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Re: The future of LDraw?
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:25:07 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jeffrey Findley wrote:
> One advantage to a linear layout is that it's easy to follow dozens of threads
> from day to day. The site designers set these things up in such a way that when
> you click on a thread you visited yesterday, your web browser automatically
> scrolls down to where you left off yesterday.
Err, how am I supposed to remember which "dozens of threads" I visited
yesterday? Most "forum" software seems pretty aggressive about not showing
visited/unvisited links.
I don't spend a lot of time in forums, but the only useful one I've found is at
forum.nasaspaceflight.com -- it has an "unread topics" page, so it really is
easy to find active discussions which have messages I haven't seen.
> There are pros and cons to each approach, but the linear layout dominates
> today's web pages.
Good thing LUGNET message pages have those "linear" links at the bottom of each
page, so readers can see threads the way they want. Now, if only there were
sticky settings, so members can set their view permanently.
Steve
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: The future of LDraw?
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| (...) Not sure which forums you visit but they must be unusually obtuse. Just about everywhere I visit tells you which threads have new posts since you last visited and an unread topics page. --snip-- (...) Tim (15 years ago, 17-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: The future of LDraw?
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| (...) The ones I typically visit (ClassicSpace.com, CrownVic.net, and etc.) all visually show threads with new responses in another color. Some even show you how many new replies there have been since I last visited. It's easy to see what to click (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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| (...) That's the sort of discussion forum layout that I've seen dominate every site I use today, except for Lugnet. Lugnet surely went the hierarchical direction because the best Newsgroup readers supported hierarchical views. Like it or not, that's (...) (15 years ago, 16-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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