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Old 03-16-2009, 08:22 PM
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I understand that a lot of work went into the current format, but honestly this is worse than kawf AND worse than normal vBulletin. This is really hard to read. Please allow users to select which format they want for themselves.

1) thread list sorting - can we sort by timestamp of FIRST message instead of last message?

2) thread list view - it's very busy and hard to read, but would be easier to read if there was some separator (horizontal line) between threads

3) single thread view - needs separators between posts or a box around each post - it's very hard to see where one post ends and the next one begins
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2nd. This is way worse than plain jane vB.
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Originally Posted by oversteer
I understand that a lot of work went into the current format, but honestly this is worse than kawf AND worse than normal vBulletin. This is really hard to read. Please allow users to select which format they want for themselves.

1) thread list sorting - can we sort by timestamp of FIRST message instead of last message?

2) thread list view - it's very busy and hard to read, but would be easier to read if there was some separator (horizontal line) between threads

3) single thread view - needs separators between posts or a box around each post - it's very hard to see where one post ends and the next one begins
+2. regular vB would be fine by me. this is a bastardized version that seems to want to placate the kawftards. (no offense intended).
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Default ok, I see how to sort by first post - it's on the bottom of the page

but this is still very hard to read

Really, normal vB would be better than this.
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Originally Posted by oversteer
1) thread list sorting - can we sort by timestamp of FIRST message instead of last message?
Go to here:
https://forums.audiworld.com/profile.php?do=editoptions
(User CP, edit options)
Then scroll down to Thread Display Mode.
Select "linear, newest first"

Hope that helps!
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Thanks, but that only changes the sort order. It doesn't make it any easier to read. Maybe what I'm looking for is themes. Give users the ability to select a normal default vB theme so that things are readable.

Need boxes around posts in the thread, and to separate the post from the username/metadata.

Need thread separators in thread list view.
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Originally Posted by IB Adrian
Go to here:
https://forums.audiworld.com/profile.php?do=editoptions
(User CP, edit options)
Then scroll down to Thread Display Mode.
Select "linear, newest first"

Hope that helps!

that does nothing to help in the organizational problems here...

quattro-world (no dash) dot com here we come!

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Originally Posted by oversteer
Thanks, but that only changes the sort order. It doesn't make it any easier to read. Maybe what I'm looking for is themes. Give users the ability to select a normal default vB theme so that things are readable.

Need boxes around posts in the thread, and to separate the post from the username/metadata.

Need thread separators in thread list view.
no way...we had theme options on another forum and idiots would trick members into changing themes when they had no clue how to get back
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Originally Posted by surfcity
no way...we had theme options on another forum and idiots would trick members into changing themes when they had no clue how to get back
Is that like tricking people into clicking on rickroll and logout links? User beware, it's not the poster's fault if the user is an idiot.
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Originally Posted by oversteer
Is that like tricking people into clicking on rickroll and logout links? User beware, it's not the poster's fault if the user is an idiot.
yeah, but folk can be harsh.
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