I have a suggestion on improving the Forum activity at the bottom of the main screen:
1) Change the heading text "Posted By" to "Creator", like it is on the screen under Community > Forum > ...
2) Add two new columns "Replies" and "Views" after "Creator", just like the other screen (Community > Forum > ...)
3) Add a new column "Last Post" in between "Section" and "Date", but with just with the users name, not the date or time.
Doing this gives users the info expected from a forum topic list, and encourages them to participate. Example, sometimes when I'm looking at the list I'm interested in topics with no replies or few replies to give my advice, etc., before there are too many replies, but I can't do that without the "Views" column. I have to enter the topic first before I know how many replies there are.
Another example, some people follow a certain thread and what to know when a specific User has replied, thus the need for the "Last Post" column to tell you who has replied last.
This will make the forums a lot more "user friendly" and give a "standard" feeling to people who are familiar with the look and feel of most forum UI lists.
Do it now!!!! :)
-Chris.
Message edited by author 2006-01-25 23:49:02.
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