tabs for unread posts and updated topics
I'm currently testing tabs for boardindex, unread posts and updated topics and would appreciated some feedback...
Re: tabs for unread posts and updated topics
Reply #1 –
Oh, first thought is that it's a refreshing look! But I'm a fan of tabs so doesn't count that much. (I'd like to have them play with too, to see how it feels using the forum)
There's something unusual about them. In a tabbed interface (IMHO), I'd expect the items to be related or of the same kind (categories, boards, pages, settings, etc), and perhaps even virtually extensible (in the sense that I can think of a next item on the list). I don't see the common element of board index, unread posts and updated topics?
Just a thought.
Re: tabs for unread posts and updated topics
Reply #3 –
Makes sense to me. Makes more sense than tabbed categories TBH. Although, I'm still a fan of having the unread shiz at the bottom of the page too, because it's often the next thing I want after reading a page.
Re: tabs for unread posts and updated topics
Reply #4 –
I really like the way that looks :)
Re: tabs for unread posts and updated topics
Reply #10 –
Yes. This was in regards to TE's concept, I opted for splitting the menu and making it a choice which ones should be "top" and "normal". I think more can be done to the menu..but the tabs are nice as a quick navigation. That said, the menus could really exist on their own regardless of what the boardindex looks like.
Linktree too is a separate entity meant to go linear from a place to homepage..so you can't compare that in with whats in the menu, which is a shortcut container really. True, the menu highlights, so it also acts as a location beacon..but it can't always do that for subpages - which is where linktree comes in.
Re: tabs for unread posts and updated topics
Reply #11 –
I'm not sure people expect anything more than what you give them...
If they expect something different I tend to thing the UI has presentation problems and should be fixed.
What I'm trying to say is that the menu is a SMF invention (of sort).
phpBB doesn't have a menu, the only way to come back is the linktree or the logo.
And it is used and people don't stay in the admin panel because they don't have a menu.