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Posted by recordond on 10-22-2001 06:23 AM:

Buttons On The Bottom

One thing that I noticed was that all of the buttons when reading posts have been moved to the bottom of the post. Weren't they at the top before. If you don't know which buttons I am talking about they are the Profile, Quote, Edit, and so on buttons. Have they moved or is it just me?

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Posted by marcus on 10-22-2001 06:31 AM:

Yep they were moved to the bottom. No specific reason, it is just the default layout of the discussion board.

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Posted by namja on 10-22-2001 08:06 AM:

that could be confusing to some people ... now, if you click on the "profile" button that's at the top of the name, it'at actually the profile of the member who posted the previous message ...

Posted by conio on 10-22-2001 02:32 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by namja
that could be confusing to some people ... now, if you click on the "profile" button that's at the top of the name, it'at actually the profile of the member who posted the previous message ...

The posts alternate colors and have boxes around them. It can't be that hard to figure out.

Posted by septimus on 10-22-2001 02:52 PM:

Yo. I like them on the bottom. Keep it.

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Posted by recordond on 10-22-2001 03:12 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by namja
that could be confusing to some people ... now, if you click on the "profile" button that's at the top of the name, it'at actually the profile of the member who posted the previous message ...

Yeah I did this once but won't ever do it again.

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Posted by creole on 10-22-2001 07:07 PM:

I did this too...

It's not the default position on the Bulleting board. Every other install I've seen of vB 2 has the buttons on the top of the post. I personally would recommend moving them back. Unless you have a really good reason for doing so, moving key elements like those around is sort of an architectural no-no.

Posted by Anomaly on 10-22-2001 08:02 PM:

Also, is it me or did you get rid of the "go to first new post" choice within a thread?. Really liked it for those threads that get to be pages long.

Posted by Yorick on 10-22-2001 09:27 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Anomaly
Also, is it me or did you get rid of the "go to first new post" choice within a thread?. Really liked it for those threads that get to be pages long.

It's still there, I just used it moments ago.

I like having the buttons at the bottom. It's handy if I read a long post and want to quote from it in a reply, I don't have to go all the way back to the top of the post.

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Posted by ToolkiT on 10-23-2001 06:05 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by creole
I did this too...

It's not the default position on the Bulleting board. Every other install I've seen of vB 2 has the buttons on the top of the post. I personally would recommend moving them back. Unless you have a really good reason for doing so, moving key elements like those around is sort of an architectural no-no.

I'm not sure which version of the forum software we are using, but I do know I've seen other (newer) fora with buttons at the bottom too...

I think the newer versions default to this....

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Posted by Anomaly on 10-23-2001 07:54 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Yorick

It's still there, I just used it moments ago.

Umm, actually it's not, but I just saw in another threaed that it's the little down arrow next to the topic name on the topic list page.

Posted by homer on 10-23-2001 08:54 PM:

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Yep they were moved to the bottom. No specific reason

No specific reason?! Marcus, marcus, marcus...don't you know that the first rule of interface design is to have reasoning behind your interface design decisions?!

I don't see any advantages to moving them to the bottom. I DO see a major disadvantage...it confused everyone!

How about moving them back?

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Posted by MarkEagle on 10-23-2001 10:43 PM:

For the record, I don't mind the buttons at the bottom. Certainly, the Quote button should be there. What's bugging me is the post date and time being at the bottom. I prefer it be at the top of the post.

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Posted by septimus on 10-23-2001 11:02 PM:

How about a new frontpage poll to decide?

...Is there enough traffic to warrant a more frequent frontpage poll change?

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Posted by Yorick on 10-24-2001 12:08 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Anomaly
Umm, actually it's not, but I just saw in another threaed that it's the little down arrow next to the topic name on the topic list page.

That's what I've always used, and what I thought you were referring to.

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