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Jacob Bugge
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February 12, 2009
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Just one question about basic performance

  • February 12, 2009
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Will the free flow of unified threads be retained, with successive posts filling the entire width, and with simple forum lists of threads, or:

A) Are we going to be put in boxes with forum member information to the left and possibly buttons to the left/right/bottom, so the flow is broken up and takes up far more space?

B) Will the threads be branched, so everything may become fragmented, and so subjects deserving their own threads will be buried deep?

C) Will the forum lists of threads be furnished with dividing lines and possibly arranged by subject rather than latest posts?

I believe those are the most fundamental question about the new forum; most other issues can be solved within the right frame, if needed.

Several times, strong pleas for mercy have been raised concerning threats A) - C).

It is so nice to easily find and pick a thread with new posts in the forum list, and then to run/read through and partake in a coherent and focused thread of successive posts, without things fading away in different directions, without the disturbance of having to cross unnecessary lines and perform unnecessary scrolling because of disturbing information, which might as well be reached by clicking the poster name or some popup button next to it in the line containing the poster name and time of posting.

Question(s) asked while anxiously waiting to see a preview.
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    117 replies

    March 2, 2009
    I think they are to do with overall site content monitoring (or selected) - part of what makes the whole thrust of the Jive software quite different in scope from this one.
    Kath-H
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    March 2, 2009
    Interesting - however, from the types of widgets etc., it doesn't look like forum software, more something for people collaborating on a project.
    Jacob Bugge
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    March 2, 2009
    Oz, I believe this is the right thread.
    March 2, 2009
    Hard to know quite where in these threads to post this - and I'm sure as hell not going to start another one - but here's some stuff about how (in a default Clearspace installation) users can customise at least some of what they see.

    "Designing Pages with Widgets"

    http://www.jivesoftware.com/builds/docs/clearspace/latest/DesigningPagesWithWidgets.html

    If you look at the table of what can be amended by who, you'll see a long list of "widgets" that can be incorporated in your Clearspace home page as you see fit, or omitted. No, that doesn't customise the forum view, but at least it's much in advance of what end users can do here (unless I've missed something all these years).
    Jacob Bugge
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    March 1, 2009
    We have passed the limits in these threads:

    http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.59b7f6df
    http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.59b7ebfe

    And we shall soon reach the limit here too, unless we stop talking about it.
    Known Participant
    February 28, 2009
    The current display limit is, ummmm...limited.

    Connection speeds keep getting faster. I want to load BIG HUGE pages. Huge amounts of content. While I'm looking at and reading the stuff at the top of the page, the lower part will be loading. And by the time I'm ready to scroll, there will be a ton of stuff down the page waiting for me to catch up.

    What's that you say? You don't have a monster-fast connection?

    Then you should be able to go into your user control panel and specify that you want LESS content to load onto the page you see.

    (((And no avatar/sig-file content that you don't care to see.)))
    Jacob Bugge
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    February 28, 2009
    Still, you cannot get an unlimited number of posts per page.

    It would be nice if you could get that, or at least 500.The present limit is seemingly determined by size of posts, up to maybe about 140.
    February 28, 2009
    It pays to be inquisitive!
    Stan Jones
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    February 28, 2009
    > check your preferences and increase the numbers in the Misc area for following lines....

    What a great idea! Didn't even know that was there.
    February 27, 2009
    You might also want to check your preferences and increase the numbers in the Misc area for following lines (mine is set to 99999):
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