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I agree - a clean front page would be a little nicer than an aggregate of posts for each section.
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I am only ever on hone front page long enough to hit the recent or unread or notification button.
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@JaredBusch said:
I am only ever on hone front page long enough to hit the recent or unread or notification button.
That's how I feel. The more that is there, the longer it takes to load or scroll.
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I agree the main page could use some cleaning to prevent it being too busy. Rather than a list of the content of recent posts, I like the idea of showing maybe the few threads with most recent activity under each category. Then you can quickly see what topics are active and then choose to either click a topic or browse the category as a whole.
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It would be cleaner and less disconcerting. Right now, it looks like Twitter vomited on the main page.
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@alexntg or Pinterest.
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Yes. The current design is too busy. You have to scroll to get to groups.
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If you drop the text the home page will start looking either like a iPad or windows 8 (frankly a live tile like Windows 8 might be better - rotating thread titles under the main section) just a bunch of tiles/icons.
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I vote for forum names only.
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I only ever click on the topic headings, anyway. I agree, it's busy. Since we're evolving as a new community, I don't see a problem with testing new look and feel.
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@Dashrender said:
If you drop the text the home page will start looking either like a iPad or windows 8 (frankly a live tile like Windows 8 might be better - rotating thread titles under the main section) just a bunch of tiles/icons.
I saw that tried at one point.
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I like the plain idea. Saw that during recent testing and it seemed nice.
NodeBB themselves use the front page like we have now and I feel like it is useless.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I like the plain idea. Saw that during recent testing and it seemed nice.
NodeBB themselves use the front page like we have now and I feel like it is useless.
Agreed, MLs home page is currently useless. The last post in a thread is often meaningless without at least knowing the title of the thread itself.
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Yes agreed. When I look at the page I have no idea what to do with that view.
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And on mobile it is way more work than it should be. Much easier to post without all of that.
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I only use the inbox - it tells me there are new posts and I go through the entire list.
Of course this will be impossible once we reach 300+ posts a day (or maybe a 1000).. but you see my point.
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I know I'm new here, but here's my $.02 anyway. Yes, it's pretty hard to read and the most recent replies don't mean much without knowing the topic anyway. I'd rather see just a list of categories (maybe containing a list of the most recent posts in it). The two things I look for are, first, new replies to posts I've already seen and then new posts.
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Would it be possible to add some informative text? New visitors don't necessarily know what the site's about.
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@alexntg said:
Would it be possible to add some informative text? New visitors don't necessarily know what the site's about.
What should the text say, I wonder.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@alexntg said:
Would it be possible to add some informative text? New visitors don't necessarily know what the site's about.
What should the text say, I wonder.
"Welcome to MangoLassi, a community of IT professionals. Ask questions, give answers, and network with other IT pros from around the globe. Post jobs, discuss current trends, and find solutions to new and existing issues." Something like that, perhaps?
