Reply to: How to greatly reduce page clicks on the CUK site

[vetran]

The button "go to last post" button doesn't take you to the last post in all cases. That sounds broken to me. You can't blame me for using the site wrong having ignored users... as a user the functionality is wrong, why it doesn't work is not the user's concern.

I suggest you stop paying your membership fee and stop posting that will sort em!

[NickFitz]

I did have the "last unread post" thing working, but I need to check it again and also look at the "actual last post" thing (which is, as suggested above, almost certainly implemented in some way that's far more complicated than it need be, due to the whole system being like that)

[jamesbrown]

The button "go to last post" button doesn't take you to the last post in all cases. That sounds broken to me. You can't blame me for using the site wrong having ignored users... as a user the functionality is wrong, why it doesn't work is not the user's concern.

[d000hg]

It isn't broken. The down arrows may be broken, idk. If you have some users on ignore, there may be issues with page counts, but the >> option is not fundamentally broken.

The button "go to last post" button doesn't take you to the last post in all cases. That sounds broken to me. You can't blame me for using the site wrong having ignored users... as a user the functionality is wrong, why it doesn't work is not the user's concern.

[AtW]

So OwnHoot wants to reduce advertising pages views on here... nice knowing ya!

[jamesbrown]

We've already got `>>` as mentioned above (except it's broken). And it's even more widely understood that clicking on a link takes you to the start of the page.

It isn't broken. The down arrows may be broken, idk. If you have some users on ignore, there may be issues with page counts, but the >> option is not fundamentally broken.

[OwlHoot]

We've already got `>>` as mentioned above (except it's broken). And it's even more widely understood that clicking on a link takes you to the start of the page.

I know, I read the thread. But the UX principles you mentioned should dictate that closely related buttons are close together.

Also, with a multi-page thread it's quite reasonable, in fact usually the case for a regular reader, to want to go to the start of the latest page.

[d000hg]

We've already got `>>` as mentioned above (except it's broken). And it's even more widely understood that clicking on a link takes you to the start of the page.

[OwlHoot]

It's been reported months back. On the OP's suggestion that the default is to go to the end of the thread, that would seem to fly in the face of decades of UX from all main vendors?

OK then have a pair of buttons side by side to the left of each thread title, like so: << >>

where the first goes to the start of the thread and the second to the end.

Double arrows are pretty standard and widely understood to mean "start" and "end". So that should take care of any UX issues.

[vetran]

Get Cojak some Vodka and help her warm up her ban hammer?

[NigelJK]

Works OK if you close you browser session between logons.

[d000hg]

It's been reported months back. On the OP's suggestion that the default is to go to the end of the thread, that would seem to fly in the face of decades of UX from all main vendors?

[eek]

It was working before the downgrade; it's not working now. It's broken

And its not (just) related to ignore lists - i've not got anyone on my ignore list (I'll read any old crap) and the feature does not work. If i don't access the boards for a few days, and come back, it seems to do better, but on an intra-day basis, it fails miserably.

In which case report it as a bug so Nick may investigate and possibly fix it.

When this upgrade was done we really should have moved to something better rather than keeping with Vbulletin.

[Paralytic]

Technically it's not broken but it does a dumb and complex calculation and after that takes you to the wrong place if there are posts from posters on your ignore list.

If you want a prime example of a badly designed system where a simply solution would work better it's that functionality.

It was working before the downgrade; it's not working now. It's broken

And its not (just) related to ignore lists - i've not got anyone on my ignore list (I'll read any old crap) and the feature does not work. If i don't access the boards for a few days, and come back, it seems to do better, but on an intra-day basis, it fails miserably.

[jamesbrown]

I use the >> by the last poster's name to get to the most recent post and then scroll back if necessary. On long threads, you still get a random page in the middle.

I never think to use the double down arrow by the title

Same here. Perhaps it presents differently on some platforms, but it works fine for me across several platforms.

The random page thing is a known issue related to posters on ignore, I believe.