Do you use the Similar Threads feature?

Alexander Turcic · 05-11-2008, 07:43 PM

I am curious if we can disable this feature. I hardly ever use it.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-11-2008, 07:47 PM

i like it ! i just resurrected the thread "words : jay or nay friday" which i found in the "similar threads". does it use a lot of server ressources ?

Alexander Turcic · 05-11-2008, 07:56 PM

Hmmm good question. So far server resources are not an issue.

What I am trying to do is to discover sparely used features that could appear as "clutter" to our new members.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-11-2008, 08:14 PM

ah ok... well, as i said, personally i like it, and when i was a new member i found it quite useful in helping me to discover information i needed. that's my opinion... maybe i'll try to think of some different feature which might be called clutter, if you really want to disable something... nobody uses "search" right ?

montsnmags · 05-11-2008, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Hmmm good question. So far server resources are not an issue.

What I am trying to do is to discover sparely used features that could appear as "clutter" to our new members.

I can't say I've ever used it. I can see how a new member, searching for information on a specific issue, might find something there, but of course that depends on the accuracy of its list (for instance, a current "similar thread" to this one is PDF or similar holes? from 2006.

Is it possible, to reduce "clutter", to make it a collapsed list that you can "expand" if you desire? If not, well, my "vote" reflects my opinion (it's no great loss to me).

Cheers,
Marc

montsnmags · 05-11-2008, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

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Is it possible, to reduce "clutter", to make it a collapsed list that you can "expand" if you desire? If not, well, my "vote" reflects my opinion (it's no great loss to me).

I just noticed, it's already collapsible. Sorry. Is the collapsed state the default, or is the expanded state the default (I'm not going to assume that because mine is "expanded" that this is the default - I use a laptop trackpad, and I'm prone to inadvertent and unexpected clicks that open things I didn't mean to

).

Cheers,
Marc

RWood · 05-11-2008, 11:44 PM

I use and enjoy the Similar Threads feature. I often find threads that I missed the first time around or other related information. Sometimes it offers interesting threads that I would not normally select. I favor keeping it.

astra · 05-12-2008, 04:07 AM

I don't use it.

badgoodDeb · 05-12-2008, 04:00 PM

I never noticed it was there. I'll have to go try it out.....

Donnageddon · 05-12-2008, 07:09 PM

I am another vote for "What? You have a similar threads feature?"

Patricia · 05-12-2008, 08:18 PM

I use it occasionally.

pshrynk · 05-14-2008, 08:51 AM

I've found some very interesting discussions using it. Also some odd clang associations, too.

Alexander Turcic · 05-14-2008, 09:24 AM

Apparently I underestimated the use of this feature. It'll stay.

Thanks for participating in the poll.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-14-2008, 09:34 AM

yay !

Donnageddon · 05-15-2008, 03:15 AM

I am neither dismayed, nor enraptured.

But if Zelda is happy, everyone is happy!

View Poll Results: Do you use the Similar Threads feature?
Yes, keep it	12	40.00%
No, you can remove it	18	60.00%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

05-11-2008, 07:43 PM	#1
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05-11-2008, 07:47 PM	#2
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i like it ! i just resurrected the thread "words : jay or nay friday" which i found in the "similar threads". does it use a lot of server ressources ?

05-11-2008, 07:56 PM	#3
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Hmmm good question. So far server resources are not an issue. What I am trying to do is to discover sparely used features that could appear as "clutter" to our new members.

05-11-2008, 08:14 PM	#4
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	ah ok... well, as i said, personally i like it, and when i was a new member i found it quite useful in helping me to discover information i needed. that's my opinion... maybe i'll try to think of some different feature which might be called clutter, if you really want to disable something... nobody uses "search" right ?

05-11-2008, 11:44 PM	#7
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I use and enjoy the Similar Threads feature. I often find threads that I missed the first time around or other related information. Sometimes it offers interesting threads that I would not normally select. I favor keeping it.

05-12-2008, 04:07 AM	#8
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	I don't use it.

05-12-2008, 04:00 PM	#9
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,548 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I never noticed it was there. I'll have to go try it out.....

05-12-2008, 07:09 PM	#10
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	I am another vote for "What? You have a similar threads feature?"

05-12-2008, 08:18 PM	#11
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I use it occasionally.

05-14-2008, 08:51 AM	#12
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I've found some very interesting discussions using it. Also some odd clang associations, too.

05-14-2008, 09:24 AM	#13
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Apparently I underestimated the use of this feature. It'll stay. Thanks for participating in the poll.

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05-14-2008, 09:34 AM	#14
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	yay !

05-15-2008, 03:15 AM	#15
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	I am neither dismayed, nor enraptured. But if Zelda is happy, everyone is happy!