How do YOU navigate the forums?

[Rob]

In an effort to make our next version of this site more useful, usable and user friendly I would love to discuss how you personally use the forums in terms of getting around it.

I personally use the forum list on the homepage very little and favour the 'get new posts' functionality. I occasionally click into forums from the homepage.

[Daniel]

I always use the Get New Posts function

[spinal007]

I use:
- "Get new posts" to erm, get new posts...
- "Control Panel" to see threads I'm subscribed to (replied to)

I hardly ever use anything else, other than sometimes when I check one or 2 specific forums for posts.

[Rob]

Was it you spinal who said the forum list on the homepage was way too clunky?

[Daniel]

Originally Posted by spinal007

I use:
- "Get new posts" to erm, get new posts...
- "Control Panel" to see threads I'm subscribed to (replied to)

I hardly ever use anything else, other than sometimes when I check one or 2 specific forums for posts.

How do you subscribe to threads?

[Ross]

I personally either look down the main page at post times or use "Get new posts".

Originally Posted by Daniel

How do you subscribe to threads?

If you have it selected in your USERCP to subscribe to threads, you automatically do. If you are subscribed to threads, you get the emails saying someone has replied (instantly on reply / daily /weekly etc) or you can select no emails / do not subscribe.

[Daniel]

I'm not then lol - don't get any emails apart from the pm notifications (and howdo you turn them off)

[spinal007]

Originally Posted by Rob

Was it you spinal who said the forum list on the homepage was way too clunky?

Yep. 'twas me. I don't go through the list unless I really REALLY want to discuss something...

[Ross]

Originally Posted by Daniel

I'm not then lol - don't get any emails apart from the pm notifications (and howdo you turn them off)

User CP > Edit Options > Messaging and Notifications Box and untick "Receive Email Notification of New Private Messages".

[Lchad]

I always "get new posts". Once I've read all the posts I'm interested in or can help in I "mark forums read".
The only time I use the homepage is to get to the Critique Forum (when I've decided to set an hour of time aside) or if I'm looking for something in particular that I need to revisit.
Oh I also use the homepage to see who's online occasionally.

[c010depunkk]

like most other people have said:
Get new posts
unless i want to look up something specific
and then mark forums read

[karinne]

I click New Posts as well. Then, like Lchad, I do a Mark Forums Read when I've read or replied to the threads I'm interested in.

[VanessaJW]

Yeah, same as others really, always Get New Posts, not often through homepage unless wanting to browse through a specific sub-forum, or to see who's online.

[Rob]

ok.... keep them coming everyone...

A remarkable picture is starting to emerge..

[JacobHaug]

Alright, perhaps I am a little different. I don't use the get new posts link, perhaps because I know there will be more then I can handle to reply to.

I just go to the forums home page, click within the forum that I see new posts are in...via the icon, and reply as necessary. Keep in mind, anymore I only have time to talk in 8 forums, so my forum work load is rather small.

So, just in case I was not clear...I have screen shots. So I look at the icon, I notice it is bright, which means I have unread posts. (Screen Shot 1) I simply click within that area and look at individual threads. (Screen Shot 2)

[Marc]

Generally i do what Jacob does and rarely use the "Get New Posts" function.

Sometimes i just read through all the threads that are EMBOLDENED.

[MrMadison]

I don't use the Get New Posts button.
I just stay within the forums I like....

[pa007]

I use get new posts, and occasionally the forum list but to be honest there too many forums so, I don't ever actually look through threads forum by forum. Only problem with get new posts is that as soon as you have read one it disappears off the list. Sometimes I'd quite like to go back to a post later to reply, for whatever reason (usually time constraints), but I sometimes lose posts and haven't really got the time to trundle through all of the forums.

Pete.

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by Daniel

I always use the Get New Posts function

ditto aswell as i have gmail open 24 7 so i can click on my alerts to threads i have subscribed to.
could we have group IMing?

I always use the Get New Posts function