RichM Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Hi I’d be grateful if members could use this topic to submit any common acronyms (along with their meaning) related to boating or our waterways, or even related subjects. (E.g electrical/plumbing) so we can populate the database with useful tool tips for the benefit of other members. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, RichM said: Hi I’d be grateful if members could use this topic to submit any common acronyms related to boating or our waterways, or even related subjects. (E.g electrical/plumbing) so we can populate the database with useful tool tips for the benefit of other members. Thanks in advance Please can you explain the purpose of tool tips. Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 minute ago, David Mack said: Please can you explain the purpose of tool tips. Thanks Type CRT and see what happens ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 No problem: Hover your mouse pointer over the below for example: Nb CRT BCN WB Not urgent by any means but no doubt will prove useful to some and I thought the topic may be a bit of fun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Usual one, BOAT, Bung On Another Thousand 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Well I can see they have a dotted underline, but nothing happens when I touch them on the phone - Samsung browser. Makes no difference whether I am using Legacy or Default theme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Just now, Ray T said: Usual one, BOAT, Bung On Another Thousand I like it but I think we will need to be a little selective as to avoid underlining the whole forum. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Just now, David Mack said: Well I can see they have a dotted underline, but nothing happens when I touch them on the phone - Samsung browser. Makes no difference whether I am using Legacy or Default theme. Same, it seems to be a desktop feature only though I’ve not tested it on a tablet. Sorry! Ironically I needed to create a topic for mobile device/testing purposes which is half the point of this topic but thought I may as well post something productive. - appreciate there’s bigger things we also need to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac of Cygnet Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, RichM said: No problem: Hover your mouse pointer over the below for example: Nb CRT BCN WB Not urgent by any means but no doubt will prove useful to some and I thought the topic may be a bit of fun too. Nothing happened. Laptop running Windows 10, Chrome browser. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 does nothing on an iPad either 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mac of Cygnet said: Nothing happened. Laptop running Windows 10, Chrome browser. Thanks will look into that but if in meantime we can keep the acronyms coming, that will be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen-in-Wellies Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, David Mack said: Well I can see they have a dotted underline, but nothing happens when I touch them on the phone - Samsung browser. Makes no difference whether I am using Legacy or Default theme. It is a feature that should work on interfaces with mouse pointers on the screen. Hover over the word and the acronym is expanded. There is an html tag called <abbr>, short for abbreviation, which I am guessing that the forum is using. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on phone/tablet style screens. Jenny Edited January 19, 2021 by Jen-in-Wellies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendorr Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Works fine, HP laptop, Win 10, Chrome browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacka Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 On my iPad I can’t hover, but if I touch the WB it opens a search bar containing WB at the bottom of the screen, if I tap search it’s first suggestion for WB is WarnerBrothers. I like the idea, but not there yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac of Cygnet Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Kendorr said: Works fine, HP laptop, Win 10, Chrome browser. Which is exactly what I've got and it doesn't work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 only problem is where you have an acronym with multiple options, for example; Nb - Narrowboat Nb - Nota bene, used extensively to show importance of part of text especially in legal documents Nb - In modern society short for Non Binary for gender identity Nb - New Brunswick if you're Canadian on a platform where you can't hover it could be taken out of context possibly? useful for common text-speak terms that some are not used to with things like AFAIK, ISTR, AFAIAA, TLDR, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 PRV Pressure Relief Valve. MCB Miniature Circuit Breaker. RCD Residual Current Device. RCCB Residual Current Circuit Breaker. RCBO Residual Current Circuit Breaker with Over Current. VSR Voltage Sensitive Relay. I'll think of more later, great idea by the way. Tracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendorr Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 29 minutes ago, Mac of Cygnet said: Which is exactly what I've got and it doesn't work! All I do is to move the cursor over the abbreviation, don't click anything and after a very short time, the word appears 20 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: nly problem is where you have an acronym with multiple options, for example; Nb - Narrowboat Nb - Nota bene, used extensively to show importance of part of text especially in legal documents Nb - In modern society short for Non Binary for gender identity Nb - New Brunswick if you're Canadian Even on this, hover above Nb in all 4 cases, Narrowboat shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris G Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Works fine with a mouse and Windows 10 on a desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 IWA - Inland Waterways Association RCHS - Railway and Canal Historical Society FMC - Fellows, Morton and Clayton WI - Waterways Ireland EA - Environment Agency TLA - Three letter acronym Confusion is possible, I had a brief but engaging correspondence with the treasurer of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society due to a minor error in an email address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtwin Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Kendorr said: Works fine, HP laptop, Win 10, Chrome browser. HP? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, Bigtwin said: HP? ? A laptop on which brown sauce has been spilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 24 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said: RCD Residual Current Device. RCD Recreational Craft Directive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB Alnwick Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 To be correct, I believe 'nb' = Narrow Boat, I do not believe the conjoined word Narrowboat can be correct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 21 minutes ago, Kendorr said: Even on this, hover above Nb in all 4 cases, Narrowboat shows. my point is, when you're on a mouseless device that you can't hover with and are faced with an acronym with multiple possibilities the feature becomes redundant. perhaps i'm just used to looking at things and thinking how would someone with no clue view it, comes from years of writing idiot-style guides to things 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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