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On 9/18/06, Podz <podz at tamba2.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Petit wrote:
> > Podz wrote:
> >> http://tamba2.org.uk/files/one.png
> >>
> >> Yes ?
> >> No ?
> >>
> >> And if you lurk - please speak.
> >>
> > Yes to the more prominent sticky position!
> > Indifferent on the forums list moving up.
> >
> Agreed.
> Have the forums ever had a problem with people posting to the wrong
> forums?


Personally, never give a crap about what forums a post is in.  Granted, I
wouldn't mind an easier way to ignore a forum, but it doesn't keep me awake
at night.

Bar a handful. no. So why give that list prime position?
>
> What they _have_ had is difficulty for newcomers to work out where to
> post. That needs one link. It needs one link that is past the stickies.
> That link is the point isn't it? To make life easier for newcomers.


Yes. Very correct.

Leave the list at the bottom.
> Put the link where it was if anywhere. A link which leads to one posting
> area which has a dropdown of the available forums.


What link is that on your proposed change?

And leave latest discussions where they are.
> One complaint about tags was that regular helpers had to scroll down
> further to begin helping - this proposed change will make that scrolling
> worse.
>
> You want the forums higher but they have been no problem.
> You want the Latest Discussion further down which makes seeing them for
> newcomers harder
> You want the Latest Discussion further down which means YOU have to
> scroll further every time.
> You want that but I cannot see how that makes life easier for anyone -
> how does it do this?


Who's you?  Non-podz people?

IMO the forums need 2 changes:
> - prominence to the stickies - which could even be achieved through
> styling
> - a link to the posting area
> >From my experience in the forums those are what is needed.


So get it done and quit farting around.  We've already established, in the
other thread, that this isn't a democracy.

You've already stated, twice now in as many days, that you believe you know
what needs to be done.

So for gawd's sake man, do it.  Fewer emails here, more changes there.
Hell, I'm all for that.

I'm not being an SOB I just honestly fail to see how the change actually
> benefits users - both new and established. It seems that there is a
> "change for it's own sake" going on and I know I asked and I know that
> when you open the box it all flies out but please - how does that
> screenshot benefit people? Maybe I can't see the obvious - tell me?


Probably because any change at all would be nifty.

And probably because a fearless leader (you) posted a screen shot and asked
if would work.  Folks hoping for change may have interpreted that as "holy
crap, somethings going to to change, and all I need to do is say Yes or No
here."