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    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Saturday, May 31, 2003 2:18 PM
option c ..... leave well enough alone
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Saturday, May 31, 2003 8:19 AM
Hi ya David ...

For now ... I think option "c" is fine.

At some point in the future when the list gets too long ... perhaps you could try out option "b", but for now I think it works really well just the way it is.

Thanks for asking what my opinion on this matter is. Approve [^]

FreedomEagle1953

Chicago, IL area

"keep on building 'em ... but don't glue your fingers together"

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    December 2002
  • From: Waukesha, WI
Posted by David Voss on Friday, May 30, 2003 4:52 PM
Well, C is the easiest. Wink [;)]

I was just curious what everyone thought.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 30, 2003 3:29 PM
I like it the way it is
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 30, 2003 3:28 PM
Dave,

the answer is: C

Leave it how it is, it works fine and is very clear. This whole forum is expertly put together, the finest I have ever used.

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  • From: Waukesha, WI
Request for Feedback: Active Topics Page
Posted by David Voss on Friday, May 30, 2003 2:28 PM
The Active Topics page is a very convenient feature because it lists topics with recent activity since your last visit. This is a quicker method as opposed to looking through each forum for new posts. If you use (or have used) the Active Topics page, you've probably noticed that with the amount of activity in the forums this page becomes quite lengthy.

I am looking for any thoughts or suggestions on how to improve the Active Topics page.

A couple of ideas I'm considering are:

a) Limit the page to x amount of topics per page - also called "paging". The downside is that if there are 100+ active topics, then there would be 5+ pages (if 20 topics/page) to look through. This seems more of an inconvenience at some point.

b) Display the list by forum (a forum is a group of topics - ie., Armor, Aircraft, etc.). I could provide an option to quickly display another forum's active topics.

c) Or perhaps the page is fine the way it is?

As always, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,
Dave



What is the Active Topics page?

The Active Topics page displays a list of topics which have been created and/or posted to since your last visit.

Where is the Active Topics page?
The Active Topics page can be found here. A link is also available for the Active Topics page from the set of links located below the gray "Welcome/Login/Logout" box. At the Forum Index, there are also a set of links which read "Today's active topics | Since last visit (xxx)".
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