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MN overhaul

42 replies

PlumsGalore · 21/12/2016 19:53

Is it just me, or does anyone else use other forums that seem more user friendly?

I spent quite a bit of time on StudentRoom when DC were applying for Uni and have also spent a lot of time on British Expats. Both enable editing of your post (helpful with typos or predictive text errors) and both allow quoting of previous posts.

Both these are fundamental functions on a forum. I bloody hate having to bold a previous user when commenting on a thread, it just doesn't flow.

Any chance of any upgrade?

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yeOldeTrout · 25/12/2016 17:30

the thing i most dislike on other forums is the "join date" or "member since" date being displayed. This info is never helpful & I always confuse it for the actual date the post was made. I spend ages trying to find the actual time/date someone posted.

I could use an edit button. I preview like 6 times & still make typos I don't see until I hit real post msg button.

ForeverPiesofMince · 25/12/2016 11:23

I like MN just as it is. I find it hard to follow threads on Money Saving Expert, Digital Spy, the Student Room and the like, and I don't actually like the quote function. It just takes up space.

CoteDAzur · 25/12/2016 10:57

OP - "I bloody hate having to bold a previous user when commenting on a thread"

What makes you think you have to? I have never ever bolded anyone's name in the many years I've been on MN. Just don't. Earth will keep spinning and threads will keep running.

As for quoting: Do you see what I did above? You can do the same. Copy and paste. You don't need a fancy button for it.

WaitrosePigeon · 22/12/2016 16:25

No thanks, I like it just the way it is.

Mandatorymongoose · 22/12/2016 00:02

I just want an edit button emoji. To use on these threads. Down with Bear more [editbutton]

DeckTheHallsWithLimbsOfZombie · 21/12/2016 23:59

No thank you and No thank you.

ilovesooty · 21/12/2016 23:51

Please leave it alone. I've seen what overhauls have done to other forums. It's fine as it is

RJnomore1 · 21/12/2016 23:44

Me too sparkles.

I fear the target demographic is changing though.

Sparklingbrook · 21/12/2016 23:14

I like it just the way it is TBH. Because it's not the same as other forums.

TheMortificadosDragon · 21/12/2016 23:11

Dragon bet that on other, lesser sites you don't get proper dragon flaming richly deserved

PacificDogwod · 21/12/2016 23:06

Aw, hun, soz! Grin

TheMortificadosDragon · 21/12/2016 23:05

Ignorance of that was bliss Grin

PacificDogwod · 21/12/2016 22:45

Dragon, you ignoramus!

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TheMortificadosDragon · 21/12/2016 22:42

Wtf are tickers?

RJnomore1 · 21/12/2016 22:26

Hey we could get some tickers as well while we are at it? 😂

TheMortificadosDragon · 21/12/2016 22:17

I can see that quoting could be useful though. Sometimes on a thread a poster will say "I agree with x" but to find what x said that they agree with you have to look back through the thread and hope that you spot x's post. I always give up.

Its not exactly hard to copy the relevant bit, then asterisk, paste, asterisk

AddToBasket · 21/12/2016 20:56

I never bold people.

KatieScarlett · 21/12/2016 20:51

Sometimes the typos are the best part of a post.

AllTheBabies · 21/12/2016 20:49

I like it as it is. Maybe because it was one of the first forums that I really read but the layout makes total sense to me.

I don't see the need for an edit button. A few spelling mistakes don't really matter.

I can see that quoting could be useful though. Sometimes on a thread a poster will say "I agree with x" but to find what x said that they agree with you have to look back through the thread and hope that you spot x's post. I always give up.

LittleStripyBee · 21/12/2016 20:48

I can't follow posts with sub discussions, nice and linear works.

SwedishEdith · 21/12/2016 20:46

The Student Room is dreadful! Impossible to find anything and looks so dated.

TheMortificadosDragon · 21/12/2016 20:46

The first parenting site I ever used had the thing where you could reply to specific posts, so you'd get embedded sub- discussions, it was pretty tedious to wade through.

You don't have to bold a previous poster (actually I think this is a relatively recent evolved practice on here), you can do whatever makes most sense to you.

WellErrr · 21/12/2016 20:40

I like it simple, as it is.

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 21/12/2016 20:30

I don't like the edit because it will lead to some epic bunfights.
And the quoting because it goes all wonky.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 21/12/2016 20:30

YANBU. Something like www.discourse.org is way nicer to use.

The problem with MN is asfaik it is built using proprietary software so it is really hard for them to keep up with developments , especially worrying when this includes security.