Feature Idea Feature requests and suggestions

[mfinley]

I do not see the "likes" count on threads in the forums now. One of the things that gets me to click on a thread especially in the photo posting forums is basing it on the likes count, I'm more prone to click on threads with likes so it gets me more involved and generates traffic in the threads.

 

[Mathew Anderson]

I do not see the "likes" count on threads in the forums now. One of the things that gets me to click on a thread especially in the photo posting forums is basing it on the likes count, I'm more prone to click on threads with likes so it gets me more involved and generates traffic in the threads.

Likes count is there, see my like of your post above.

 

[Hike Pics]

Great job, DPReview team! I'm really happy with the more modern forum software. One complaint though is that the exif info really gets in the way on mobile. It's great that it's easily visible but on my phone it obscures maybe a third of the image. Maybe a button to show/hide the info would be helpful.

Agree. It is rather huge!!

 

[green_badger]

Likes count is there, see my like of your post above.

Under the old software, the likes count of the original post of any thread was displayed in the forum overview, before clicking on it. I believe that's what mfinley is referring to, though I myself never considered it an effective gauge of the quality of any given thread, as very often, the most upvoted posts will be those answering the questions raised in the original post.

 

[mfinley]

Likes count is there, see my like of your post above

Sorry I should have been more clear. I'm referring to the main page of a sub forum where it shows the threads, the Landscape and Travel most of our posts are posting pictures, and you used to be able to see the amount of likes the starting post of the thread had gathered, it was a good way to catch up on posts that were interesting to look at as the more likes typically the more interesting the post or photos were that were posted.

 

[mfinley]

@Mathew Anderson
This is what it used to look like.

(I would have added this image to the first reply but the edit button doesn't work)

 

[Alan Sh]

I think the whole forum setup is taking up too much room - and much of it is caused by the amount of headings and the pinned posts. What it means is I have to scroll down before I even start looking at what new or modified threads I might want to view.

Here's an example from the Fujifilm X forum. This is a screenshot on my WXGA+ screen (2880 x 1800). As you can see, I havent got anything to look at until I scroll down to the next page's worth of threads.


Not sure why there's a blank space. My ad blocker isn't responsible. I'm using Firefox.


Now compare it with the same on another forum. Also has 3 pinned posts. I can see some posts with new answers on the first page.



Can we have a 'compact view' or something similar please?

 

[Alan Sh]

I just tried it in Chrome with no ad blocker. It's even worse. Look at this screen:


No wonder people don't like it.

 

[Alan Sh]

Here's an example of another forum with three fixed posts: