Thursday, November 7, 2002
Site User-Interface Updates
Posted by Jason Dunn in "UPDATE" @ 01:15 AM
We've shuffled around the UI on the site a little to make things easier for you, so I wanted to point out what has changed:
• We finally have an ARCHIVES section! Upper left menu, fourth choice down. By default the archive list displays the last seven days worth of content, showing you the day, subject, and number of comments (if any). The real beauty in what our Web developer created is the Calendar View - this allows you to pick any day and have a listing of everything on that day and the next seven days. You can even pick a month and see every post there was!
• The navigation under the banner has been changed. There's no longer a LOG OUT button to accidentally hit, and search has been moved to this zone. The new MOBILE section will contain AvantGo and Mazingo links for those who need it.
• FILTER FRONTPAGE TOPICS, located in the upper right corner, is a feature that I have a feeling few of you are using. Here's how you use it: let's say you come to the site and want to see only new software. Click on the FILTER link, select the check-box for software, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Apply Filter. Voila! You have a front page with nothing but software posts. You say you don't like seeing off-topic posts, or news about Palm products? Select everything except those two topics, and you won't see them on the front page. Right now the setting lasts for the browser session. Moving forward we'll be integrating these settings into your profile and making them permanent for paid subscribers (yeah, we're still working on that).
• We finally have an ARCHIVES section! Upper left menu, fourth choice down. By default the archive list displays the last seven days worth of content, showing you the day, subject, and number of comments (if any). The real beauty in what our Web developer created is the Calendar View - this allows you to pick any day and have a listing of everything on that day and the next seven days. You can even pick a month and see every post there was!
• The navigation under the banner has been changed. There's no longer a LOG OUT button to accidentally hit, and search has been moved to this zone. The new MOBILE section will contain AvantGo and Mazingo links for those who need it.
• FILTER FRONTPAGE TOPICS, located in the upper right corner, is a feature that I have a feeling few of you are using. Here's how you use it: let's say you come to the site and want to see only new software. Click on the FILTER link, select the check-box for software, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Apply Filter. Voila! You have a front page with nothing but software posts. You say you don't like seeing off-topic posts, or news about Palm products? Select everything except those two topics, and you won't see them on the front page. Right now the setting lasts for the browser session. Moving forward we'll be integrating these settings into your profile and making them permanent for paid subscribers (yeah, we're still working on that).
