Grames Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I am pointing out the obvious, but still. The home page has a list of most recent forum posts. They used to be just the titles, now they present the entire text of the first post of the thread. This is ahh, sub-optimal , especially for the long first posts and I hope something is being done about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Is this an effect of the change requested by Tenure here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KendallJ Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I am pointing out the obvious, but still. The home page has a list of most recent forum posts. They used to be just the titles, now they present the entire text of the first post of the thread. This is ahh, sub-optimal , especially for the long first posts and I hope something is being done about it. Does anybody actually use the OO Home Page? For forum users the "View New Posts" link above, (next to "My Controls") is the quickest and easiest way to directly go to a list of the newest posts. Never need to head to the home page again. http://forum.ObjectivismOnline.com/index.p...amp;CODE=getnew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEgoist Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I use the homepage out of habit because I used to come here just for the blogs. Just as a general thing, it kind of makes the front page look overstocked and gross for newcomers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grames Posted September 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I use the homepage out of habit because I used to come here just for the blogs. Just as a general thing, it kind of makes the front page look overstocked and gross for newcomers. Yeah. Right now there's like an entire short story work of fiction on the homepage. The homepage is used by newbies and by me, and I dont think the newbies are getting a good impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Is this an effect of the change requested by Tenure here?No, this is different. This about the list on the home page. Does anybody actually use the OO Home Page?I was tempted to post that, but I know a few people use it. Also, I know it's one of David's (GC's) hopes is that people will use more than just the forum. Yeah. Right now there's like an entire short story work of fiction on the homepage. The homepage is used by newbies and by me, and I dont think the newbies are getting a good impression.Yes, it needs to be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenure Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 I was tempted to post that, but I know a few people use it. Also, I know it's one of David's (GC's) hopes is that people will use more than just the forum. A strange hope, considering how 'On-Demand' the content most people want from websites is these days. RSS is absolutely divine. It allows you to get everything you want to read neatly piled together in one place, rather than going to each website individually. It might make more sense to declutter the OO.net home page entirely, into just 'Forum/Blogs/Other Sites'. I mean, I would love to be able to fully check everything from Google Reader, but I still don't trust that 'View New Posts' feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 MY EYES! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JASKN Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 MY EYES! THE GOGGLES DO NOTHING!!! AHH HAHAHA! I dislike RSS feeds. To me, a feed reader is nothing more than a stress-inducer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwertz Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 JASKN: You should try subscribing to less stressful feeds, then. <grin> ~Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidV Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Is this an effect of the change requested by Tenure here? Yes it is. I've fixed the homepage. Does anybody actually use the OO Home Page? The main site gets slightly less than half the traffic to this domain. That's not bad considering that the Metablog is the only content being updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 I use the home page for the metablog and for the "Recent Posts" thinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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