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bthoma wrote: Not sure how you can prove how every message board in the world works, but regardless, it doesn't mean it's how this message board should work. Nearly every computer user in the world uses Internet Explorer as their web browser, and that's not necessarily a great idea either.
Posted on: 2011/8/10 5:42
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Posted on: 2011/8/10 5:37
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bthoma wrote: I have been a JC resident for three years, but recently have been more active & interested in contributing to JCList. There are two main frustrations with this service that keep popping up for me: The order of posts currently goes from first to last. This is especially frustrating when coming back to a topic to see a new post. I'm sure many people use RSS readers to keep up with JCList, and every time you click through to read the context of a new comment, you have to either scroll through all the previous comments, or click to get to the last page in the thread. At the very least the order of posts within a thread should be a user-controlled preference (first-to-last or last-to-first).
Posted on: 2011/8/9 22:44
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I agree. I always get sent to the last post. Then if I need to scroll back, it's easy. If there are multiple pages, click the last page and you should be taken to the last post.
Posted on: 2011/8/9 22:43
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bthoma wrote: Not sure how you can prove how every message board in the world works, but regardless, it doesn't mean it's how this message board should work. Nearly every computer user in the world uses Internet Explorer as their web browser, and that's not necessarily a great idea either.
Posted on: 2011/8/9 22:11
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When I go into a topic it always goes to the last posted message first.
That's how I've set the preferences.
Posted on: 2011/8/9 20:58
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Not sure how you can prove how every message board in the world works, but regardless, it doesn't mean it's how this message board should work. Nearly every computer user in the world uses Internet Explorer as their web browser, and that's not necessarily a great idea either.
Thanks for pointing me to where I could change the preference. Despite making the changes to my profile, the way messages display is still first-to-last. I'm not sure this is a bug that the administrators can fix, but it would be appreciated.
I also noticed that every thread does have a "view options" drop down to select last-to-first viewing, but again, it's now two extra clicks for every topic?not very user friendly. Would be fine if the option worked within the profile.
Posted on: 2011/8/9 20:49
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Nearly every messageboard in the world goes first to last. If you want it to go the other way around, you're gonna be messing around with a lot of habits.
That being said, if you go "your account" and then "Edit Profile" there's a field for 'Comments Sort Order" which you can change from Oldest First to Newest First.
Posted on: 2011/8/9 18:40
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I have been a JC resident for three years, but recently have been more active & interested in contributing to JCList. There are two main frustrations with this service that keep popping up for me:
The order of posts currently goes from first to last.
This is especially frustrating when coming back to a topic to see a new post. I'm sure many people use RSS readers to keep up with JCList, and every time you click through to read the context of a new comment, you have to either scroll through all the previous comments, or click to get to the last page in the thread. At the very least the order of posts within a thread should be a user-controlled preference (first-to-last or last-to-first).
There is an enormous amount of white space between posts, redundant buttons, and overall usability flaws.
I realize that you are using a third party system for managing this BB, but perhaps there can be some UI/front end improvements to make the site easier to read & use. I would target the white space between posts (makes it hard to get the flow of the discussion) and positioning of buttons (reply/new topic/etc.) within the threads.
I'm open to hearing other opinions, but I think these types of improvements would help JCList be more user-friendly.
Posted on: 2011/8/9 14:38
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