December 7, 2010

xsacha xsacha
Lab Rat
517 posts

My Latest Threads: not informative

 

Currently the ‘My latest threads’ on the sidebar displays (1) my name and (2) how long ago the last reply was (underneath the title of the thread).

This is a bit confusing as I thought that having my name there meant I was the last person to post.
It seems the name is just based on who posted the thread.
Well, it’s my latest threads, of course I posted it. Is this a bug?

How about show how many replies there have been and who did the last reply?

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- Sacha

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December 7, 2010

mariusg mariusg
Ant Farmer
1099 posts

Good feedback, we can make that listing more informative.

Cheers.

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December 7, 2010

Raul Raul
Ant Farmer
105 posts

Yes, +1 on placing who was the last who posted on the thread

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December 7, 2010

QtK QtK
Lab Rat
1140 posts

Also can we have a column with subscribed threads which got updated after my post.

December 7, 2010

disperso disperso
Ant Farmer
183 posts

Good catch. For consistency, I would go for the same information as in the main view of the forums: “last reply A time ago by B” (maybe just “A — B” for brevity).

December 7, 2010

fcrochik fcrochik
Lab Rat
517 posts
QtK wrote:
Also can we have a column with subscribed threads which got updated after my post.

+1…. jumping to the first “unread” post on the thread would make it even better (I have already suggested that for the “posts since last visit”)

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December 8, 2010

Patrick Burke Patrick Burke
Lab Rat
16 posts

In addition I noticed it says for me under the “My latest threads” header: “You haven’t posted anything in the forums yet – why don’t you give it a go?”, and it’s obvious that I’ve posted 8 posts in the forum since it says it under my name.

Is this some variation of the same bug, or does it only list threads that you’ve started? (Which seems rather useless.)

December 8, 2010

xsacha xsacha
Lab Rat
517 posts

Yes, it only lists threads you’ve posted, not replies.
It’s so you can track the problems you’ve mentioned on forums and see if anyone has responded.

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December 8, 2010

Patrick Burke Patrick Burke
Lab Rat
16 posts

Like I said, seems rather useless since I’m an “answer questions” kind of guy. :)

The wording should probably change to something like “You haven’t asked any questions in the forums yet – why don’t you give it a go?”. Anyway, bug has been logged.

December 8, 2010

xsacha xsacha
Lab Rat
517 posts

Well posts doesn’t have to be questions. They could be lounge posts ‘Does my phone look big?’, they could be announcements ‘Meego-based Z500 tablet released!’ or they could be bugs or suggestions (such as this thread).

I think posts is fine. Maybe threads would be better though as there can be a bit of confusion between ‘posts’ and ‘replies’.

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December 8, 2010

Volker Volker
Robot Herder
5428 posts

Why not use “You haven’t started a thread in the forums yet – why don’t you give it a go?”. It would be more clear what’s meant.

December 8, 2010

mariusg mariusg
Ant Farmer
1099 posts
Volker wrote:
Why not use “You haven’t started a thread in the forums yet – why don’t you give it a go?”. It would be more clear what’s meant.

The text is updated now, thanks :)

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December 16, 2010

mariusg mariusg
Ant Farmer
1099 posts
Raul wrote:
Yes, +1 on placing who was the last who posted on the thread

This bit has been changed now, it should read something like:

Groups beta, live and kicking, how to report bugs and suggestions
last post by Wolf P. – 4 hours ago

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December 16, 2010

Deleted Member # 4a2 Deleted Member # 4a2
Ant Farmer
1481 posts

@marius confirmed :)

December 16, 2010

Vass Vass
Hobby Entomologist
738 posts

mariusg It’s good news. This block became convenient

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