New Forum Feedback

This may be a bit premature (and not taking into account bugs) but so far as one in a sea of users, I like the new forums. Though a little bit hard to find at first, the new layout and wealth of user perferences is great.

A couple of suggestions:

  • I've liked forums that list a "number of times viewed" column. It helps to know what other users have looked at, what they have found helpful, especially threads I have started.
  • Probably not suitable for a company forum, but I also like a Thanks feature, that you can thank a user and it is a user statistic - I think it encourages user contribution more.
  • Is the "answered" category similar to the "solved" feature in other forums? Ie where the user who posts the thread can tick a "Is Solved" box when the question is answered.

That's all, so far so good.

steve

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  • There are a few new good things about the new forum - one specifically being able to filter a forum for posts that I have contributed to - something that was sorely missing from the old one.

    In general I do like the look, but think there is way too much wasted space, taken up with BIG headings and lots of blank space.

    I also think there needs to be a link back to the forum at the bottom of the page, not just the top. For people like me who like to read logically in descending order of posts, we get to the bottom of the page and then have to scroll all the way back to the top to get back to the forum (unless we shortcut by using 'Back' keys or mouse gestures).

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