With so many people in this community managing threads that are more conducive to "shopping" than standard forum-like conversation, it seems like there should be formatting options tailored to that kind of forum use. The ability to use tables would consolidate info, speed up trade thread browsing, and be more space-efficient for all of our computer screens. This feature, however, is conspicuously absent from Smogon and practically all other Pokemon trade forums on the Internet. I wrote some simple and quick code as an example of what I mean to pitch:
Thread Example
Despite some of wonderful formatting things I've seen people do under the limitations we currently have, tables would undeniably make threads easier to read compared to the bulky trade threads we have now. I don't know what sort of formatting problems enabling HTML might cause for you admins, but I think it would be worth having at least some option to use tables in posts. If giving users full HTML power is an issue, another idea is to give users access to a very simple WYSIWYG table editor that restricts tables and table use accordingly.
Has the tabling option been reasonably explored and dismissed in the past or is it possible to implement this idea?
Thread Example
Despite some of wonderful formatting things I've seen people do under the limitations we currently have, tables would undeniably make threads easier to read compared to the bulky trade threads we have now. I don't know what sort of formatting problems enabling HTML might cause for you admins, but I think it would be worth having at least some option to use tables in posts. If giving users full HTML power is an issue, another idea is to give users access to a very simple WYSIWYG table editor that restricts tables and table use accordingly.
Has the tabling option been reasonably explored and dismissed in the past or is it possible to implement this idea?