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#36532 27-Jun-2009 10:11
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I've posted this on my Twitter, so it's just fair I post here too!

Any ideas, suggestions welcome - but be realistic. There is no date set for this yet, just some ideas kicking around, thanks to RedJungle (click for larger version):




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  #228745 27-Jun-2009 10:28
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I like it, as long as it loads fast and makes it easier to read articles, I'm happy :)




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  #228746 27-Jun-2009 10:31
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It feels fast from the test site...




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  #228748 27-Jun-2009 10:42
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Is it possible to have a "Go to first new post" button?



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  #228750 27-Jun-2009 10:56
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A mobile freindly version please?




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  #228754 27-Jun-2009 11:29
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Looks Nice. Maybe move that Flash ad from the right of the reviews to the left?

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  #228765 27-Jun-2009 12:48
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looks better.

one thing which would be great is light/smartphone/mobile version :)




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  #228766 27-Jun-2009 12:51
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Forgot to mention, that cross browsing should not be forgotten. current design does not work well on Opera.




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  #228768 27-Jun-2009 13:02
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As I spend most of my time on this site in the forums having some of the basic functions that almost all other forums seem to have would be nice.. The big two would be

The "new" tag working as it should. ie only shows on the thread until you have read that thread and for it not to be removed until you have read the thread.

Second would be that there is is shortcut link to new posts. I am not quite sure why this seems to not be possible with the forum software Geekzone is using but if sites the size of http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au can have it work I cant see why Geekzone can't?







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  #228789 27-Jun-2009 15:42
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yip the only two things missing here are a more mobile friendly version, and the ability to go to last read post in a thread. Big ones for me.

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  #228871 28-Jun-2009 00:52
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I wouldn't mind if the Search function stood out more. Maybe it could be right-justified and a bit bigger than the "What are you doing?" field. It does seem to stand out more in the new design but the width of my resolution leaves the field around the centre of the screen. For some reason it's not the first place I go looking for it - that big empty field for "What are you doing?" just catches my eye first.

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  #228887 28-Jun-2009 08:20
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Can we have a link to a test site to see how it performs with various type of browsers??




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  #228891 28-Jun-2009 09:10
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+1 for a mobile friendly version. I'm sure all of us geeks own smartphones.

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  #228892 28-Jun-2009 09:14
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2 features I would like to see implemented...

1) Collapsable sections - On the Geekzone main page, it would be nice if I could collapse/minimise sections I don't want to see, and cookies remember my settings so they are still minimised when I next visit etc

Sections like 'Featured', 'Reviews', 'Profile', 'News', 'RSS', 'Forums', 'Promotions', 'Blogs', 'Jobs' and 'Software'

2) A user favorites section - a section on the main page that displays threads I have marked as favorites/to follow, my threads, and threads I have posted in.
This section should also be where email is linked from, showing the number of emails in my inbox.




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  #228900 28-Jun-2009 10:08

I like that the whole design sits on black background as it is "eco-friendly" (need less energy to display) :)

Quick questions I could think of:
Will you have widgets for Vista, Nokia N97, etc?
What about an iPhone optimized Geekzone like The New Zealand Herald website?
And what about if registered users of the website could download special GZ wallpaper? :)




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  #228956 28-Jun-2009 15:21
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Thank you everyone for your comments so far. My question was actually about design - not feature.

Access to a preview site would be enabled when we have decided on the design and implemented the most of it so people can use, test in most browsers, etc. When this happens I will post here.

A mobile version (starting with our forums) is in the plans.

We currentlty offer a "NEW" flag based on new posts since your last login - or if you use the New Forum Posts page you can see all new or modified discussions since your last login, today, or yesterday. This link is always shown in the menu after you login (and is currently one of the top five pages on Geekzone in number of views).

A "Jump to last" or "Jump to first unread" can be done, still based on the time from last login.

The current Google Search option in the menu is just the size to make the display fit on a 1024 screen - any longer and it will put scroll bars around.

The new design will start on the frontpage and once we roll it out then we can start modifying the forums and others.




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