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Please use this topic to express concerns or share ideas about this site moving forward as a replacement for the Build Community Site. Thanks!

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Should The New and Unread filters show everything for me as a new user? They show no new and no unread.

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Couple of Issues I noticed with the text editor:

  • Numbered list does not continue on carriage return
  • blockquote does not seems to do anything.

this should be a blockquote

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headers of the sections on this area http://community.smartthings.com/tos#4 of the TOS are clickable for some reason, even though they do nothing.

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Attempting a blockquote.

Ah I think it works if you highlight what you want and then hit blockquote button.

I have noted the carrige return issue with Discourse. that is annoying.

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Interestingly enough - if you Shift + Return you get enumeration on lists.

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At first glance it does not seem as intuitive as other forums. I’m trying to get used to it.

Twack

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I signed in using Twitter, why didn’t it use my avatar?

This is some editing of original post.

#PickAPlatformBen

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I am interested if it is the design of the site or something else that makes you feel it is less intuitive. Something we can likely do to fix some things up.

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Mr. Pickaplatform (aka Ben),

I like forums that are very linear from top to bottom. When I first loaded this forum, my eye went all over the page looking for what I am used to. It didn’t feel fluid. I’ve been using forums since the old BBS days and they have pretty much been like big linked lists that you drill down into. I also like it when the latest postings cause the topic to bubble up underneath the stickied items. One forum software that I like is http://xenforo.com/ . Very simple and clean.

Or MS SharePoint.

Anyway, my 2 cents,
Twack

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I was with you until you said Sharepoint. Then all your credibility was destroyed :wink:

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I’m also noticing the lack of intuitiveness. I don’t know that I can point to anything specific, but it definitely isn’t obvious what I’m supposed todo. I’ve generally figured it out as I’ve poked around but …

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I think this has to do with a lack of visual hierarchy. I’ll see what we can do with styling.

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Looks good so far… not that great on my iPhone (the formatting seems a little off) but great on desktop and iPad Mini.

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Yeah we have a bit more work to do to get it looking right everywhere. Thanks!

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Really liking the changes so far. Much more usable in my opinion.

Keep up the good work!

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Actually is there a place for feature requests not just suggestions for new devices?

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I’m loving Discourse. Great choice on a new platform! It’s a paradigm shift from forums of long-ago.

My only issue so far is it breaks the back button. When I’m viewing a set of categories, navigate to Topic, and then use the back button, I’m taken to /top instead of back to /category/meta. I notice a quick flash of /category/meta before it takes me to /top.

This makes it confusing and awkward as a new user. At least its faster than the old forums, so navigating back isn’t a painfully slow process.

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Some issues with display on an iPad in portrait orientation (happens on the main site as well). See this thread which has some info.

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Is it me or are the dates on the posts a little funky?

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Is it me or are the dates on the posts a little funky?
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In how they display or something else?

@brianlees - we’ll check it out. Thanks!