2024-02-08
07:16 AM
- last edited on
2024-02-08
10:33 PM
by
Lina_DABASINSKA
Hello,
this is not for MCU but a remark for the forum software:
the overview page only shows the start date of a thread. At least for me it would be helpfull to also see the date of the most recent post. That way, it is easier to see if new post where done to a thread after my last visit.
Thanks
PS: Why is there no "Location" like "Forum" to discuss problems and enhancements to the forum?
2024-02-08 07:37 AM
Hi @Uwe Bonnes ,
I moved your post to the dedicated forum board https://community.st.com/t5/feedback-forum/bd-p/feedback-forum and I let @Lina_DABASINSKAITE answer here.
-Amel
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2024-02-08 08:49 AM
@Uwe Bonnes wrote:PS: Why is there no "Location" like "Forum" to discuss problems and enhancements to the forum?
There is - it's the 'Feedback forum' under 'About'
Not the most intuitive place to put it, but there it is.
2024-02-09 04:56 AM - edited 2024-02-09 07:47 AM
Hi there @Uwe Bonnes ,
For this purpose we have a sidebar "unread threads", on the right hand side:
Have you checked it?
BR,
Lina
2024-02-09 05:11 AM - edited 2024-02-09 05:11 AM
@Lina_DABASINSKAITE wrote:Hi there @Andrew Neil
Hi @Lina_DABASINSKAITE - but I think you meant @Uwe Bonnes ?
🤔 😎
2024-02-09 07:46 AM
Yes I did 😅! Sorry for the mix up.
2024-02-09 07:56 AM
Hi @Lina_DABASINSKAITE ,
> or this purpose we have a sidebar "unread threads", on the right hand side:
Where? I haven't met such sidebar yet.
And also it's still just a workaround, not a proper solution.
JW
2024-02-12 09:41 AM
Hi @waclawek.jan ,
When you are on the board level, scroll down and look on the right hand side below label list. Example, see here:
STM32 MCUs products - STMicroelectronics Community
Please share your other preferred option so we can look into it.
Let me know if you can't see it.
BR,
Lina
2024-02-12 09:50 AM
I see the following in the right-hand sidebar:
None of those answers @Uwe Bonnes request for the date of the most recent post in each thread/topic.
2024-02-12 10:07 AM - edited 2024-02-12 10:18 AM
Hi @Lina_DABASINSKAITE ,
I see it now - maybe I haven't seen it on one of the other computers I switch between.
However, it's not it. The timestamp of last reply indicates, which posts have been replied to since we've visited last time. The "unread" list indicates, which threads we haven't read *ever*. I guess the "unread" list just displays the same information which is already displayed by the thread subject being displayed in bold.
[EDIT] I am wrong, it's not.
However, the usability of that side-bar is rather limited. First, it's small. Second, it's only in at "board level", and I find that level unusable as I want to see changes across several boards (okay I can't choose which ones but that's my problem I cope with it). Third, it is visually different from the thread list, so individual posts are relatively hard to perceive. Fourth, the number of items there is limited, clicking on "View all" brings me to yet another style of view, adding to confusion.
Uwe was asking for a feature which in common all normal forum softwares, which are designed by developers based on decades of accumulated knowledge about how to make fora useful; and which are used daily by their developers. Khoros is neither, and what we see happening here are halfbaked hotfixes. That's why it's important to start with using a forum software for a forum, instead of trying to bend some "customer engagement fulfillment" or whatever.
If the thread list is designed properly, all the sidebars can be removed and the space can be reclaimed for better usability of the forum as such.
JW