vivster said:
You can get to the forum index as usual by just clicking on "Forum" at the top. That hasn't changed. I think it looks pretty slick and icons would just clutter it. The naming is absolutely fine. The forum is a separate entity from the site and everything in that menu is strictly related to it. Though it might be a good idea to move the forums section to top or second position. |
Oh, I didn't know you could access the forum index like that, so thanks! Clicking something like that used to bring me to the hot topics section of the forums, so I didn't even think to try it now. It does look pretty slick, I agree, but at the same time, it's fairly text-heavy and at least my attention was drawn to the right side of the menu too quickly, which would probably have been prevented by icons.
I respectfully disagree about naming. No link in the Home section is directly related to the forums, and only My Posts in the Profile section is directly related to the forums. I can buy Members being in a Menu titled Forums (although it's not just about forums either). Overall, I feel like there's too much disconnection between the name of the menu and its actual contents. I think I suggested 'Social' as a better name for the menu, but another one that comes to mind right now is 'Community'. Actually I think I like Community better than Social. It more or less fits everything in the menu, and if I saw a menu titled Community, it would be one of the first places I would look for the forums in.