This is a test - This is only a test

[Michiel]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]A bit back on topic:

Zeke, does this forum filter out any html-tags? (Yes, I know. I just realised my square root code got accepted by the forum instead of replaced by character entities.)

If so, this could mess up the forum pretty badly if someone uses it and forgets to add a closing tag.[/colorost_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]I can see the doohickey in front (on IE 6), but no bar over the top (just for the record).[/colorost_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]At school the root sign doesn't have a horizontal line at the top, but here, at home, it does. There, the vinculum doesn't quite connect.[/colorost_uid0]

[Michiel]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Internet Explorer, huh?

Lets try again:

√12345

√12345[/colorost_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Oh, and that line is too high.[/colorost_uid0]

[Michiel]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Well, I suppose this will never be cross-browser compatible. Unless you forget about the vinculum or use an image.[/colorost_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Most computer programs, save for those specialized to create mathematcial symbols, don't use the vinculum anyhow.

Looks better to me. Gives the numbers a bit 'o fresh air.[/colorost_uid0]

[Derek]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Eventually MathML will come standard in all browsers and then you can make complex mathematical notations in a browser easily.

For example, sqrt(12345) would be expressed:

[bost_uid0]HTML[/bost_uid0]

[color=#333333ost_uid0]$$ 12345 [/colorost_uid0]

But currently most browsers (and webpages) aren't designed for it, so for now we have to resort to CSS tricks. (By the way, I think overline looked the best of all the examples so far.)[/colorost_uid0]

[Zeke]

[quoteost_uid0="Michiel"][color=#000000ost_uid0]Zeke, does this forum filter out any html-tags?[/colorost_uid0][/quoteost_uid0]
[color=#000000ost_uid0]It's possible, but if so, I don't know about them. I've always made a point of allowing HTML in posts because of how annoyed I get when I post at forums that don't allow it.[/colorost_uid0]

[taya17]

[quoteost_uid0="Zeke"][color=#000000ost_uid0]I've always made a point of allowing HTML in posts because of how annoyed I get when I post at forums that don't allow it.[/colorost_uid0][/quoteost_uid0]
[color=#000000ost_uid0]Hear, hear![/colorost_uid0]

[Derek]

[color=#000000ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0="Zeke"]I've always made a point of allowing HTML in posts because of how annoyed I get when I post at forums that don't allow it.[/quoteost_uid0]
I think they're just trying to protect you from people who would do this or worse.

(Click here if you click the first link.)

Bah. Then again, the fact that Javascript doesn't seem to work the same under all browsers might not make it such a bad thing.[/colorost_uid0]

[Michiel]

[color=#000000ost_uid0] Or from people who decide to change the appearence of the quote-boxes.

[quoteost_uid0]Bwaha[/quoteost_uid0]

But, seriously. There's a tag that makes the browser ignore every html-tag that's in it except for the correct closing tag. If that closing tag never comes, the reply-button is also gone. Some jerk loved doing this on another forum that allowed all html.

That's what iB Code is for. [/colorost_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Somehow, although I trust Derek, I find myself strangely unable to click on that first link... :suspicious: [/colorost_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]:lol: :lol: Don't worry, the second link fixes it :lol:[/colorost_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Not here it doesn't. It just gets me another strangeness. But reloading the page does.

You know, Michiel, I think I like the original quote-boxes better.

EDIT: That's better. [/colorost_uid0]

[Derek]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]If you use Mozilla (or Netscape, or Firebird, or something like that), it works as intended.

If you use IE, the change isn't as noticeable, but the second link (for some reason) will return you to the main forum after fixing the problem.

I have no idea what happens when you try it with Opera or some other browser like that.[/colorost_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Correction, after [iost_uid0]not[/iost_uid0] fixing the problem. As I see it, the then-lime block at the left bottom corner of your quote turns into some colour "#e9edf2" instead of white, like the rest of the post.[/colorost_uid0]

[Derek]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Whoops. That's because I'm not using the 5MV theme for the message boards, I'm using the other theme. It works fine for me. [/colorost_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Shame on you! [/colorost_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]Point taken: these HTML tricks you guys have demonstrated are pretty unsettling. However, I'm still going to allow HTML unless we actually start having trouble with people abusing it. This forum hasn't had much trolling in the past, and hopefully that'll continue.[/colorost_uid0]