Forum Wish List

[Vicky Bilaniuk]

Barbara Brundage wrote:

> Okay, everyone. Dorothy has invited everyone to provide a wish list

of what they want in the final new forum design.

>
> Now is the time to voice your thoughts and opinions, if you have any.

Do it here:

>
> Barbara Brundage "Forum Wish list" 8/21/03 4:31pm

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Hopefully someone will see this, since I have no idea what to do with
that link that was provided (I have only seen the web interface once,
months ago, and apparently it's changed since then). ;-) My wish:
better integration with the newsgroup. What I mean is that it would be
*great* if webx would *stop* destroying threads. Often, I have to
scroll up and look for the message that people are responding to,
because the original message isn't quoted and there are no references.
I don't always need the original message to be quoted, but sometimes,
especially when we're talking about 10 replies deep for 10 different
threads, I find it hard to keep track of who is saying what to whom.
Sometimes, when reading this group, I feel like I've jumped back 25
years into internet past. ;-) Where is trn when you need it?! But
wait, I *am* using a threaded newsreader!

Anyway, it's not that I want to complain, it's just that the opportunity
has come up to, ahem, ask. ;-) I do love this group and I will keep
reading, despite the difficulty.

[Vicky Bilaniuk]

Vicky Bilaniuk wrote:

> I have only seen the web interface once,
> months ago...

I forgot to add the reason why I never use the web interface: I find it
slow and confusing. I couldn't figure out how to post and I could
barely figure out how to keep track of threads and messages. The
newsgroup interface has been and probably always will be faster and
easier, at least for me.

[OldnSenile]

I would prefer that a posted reply be positioned somehow in association with the individual message to which it is a response, within the thread, as done in conventional newsgroups. This is especially useful when, as often occurs, the thread digresses from the original subject.

Probably, my preferences are due to my greater familiarity with newsgroups. I surely will adapt, with time, to whatever configuration this excellent forum chooses to adopt.

[Beth Haney]

There was nothing wrong with this forum that needed to be fixed! :)

[Michael Brett]

It would be nice to have a "My Threads" link to save scrolling through looking for answers to my posted questions.
Mike

[Bob Polk]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I've noticed in a number of sites the web page builders are trying to stay employed.

Old Bob