Please use monospace font for unspecified code
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Here is a recent example:
The table is fixed width columns.
NTAccount LastUseDays UserDATDays FolderDays --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- 96 96 283 283 283 283 WS101\QBDataServiceUser20 143 143 148 WS101\admin 147 147 526 SEC\testuser2 9 9 18 SEC\pmazza 1 1 1 SEC\jvierra 0 0 37 SEC\DTrombitas 5 5 8 WS101\NETWORK SERVICE 5 5 5 WS101\LOCAL SERVICE 5 5 1080 WS101\SYSTEM 547 547 368Using the unspecified or any other style. Note that the clumsy are all collapsed do to the use of proportional spaced font (TrueType or other Justifiable font).
Here is what it looks like using a fixed font:
NTAccount LastUseDays UserDATDays FolderDays
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------
96 96 283
283 283 283
WS101\QBDataServiceUser20 143 143 148
WS101\admin 147 147 526
SEC\testuser2 9 9 18
SEC\pmazza 1 1 1
SEC\jvierra 0 0 37
SEC\DTrombitas 5 5 8
WS101\NETWORK SERVICE 5 5 5
WS101\LOCAL SERVICE 5 5 1080
WS101\SYSTEM 547 547 368
Now the columns line up but the structure uses <p> tags and is reformatted by the current style.
In most cases we would like a fixed column text display to display tables and things that don't collapse.
Now I can force this to work by hand editing the HTML but that completely breaks the edit box so I can only post a picture of what it should look like.
Note that editing the HTML is very frustrating - try it on more than a few lines. The edit box just jumps ll over the place.
All-in-all this web portal is a very bad advertisement for Microsoft but it does not have to be that way. I have worked with IIS since before ASP and IE. IIS is awesome especially with ASP.NET. There is no excuse for this behavior.
Wow! Inserting that image took me 15 minutes because tis site just fights everything. I could;upload so I had to link.
I worked with two off-shore companies from India. They both ran this Little scam on out web project. They made everything work exactly as the spec said an no more. Every time I ruined around functionality would disappear. If we said we need out edit box to accept (also) a European phone number then it would but only a European phone number. I would write a code templates to show what was required. They would argue that they couldn't be implemented. On every go-around we would get a new and bigger bill. We eventually fired both companies.
I have worked with Indian adChineesesoftware developers for many years. Most are veer competent, In fact most are awesome in their capabilities. Many are just scam operations.
I hope that sis not the case with this web portal but it does not seem to be improving in any significant way. Perhaps someone needs to review the complaints and adjust priorities.
I don't post this because I feel any lost value but I do think that a Microsoft site should do much better. This is a valuable resource for Microsoft admins. I support numerous admins and I would like to feel very proud of sending them to the MS Forums. I currently don't feel that this is the best advertisement for Microsoft Web technologies.
Please fix and update this forum portal. It should be a showcase and not an aggravation.
So Ed, if you can do anythig about this then great. If not I guess we wil just muddle through.
P.S.> I like the new look of your blog site.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Edited by jrv Saturday, June 30, 2012 1:08 AM
