robin
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Post by robin on Feb 5, 2017 18:14:43 GMT
I think the 'nest' feature on IMDb made threads more surveyable/ordered. Is it possible to implement a feature like this on this forum?
Thanks in advance.
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skribb
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Post by skribb on Feb 5, 2017 21:06:59 GMT
it's absolutely awful. many MANY people don't even know how to use it and end up replying to the wrong people. With chronologically ordered posts, and the ability to tag users it's easy to see who replied to whom.
If nesting was to be implemented, it would have to be the default sorting system otherwise it would be the same confused situatoin as it was on IMDB.
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Post by adam176 on Feb 6, 2017 0:24:00 GMT
Nesting (and post organisation in general) was actually one of the big problems with IMDb. Whilst, when replies were in reply to the right post, they could be OK (although the system got hard to read if the responses went too far and it ended up with several posts squished into the right hand side), the "last post" link is near useless if multiple people had responded to different posts since you last visited.
If, e.g. there was
- Post A (12:00)
- Post B (12:02)
- Post C (12:03)
All of which were responded to at 12:05, you'd end up with
- Post A (12:00)
-- Post A Reply (12:05)
- Post B (12:02)
-- Post B Reply (12:05)
- Post C (12:03)
-- Post C Reply (12:05)
And the "last post" link would take you to whichever one had the highest value in the seconds column, meaning that you still had to scroll through every previous response to see everything. It's one of the few negatives of the existing system.
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 3:19:57 GMT
I think the 'nest' feature on IMDb made threads more surveyable/ordered. Is it possible to implement a feature like this on this forum? I was a big fan of IMDb's thread nesting option. Unfortunately, I don't think it can be done here.  |
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robin
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Post by robin on Feb 6, 2017 19:03:44 GMT
That's too bad -Guess I'll just have to get used to it. Thanks for the reply by the way. |
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Post by Catman on Feb 6, 2017 19:15:22 GMT
The quote feature seems to be the best option to achieve this effect.
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