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Do you prefer the Forum with or without a navigation menu on the left?  

49 members have voted

  1. 1. Do you prefer the Forum with or without a navigation menu on the left?

    • With a navigation menu
      27
    • Without a navigation menu - full screen width
      3
    • No preference
      13


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Hi all -

In the next couple of months we will be changing the appearance (very slightly) and features of the forum. I'd like some feedback on the appearance side if you have a moment please:

 

Because many members seemed unaware that there were many other resources on the site aside from the forum itself, I carried the navigation menu you can see on the left hand side (the block of options that starts with Home and ends with Resources) through from the site's other pages into the forum.

 

The question I'd like some feedback on is how many find this useful. Do you like having access to this menu throughout the forum, or would you prefer the whole screen to be used. If the forum loses the menu, you will be able to access the rest of the site by clicking a 'Home' button at the top of each forum page.

 

The benefit to having the navigation menu is that you get an instant access to the rest of the site. The drawback is that you lose some of the 'real estate' on your screen by an area that is largely white space. Those with smaller screens or lower resolutions will probably notice this more than others.

 

Hope this makes sense - in addition to clicking the Poll button to vote your preference, I'd be happy to hear any comments in the usual way by posting a reply. :)

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Hello... I'm going to sound grumpy now... I don't mean to ! I felt bad after I voted and read all your cheery comments ! I think the menu is very ueful...but I did like it when we didn't have to move everything over to read it......I'm probably just tired and having to press an extra button feels like hard work today !!!!!....but I LOVE everything else about the site! :o

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No problem Galleon -

Its always good to vote first and read peoples' comments afterwards! :)

 

To be honest I'm quite surprised people are so heavily in favour of the menu appearance. It was quite a controversial choice to change it back in June - most people advised me against it...

 

When you say you have to move everything over, do you mean you have a little left to right cursor because the screen isn't wide enough? You must have a fairly small screen in that case (or a low resolution, or both). It's possible you might be able to avoid that effect by changing the resolution to a higher one.

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Thanks for the tips Steve... I probably do have a small screen (lap top) and it very probably is low resolution ! ?... erm when I know I'll change to a higher one and stop my grumbling !!!

 

Cheers ! :D

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