quote:Naturally you'd have to use a fixed width font, else just the variable digit width would throw off the formatting...
I don't think that's true, at least not in most cases. When TrueType fonts were first introduced to the PC back in the days of Windows 3.1, I did a bit of experimenting with proportionally spaced fonts. I could never find one that did not provide uniform spacing for numeric digits. Do you know of an exception?
I think that sounds like a great idea, moose. I sometimes click 'Submit Reply' too quickly myself. Perhaps the code could be written in such a way that no 'Submit Reply' button appears unless a preview window has been opened.
quote:Should it be advisory, e.g., "dBCode errors exist, post message anyway?" Plenty of dBCode errors could slip through with this approach.
I think they'd be less likely to slip through if the only option available at the bottom of the first edit window is 'Preview'. The poster would then be forced to view his post at least once before attaching it to the thread. Once 'Preview' has been clicked once, the 'Post' button would become available.