Tech Note: User Profiles Now with Ajax

Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:07:23 pm PDT

As we continue to Ajaxify the LGF Blog Engine, the latest new feature is the user profile display, which appears when you click on a commenter’s personal icon. (Or if they haven’t uploaded a personal icon, the tiny green football.)

Instead of opening a new window with the profile data, it now uses an Ajax-driven dialog box, letting you check out a profile without leaving the page or opening a window. (Note: you’ll need to be logged in to your LGF account to see profiles in the comment threads.)

UPDATE at 5/24/08 4:10:43 pm:

If you prefer to view the profiles the old way, you can still do that too, by right-clicking on the user’s icon (on the top line of their comment), then choosing ‘Open in new tab’ or ‘Open in new window’ from the popup menu.

UPDATE at 5/24/08 5:35:57 pm:

Internet Explorer is the odd browser out again; version 6 is crazy slow with the new feature, and version 7 isn’t much better. So for now, the new Ajax profile is disabled for Internet Explorer users.