Need Feedback! Do you like "Latest Forum Activity"

[Steven P. Administrators]

We are currently coding IPB3 on a development server and we've run into a problem with how the forum index displays on screens lower than 1280x1024 with the new sidebar.

For reference here are the most popular screen resolutions that are used on Neowin:

We are considering removing the sidebar and just adding back the Latest Forum Activity across the whole forums again, rather than just showing it on the forum index sidebar, like IPB3 does.

[Steeley]

I hate it! Love to see it gone.

[Snowl]

YES! I love it.

If you want that, look for the Latest Discussions hook.

[Steven P. Administrators]

I hate it! Love to see it gone.

But you can minimize it?

[Steeley]

But you can minimize it?

Yeah, I'm satisfied doing that. It's just pointless to me - I browse the forums using the "new" and "active" buttons.

[Argi]

Sidebar? Do you mean the AJAX box at the top of each page? If so, I use that all the time.

Edited August 13, 2009 by chAos972

[fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj]

I browse almost exclusively via the Latest Forum activity. Please don't remove it!

[redeemed]

Sidebar? Am I missing something? :ermm: Or is that upcoming in IPB3?

Anyway, I do like the "Latest Forum Activity" box. That's practically how I navigate Neowin :pinch: I'd hate to see it disappear :(

Edit: Beat me to it omnicoder :D

[hjf288]

I browse almost exclusively via the Latest Forum activity. Please don't remove it!

[powerade01]

We are currently coding IPB3 on a development server and we've run into a problem with how the forum index displays on screens lower than 1280x1024 with the new sidebar.

For reference here are the most popular screen resolutions that are used on Neowin:

We are considering removing the sidebar and just adding back the Latest Forum Activity across the whole forums again, rather than just showing it on the forum index sidebar, like IPB3 does.

Needs to be alot faster. Like this post Im posting now, as soon as I hit "Add reply" when the page refreshes, it should show up.

[Gio Takahashi]

I find it a lot easier to keep track of new threads using Latest Activity, mostly because it is live, especially if there's a hot thread going. I would like to see it remain.

[Ricardo Gil]

I browse almost exclusively via the Latest Forum activity. Please don't remove it!

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[Prince Charming]

Got to toss in that even on a widescreen display, I cannot abide 'sidebars' on forums. I haven't seen one example where it actually works, and I just find it clunky and irritating. I'd also echo omnicoder - I browser pretty much exclusively by the LFA box.

[SkyDX]

As some other users have said, I too browse most of the time with the "Latest Forum Activity" box, so I'm against removing it.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Another vote for keeping the LFA where it currently is.

[Techno_Funky]

Please dont remove it, quite a nifty feature it is.

[LOC Veteran]

Well I'm on Shift/Graphite and I love my LFA.

[Orien]

I keep it hidden and browse through the New button. I guess I'm in the minority.

[dmb219]

Well I'm on Shift/Graphite and I love my LFA.

Same here.

[trag3dy]

I like it and use it quite a bit.

[Ji@nBing]

I use it all the time too, so another vote for keeping it.

[vip]

My monitor must be odd, my resolution is 1600x900 :l 20" widescreen samsung :l

[The_Wizard]

I use it quite a lot, so I voted to keep it :)

[cork1958]

I browse almost exclusively via the Latest Forum activity. Please don't remove it!

Another (Y)

[RAID 0]

Please dont remove it, quite a nifty feature it is.

I agree with Yoda, it is a nifty feature.