Architecture-wise, should we habve links to the folders on the thread page. So if you're in, say, Spoilage and want to go to spoilage lite you go to folder/newpage rather than having to go home. I would say "breadcrumb trail" but I suspect ita and Misha would beat me up.
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Jim - Aug 23, 2005 2:33:12 am PDT #390 of 4671
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Jon B. - Aug 23, 2005 2:44:44 am PDT #391 of 4671
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Message Center, Jim.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 3:24:09 am PDT #392 of 4671
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have nothing against the term breadcrumbs, and they'll show up one day, I promise.
Jon B. - Aug 23, 2005 3:24:55 am PDT #393 of 4671
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Triangles instead of folders is done. Comments?
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 3:26:13 am PDT #394 of 4671
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the triangles are pretty, but I think they're less meaningful to the casual eye than the folders were.
amych - Aug 23, 2005 3:35:42 am PDT #395 of 4671
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I prefer the triangles. The folders were too small to really be visually meaningful, and I think a left-pointing triangle is a pretty well-known "more stuff under here" marker by now.
DXMachina - Aug 23, 2005 3:37:59 am PDT #396 of 4671
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The triangles are good, plus there's more space between the folder names now.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 3:39:19 am PDT #397 of 4671
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What it tells me (and I think that's only as an experienced user) is that if I click, the list will expand in the same space and show me the contents.
Which won't happen here.
To an inexperienced user, I think they'd look like triangles.
Jim - Aug 23, 2005 4:49:54 am PDT #398 of 4671
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I'm with ita, they look like twirlies and don't twirl which is odd. Message Centre only works if you have the thread you want subscribed, though, Jon.
I was sure you were violently agin breadcrumbs, ita. I may be losing my mind.
Volans - Aug 23, 2005 4:51:36 am PDT #399 of 4671
move out and draw fire
What it tells me (and I think that's only as an experienced user) is that if I click, the list will expand in the same space and show me the contents.
Same here. I just clicked to see if they did, in fact, expand. (Like "twisties" in Lotus Notes). I like the look of the triangles better than the folders, though, FWIW. (That's what I was coming in here to say: "Ooo, pretty red things!"
To an inexperienced user, I think they'd look like triangles.
Which is less of a problem, I think. They draw the eye, so inexperienced users who hit the home page will focus on them, and if said user is looking to talk about film or TV (ie, Buffy), s/he'll probably click correctly.