| ioi said: I don't understand the comments about hot topics and especially about simpler is better etc - you couldn't get any simpler than the current system? Are people not understanding it or something? |
That seems to have been the case for me. I've now realized that you can quickly select larger forum categories via Hot Topics (Gaming, Off Topic, etc.) as opposed to having to manually select each sub-forum individually, which quiets most of the complaints I had with the system. I feel like a fool for not having noticed that in the first place!
I only really have two questions now:
1. What's up with the giant "Around the Network" box and ads in the middle of the Hot Topics section? That's not present in the other boards, and it makes me want to use those boards instead, but then I'd have to shift through 21 boards individually.
2. Is there any particular reason behind splitting up the Off Topic section into six different boards? I imagine most people will be using Hot Topics to browse Off Topic, so the OT section hasn't really changed functioninally for them, which makes me wonder why it happened. OT was pretty quiet before, so I can't imagine those topics each needing their own sub-forum for space.
Other than that, kudos on the work you're doing with the site! It's come such a long way over the years, and save a few annoyances (too much extra stuff surrounding each post), this is the best the forums have been yet, in my opinion. Functionally, I mean.
Edit: Also, there seems to be an issue when I edit posts. Instead of being shown my post after hitting submit, I'm instead brought to the first page of the thread.
