'm not sure how much use it would really get.  I have also thought about starting up a Google Plus Hangout from time to time to see if there's anyone interested in real time chat.

Def

[enki_ck]

I admit I didn't read the whole thread but is there any mention of an MTO realtime chat / IRC?

We had a toopic about that some time ago and decided on the facebook group chat. There was a lot of chat'ers in the begining, but it's a bit quiet now.

Def, I'll post a l'll post a link when I get home.

[5hif7y]

How about community reviews for the site. So when a tool gets reviewed we start a thread so every one can add there thoughts on the tool at hand. This might speed up the review process and make it a all round decision. I fink that would be fun and would like to take part in a mass review with everyone

[enki_ck]

I'm not certain I can answer that as I'm not certain what Buffs is (are?).

Def

This video should make everything clearer. A multifunctional merchandise you can get in different patterns (even a forum logo). I have 3 of them and another one on the way I won on EDCF from a friend. It's my favourite winter edc item.

[Raukodur]

Quite a nice video, and versatile product.

[user24]

Regarding smilies, I keep a stash at http://knifewallpapers.com/smilies which anyone is welcome to use on any forum, or if you want to integrate them into MTO that's fine too.

[Grant Lamontagne]

I just posted a Smiley Accumulation Thread in the Break Room:

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,33987.new.html#new

Great link Howard- I've included it in the new thread as well! 

Def

[badwolf]

Fish and Chips once a month
A dedicated thread or section to the creator Tim Leatherman, with ideas, suggestions and improvements, that sort of thing. This stuff gets discussed and some ideas have been used, could expand it to other makes, possibly make an invitation to these companies for Q&A session, anyway just rambling PayPal donation button, see these all the time, no minimum amount, just what you can afford, funds could be used for all sorts of things this sort of thread is why this is an awesome forum

[Grant Lamontagne]

this sort of thread is why this is an awesome forum

Maybe I should have started this thread years ago then! 

Def

[Threeme2189]

That video makes me want a buff...

[Tofty]

for bikers buffs are great for filling that little gap between the helmet and collar.

I really like the idea of a 'suggestions to the manufactures' sub forum, it's easy for great ideas to be lost in all the other infomation on this site and however much the makers try to keep up with customer demands and suggestions it's close to impossible as there arn't enough hours in the day to find it all.

Better late than never.

[Sazabi]

I'd be interested in a MT.O buff; while I like that EDCF has one, I don't really participate over there that much anymore. :/  Besides, the ones for here would be coming from a whole three hours away, via Travis.

[Mercury]

I like the idea of a paypal donate button as well.  It would allow random donations and probably help a bit.  I know that sometimes(not too often though) I get a few extra bucks that I could give without necessarily needing to get merchandise in return.

[5hif7y]

i like the idea of MTO buffs. i have a batman one at the moment and its great. there very versatile and useful, they also pack down rather small. 

[Carlos]

Just to offer programming assistance in case it's needed.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Just to offer programming assistance in case it's needed.

It very well could be- Whoey and Esteban often have their hands full trying to keep up with my crazy ideas!

Def

[Mercury]

Since I am a dunce at programming, I will offer moral support,   

[Grant Lamontagne]

Someone had posted about a larger file for uploading photos.  I'd like to credit that person for the suggestion, but it didn't jump out at me during a quick run through this thread. 

Initially we only had so much space available to us, and for the first few months we ran this site and SOSAKOnline together, we were constantly upgrading.  That's not the case anymore, but the picture size setting was a bit of a hold back.  Not any more.

You are still limited to 4 pictures per post, but now each of those pictures can now be up to 1mb instead of the old 128k.  This is just an arbitrary limit and may be subject to change if more tweaking is necessary, but it seems to me that's a good place to start.

Def

[rayraychil]

Nice one there Grant the pic size is a great starting point so yes go for it !

 Happy New Year to all at MTO thanks for this site it is excellent.
I have made lots of new friends thru this site and had some great trades to and from everyone I have traded with so all the best for 2012 hope to do more trades in the new year.

Have a great New Year everyone

Ray

[Nano-Oil.com]

Hello All,

Congratulations on the face lift,

to celebrate, since it has been some time since the last Nano-Oil GiveAway from StClaire,
How about it,

If you say OK, I will set one up sometime tonight,

StClaire wishes you all the Best for 2012, to your Family and of course to who ever rock your World,

We will be at the Shot Show 2012 Sands Las Vegas on January 17th. to 20th.
I hope to meet with some of you in Booth # 5138 and or at some parties being put together as we speak.
We are releasing/introducing  Nano-Wipes.com site will go live the day before the Shot Show,

If the GiveAway is a go, I intend to add some Nano-Wipes for the winners of  MultiTool.org

I hope it is OK/proper to have posted the above here, if not I can remove this post
Thanks,
Regards to all, 
Christian StClaire 

[Grant Lamontagne]

It's fine by me Christian, and who am I to get in the way of our members getting some free stuff?  If you are looking for my blessing for a giveaway then by all means you have it.

I'll make a point of coming to see you at SHOT too!

Def

[tattoosteve99]

Oh yes. Free stuff is always loved here. And if your real good we will let you do it more often

[Grant Lamontagne]

Looks lime we've pretty well killed the list of things members wanted to see... or have I missed something?

Or better still, any new ideas? 

Def

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[Steinar]

I'd really like a possibility to mark a forum as read without entering it. I.e. on the list of (sub-)forums on forum.multitool.org, each subforum had a little button with "mark as read" (the same as inside each of these subforums). My use case is that I sometimes have little time, and I want to cherrypick what I read. Then I could quickly mark the forums which hold the least interest for me at that moment as read, and then jump back to "Show unread posts since last visit."

If there's an easy way to do this already and I just missed it, I'd be happy if someone pointed it out to me.

Another possibility could of course be Bladeforums model where you only follow specific forums, but I sort of like this place where the default is you look at everything. Makes the place feel friendlier.

Which brings me to the next wish: Show the list of all unread threads in a single huge page. The same as what "Show unread posts since last visit." does today, but everything on a single page. I like open a bunch of tabs, and then read everything which interests me afterwards, as opposed to opening a thread, read, post, return to list, repeat.

Just my $ .02.

[Mercury]

Just click "Show unread posts since last visit".  Once you have checked out the whole forum(a daunting task) it will show everything you haven't viewed even if you haven't posted in it.