Talk:Strong Bad Email

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Emails that mention Strong Badia

I think there have been too many emails that mention Strong Badia, as in ISP and mini-golf. So far, there have been 11 emails concerning this topic, and seven of those are from the Lappy 486 era. Should we create a Strong Bad Email-related article on this or something? --Charlie Jr. 15:28, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

A category, perhaps, but I don't see what more an article could say. — It's dot com 15:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

A bug/glitch inherent to all Lappy-era SBEmails

Just noticed just now, playing around with my tablet, that if you click on the lappy's screen 3 times simultaneously (in the form of a regular click, and a button bound to double-click), the little distortion thing stays there, until a scene transition. It's also possible to make a smaller ring that goes away after a few seconds, by botching the timing. It'd probably be easier to do using a mouse, and mouse software that lets you bind a button to double click. Dunno if it's significant enough to be mentioned?

Oops, forgot signature. Arrkhal 19:39, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so. If you have to do this, then that, then this, if you have this, it should not be mentioned. ^{The Goblin!!} 14:05, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Pressing two buttons is hardly what I'd call "this, then that, then this." Plenty of input devices have a button bound to double-click by default, like Wacom Intuos3 pens. And a ton of really old 3-button mice have the middle button bound to double click by default. It's just push two buttons (one bound to click, one bound to double click) at about the same time, and it happens. Very simple. -Arrkhal 19:50, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Arrkhal, keep in mind that, although numerous, programmable pointing devices (and more so tablets) are not universally employed by users. This means that in order to duplicate the "bug" a normal wiki reader would likely have to a) buy a mouse that's programmable b) learn how to program said mouse, c) actually program the action (assuming it's not a factory default) and d) perform the rather tricky-looking action you described. To most users this is more than "just a few clicks". If, however, the bug involved "triple clicking at a certain moment", perhaps it might be a worthwhile consideration. --Stux 20:13, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Infobox for Sbemails?

I propost that to make the sbemails look a little better on the page, and maybe a little more professional, how about an infobox? It would replace all the stuff at the top of the page, except for the description. See the example for mile to the right. ^{The Goblin!!} 14:17, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

mile

Cast (in order of appearance):	Strong Bad, The Cheat, Bubs, Marzipan, Homestar Runner, Coach Z, The Poopsmith
Places:	Computer Room, Strong Bad's Basement, Strong Badia, The Field
Computer:	Compa (cartoon version of the Compy 386)
Date:	Monday, October 13, 2003
Running Time:	2:27
Page Title:	Compy 386!!
DVD:	strongbad_email.exe Disc Three

It looks pretty good, aside from it intruding the transcript section a bit (though I think I can deal with that). If we adopt this idea, we'd have to add the infobox to every sbemail page, and perhaps even to toons and shorts. I like the new look, but would it be worth all the work? — ^Sam_{Fisher (Come in, Lambert.)} 15:23, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I was wondering about this, when creating it, maybe a bot that automatically does it, or just a wiki-wide project. ^{The Goblin!!} 15:30, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't know enough about bots to say for sure, but it seems plausible for an autoreplace to happen. I like the look of the box in general, since it makes it a little more compact. My main concern is the the spacing, particularly of the "Running Time" field. It wraps in the table. Perhaps for that one line, maybe have it as "valign=bottom"? wbwolf (t | ed) 16:48, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Alternately, shortening the label to "Run time:" solves the alignment issue. wbwolf (t | ed) 16:53, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

This has been tried already (several times, actually). The general consensus was that the infobox didn't work uniformly enough across various resolutions and browsers, and that it didn't offer a substantial improvement over what we already have. — It's dot com 17:27, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

The format looks different between mine and yours, and I can see why people refused to use it. I'm on Safri right now, and it looks fine. Could people on other browers please tell me how it looks on that? ^{The Goblin!!} 18:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

The two styles are not that different at all. You picked an email for testing that has a lot of text before Strong Bad actually pulls up the message, and most emails aren't like that. When you put your style with a more typical email, the same problems arise. My version is actually more compact than yours. — It's dot com 18:42, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Emails/computer?

Should we give the # of emails checked next to each computer name? Currently it's: Pom Pilot:1, Corpy NT6: 2 (3 if you count its appearance in 4 branches), Block: 1 The Cheats computers: 1 (2 if you count redesign), Tandy - 39 (Not counting Weird Dream (The Cheat's) and The Bird (Pom Pilot) counting retirement), Compy: 79 (counting retirement), Lappy : 63 (not counting from work). We could put other computers on a smaller section.--Healthy Sam 16:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

What the pfargtl?

On the email menu right now it says business trip- NEW! twice, the top one leading to 404'd!, and the web address being "sbemail183". Should this be noted somewhere?-71.164.171.142

New Computer

When will the fourth computer be "released"? — 124.176.190.64 (Talk | contribs) 05:15, 28 November 2007 (UTC) (left unsigned)

In the future.

Seriously, that's all we can say. There's no evidence to the Lappy's replacement yet (though the DVD-exclusive email speculates that Strong Bad will use a Zappy XT6 "in five years". --DorianGray 05:21, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

What's his email?

i want to email him, but i don't have a E-mail client aside from Gmail and clicking on the link at the end opens up outlook, which i don't use. Poopskin, the 2nd Human Wedgie™ 13:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)