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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 09/08/2004 : 19:17:13
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I think those little blue arrows that take you to the last post within a thread are a great feature, but for some reason they only appear on threads when you view them within their respective folders.
I often simply check the most recent posts on the right side of the home page, and the arrows do not appear there. It would be very helpful if they did. (Like when Verlch's Assertions gets bumped.) 
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Edited by - H. Humbert on 09/08/2004 19:52:56
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
 Posted - 10/02/2004 : 01:53:30 [Permalink]
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Hmm, well I realize no one had any feedback on my last idea, but I have another.
When you start a new reply to a post, several older posts are listed under your text box. This is a great idea, as you can often cut and paste or otherwise look over previous posts on the same page. I cannot tell you how many times on other forums I would have to cancel my post so I could re-read something before continuing to reply again.
However, the posts listed start with the first post (topic starter) and work their way down. On short threads this is fine. But on multiple page threads, the discussion has usually long superceded the first few posts.
So I think it would be more helpful to list the posts starting from the new reply and work their way on up from there. That way, the most recent posts are readily available to review and comment on.
Of course, I have no idea whether this is easy or difficult to implement, but this seems to make the most sense to me.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
| Edited by - H. Humbert on 10/02/2004 02:01:07 |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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26031 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 07:59:47 [Permalink]
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Not being the webmaster here, I can't tell you whether or not these ideas are easy or difficult to implement, either. But I didn't want to leave you hanging anymore, either.
On the second idea, I've seen other forums on which the reply form had the last 50 or so posts from the thread, listed in reverse order, even (so the last post was closest to the reply box itself). And at the bottom, if there were more than 50 posts, a link to open a new browser window with the normal thread view.
Here, given that we've got 15 posts per page, I figure if this gets implemented, it'd probably also be the last 15 posts below the box. But that's quite a few for most threads, anyway. |
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@tomic
Administrator
USA
4607 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 10:47:11 [Permalink]
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I'm sorry I missed this one. You have an excellent point here which I never considered. I will look into it and it should be quite doable. I think this would make an excellent addition to this bit of code.
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 12:41:11 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by @tomic
I'm sorry I missed this one. You have an excellent point here which I never considered. I will look into it and it should be quite doable. I think this would make an excellent addition to this bit of code.
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Thanks for the responses, both of you.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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@tomic
Administrator
USA
4607 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 14:58:33 [Permalink]
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It should never be that hard to navigate to the end. At the top and bottom of every topic with more than one page is a selection box that allows you to go directly to the page you want.
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Dave W.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9696 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 18:04:39 [Permalink]
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A feature related to this topic is some kind of marker indicating topics I have written a post to. Icons to the left each topic is a folder that is blue, yellow, flaming, or has a lock. I've seen other Snitz-forum where there is a black dot in the icon, thus indicating that I have made a post in that thread.
When I'm in a hurry, and being stressed, I sometimes forget what threads I have posted to. In this case, I don't have to search for those threads, but I can see them directly in the list on the "active topics" page. It's a nice way to know what threads one should prioritize. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 19:10:06 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
A feature related to this topic is some kind of marker indicating topics I have written a post to. Icons to the left each topic is a folder that is blue, yellow, flaming, or has a lock. I've seen other Snitz-forum where there is a black dot in the icon, thus indicating that I have made a post in that thread.
When I'm in a hurry, and being stressed, I sometimes forget what threads I have posted to. In this case, I don't have to search for those threads, but I can see them directly in the list on the "active topics" page. It's a nice way to know what threads one should prioritize.
Yeah, the IMDB Message Boards have an email system that actually notifies you when someone replies to your post. The difference is their threads are nested, so topics can branch off with different conversations developing within single threads. Here it's linear, so the person posting after you isn't necessarily replying to you. So I don't think that system would work here.
The SFN's "My Page" layout comes close. It lists all the threads you've started, as well as your "recent topics"--except that list shows every thread you've been in, including those you peeked in but never posted.
In any case I agree. I wish there was a slightly better way to keep track of my most recent posts. IMDB keeps a running history, a list all of your posts which you can click to go directly into that spot within a thread. Something along those lines would be ideal, but again I have no idea how hard that would be to code or whether that would run into any storage consumption issues.
Just throwing out ideas.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
| Edited by - H. Humbert on 10/15/2004 20:03:12 |
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@tomic
Administrator
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4607 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 22:45:41 [Permalink]
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Hmmmm, I can examine these things but I also want to point out that if you look at your profile there is a list of recent topics you have posted to. It's not complete but it's something. There is also the ability to bookmark a topic. I have noticed this flag at a forum I frequent and must admit that I was rather intruiged by it. I am sure I could whip something like this up. It probably already exists.
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