New And Improved PF Look[Easier to Browse]

[Hysteria X]

in this 21st century where time is the most important thing it is a pain to scroll down the home page to select the topics of our choice what i suggest to this is using tabs(Like tabs in browsers like chrome and FF) here is a sample of what i mean

It would be really easy to check out the sections if it was in this format and quite time saving too. What do you think guyz

 

[micromass]

I like the lay-out as it is now because you get an overview of every forum at once. Clicking tabs is going to be more annoying for me.

 

[Hysteria X]

I like the lay-out as it is now because you get an overview of every forum at once. Clicking tabs is going to be more annoying for me.

Actually when you get used to it its aloooot easier.

Every topic in a single page as it currently is gives a clumpsy and messy look.

Imagine your current browser had no tabs and all the websites were shown on a single page?? you will understand what i am trying to say

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Sold! I'll make the changes tomorrow! :D

 

[Hysteria X]

Sold! I'll make the changes tomorrow! :D

lol really? that's awesome

so do i get something like a reward for the idea

 

[Drakkith]

It would be really easy to check out the sections if it was in this format and quite time saving too. What do you think guyz

Personally I'd rather keep it the way it is. I very much like being able to simply scroll down and browse through the various forums since they show the most recent thread and post underneath the link.

 

[Drakkith]

lol really? that's awesome

so do i get something like a reward for the idea

I wouldn't get your hopes up. It's likely Greg is simply joking.
Between you and I he's REALLY bad at letting it be known.

 

[Evo]

I also think it's a bad idea. If I have to look for threads by clicking tabs, I will miss a lot of threads. Having it all viewable on one page just makes more sense. Won't making it harder to find threads reduce the number of posts? New members won't see things that interest them, so we could lose them. If it's not viewable on the homepage, what is going to make them dig for topics?

 

[Drakkith]

True. I have been to many websites where I have to spend far too much time searching for something on a sidebar just to get to where I wanted to be at. And that's if I even know to do that.

 

[dlgoff]

I wouldn't get your hopes up. It's likely Greg is simply joking.
Between you and I he's REALLY bad at letting it be known.

Really? I remember turning pink once. And didn't everything get redirected to Evo profile once?

 

[TurtleMeister]

Really? I remember turning pink once. And didn't everything get redirected to Evo profile once?

I remember everyone having Evo's avatar once.

I like his idea. There are some forums here that I never browse. Mostly because I don't have the time to browse all of them. It would be nice to have just the ones I'm most interested in listed.

If you're using Firefox you can do something very similar to what the op suggests. Open all the sub forums that you like into separate tabs. Right click on any tab and select "Bookmark all tabs". You will be prompted for a folder name. Name it "Physics Forums". There you have it. You can either select the subforum you want individually, or you can right click on "Physics Forums" and select "Open All in Tabs".

 

[Evo]

I like his idea. There are some forums here that I never browse. Mostly because I don't have the time to browse all of them. It would be nice to have just the ones I'm most interested in listed.

Therein lies the problem from the viewpoint of encouraging people to find more items of interest and stick around. I know many people that have said that they came here for one question, got their answer, but then noticed all of the other topics and got hooked. They would have left and never returned otherwise.

If there is a way Greg can make blocking out the rest of the forum an option to people that have only one interest, but leave the homepage as an easy and quick way to browse what's going on for the rest of us, then ok.

 

[jedishrfu]

For me the textbook forum presents a problem of knowing if a textbook has been listed or not because there's no index by title or author

 

[micromass]

For me the textbook forum presents a problem of knowing if a textbook has been listed or not because there's no index by title or author

Yes, I know. But I'm working on that. Patience

 

[Drakkith]

And didn't everything get redirected to Evo profile once?

Yes, it was a bleak, desolate time in PF history. All that remember it label it the "Age of Strife" and pray that it never occurs again.

 

[micromass]

Yes, it was a bleak, desolate time in PF history. All that remember it label it the "Age of Strife" and pray that it never occurs again.

Oh God. The memories... It's all coming back to me...

 

[jhae2.718]

...it is a pain to scroll down the home page to select the topics of our choice...

I have a 1200x1920 monitor. :)

Portrait monitors make pretty much everything except games nicer.

 

[jedishrfu]

Yes, I know. But I'm working on that. Patience

Hey Thanks Micro! That will really help.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

Really? I remember turning pink once.

I kind of like it

I mine as well include my own suggestion for the site, as well

I don't know, it's not that great of an idea, but I'd be pretty surprised if the forum doesn't look like this tomorrow morning.

 

[jedishrfu]

why not go retro with a steampunk motif

 

[Snow-Leopard]

Copying other websites Layout is not a good idea! PF is so good.

 

[Borek]

As TurtleMeister mentioned such view can be configured at the browser level. At least that's what I have here under Opera - when I open the browser it shows (in tabs) exactly the PF pages I need to visit when reporting for duty.

 

[QuarkCharmer]

Please make this an option in the user control panel or something! Like micromass, I like seeing everything at once and being able to "switch tabs/topics" by simply scrolling down with the mouse wheel rather than having to aim that pesky pointer at stuff and click.

 

[Redbelly98]

Portrait monitors make pretty much everything except games nicer.

Even better is having one portrait and one landscape monitor.

I mine as well include my own suggestion for the site, as well

 

[Evo]

I also vote for the AntiFreeze format and color scheme!

 

[Astronuc]

For me the textbook forum presents a problem of knowing if a textbook has been listed or not because there's no index by title or author

micromass has indexed the mathematics textbook forum. Meanwhile, one can search each forum for the author, or keyword in the title. If the author's name doesn't produce a result, then there is a good chance the book is not listed.