Site Improvements I'd love to see... part 2

[melsy]

Excuse me for i have sinned , Yes I am a subscriber to another site like this , but it is dedicated to Disney nutters like myself. I thought I would pass on some of the stuff that is useful on there which would be great on here.

BTW I love coming here more!!!!

1. The name of who started the thread
2. Online photo gallery of mumsnetters ( possibly conflicts with anonymity may need more thinking)
3. Personalised online signatures with emoticons or pictures

Thats it for now

Would anyone like a link to the DisneyWorld chat board ??

Any chance of a "my threads" search - which would show all threads which you have replied to and have new messages since you replied (or after a certain date)?

Senora, you can do that through 'search current messages'. Just type in your name as the author.

That would only do the first bit of what SenoraPostrophe is saying thoug, carla- searching on yourself doesn't tell you if anyone's replied.

exactly tamum - I want to be able to see how many threads I haven't killed

Another request - how about rotating the order of the topic list at the top of the page?

I only have limited time on here usually. I start at the top and loiter around 'behaviour' and 'education'

Get nicely sidetracked by 'other subjects' and 'in the news'

start to rush through 'pregnancy' and 'relationships'

'travel' and 'teenagers' pass in a blurr.

When I click on 'last day' it would be nice to see 'special needs' or 'teenagers' first sometimes.

Is it possible for the messages to take the form of a chat room? I get irritated by the fact that I'll type a message and then have to refresh the page and by the time I respond to others I am totally behind ing the conversation. No biggie, just asking.

Hi Crazymamma,
this is a subject that has been mooted a few times and on balance we've decided against it for a few reasons but most notably because in our experience you're more likely to attract trolls in chat rooms. But it's worth thinking about it again if there is a consensus for it. What does everyone think? Would you come on mumsnet more? Do you think it would mean less activity on the talk boards - another worry is that people will be less responsive to queries/ newcomers etc if stuck away in a chat room and not on the general boards. Is that nonsense? What are your views?

Tigermoth we're not keen to rotate the order cos it's alphabetized and therefore easier to navigate than if it weren't. But I know what you mean - same thing happens to me. One thing I try is starting from the bottom sometimes when I bring last day up - it gives you a whole new perspective!

Many thanks for all the other suggestions. Hope to address as many as we can in the near future. Will let you know when Tech's taking his "holiday".

I vote No (again, sorry!) to a chat room. One of the things I love about mumsnet is that there's a record of all conversations, so if you know there was some great stuff on a thread about say, 4 yo behaviour, you can search on it and read it again or link to it for someone else. A chat room wouldn't work that way, would it? It's a different thing and there are plenty of them on the internet, very often full of people saying mundane things as a prelude to pm-ing you to ask about the size of your tits. Sorry, but you're right about trolls etc imo Justine. There is a chat topic here though so for people who want to talk about something quickly that works doesn't it? All just IMO.

For what it's worth, I'm not keen on the chat room idea for all the same reasons as you, justiner.

I would love to see an entire topic dedicated to me getting a date for saturday night please xxxxxxxxx

I agree completely with WWW, I love mumsnet just as it is and would probably give up if it became a chat room sort of place. I love the permanence of it and being able to look stuff up whenever I want whilst getting instant answers to pressing questions (like can I use SR flour instead of plain )

Fairyfly, I'd pipe down if I were you. You're still on probation.

Nooooooooo to chat room as well. But I'm an 'afraid of change' type. I know I keep saying it, but do wish you could subscribe to conversations to make them easier to pick up.

I start Find new messges from the bottom too sometimes

Does anyone else always think tech knows what you're looking for? He can see what you're searching on? Or what you type and then scrap before posting? Or is it just me?

No to chatroom also - just for reasons Justiner states.

When you look in find new messages, I see you can start from any topic, but assume you have to click on one topic at a time - is that right?

I think a chat room could work if it wasn't available without logging in somehow. Trolls seem to be inevitable everywhere unfortunately. They can get on the boards easily . Could it be as well as the chat threads though, so there is a choice?

Sorry Justiner, its your moderators they make me

Stop passing the buck FF.

Another 'No' to chatrooms!

Another vote for no chat room. I would like a brain upgrade, faster eyes and more spare time, Mumsnet has grown so much that I just can't keep up with it anymore!

Also vote no for Chat, as per lots of others' reasons. Like Demented, need substantial brain upgrade at the best of times...

I'm assuming the chat room would be separate though, so if you didn't want to use it you didn't have to. Or am I wrong?

No to chatroom from me too - I like mumsnet as it is!

Sorry, have to add another no. I really like the way you can leave a conversation then come back and see what everyone else had to say.

Says wk, the queen of msn!

lou!!! But that's it though, if you're desperate for a quick chat about stuff no-one else on MN would be interested in (!) then there are other ways of doing it. But mainly I DO like to stick to MN!!!