Want HTML support on the forum?

[Tim Green]

Now that the forum has been running smoothly for a couple of months it's pretty clear we have a well-behaved, high-class membership. I think it would thus be safe to enable HTML support for postings if there is demand for it.

When activated, the forum software's HTML support lets you use a limited set of HTML tags. The standard set is:

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b,i,u,pre,img

So two questions:

• 1:
  Would you like HTML support or is the existing BBCode support enough?
  2:
  Which tags would you like in addition to the standard set?

Hint: Don't even think about asking for <script> or <?php>

[Olivier Beltrami]

Would you like HTML support or is the existing BBCode support enough?

It's fine for me as it is now. Too much formatting diverts from content and focuses on container.

[Alexander Halser]

It's fine for me, too. The tags above are possible with BBCode as well, including the image tag.

[TomHenehan]

Let me cast another vote for leaving things as-is. Olivier is absolutely right; our primary focus is the content of our questions, answers, observations, etc.

For that matter, I wouldn't mind a bit if we had *fewer* cute features. For example, if we dropped the animated emoticons and had to use regular old-fashioned punctuation-mark constructions, I wouldn't lose any sleep. Ditto for the avatars; I chose one only because I felt obligated to play along. (Of course, Wally *is* my hero -- make that anti-hero.)

[Klaus (c:E]

very well as is, i agree. The only thing i am missing from time to time, is the opportunity to use a simple <table>.

[Eugene]

The forum is oK as it is. The animated emoticons are also oK. It even would be better to have some more