Navigation Feedback

caitmlanycatest

Any comments / feedback related to navigation?

staar987

Is there a way to change boards without someone having posted on it recently? I may be just missing it, but I can't change boards to just see what is posted.

 

Also, will there be a list of boards as a sidebar or something for simple navigation?

cmgilpin

I was wondering the same thing Staar.  I can't seem to find the simple navigation toolbars.

staar987

I am so glad that it isn't just me. I felt like I was missing something obvious.

HobokenBride2012

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staar987

That option currently doesn't work. It just shows a list of boards but you can't access any of them.

The breadcrumb is fine. It is on the site the way it is now too.

I like to look at specific boards and I think that is a much harder way to get there, even if it worked.

I think that it is going to make board discover-ability really bad. Whatever the default board is will get bombarded with posts because it won't be obvious that there is say a DIY board.

HobokenBride2012

staar987

@HobokenBride2012 - can you actually change boards? My drop down doesn't change boards. Just brings up a list that shows all the boards and the links there don't work.

HobokenBride2012

staar987

cmgilpin

I finally found it too, it's WAY to small. I think there should be a list of boards that is visible to make it easier to click between boards.  Especially since this drop down isn't that easy to find.

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staar987

I do think the anonymous polls are best. Having it public might make people with a less popular opinion shy away from answering certain questions like, "Oh Staar hates pie. Lets lower her point total!"

Navigation is really poor. If I was a new user, I probably wouldn't come back because everything is jumbled and new (or more relevant) boards are VERY hard to find.

I don't like the rated answers. This isn't Yahoo Answers. That encourages people with a similar problem to not read all the responses just the one that the OP thought best. Which might be something horrible like, "Not everyone needs chairs! It is your day, do whatever you want!"

I would be okay with badges if I wasn't notified on the side of my screen any time ANYONE got one. Same with the profile comments. I don't need to see that Muppet posted a gif on cmgilpin's profile, no matter how awesome it is.

Notifications are amazing. Please, please, please keep those.

Flagging a post is way easier. I was never able to do it on my desktop before for some reason.

I don't care for seeing avatars everywhere on the main page. Could be just me, but I don't need to see my avatar 20 times in a row since I responded to a bunch of posts.

Totally random but I liked the space between post content and user's signatures. Now that it is gone it all feels close together.

HobokenBride2012

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staar987

@caitmLA - I want to add my intense hate of the lack of privacy. Mods can now see IP addresses and personal emails. Not okay. This is very personal data. If I wanted to share my email address I would, I do not want someone I don't know to be able to use it.

As a techy, I know that posting IP addresses is a bad idea. It is super easy to get someone's location from it and with a little knowledge, could access the computer remotely and plant malware.

If that feature stays, when this all goes live, I will tell other users and stop posting. This isn't safe at all.

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caitmlanycatest

@staar987 - the email and IP information is granted to Moderators, with the expectation that these are trusted users and wouldn't be used in a malicious way (and would assist them in the moderator responsibilities).  I will discuss your concerns with @jackie_d @Knot Jackie

staar987

@caitmLA - While I understand that the mods are supposed to be trusted users, that isn't always the case. There is a known troll as a mod on Wedding Woes. Also, mods have gone off the deep end in the past. Like when the Chit Chat mod banned almost every reg on the board in one morning because she was upset.. What would stop anyone from using IP addresses maliciously?

I appreciate that you are taking our concerns seriously. I know I am not the only one with this issue. Hoboken posted about it on a thread called IP Addresses that she doesn't think it is safe either and she is a mod.

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