>If you decide to keep the annoying popup
I cannot see it staying there for good. I hope not.

I haven't found a bit tiny thing of democracy yet... For all it is worth, issues like double-posting shouldn't be existing for good visibility/functionality. But, one good reason isn't enough.

Also, comments in reputation should allow a feedback to be fair. That's very rustic.

I think user feedback should be taken into account.

Why would you? DaniWeb is not a democracy. If you want to think of it in political terms then it would be a dictatorship, as all web sites are.

We delete double posts whenever found.

So, just make another rep post.

I think user feedback should be taken into account.[/QUOTE]

Let me put this bluntly.

DaniWeb never claims to be a democracy. I created the website. People are welcome to use it. If you don't like it, you're welcome to go elsewhere to a different website.

DaniWeb is also what pays my rent. It's my business and I want my business to be successful. Therefore, it's most definitely in my best interests to make sure that the majority of visitors are happy and keep coming back.

All that being said, we have a feedback forum. I read every single post that is made in this forum, and every single post is taken into consideration. However, it also needs to be appreciated that a majority of site visitors don't post at all, or don't post in the feedback forum. I still try to do what's best for the greater majority by carefully analyzing analytics and tracking statistics and coupling all of that hard numerical data with what people say and think in this feedback forum.

So you *are* being heard. Just because not every single thing that every single person says isn't done doesn't mean it wasn't considered or at least heard by the right people. Remember, 4,000 people have made at least 20 posts on DaniWeb and 400 people have posted within the past day and a half. Fewer than 10 people have given their opinions about the welcome popup. I'm not going to take a poll of five people to decide what's best for thousands.

But, like I said, you are being heard. I didn't get a chance to post about it until now, but early this morning I made a change so that the welcome popup only appears when it's the first page on DaniWeb you see when you arrive from another site. If you didn't come from another site (you typed in the URL manually or it's bookmarked) you will no longer see the popup at all. Hopefully that's an acceptable compromise. And if it's not, well ... we're not a democracy

A sort of balance must exist because we're talking about an online community. If a member feels uncomfortable, obviously would leave. That may not concern however remote it may be, new users will come like a cascade does But, even great sites like Facebook are changing that line of thinking of merely "I do what I want". Sites that doesn't meet with standard values or doesn't grow in terms of flexibility, will decline to make room more comfortable communities... or even similar sites.

This popup can be the most annoying for someone, my case, I don't reset cookies and fortunately cookies doesn't expire so fast, everything is fine. Despite of that, I remember such advertisement wasn't well received the first time I logged in days ago. I had to register mandatory (long time ago) to several websites only to see a worthless posts (or dead links).

So, time will say if a site policy really works for you, hope for the best sake in the world. However, these suggestions are not crazy ideas. A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it. (George W. Bush).

P.S. I want to add, that little change in the popup logic is really great!

P.P.S. We must become the change we want to see. (Gandhi)

cscgal> If you didn't come from another site (you typed in the URL manually or it's bookmarked) you will no longer see the popup at all. Hopefully that's an acceptable compromise.

More than acceptable. Thank you.

Good job Dani.

I can tell you why double posting in the same thread occurs. It happens to me all the time. But I usually edit the duplicate to say something else.

When you go to post, sometimes you never get the reply back from DaniWeb. The browser either times out or sits there indefinitely waiting for a failed advertisement to load. If you then use Refresh to get the new version of the page, it posts the same post again.

It happens me usually with Youtube, javascript doesn't refresh sometimes. What I called 'double posting' is when you want to add more information and edit option expired, using Quick Reply will create another post instead of concatenate the last one.

I like the new login system on this website, as well another changes made, saves one or more pages loaded.