Jambooo Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Hi everyone! Whilst browsing the I,N,S forum today... I came across another thread asking which alternative 1GB providers are avilable. I think neowin needs organised, clean, easy to find lists of things like this to prevent certain forums getting clogged up by the same old stuff. Far too many questions are getting asked far too many times. If the information was available from the start without people having to crawl through pages and pages just to find it, it would make things a lot easier. Keep up the good work, Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 the lazy people would sure benefit :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sietse Veteran Posted August 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 24, 2004 I think this is stuff for the article section then. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john smith 1924 Veteran Posted August 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 24, 2004 Hi Lee, thanks for the idea. I agree, it would be nice if we could setup a wiki / something along those lines to establish a good reference point for regularly asked questions. For more info on a wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambooo Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 the lazy people would sure benefit :) Didn't mean it like that :whistle: :whistle: Just there's been times where i've been trying to find something quick, and I end up spending around 15 mins looking before finding it. This board is so huge that it means useful threads get pushed to the bottom very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Kirklander Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Didn't mean it like that :whistle: :whistle: Just there's been times where i've been trying to find something quick, and I end up spending around 15 mins looking before finding it. This board is so huge that it means useful threads get pushed to the bottom very quickly. Hey, sounds like you may have volunteered to create and maintain these lists... :D Good for you! (Y) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 i will help you , by watching :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted August 25, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 25, 2004 Withthe amount of posts here at Neowin, things are bound to be asked continually. If people can't read a damn stickied post in the browser forums so they know ehere to properly post, what makes this or a wiki any different? It won't be read. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambooo Posted August 25, 2004 Author Share Posted August 25, 2004 Hey, sounds like you may have volunteered to create and maintain these lists... :DGood for you! (Y) :) Ok, seems like i'm digging an inncredibly deep whole here... I better shut up now :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwBen Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Ok, seems like i'm digging an inncredibly deep whole here... I better shut up now :whistle: If you don't wanna do it, I'll do it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted August 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 26, 2004 sticky posts just do not stick out enough maybe. besdies. if you see posts that do not belong, you can help, by using the report button. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Stickies are fine. perhaps a red icon pin instead of the blue... Report, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffan Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Stickies are fine. perhaps a red icon pin instead of the blue...Report, people. I agree. Stickies need to stand out more. A lot of people think they are normal posts and ignore them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNuTs Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Would it be possible, to toogle stickies on - off? Because i just find the stickies useless and annoying ( For me ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dL Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Yes, sometimes I find it hard to find something. E.g. I know in August 9th newspost, there is the Neowin's SP2 Slipstreaming Guide. Well! I may be stupid at searching, but I have to go back to the August 9th newspost to click on the news, then click on the More Info. Isn't there a faster way? dL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I agree. Stickies need to stand out more. A lot of people think they are normal posts and ignore them. Yeah, it's really hard to identify threads locked to their own section of a given forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 E.g. I know in August 9th newspost, there is the Neowin's SP2 Slipstreaming Guide. Well! I may be stupid at searching, but I have to go back to the August 9th newspost to click on the news, then click on the More Info. Isn't there a faster way?dL https://www.neowin.net/articles.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambooo Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 Well I know this is starting to sound quite petty but here goes. I know at the end of the day it's not really important at all but I started a thread... so god dammit i'm gonna finish it :) I don't think many people understood the context of what I was trying to say in my first post. No matter how many sticky's there are, people still don't seem to see them, and post useless topics over and over (and over) again. You can imagine it gets quite frustrating when you're looking for a good read or an opportunity to help someone and you're looking at a question you saw yesterday. I personally don't like the stickys cause they take up a lot of space on forum index pages... they also sometimes turn what could be a useful reference/resource into a totally off topic dicussion meaning you have to crawl loads of pages/posts to get to the point. What I think we need is short and sweet lists including the basic facts and interesting links/references for stuff such as: Common applications Fonts E-mail providers Bulletin Boards Graphics manipulation packages Browsers ISPs Note: I knows there's some perfectly OK threads for some of the above.. I was just giving examples from the top of my head I think this would get rid of a few of the common questions such as "Which ISP is the best?" or "What alternative e-mail providers are available" and make way for more interesting threads. It also means if we need to find a small snippet of information we can find it in a few clicks.. Everybody's happy! We don't need a massive new feature, but just some more "Handy Links", most of which say "will be added soon". I know most of you are still refusing to agree in any feasable way so please don't respond with silly answers. Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishX Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 EYE PEE BEE TWO POINT OH FINAL! Lots more flexibility and the skin coding is better as well. I agree that some things should stand out more like pinned topics. I'm sure we'll be looking back over all these suggestions and more when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambooo Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 LOL... took me a while till I got that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Pirate] Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Hi Lee,thanks for the idea. I agree, it would be nice if we could setup a wiki / something along those lines to establish a good reference point for regularly asked questions. For more info on a wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki someone suggested that a while back but the people didn't underatand :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted August 27, 2004 Veteran Share Posted August 27, 2004 EYE PEE BEE TWO POINT OH FINAL! ROOFLL!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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