Rather than changing our interface, could we just add a little mini-screenshot of the navigation bar to the "How to Navigate the Board" section on the How-To and FAQ pages? Currently, it explains how to use all the different navigational options, but it doesn't show where they are.
Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.
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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Jessica - Mar 15, 2004 10:10:29 am PST #6715 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Typo Boy - Mar 15, 2004 10:16:22 am PST #6716 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think this is as easy as it gets for non-threaded setups. I like threads, but I'm not only in the minority, but OVERWHELMINGLY in the minority. Liking threaded or not is a matter of preference, not of inherent easiness/difficulty - completely subjective. No reason to acomodate a radically different subjectivty at the expense of most current users.
In terms of table locking - the locking is just one very small table. And for that matter you could create a single non-isam table allowing record locking just for keeping track of posts.
P.M. Marc - Mar 15, 2004 10:24:40 am PST #6717 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I don't like larger (which may just be my personal interface squick) but having them at either end of the line or on their own line might make them more visible.
Own line and bold? (I'm seriously just tossing ideas into the wind here.)
bon bon - Mar 15, 2004 10:28:37 am PST #6718 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Do you guys need to take the trouble to accomodate non-posters? No one here has complained of trouble, and we're not exactly reticent when it comes to that.
I say, they want to piggyback on our content while snotting about shit that's really easy? Screw 'em.
DXMachina - Mar 15, 2004 10:32:30 am PST #6719 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I say, they want to piggyback on our content while snotting about shit that's really easy? Screw 'em.
Yup. I think my new motto is going to be "What would Jaye do?"
Sean K - Mar 15, 2004 10:33:01 am PST #6720 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
It took me a couple of days to get used to this board style, coming from that cascading thread style of discussion, but I'm so used to it now, I find the cascading thread style distant and impersonal.
msbelle - Mar 15, 2004 10:33:20 am PST #6721 of 10000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
in love with Shawn.
writing up a challenge to Bob.
bon bon - Mar 15, 2004 10:36:49 am PST #6722 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2004 10:57:37 am PST #6723 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you guys need to take the trouble to accomodate non-posters?
Maybe they're non-posters because they couldn't work out how to get around.
bon bon - Mar 15, 2004 11:04:06 am PST #6724 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Perhaps, but where do you limit usability concerns? The universe of possible users or...the users?