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[Guest xiphi]

You can find good threads in the Latest Forum Activity. It's how I found THIS thread :)

+1 Forum activity would probably be reduced if LFA was removed.

[DaveLegg Developer]

I don't like how the title goes to the first post of the thread.

Click the little icon to the left of the title ;)

[Mike]

I'd prefer it where it currently is now on the forums, hell i even removed the sidebar on the main page and made my own LFA at the top of the main page (using userjs) :p

[Ji@nBing]

Click the little icon to the left of the title ;)

Ha!! Thanks for that. That was always a little annoyance for me.

[what]

I don't use it very much but I bloody hate that sidebar in IPB3. If it means getting rid of that then yes, please keep it.

[Guest]

Well, I found this thread via that box so it'd be wise to keep it. It's just such an easy way for people to get a quick glimpse of what's going on. I don't really find threads any other way. This forum is just way too big for me to actually go looking for threads of interest.

That said, I do find it annoying that the page loads and I start reading something then suddenly the box appears which pushes everything about. If it takes a while for the data to be populated, then that's fine but the box could still just be there anyway. Whack a loading throbber inside and job's sorted.

[cwpenner]

You can find good threads in the Latest Forum Activity. It's how I found THIS thread :)

Haha +1

It's one of the reasons I keep refreshing neowin all day, please leave it :)

[jelli]

The only reason I spotted this thread was because of Latest Forum Activity. :)

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

^ +1

[Sethos]

I don't care where it's placed, as long as its there.

[Rappy Veteran]

I don't use it but I can see it being useful

[cpl183]

i love it, i find a lot of threads through that list which i wouldn't have seen without it.

[Jimmy0]

Use it all the time, do not remove!

[KitCh]

I use it quite often so I would like to see it stay :)

[d4v1d05]

I use it all the time! Even though I'm mostly just a lurker on the forums, I do mainly browse them from the LFA box, and then specific forums (Like Apple, Linux, Hardware Hangout, Subscriber etc.) but LFA gives me access to forum threads I might not otherwise read...

[ViperAFK]

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

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

I think what we need to take away from this is...

Yes, we like it.

I see no reason to use IPB's sidebar - just because it's part of the standard package doesn't mean we should adopt it. The Activity box is more usefl and a lot more relevant to this forum.

[Subject Delta]

I use it a lot, would prefer for it to not be removed

[CrashG]

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

Same here. I keep the Latest Fourm Activity hidden.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

I personally use it all the time (Y)

definitely keep it!

[dead.cell]

Yeah, you through me off as well with the "sidebar" talk, since it's not a sidebar.

But yes, I browse pretty exclusive with it as well. Without it, I wouldn't post nearly half as much simply because digging through each forum is a lot more tedious than simply seeing a thread at the top with a title that peaks my interest. Also helps to see what everyone is talking about if I see a topic up there often enough. Great way to spread the news on a topic and keep people informed.

Edit - Just a thought, I wouldn't have caught this topic at all without it. :p

[DaveLegg Developer]

Yeah, you through me off as well with the "sidebar" talk, since it's not a sidebar.

The point is that in IPB3 it would be in the sidebar by default, but thats giving us issues, so we want to work out if we need to put it at the top or remove it totally, obviously the outstanding support is for keeping it.

[_I am Reptar]

i love it, please keep it =)

[Unrealistic]

Please keep it, however if possible, look at this thread.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...=803382&hl=

Even though it is now labeled as a non-bug, I think it should be clearer to exactly what the little button is.

[dead.cell]

The point is that in IPB3 it would be in the sidebar by default, but thats giving us issues, so we want to work out if we need to put it at the top or remove it totally, obviously the outstanding support is for keeping it.

Ah, then yes, keep it at the top if you could, please. A sidebar would, in my opinion, look tacky and take focus away from the forum.