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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  • The other thing I have done is to remove all Groups and Forums from my Favorites so that I can use the Favorites to link to threads of current interest. I hope this will be temporary and that better seperation of Favorite Groups, Forums & Threads can be accomplished. The Groups are already available via the "Group List" widget. I think it would be great if there were several seperate Favorite Places Drop-Down lists at the top of the page: Blogs, Forums, Wikis & Groups. Perhaps all under the one Drop-Down & each with its own Fly-Out List. I would also like to configure the default Tab for the Forums (Unread). I still would like one page which would consolidate all Unread threads from ALL Favorite Forums.

  • Yes please! Since I will be rarely looking at blogs and wikis, and even files, I would love to be able to put them 'out of the way' somewhere so my focus can really be on Forums.

  • Unknown said:

    Yes please! Since I will be rarely looking at blogs and wikis, and even files, I would love to be able to put them 'out of the way' somewhere so my focus can really be on Forums.

    One of the significant aspects of the way things are organized now is to put wiki, blog, and file content alongside forums. Put those "out of the way" and you will miss out on information that is likely to answer questions before you even have to ask them.

      

  • Phil,

    What I am looking for (and I think many others - Richard included) is quick access to the content need from all pages. With the current organization of the "Favorite Places" it is difficult, at best, to discern which link goes to which Blog, Forum, Group, Wiki or even Thread. The Titles are truncated to the point they only show the Sub-Forum & Threads are interspersed withing the Forums also I find that trying to display Groups, Forums & etc. at the same time most of the time will require the user to use the # more link and even then sometimes need to click through several pages to get to a SHORTCUT to their Favorite Forum.

    Even though it appears I have nothing but criticism for the site, for the most part I like the new layout and the abiltiy to customize the home page. It would be nice If we could specify which widgets should be persistent throughout the site. Also the fixed width / size of the pages seems to be a waste of space (you can hardly buy a monitor w/ a 4:3  aspect anymore). It would be nice if the "main" frame would resize with the window and the leave the supplementary frames a fixed width.

    Thanks - Roy