Does anybody know what the MSDN forum symbols mean
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Well, maybe it is not a good idea to ask for the questions of one website's conventions in another one, but I found a lot CPians posting in MSDN forums. And since the lounge is a true online reflection of "freedom of speech", I think I can ask it anyway. I have been posting some replies on MSDN forums lately. Not that I am doing a good job ;P, but surprisingly some people actually marked my answers as relevant. But today there was this question I could not answer properly. The next time I checked in the forum to find out what was happening, I saw this symbol against my post that looked like the letter 'Y' written on a piece of paper. I tried looking everywhere for what that symbol meant, but never found it anywhere. Does anybody know what the symbol means or where I can find the meaning of various symbols that MSDN forums use to sign all the posts with? :)
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
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Well, maybe it is not a good idea to ask for the questions of one website's conventions in another one, but I found a lot CPians posting in MSDN forums. And since the lounge is a true online reflection of "freedom of speech", I think I can ask it anyway. I have been posting some replies on MSDN forums lately. Not that I am doing a good job ;P, but surprisingly some people actually marked my answers as relevant. But today there was this question I could not answer properly. The next time I checked in the forum to find out what was happening, I saw this symbol against my post that looked like the letter 'Y' written on a piece of paper. I tried looking everywhere for what that symbol meant, but never found it anywhere. Does anybody know what the symbol means or where I can find the meaning of various symbols that MSDN forums use to sign all the posts with? :)
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
URL to this thread?
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URL to this thread?
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=639043&SiteID=1 Also let me know if I was badly off the mark in my answer.
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
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http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=639043&SiteID=1 Also let me know if I was badly off the mark in my answer.
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
I cannot see any 'Y' symbol in that thread. :confused:
Regards, Nish
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I cannot see any 'Y' symbol in that thread. :confused:
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Well, only now I found out that the symbol I am talking about is the one which is supposed to signify "contains sample code". It is a shame that the symbol came up because I myself choose to mark the post as "contains sample code"!!!!:rolleyes: Have to say, poor presence of mind. :^) Probably because of all the traveling I did from Bangalore to Hyderabad today morning. But nice pubbing during short stay there. You've been to Bangalore anytime?
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
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I cannot see any 'Y' symbol in that thread. :confused:
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)I think the op is referring to the 4th message in that thread. There's some kind of icon next to the blue "pencil" icon.
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Well, maybe it is not a good idea to ask for the questions of one website's conventions in another one, but I found a lot CPians posting in MSDN forums. And since the lounge is a true online reflection of "freedom of speech", I think I can ask it anyway. I have been posting some replies on MSDN forums lately. Not that I am doing a good job ;P, but surprisingly some people actually marked my answers as relevant. But today there was this question I could not answer properly. The next time I checked in the forum to find out what was happening, I saw this symbol against my post that looked like the letter 'Y' written on a piece of paper. I tried looking everywhere for what that symbol meant, but never found it anywhere. Does anybody know what the symbol means or where I can find the meaning of various symbols that MSDN forums use to sign all the posts with? :)
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
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Well, only now I found out that the symbol I am talking about is the one which is supposed to signify "contains sample code". It is a shame that the symbol came up because I myself choose to mark the post as "contains sample code"!!!!:rolleyes: Have to say, poor presence of mind. :^) Probably because of all the traveling I did from Bangalore to Hyderabad today morning. But nice pubbing during short stay there. You've been to Bangalore anytime?
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
AbhishekBK wrote:
You've been to Bangalore anytime?
Yes, a few years ago - and we did go to a pub - forgot its name.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New) -
I think the op is referring to the 4th message in that thread. There's some kind of icon next to the blue "pencil" icon.
Hans Dietrich wrote:
I think the op is referring to the 4th message in that thread. There's some kind of icon next to the blue "pencil" icon.
Yeah - realized that now. But it didn't look like a Y to me :-)
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New) -
Well, maybe it is not a good idea to ask for the questions of one website's conventions in another one, but I found a lot CPians posting in MSDN forums. And since the lounge is a true online reflection of "freedom of speech", I think I can ask it anyway. I have been posting some replies on MSDN forums lately. Not that I am doing a good job ;P, but surprisingly some people actually marked my answers as relevant. But today there was this question I could not answer properly. The next time I checked in the forum to find out what was happening, I saw this symbol against my post that looked like the letter 'Y' written on a piece of paper. I tried looking everywhere for what that symbol meant, but never found it anywhere. Does anybody know what the symbol means or where I can find the meaning of various symbols that MSDN forums use to sign all the posts with? :)
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
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Well, maybe it is not a good idea to ask for the questions of one website's conventions in another one, but I found a lot CPians posting in MSDN forums. And since the lounge is a true online reflection of "freedom of speech", I think I can ask it anyway. I have been posting some replies on MSDN forums lately. Not that I am doing a good job ;P, but surprisingly some people actually marked my answers as relevant. But today there was this question I could not answer properly. The next time I checked in the forum to find out what was happening, I saw this symbol against my post that looked like the letter 'Y' written on a piece of paper. I tried looking everywhere for what that symbol meant, but never found it anywhere. Does anybody know what the symbol means or where I can find the meaning of various symbols that MSDN forums use to sign all the posts with? :)
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
So why not hover your mouse over the icon in question? It'll probably indicate something like, "This post has a code sample with it."
"Money talks. When my money starts to talk, I get a bill to shut it up." - Frank
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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So why not hover your mouse over the icon in question? It'll probably indicate something like, "This post has a code sample with it."
"Money talks. When my money starts to talk, I get a bill to shut it up." - Frank
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
That does not happen for the "Contains code" image at my place.
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
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That does not happen for the "Contains code" image at my place.
Abhishek The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. --Mark Twain
I'm not sure what the problem could be. What browser are you using? In any case, the HTML looks like: <img src="/MSDN/emoticons/PostAttributeIMG/CodeSampleIcon.gif" alt="This post has a code sample within it." >
"Money talks. When my money starts to talk, I get a bill to shut it up." - Frank
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb