RealDeal opened this issue on Mar 25, 2005 ยท 17 posts
leather-guy posted Fri, 25 March 2005 at 3:35 PM
My vote - NO separate forums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simplest solution; add check boxes to the Post a New Message screen and reply boxes similar to the Nudity/Violence/Both dots. Make it required that all posts have at least one of them checked (NO default) before the post is accepted. [ ]Poser 3 Related [ ]Poser 4/Artist/PPP Related [ ]Poser 5 Related [ ]Poser 6 Related [ ]Multiple versions [ ]Version Not Relevant [ ]Don't Know Couple optionals; [ ] Assistance requested [ ] Cool Tip/Tutorial/Discovery [ ] Product related [ ] Bitch/Gripe/Wants attention NOW! [ ] Personal announcement or OT information for assistance requests; [ ]Win pre XP [ ]WinXP [ ]Mac Any other suggestions?????? I realize a lot of members would consider these an insufferable infringement on their right to post endless uninformative "Newbie needs HEEEEEELP!?!??!?!" or "Where do I . . . ?" thread Subject lines, but I know this would save a lot of time for members on dial-up or with limited time to browse the forum. It would be simple enough for forum mods or thread reply posters to "flip" the toggles for those who don't know or care to do it for themselves, similar to how I see "Oooops, for got the Nudity Flag ?!?!" in the Forums with fair regularity. Also I personally think the Product Forums should be merged back into the main Poser Forum, with only the Requirement that a [ ]Commercial Product Related flag be set, but that's just my own preference, I find new product announcements, inquiries, and promos at least as interesting and deserving of my attention as the latest "Which version of Poser is best for modeling clothes?" or "Site XYZ hasn't replied to my complaint in 12 SECONDS! - Their support S*CKS!!!!" - type posts. . . . Just my extremely opinionated 2 cents worth, opposing views expected and encouraged. . . G