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    • steveS
      steve @Bill Kindle
      last edited by

      @Bill-Kindle said:

      Its a bunch of text and kinda hard to follow. Post titles might be better.

      Would that be better than a clean front page with only the categories? You are only one click away from each category that would show the latest posts.

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      • Reid CooperR
        Reid Cooper
        last edited by

        I think clean sounds good. Worth a try at least.

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        • KatieK
          Katie
          last edited by

          I agree - a clean front page would be a little nicer than an aggregate of posts for each section.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch
            last edited by

            I am only ever on hone front page long enough to hit the recent or unread or notification button.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
              last edited by

              @JaredBusch said:

              I am only ever on hone front page long enough to hit the recent or unread or notification button.

              That's how I feel. The more that is there, the longer it takes to load or scroll.

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              • NetworkNerdN
                NetworkNerd
                last edited by

                I agree the main page could use some cleaning to prevent it being too busy. Rather than a list of the content of recent posts, I like the idea of showing maybe the few threads with most recent activity under each category. Then you can quickly see what topics are active and then choose to either click a topic or browse the category as a whole.

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                • alexntgA
                  alexntg
                  last edited by

                  It would be cleaner and less disconcerting. Right now, it looks like Twitter vomited on the main page.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @alexntg
                    last edited by

                    @alexntg or Pinterest.

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                    • StrongBadS
                      StrongBad
                      last edited by

                      Yes. The current design is too busy. You have to scroll to get to groups.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender
                        last edited by

                        If you drop the text the home page will start looking either like a iPad or windows 8 (frankly a live tile like Windows 8 might be better - rotating thread titles under the main section) just a bunch of tiles/icons.

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                        • ?
                          A Former User
                          last edited by

                          I vote for forum names only.

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                          • DominicaD
                            Dominica
                            last edited by

                            I only ever click on the topic headings, anyway. I agree, it's busy. Since we're evolving as a new community, I don't see a problem with testing new look and feel.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              @Dashrender said:

                              If you drop the text the home page will start looking either like a iPad or windows 8 (frankly a live tile like Windows 8 might be better - rotating thread titles under the main section) just a bunch of tiles/icons.

                              I saw that tried at one point.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                I like the plain idea. Saw that during recent testing and it seemed nice.

                                NodeBB themselves use the front page like we have now and I feel like it is useless.

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  I like the plain idea. Saw that during recent testing and it seemed nice.

                                  NodeBB themselves use the front page like we have now and I feel like it is useless.

                                  Agreed, MLs home page is currently useless. The last post in a thread is often meaningless without at least knowing the title of the thread itself.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes agreed. When I look at the page I have no idea what to do with that view.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      And on mobile it is way more work than it should be. Much easier to post without all of that.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender
                                        last edited by

                                        I only use the inbox - it tells me there are new posts and I go through the entire list.

                                        Of course this will be impossible once we reach 300+ posts a day (or maybe a 1000).. but you see my point.

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                                        • I
                                          ITcrackerjack
                                          last edited by

                                          I know I'm new here, but here's my $.02 anyway. Yes, it's pretty hard to read and the most recent replies don't mean much without knowing the topic anyway. I'd rather see just a list of categories (maybe containing a list of the most recent posts in it). The two things I look for are, first, new replies to posts I've already seen and then new posts.

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                                          • alexntgA
                                            alexntg
                                            last edited by

                                            Would it be possible to add some informative text? New visitors don't necessarily know what the site's about.

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