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by KBCraig
Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:45 pm
Forum: Site Announcements, Questions & Suggestions
Topic: Too many subforums?
Replies: 25
Views: 5708

JohnKSa wrote:WARNING! BEFORE reading farther, please read the disclaimer at the end of the post.
When I come to the site, I just click "view posts since last visit" and read them all.
In all fairness, that means you would be served just as well if there were only a single subforum since you don't browse by selecting the particular subforum you are interested in, you just look at all new posts regardless of the subforum they are posted in.

By viewing ALL the new posts since the last visit, you are skirting one of the main purposes of having subforums--that is, providing the user with the ability to look ONLY at the topics he finds of interest.
It still works that way. In "unread" view, you get a list of topics and the forum they're in. You don't have to actually read them all. It makes it easy for someone like me, who doesn't do much reloading, to skip the reloading posts. Or someone like me, who's broke, to skip the classifieds. (Not really... I still drool!)

Like I said previously, the forum headings are mostly for infrequent or first-time visitors.

Kevin
by KBCraig
Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:51 pm
Forum: Site Announcements, Questions & Suggestions
Topic: Too many subforums?
Replies: 25
Views: 5708

gigag04 wrote:
HighVelocity wrote:When I come to the site, I just click "view posts since last visit" and read them all.
I just link directly to that filter so that IS the forum for me :)
Me too. That's the only way to read any forum on a regular basis.

The forum titles are a good way for a first-time or infrequent visitor to know where to look, or to see what kind of activity the forum has. But once you join up, "unread since last visit" is the way to go.

Kevin

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