How to upload Attachments

[jbennet]

How to upload attachments

Click "Go advanced" then the paperclip.

This works in IE7 and Firefox 3, i tried it under both.

[Ancient Dragon]

Is there a point to this thread?

[Dani]

I'm confused.

[~s.o.s~]

I guess this is meant for people who are facing problems uploading attachments but yeah, even I am confused.

[John A]

*yaaaawn* I'm sure it will help all those people that keep asking how to upload attachments.

[jbennet]

Its to show Mechabas he keeps sending me angry PMs telling me it wont work for him.

[~s.o.s~]

If you don't want to, you are under no obligation to reply to his PM's or entertain him on a personal level just because you are a moderator. If you are troubled by his PM's, bring this up with a super-mod or administrator as PM's with objectionable contents fall under the rules of infrationable offense.

We already have a Daniweb Community Feedback forum for such kind of things; ask him to bring up the issue here.

[jbennet]

Its no problem i just made this thread to show him and hopefulyl others where the button is.

[Nick Evan]

If people are too stupid to know that the paperclip is used for attachments, they have no business on a 'IT Discussion Community' IMO.

[Ancient Dragon]

If people are too stupid to know that the paperclip is used for attachments, they have no business on a 'IT Discussion Community' IMO.

What makes you think people will automatically know what that paper clip is for? I didn't know what it was for until just now when I read your post because I always scrolled down and hit the "Manage Attachments" button.

[jbennet]

+1

[Nick Evan]

What makes you think people will automatically know what that paper clip is for? I didn't know what it was for until just now when I read your post because I always scrolled down and hit the "Manage Attachments" button.

Perhaps I was a bit quick on the draw, but the paperclip icon is a pretty standard icon nowadays. Not only by Microsoft standards, but programs like Thunderbird also use it. So I thought it was accepted as a standard like the "open file" icon etc. I was obviously mistaken.

+1

+1 what?

[~s.o.s~]

> +1 what?

Maybe James' way of saying that he agrees with the above post? ;-)

[jbennet]

yup, +1 to AD.

The paperclip isnt always recognised by non technical users

[cohen]

I've had one problem, and it was a server time out, otherwise no problems :)

Cohen

[MidiMagic]

I see some of the strangest icons that people think I will know what they mean (or even that they are icons):

- A man 's head on the menu bar
- A globe that looks like it is on roller skates
- A white cross on a red background
- A green hand holding up a building
- Two A s and an X overlapped
- An envelope with a lightning bolt on it
- A smiley face that is spinning
- A picture of a rocket ship from the 1950s
- A finger pointing at a document
- A necktie with a "no" circle on it
- A picture of a clown
- A lighthouse
- A squeeze bulb horn
- A duck in a raincoat

[WaltP]

Don't you know the universal icons for... for... heck, I don't know either!!!