Antaris Veteran Posted March 19, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 19, 2008 (edited) Is it possible to mark a particular post in a thread as the answer to a question. This would be particularly useful in Forums such as Programming, OS support, etc. Not so much in General Discussion forums. You could then have the answer post immediately highlighted under the original thread starter's question, or a "Goto Answer" link. Not sure what everyone else thinks, but I think it would help some people a lot. Edited March 19, 2008 by Antaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Sounds like a good idea. However theres probably a good reason why the feature is not there already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMann Veteran Posted March 20, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2008 I for one would love a feature like this. (Y) Would be very useful in particular forums such as Internet, Network & Security & Programming forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted March 20, 2008 Global Moderator Share Posted March 20, 2008 This idea was just implemented on another forum, and I was thinking of suggesting it here.. but you beat me to it. I like the idea (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 20, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2008 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted March 20, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted March 20, 2008 Good idea (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I think it is a good thing for some forums and not others, as some problems may have more than one solution. But overall I think it is a good idea, as someone could have a problem that has previously been solved, and they can see (if they search) a thread that has a solution to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 23, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 23, 2008 If the thread starter can flag the problem as solved, that would be great. It doesn't prevent others from posting in with relevant alternatives, but it does let people quickly see at a glance that this thread contains information that did solve the original problem the thread starter had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unto Darkness Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I vote for your idea! (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 If the thread starter can flag the problem as solved, that would be great. It doesn't prevent others from posting in with relevant alternatives, but it does let people quickly see at a glance that this thread contains information that did solve the original problem the thread starter had. I agree, I see it as a win win. Nice idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted March 23, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 23, 2008 i think thiss is a great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 23, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 23, 2008 This thread should the first be used on when it's implimented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doherty Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 lol, make this thread the test dummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildpanda Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 good idea, just like on MSDN forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J400uk Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Yeah I think its a good idea, would work well in sub-forums like hardware hangout etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaris Veteran Posted March 24, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted March 24, 2008 Wow, that's a lot of responses. It was actually the MSDN forums that gave me the idea, as I find it increasingly useful. While we all appreciate the vast amount of replies, it is often the case where people scan through till they find a post that interests them. If you were to use a 'Goto Answer' link, it might be best renaming it a 'Goto first Answer' link, in case of multiple answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejn Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I think they use it at the official Apple Support forums. I think it's a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetix63 Veteran Posted April 1, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 1, 2008 Marking an actual post as being the correct answer to your question is going to be rather difficult to do via IPB. There's a lot of development effort involved in doing that, and frankly I think it's a feature that Invision would need to include out of the box before we could consider it. Neowin already uses a lot of modifications to IPB as it is. Whenever it comes to upgrading IPB, the reason the forums are always offline for so long is so we can put back in all of the mods that we've previously written. Whilst this is a nice idea, I think this would require a very large amount of development effort on our part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaris Veteran Posted April 1, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted April 1, 2008 Well, that's a shame, I might go and have a moan at IPB forums :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 If you could implement it without huge amounts of development work, it would be a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannes Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Great idea. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 If the thread starter can flag the problem as solved, that would be great. It doesn't prevent others from posting in with relevant alternatives, but it does let people quickly see at a glance that this thread contains information that did solve the original problem the thread starter had. +1 Marking an actual post as being the correct answer to your question is going to be rather difficult to do via IPB. There's a lot of development effort involved in doing that, and frankly I think it's a feature that Invision would need to include out of the box before we could consider it. Neowin already uses a lot of modifications to IPB as it is. Whenever it comes to upgrading IPB, the reason the forums are always offline for so long is so we can put back in all of the mods that we've previously written. Whilst this is a nice idea, I think this would require a very large amount of development effort on our part. Then lets move away from IPB :p J/k Oh well, it's a nice idea, but if that much work is included, nevermind it :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaris Veteran Posted April 9, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted April 9, 2008 Is the customer always right? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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