During a watch and post it would be easy enough to highlight-as-you-go
Unless you're using an iPhone.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
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Jon B. - Apr 09, 2009 7:36:26 am PDT #9069 of 10289
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Glamcookie - Apr 09, 2009 7:38:59 am PDT #9070 of 10289
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
The only thing that seems "broken" to me (based on the amount of conversation about it) is Boxed Set, but I have no clue how to fix it. Whenever a new show airs, there is always at least one or two people asking where to discuss it, and most often they are pointed (sometimes incorrectly) to Boxed Set, which leads me to think something isn't working.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2009 7:40:52 am PDT #9071 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The idea of an all white font discussion thread makes me tense. It's irritating enough for spoiler lite, and that's mostly announcements. iPhone might be getting copy and paste, but Symbian isn't any time soon.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2009 7:41:38 am PDT #9072 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
most often they are pointed (sometimes incorrectly) to Boxed Set
When was it incorrect, and what's the harm in asking?
Glamcookie - Apr 09, 2009 7:46:05 am PDT #9073 of 10289
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
No harm in asking, but it indicates that it is difficult to navigate the site (most often these are experienced users, not newbies). I'll have to search out specific examples (if we really need them), but I've seen it in Natter and Bureaucracy more than once. I know it's incorrect on occasion because it's led to the millionth discussion of why Boxed Set has problems. Not that I know how to solve them, or even that they can be solved better than they are currently, just that it does arise as an issue often.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2009 7:50:59 am PDT #9074 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If people are asking where discussion is because they can't work out to click on Film and TV Discussion it's a different problem than if it seemed a harmless enough question to ask without bothering to click, or if they just didn't know if something qualified, which is why I ask.
Also, it doesn't have to be the wrong answer for it to start this discussion, which is another reason I ask--I answer it a lot, and haven't noticed anyone telling me I steered them wrong.
Glamcookie - Apr 09, 2009 7:53:50 am PDT #9075 of 10289
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
If people are asking where discussion is because they can't work out to click on Film and TV Discussion it's a different problem than if it seemed a harmless enough question to ask without bothering ot click, or if they just didn't know if something qualified, which is why I ask.
No, I don't think it's a matter of where Film and TV threads are. It seems to happen when a new show airs. People aren't sure which thread it belongs in (Boxed Set vs. Cable vs. ???). I haven't seen it with existing shows.
Ginger - Apr 09, 2009 7:55:39 am PDT #9076 of 10289
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Have we thought about adding a site map?
Jessica - Apr 09, 2009 7:58:42 am PDT #9077 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It seems to happen when a new show airs.
Isn't this more a problem of TV marketing than a problem with the site? I mean, if we can't tell what genre a show is before it airs (hello Kings, looking right at you), then it's not going to be clear where it goes, but changing the thread structure around isn't really going to fix that.
§ ita § - Apr 09, 2009 7:59:28 am PDT #9078 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Have we thought about adding a site map?
A site map would end up having to be dynamically generated and look much like information you can gain through an extra click. If you don't know if a show goes in Procedurals vs. Cable Drama, which seems to be what GC suggests, then a site map, even with slug and thread description showing, isn't going to be much help.
I just don't see the problem with asking. Shir asked me the other day where FIrefly/Serenity discussion went, and it was no skin off my nose to ferret her out the link--but it seemed obvious to me she thought asking was simpler for her than checking the TV folder, and would a site map (being about as far away as the TV folder) have helped there?