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Neil19533
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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 06:20
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on the main page befor entering the forum there is links at the top as you should know. i was wondering could you put the links on the forum as well as there is nothing worse than having to retype the address in the top or pressing the back space multiple times.

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David T
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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 06:21
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Moved to general talk.

The speech bubble link on the top bar takes you to the forum.

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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 06:23
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Perhaps there should be a big arrow pointing to the speech bubble, saying "This enters the forums", for those who dont leave the mouse over icons long enough for the tooltip to show...


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Neil19533
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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 06:25
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not the forums but to go to other links like developer network or cartography shop and other stuff that are located in that top bar

Any spelling mistakes are totally In tensional.
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David T
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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 06:25
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I admit when I first saw the new site I couldn't work out how to navigate it at all

It slowly growed on me Although not having the dropdowns at the top anymore isn't helpful

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 06:53
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didn't i already answer this?...
:: wonders where his post went ::


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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 06:57
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Quote: "didn't i already answer this?..."

Dont think so - I dont think anyone has deleted anything in this post.


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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 07:03
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Not even the great Mouse has that much nerve!

Neil, you can enable the sidebar in your settings.

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Van B
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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 07:04
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Or you could just click the logo on the top left, does'nt open the DBPro page, but gives access to the main links.


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Neil19533
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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 07:13
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super

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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 15:55
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Quote: "didn't i already answer this?...
:: wonders where his post went ::"


You probably posted it in the wrong thread or it didn't work for some odd reason, it's happened to me before.


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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 16:18
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Quote: "didn't i already answer this?...
:: wonders where his post went ::"



When I moved it there were no other posts.

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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 17:51
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Perhaps he posted at the exact moment you were moving the thread, causing his post to vaporize into the mysts of cyberspace?


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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 18:07 Edited at: 17th Sep 2004 18:08
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The nav bar used to be across the top. There was a minor discussion, and it was removed to free up more space for the forum itself.

Like Van B says, it's only an extra click away, use the logo.

If you also want to keep the forums open, press CTRL + N first in IE. Or get CrazyBrowser, the internet freak's best friend. Look, I have 10 TGC browsers open in one tabbed window! And I can open every forum in one click using groups...



http://www.crazybrowser.com

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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 23:21
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Or better yet get Firefox

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As recommended by Rich. A bit too much. He's even put the "Get Firefox" link down the very bottom right


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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 23:38
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My favorite plug ever

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Posted: 17th Sep 2004 23:59
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except firefox doesn't work with every site, thanks to the Marketing engine that is Microsoft.

I use Firefox where I can, and Crazy Browser for everything else. Crazy Browser is just a wraparound for IE

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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 00:19 Edited at: 18th Sep 2004 00:22
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Trouble is Crazy Browser re-adjusts the icon sizes when the IE window opens - rather naughty. Plus, it doesn't have the option for re-sizing them.


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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 01:30
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Quote: " except firefox doesn't work with every site, thanks to the Marketing engine that is Microsoft."


Which sites? The only problem I've ever had is with Gamespot, but a quick email to the editors got the bug fixed.

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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 01:43
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Well IMO I just get lost when going around this developer network stuff

I would have thought that the developer network would have had its own nav bar along the top - it seems odd to me that the dev network is such an integral aprt of the site yet it is a bit hard to find.

Also - just wondering about te flash thing at the top. Is it actually useful (no offence)? I'd prefer the old nav bar, it gave the forums a more integrated feel.

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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 01:45
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David, I agree. 'm on dialup, and the flash thing actually makes my internet go slow


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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 03:35
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The nav bar is gone because we don't need all that extra JS loading up each time, it's simply faster this way.

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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 03:44
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Could you place more prominence to the developer network?

It's a fairly major part of the site, yet it's stuck at the bottom of a menu that's only visible once expanded.

Maybe you could give it its own top level menu, and have links to dev diaries etc.

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Quote: "Which sites? The only problem I've ever had is with Gamespot"


I work with Thin Client development. You must go with one flavour of browser, the complexities are just too overwhelming, especially parsing XML into user-friendly screens. When the majority of your customers have IE, you get taken down that path.

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I think if we have to have the flashy thing that we should be able to click on it and it would brign us to the highlighted topic.

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