new Chetboard
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:01 pm
It is certainly going to take some getting used to. But then, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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Randy Finney wrote:Yes, this is what worries me the most as well. The main reason I visit the board is to hear what the "old guys" - although young at heart! - have to say.
From the comments I have read, I think what some are finding a little uninviting about he new format is that a) discussions are segregated, and; b) the levels of hierarchy (finding and getting up to date on an established discussion requires lots of clicking, page turning, and manual sorting).
Part of the solution is easy and can be "fixed" by the user. First, set your preferences up to log in automatically. Then click on "view active topics" and bookmark the page that appears. When returning to the board, click this new bookmark and you will automatically log in and bypass all the segregation. As an added bonus, this page defaults to a descending sort so you will be able to get a quick read on what the newest post is, however, this will still be limited to only one per topic unless....
....the other part of the solution is embraced by the "Chetboard Brass". This would require the code to be tweaked to show multiple reply posters for each topic (truncated to 5 or 6 or whatever is reasonable). It would not be complicated to do this tweak.
Implementing both the above would give Chetboard users the best of both worlds. It would allow those who choose to, to use the new board exactly like the old one. At the same time, it would allow those who choose to, to interface with the board via its current default set up.
Hope I am not out of line by suggesting this. (Although, I have been in trouble here before and survived )
Randy
Gary Smith wrote:It is certainly going to take some getting used to. But then, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
David Elliott wrote:Hi Tom,
Also, can you explain why I am listed as a 'member', and as a 'registered' user, but there is nothing to indicate that I am online when browsing a particular 'topic'? In other words, how can I get off the 'guest' list, when I have no desire to be anonomous, and I've lived here for ten years?
Thanks,
David