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> > > http://www.lugnet.com/loc/uk/
> >
> > That would help a fair bit. What would make the page even more useful
> > would be if the big space on the left was used to display a bit of text
> > explaining what the links are and what the structure of the groups is.
>
> By "what the links are" do you mean what the links lead to, i.e. sub-
> categories of the current category being viewed?
>
> By "what the structure of the group is" do you mean the interrelation of the
> group and its subgroups?
Yes and yes.
> > Also there's lots of numbers by the names at the top of the screen with
> > no explanation of what the numbers mean (or of what the links are links
> > to) [1]
>
> Hmm, but what the numbers actually mean isn't as important as their relative
> proportions, right? Or does one still actually wonder what they mean?
But there's no text that even indicates the numbers are related to
the sizes of the discussion groups :)
> That could very well be. The itty bitty local groups are being used
> correctly in the U.S. but people aren't using them correctly in the U.K. and
> I don't understand why. It's probably because there are still so few LEGO
> fans online in the UK and they don't want to feel isolated in their own
> empty local groups, so they post to the top-level UK group. But they
> problem is that in doing so, they're forgetting to cross-post to their
> little local group, and this make the main group grow out of proportion to
> the other groups.
Ah - but what is the correct way of using the groups? If most people in
a country are happy with how they are being used, doesn't that make it
the correct way of using them? :)
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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