[ANSTHRLD] OSCAR and ACE differences for commenters

[Kathleen O'Brien]

On 1/10/2012 4:35 AM, Doug Bell wrote:
> OSCAR - ACE differences
>
> 1- Be careful to remove any<  >  characters from St. Gabriel reports before posting on OSCAR. These can be interpreted as HTML commands and OSCAR will attempt to execute such with unexpected results.

The only place this really applies is <i> and you can get around that by 
putting in spaces:  < i >

Removing < > completely from S. Gabriel reports removes the readers 
ability to easily detect specific spellings from a general reference to 
the name that we're talking about.  So, it's really not that great an idea.


> 2- There is no Delete Comment command in OSCAR as there is in ACE. You can edit a comment once posted but not delete it.

Correct.  That's on purpose.  It's actually fairly normal for us to add 
a comment like "Oh, I goofed in my earlier comment".  We're human, it 
happens.  But to be able to remove a comment entirely would mess up the 
dialogue flow and that's critical to have in order to understand the 
discussion.  In general, we only use editing a comment to fix a typo or 
to say something like "Oops.  Duplicate comment added.  Removed."  Or a 
note that the comment was supposed to be under the device and you added 
it to the name, so you moved it.


> 3- You have to use a blank line between comments for separations.
>
> in ACE
>
> My name
> My - English given name
> 1544 Names from Pensance
> by the Great Dufus
> My - given name
>
> in OSCAR becomes
> My name My - English given name 1544 Names from Pensance by the Great Dufus My - given name
>
> In OSCAR you have to enter it as:
> My name
>
> My - English given name
>
> 1544 Names from Pensance
>
> by the Great Dufus
>
> My - given name

Actually, you can add it as:

My name
My - English given name
1544 Names from Pensance
by the Great Dufus
My - given name

but you have to add <BR> (for a line break) after each line where you 
want it to break but that you don't have a blank line afterwards.  So:

My name<BR>
My - English given name<BR>
1544 Names from Pensance<BR>
by the Great Dufus<BR>
My - given name

will get you:

My name
My - English given name
1544 Names from Pensance
by the Great Dufus
My - given name



> 4- OSCAR has a time out and sign out feature. If left idle for a period of time you will be logged out automatically.
> I recommend you not leave the edit box to enter comments idle for any length of time. If you have to leave go ahead and post that part of the comment.
> I usually compose a comment in a word processor and paste it into the edit box.
> There are rarely occurring bugs in the edit box that can on rare occasions delete your entry or post it multiple times.

The sign out is a 1 hour idle time, last I checked.  I routinely take 20 
or 30 minutes to research and write up a comment and I haven't had any 
problems.

The only problem I've hit is when I am not paying attention and 
accidentally click away from the page.  Then I loose what I've written. 
  So, when writing an especially tricky comment, I'll select all and hit 
copy every so often so my last version is saved to my clipboard.  That 
way, if I mess up and click away, I can paste it back in when I navigate 
back to the Comment page.

I haven't hit one that has posted my comments multiple times.

> safe journeys
> Magnus
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