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How do you use the forum?  

1,135 members have voted

  1. 1. Do you pin the nav bar?

    • Yes (the pin button is orange)
      540
    • No (the pin button is black)
      87
    • I use both/switch between them
      22
    • I don't know how to pin the nav bar/no idea what you're talking about
      486

  2. 2. How often do you use the orange "Reply to this topic" button at the top of topics?

    • On every topic that I reply to
      66
    • Frequently (>50% of topics that you reply to)
      131
    • Sometimes (>10% of topics that you reply to)
      201
    • Very rarely (<10%)
      288
    • Never
      449

  3. 3. What theme do you use?

    • Day Theme
      306
    • Night Theme
      477
    • Both
      58
    • You can change the theme?! (Please select this option if it applied, but the theme switcher is in the footer)
      294

  4. 4. What devices/browsers do you use to browse the forum?

    • Chrome/Vivaldi/Opera/Any other Chromium derivative on a desktop/laptop
      952
    • Firefox/Any other Firefox fork on a dekstop/laptop
      256
    • Internet Explorer/Edge on a desktop/laptop
      61
    • Safari on a desktop/laptop
      91
    • Chrome/Opera/Stock Browser/any other derivative on Android
      476
    • Firefox on Android
      65
    • Internet Explorer/Edge on a Windows phone/tablet
      20
    • Any browser on iOS
      211
    • Other
      36

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Posted
14 hours ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

I honestly never noticed the "reply to this topic" button.

I didn't for a while, but I use it all the time now.

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3 hours ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Slightly off topic but Gratz on being 'upgraded' to admin :D (although your role and duties are probably still the same considering that  it seemed like you were an admin but just with a moderator tag before...)

Uhh... thats so old thing already. He's been admin almost since FPC came out.

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1 minute ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Uhh... thats so old thing already. He's been admin almost since FPC came out.

No, only a couple of months.

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1 minute ago, colonel_mortis said:

No, only a couple of months.

Really? I thought it was longer.

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Posted (edited)

No idea what this "nav bar" is.  Seriously? That's the nav bar? I didn't even know you could unpin it, I had left it by default, which is "pinned".

 

Pressing the "Reply to This Topic" is the equivalent of saying "I don't want to read anything so bring me to the bottom of the page immediately and let me post something completely irrelevant", never used it, ever.

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The problem with the "reply to this topic" button is that if the post is more than a few lines long I will have probably scrolled down to read it before I decide to reply, at which point either the input box is just closer to my cursor (there are no replies) or I want to see other people's comments before writing something myself. If it was on the nav bar maybe it would be more useful.

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6 hours ago, colonel_mortis said:

I agree, but unfortunately that doesn't fit within the scope of what I can do for this update, and the devs have consistently shown that they really don't care about this issue.

That isn't really a solution though.

 

For the pin, the nav bar is being redesigned anyway, so I'm trying to establish whether a pin icon needs to be worked into the design, or whether it should just always be pinned.

For the reply button, IMO it encourages people to reply to a topic without reading the posts, and it would fee up the vertical space that's dedicated to it, so I'm trying to decide whether it could be removed or not.

For themes, I'm mostly interested in how many people didn't know that they could change theme.

That isn't something that I can fix for this update, but I will pass it on to the devs to consider for a future update, though I'm not sure that they're even reading suggestions any more so don't hold your breath.

You should be able to change your response.

the real question is, what does pin navigation even do!? 

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Just now, themctipers said:

the real question is, what does pin navigation even do!? 

Keeps the nav bar visible when you scroll down.

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Just now, colonel_mortis said:

Keeps the nav bar visible when you scroll down.

thats quite useful 

it always has been pinned for me :P

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16 hours ago, Tech_Dreamer said:

a toggle button to disable notifications from a status update you replied to that is being hammered by replies would be a cool thing, Just saying' .

Or alternatively something like what happens when you get quoted by a ton of people in a topic, where all those notifications are merged into one instead of being separate.

 

Also it's annoying that you get two notifications when you get mentioned in a status update.

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Wonder how many people used "reply to this topic" button to reply to this thread :ph34r:

Details separate people.

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I have been wondering how to change the theme or if it was a possibility since I got on Floatplane, thanks to this topic my eyes are resting with the cool night theme. Thank you for posting this :D

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Side note it would make 100% more sense for the "theme" thing to just be a on/off switch on the nav bar. I literally would never have found this on my own.

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Just now, MrBurnZZ said:

Side note it would make 100% more sense for the "theme" thing to just be a on/off switch on the nav bar. I literally would never have found this on my own.

The reason for that question is to find out how hard to discover the theme switcher is, to which it appears the answer is fairly. In the upcoming update, I'm hoping to improve that by moving it to the user dropdown menu.

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11 minutes ago, colonel_mortis said:

The reason for that question is to find out how hard to discover the theme switcher is, to which it appears the answer is fairly. In the upcoming update, I'm hoping to improve that by moving it to the user dropdown menu.

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BTW, is there any ways to add custom reactions to the stock one in Invision 4.2? I've used it on other forums, and it's not very detailed. Like, thanks, haha and angry.

 

And maybe make a beta tester program :D

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Well thank you again for posting the topic my eyes are grateful.

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2 minutes ago, JDE said:

BTW, is there any ways to add custom reactions to the stock one in Invision 4.2? I've used it on other forums, and it's not very detailed. Like, thanks, haha and angry.

 

And maybe make a beta tester program :D

It's not very detailed on here either, but yes, it can be customised.

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Just now, colonel_mortis said:

It's not very detailed on here either, but yes, it can be customised.

So, agrees, informatives, funnies and thumbs ups will still exist? :D

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17 hours ago, 0ld_Chicken said:

well NOW i pin the nav bar!  Actually it was already pinned but I didn't know it :$  I like it pinned for sure though

 

I've maybe used the "reply to this topic" button twice in my time here

I think "pinned" is the default, and it makess sense, too. It allows you to interact with your notifications and messages, and i use it often just to return to the meinpage of the forum

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17 hours ago, Damascus said:

Didn't know #2 existed and I've been here for months w/5k posts o.O

Sweet balls. I've been here for 3 years almost and you already have more posts than me lmao.

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Just now, wcreek said:

Sweet balls. I've been here for 3 years almost and you already have more posts than me lmao.

Then again I blame my post on Off topic threads. Which let's be real if Off topic posts counted, everyone would have a far higher number.

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2 minutes ago, wcreek said:

Sweet balls. I've been here for 3 years almost and you already have more posts than me lmao.

there are those who talk and those who listen.

i myself am more of a listener

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