[Suggestion] add most recent posts in the profile page
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 17:38 last edited by
Back to the topic itself. I don't like idea of wiki pages count reduction. Maybe something like tabs will be better?
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:17 last edited by
how about expandable rows?
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:26 last edited by
chetankjain, another good suggestion. It will let you see either none of them (wiki and forum posts) or one of them or both.
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:39 last edited by
and we can probably add favorites and threads subscribed to in similar expandable rows ... remember an earlier discussion was there on bookmarks/favorites .. not sure when it'll be implemented
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:41 last edited by
chetankjain, yes, such mechanism can give a lot of rich functions to profile page. Marius, are you recording all this stuff? :)
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:43 last edited by
From usability testing we know that people prefer to scroll a bit rather than use portlet navigation (things that change only a small part of the page) to access important information. So in theory adding 220 vertical pixels to show the latest forum activity without any interaction beats adding navigational features to toggle the content of an area. To turn it around; there should be a good reason to "hide" valuable information from the viewer unless you have to. Do we have to? Will the profile page be overly cluttered and/or long?
But usability without testing is like art, it's hard to be sure :)
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:43 last edited by
[quote author="Denis Kormalev" date="1291228866"]chetankjain, yes, such mechanism can give a lot of rich functions to profile page. Marius, are you recording all this stuff? :)[/quote]
Oh yes!
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:44 last edited by
Marius, then maybe show by default, but remember what was hided by user?
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:53 last edited by
[quote author="Denis Kormalev" date="1291229086"]Marius, then maybe show by default, but remember what was hided by user?[/quote]
So, just rephrasing; expandable rows for the wiki and forum activity on the profile page that are expanded by default, but can be collapsed by the user (a cute triangle or something) and the setting is saved in a cookie, or even the database.
That is the best of two worlds, a good solution I would say.
I'll add that to the wishlist, just know that the wishlist is getting long so no promises on when!
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 18:56 last edited by
Marius, yeah, rephrasing is totally right :) It is good that wishlist is big, new features are always interesting :)
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 19:00 last edited by
you should keep track of good suggestions and award the next latest Nokia mobile to the highest THREE contributors :p ... game theory ;)
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 19:03 last edited by
[quote author="chetankjain" date="1291230046"]you should keep track of good suggestions and award the next latest Nokia mobile to the highest THREE contributors :p ... game theory ;)
[/quote]Alexandra will do her best to ensure that our games are non-zero-sum :D
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 19:04 last edited by
chetankjain, hm, I think Tobias again will be off the game :)
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 19:06 last edited by
ah but Tobias has a TROLL badge, what can beat that ? :'(
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 19:09 last edited by
chetankjain, good note :) really :)
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 19:41 last edited by
[quote author="chetankjain" date="1291230376"]ah but Tobias has a TROLL badge, what can beat that ? :'([/quote]
That's very true :) Expandable rows is a good idea, but maybe a tabbed area is better, because it's nicer, cleaner and it's displayed more similarly in different browers.
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 19:46 last edited by
CreMindES, but it will not allow you to view all tabs at one time. Expandable rows allow. And as Marius said, most of users prefer to scroll more than to click more.
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wrote on 1 Dec 2010, 20:00 last edited by
Yes, that's true, I've considered it also, but I still beleive that a page should be as simple as it can be, and if there is 3 or 5 expandable rows... that's why I've come up with a tabbed sections. But mariusg is right, we have to examine it from every aspect. :)
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