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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.

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Wolfram - Mar 15, 2004 11:17:11 am PST #6729 of 10000
Visilurking

There's absolutely to reason to think we did it completely right the first time.

It may not be completely right, but it is, hands down, the most user-friendly, clean, pretty, and functional boards I've ever seen. Can't wait to see where you go from here.


bon bon - Mar 15, 2004 11:20:06 am PST #6730 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I don't think you limit them by saying you don't care about decorating for people who couldn't find the front door.

Nah, just the people who came in for your party, had some chips and bitched about the way it looked when they left.

Obviously it's no skin off my back, I am just concerned about going to a lot of trouble for a couple ungrateful disgruntled. Also I'm against large items just because of making the site inconspicuous at work, but the great design here was made without my input and will be great without it.


msbelle - Mar 15, 2004 11:20:18 am PST #6731 of 10000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

ok miss niceypants. Honestly, if one goes to the homepage, reads the slugs and can't figure out where to go (I'll even give you skipping the FAQ), that's pretty bad. I think it is really clear what is what.

Of course if someone has specific suggestions above and beyond what is already on the request list, it 's always valid to consider changes.


Sean K - Mar 15, 2004 11:20:21 am PST #6732 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Therefore my question.

Just to repeat the question...

I was wondering -- do you figure it's [saying we're hard to navigate] an artifact of just being used to different boards and never the twain shall meet?

Yeah, I do think it's an artifact, and I don't think it's something we need to worry about too much. I think fiddling with the site design based on comments like that would be unproductive, as we have no way of knowing what those commenters would think is an easier site design, or how many different opinions about what easier means between any or all of the people making those comments.


§ ita § - Mar 15, 2004 11:21:44 am PST #6733 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

bitched about the way it looked when they left

I'm not talking about aesthetic concerns. I'm talking about usability ones. That doesn't count as bitching. I think that counts as feedback.


Jesse - Mar 15, 2004 11:24:38 am PST #6734 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I do think it's probably mostly about what you're used to. I could go to the most perfectly-designed threaded board ever, and I'd still find it hard to navigate. Because that's not what I'm used to and I don't get it. I'm sure I could get it, but at a glance? Nah.


bon bon - Mar 15, 2004 11:25:38 am PST #6735 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

As far as looks, I was just going along with the decoration metaphor.

I see your concern; after all, it's hard to get feedback on initial usability. Navigating to the BBaB is advanced level. IMO this site is usable as can be within the TT framework.


§ ita § - Mar 15, 2004 11:28:05 am PST #6736 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Maybe we could have a popup come up when you exit the site saying "Wait! Why don't you like us?"

It's an annoying issue, since you just may never hear from the people who get confused. It could be one, it could be ten thousand (not that we could handle all of them).

It was just interesting to see it mentioned three times in two weeks on different boards that had used a b.org link in a post.


Jon B. - Mar 15, 2004 11:28:39 am PST #6737 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

If we were to make the Next and Previous links more prominent, then someone would complain that they couldn't find the Message Center or Read New buttons. I remember having a lot of discussions when we were setting this up about what should go where, and the final design was a compromise.

That's not to say elements of the design couldn't be improved, but I don't think this particular issue is one of them.


bon bon - Mar 15, 2004 11:29:39 am PST #6738 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Could you email them?