Steven P. 17,395 Founder Share Posted June 17, 2013 I have enabled the "Best Answer" feature for all forums where it applies. It is set so that the topic starter and staff may only vote for the best answer. It's an optional feature, but hopefully people will use it. I have also added it to NeoBay and Grafix Exchange and I will require that items that are sold, or images that have been chosen by the asker be marked as Best Answer so that topics in those forums are marked as solved. 1 Share Link to post Share on other sites
Muhammad Farrukh 1,080 Share Posted June 17, 2013 So once a post has been selected as the best one, does that mean the topic will be automatically closed? Or will it be at the discretion of the OP? Link to post Share on other sites
Raa 1,612 Share Posted June 17, 2013 So once a post has been selected as the best one, does that mean the topic will be automatically closed? Or will it be at the discretion of the OP? Wouldn't it be a good idea to auto close topics after a best answer is selected - say after 24 hours? Link to post Share on other sites
Muhammad Farrukh 1,080 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Wouldn't it be a good idea to auto close topics after a best answer is selected - say after 24 hours? Might be, in some cases. Lets say OP, in hesitation, selected the best answer but after that, some other genius ( :p ) came by and suggested a better solution to the problem, which will of course require more time for the consideration by others Link to post Share on other sites
Atomic Wanderer Chicken 1,585 Share Posted June 17, 2013 This is good for less complex problems, but for harder issues its better to keep a thread open if alot of people still cant solve it Link to post Share on other sites
MikeChipshop 3,458 Member Share Posted June 17, 2013 Yeah i vote for keeping the thread open after a best answer is selected. We do this on our web design forum and having a 'best answer' can often draw a better discussion out of the rest of the thread. Link to post Share on other sites
Steven P. 17,395 Author Founder Share Posted June 17, 2013 Threads aren't closed and there's no need for that http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1154222-neowin-fonts-look-meh-on-linux/ you'll see an inline tag showing "Answered" which works for me. http://www.neowin.net/forum/forum/19-site-forum-issues/ 1 Share Link to post Share on other sites
The Evil Overlord 18,442 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Cool, there have been questions I've posted here, and wish I could do more than simply like, 'Best Answer'sounds great... Link to post Share on other sites
Haggis 1,011 Veteran Share Posted June 17, 2013 Yup i like this feature :D Link to post Share on other sites
Yusuf M. 1,367 Veteran Share Posted June 17, 2013 I've been looking forward to this feature for a long time. Gone are the days of scouring through a thread to find an answer. Link to post Share on other sites
Richard C. 289 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2013 Seen this in action and it's a fantastic feature, nice work! :D Link to post Share on other sites
Marshall 15,357 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2013 Nice feature. (Y) Are you going to make it to where the "answered" threads get their titles updated with [solved] before them. This way it will show up as that on a Google search, for example. I know when I'm looking for a solution to a problem, I'm more likely to click a "solved" link in Google. 2 Share Link to post Share on other sites
Steven P. 17,395 Author Founder Share Posted June 19, 2013 I doubt that matters, whenever i'm looking for a solution I will open a couple of the top most results anyway, it would be nice if Google supported tag prefixes tbh. Link to post Share on other sites
+Anarkii 2,262 Subscriber² Share Posted June 19, 2013 Nice feature. (Y) Are you going to make it to where the "answered" threads get their titles updated with [solved] before them. This way it will show up as that on a Google search, for example. I know when I'm looking for a solution to a problem, I'm more likely to click a "solved" link in Google. This... I also do the same, and would help out greatly when searching the forums too. Link to post Share on other sites
Steven P. 17,395 Author Founder Share Posted June 19, 2013 At the top of the forum index http://www.neowin.net/forum/forum/19-site-forum-issues/ you'll see a toggle for Un/answered view as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Noir Angel 4,283 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Good move, it will help separate the good answers from the bad ones Link to post Share on other sites
neohelp 2 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I think the color should be changed as it is exactly the same as the pinned topics.. 1 Share Link to post Share on other sites
The Evil Overlord 18,442 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I think the color should be changed as it is exactly the same as the pinned topics.. Seconded Link to post Share on other sites
Growled 3,881 Member Share Posted June 19, 2013 A very nice feature. I'm glad we have it. :) Link to post Share on other sites
Steven P. 17,395 Author Founder Share Posted June 19, 2013 I think the color should be changed as it is exactly the same as the pinned topics.. Pinned topics are green? Show me.. Link to post Share on other sites
Brandon H 3,993 Supervisor Share Posted June 19, 2013 Pinned topics are green? Show me.. they were, pinned topics were changed to grey yesterday though. he probably just needs to clear his cache :p Link to post Share on other sites
REM2000 150 Share Posted June 19, 2013 cool good feature to have :) Link to post Share on other sites
riahc3 440 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Hello, Where is the original thread where this was talked about with its pros and cons? :) Link to post Share on other sites
Eric 1,605 Veteran Share Posted February 16, 2014 Please note: The staff will not accept reports to mark answers to questions as solved. If the poster doesn't mark it we will mark them if we run across them. Please do not use the report function for this. 3 Share Link to post Share on other sites
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