Forum Navigation Menu

Dave Berk · 03-15-2008, 04:15 PM

This is probably a question for Alexander:

First of all, thank you for all the hard work in maintaining this forum.
Second, is it possible to add the forum navigation menu at the bottom of each thread (in addition to the way it is setup now at the top)?
Every time I read a thread till the end and want to go back to the forum, I have to scroll all the way back to the top for the menu. It's not that hard

, takes only a few second, but for long threads it is inconvenient.
Some other forums that I frequent have this feature, so I thought: why not here? If it is not possible/takes a long time to implement - don't bother. but if not, why not?

And to all my fellow boarders: Would you find such a feature useful? a bit? not at all?

tompe · 03-15-2008, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Berk

This is probably a question for Alexander:

First of all, thank you for all the hard work in maintaining this forum.
Second, is it possible to add the forum navigation menu at the bottom of each thread (in addition to the way it is setup now at the top)?
Every time I read a thread till the end and want to go back to the forum, I have to scroll all the way back to the top for the menu. It's not that hard

, takes only a few second, but for long threads it is inconvenient.
Some other forums that I frequent have this feature, so I thought: why not here? If it is not possible/takes a long time to implement - don't bother. but if not, why not?

And to all my fellow boarders: Would you find such a feature useful? a bit? not at all?

I am missing this. This lack has made me switch to reading the forum using search. I put a button in the toolbar for searching for new postings and I press this every time I need a new thread. This works surpisingly well since search is so fast in this forum.

Nate the great · 03-15-2008, 04:24 PM

The backspace key will do this.

Alexander Turcic · 03-15-2008, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Berk

Some other forums that I frequent have this feature, so I thought: why not here? If it is not possible/takes a long time to implement - don't bother. but if not, why not?

Dave, could you PM me a link to one of those forums?

Two reasons why I kinda hesitate to duplicate the forum navigation: 1) it would require some CSS redo because the navigation involves CSS IDs which must be unique on a page; and 2) it would increase the raw size of the total page.

Dave Berk · 03-16-2008, 12:35 AM

@Alexander: Thanks!!!

@To all:
There is now a forum jump feature at the end of each thread.

DaleDe · 03-17-2008, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

The backspace key will do this.

Not quite. backspace is like the back button on the browser. It does no refresh the source file, only the screen.

Dale

nekokami · 03-17-2008, 10:55 AM

The Home key does bounce you back to the top of the current page, but I too would find having the menubar at the bottom of the page very convenient, if it's not too much trouble.

Overall, I have to say the navigation here at MR is much better than most of the other forum sites I visit, though.

moz · 03-17-2008, 04:34 PM

Actually, what I'd find more useful is compressing the content at the bottom of the page so that the "end" key shows me some actual content rather than just cruft. I see the "quick answer" box, but could live without "posting rules", "similar thread" and the bottom menu. Or at least pack them in a bit more so they take less space. Maybe that's just me?

Alexander Turcic · 03-18-2008, 05:27 AM

moz, I fully agree. The posting rules are kinda redundant since MobileRead doesn't apply different rules to different forum sections. That said, they are now gone.

Removing Similar Threads I dunno... I thought they could be useful to some people.

nekokami · 03-18-2008, 01:57 PM

I kind of like Similar Threads.

03-15-2008, 04:15 PM	#1
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 578 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	Forum Navigation Menu This is probably a question for Alexander: First of all, thank you for all the hard work in maintaining this forum. Second, is it possible to add the forum navigation menu at the bottom of each thread (in addition to the way it is setup now at the top)? Every time I read a thread till the end and want to go back to the forum, I have to scroll all the way back to the top for the menu. It's not that hard , takes only a few second, but for long threads it is inconvenient. Some other forums that I frequent have this feature, so I thought: why not here? If it is not possible/takes a long time to implement - don't bother. but if not, why not? And to all my fellow boarders: Would you find such a feature useful? a bit? not at all?

03-15-2008, 04:24 PM	#3
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 10,055 Karma: 2784905 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	The backspace key will do this. __________________ The Digital Reader blog - www.the-digital-reader.com

03-17-2008, 10:55 AM	#7
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	The Home key does bounce you back to the top of the current page, but I too would find having the menubar at the bottom of the page very convenient, if it's not too much trouble. Overall, I have to say the navigation here at MR is much better than most of the other forum sites I visit, though. __________________ ~neko “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Click here for Ministry of Unutterable Silliness loot -- featuring Rock Lobster Souvenirs! Is an iPad an InfoPad ? What about the Entourage Edge? Hm...

03-18-2008, 01:57 PM	#10
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I kind of like Similar Threads. __________________ ~neko “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Click here for Ministry of Unutterable Silliness loot -- featuring Rock Lobster Souvenirs! Is an iPad an InfoPad ? What about the Entourage Edge? Hm...

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03-16-2008, 12:35 AM	#5
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 578 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	@Alexander: Thanks!!! @To all: There is now a forum jump feature at the end of each thread.

03-17-2008, 04:34 PM	#8
moz Addict Posts: 365 Karma: 1553 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbun Device: Sony PRS-505	Actually, what I'd find more useful is compressing the content at the bottom of the page so that the "end" key shows me some actual content rather than just cruft. I see the "quick answer" box, but could live without "posting rules", "similar thread" and the bottom menu. Or at least pack them in a bit more so they take less space. Maybe that's just me?

03-18-2008, 05:27 AM	#9
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 16,296 Karma: 3629092 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Sony PRS-650	moz, I fully agree. The posting rules are kinda redundant since MobileRead doesn't apply different rules to different forum sections. That said, they are now gone. Removing Similar Threads I dunno... I thought they could be useful to some people.

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