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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

    February 16, 2009
    ah... I'll wait and see if it's a problem first.
    John_Cornicello_Photo
    Inspiring
    February 16, 2009
    I don't know. I think that accounts can be associated with each other, but not sure about actually combining them.
    February 16, 2009
    John, I've ended up with 2 store accounts with product registrations under both. It might not ultimately be a problem, but it's confusing for me, since they are very similar. I was wondering if they are able (and available and willing) to work with people so they end up with just one account, and, hopefully one log in. Any idea?
    John_Cornicello_Photo
    Inspiring
    February 16, 2009
    Just an FYI that the cookie issue is only indirectly related to the account migration piece. The account migration piece has been in place for 3 or 4 weeks. But you only see it when you log in. So most users would not ever see it. Hence the need to change the cookie type from permanent to browser session based so that more users would be able to migrate their account and have their messages associated with the right account in the next generation forums.

    Once you have done the account migration it will not show up again. From there on out continue using these forums as you always have, using the same login name and password.

    When the new system goes online you will log in with your Adobe ID and its associated password. Your forum user name will be the screen name on your Adobe ID account. All of the messages from your account here will appear in the new system with your screen name.

    Can't comment on what people will try to be able to log in with multiple identities. Nothing secret, just have to see what gets tried before I know if we can combat it.
    John_Cornicello_Photo
    Inspiring
    February 16, 2009
    You should be able to hove multiple forum windows open now without issue. You should even be able to have multiple browsers open to different parts of the forum. You should stay logged in until you restart your browser. If you keep your browser session, you should be able to navigate away and back, too, without having to log in again.
    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 15, 2009
    Will the linking to Adobe ID be (part of) the solution of the issue of shifting posters evading banning?

    Or is something else underway?

    The unlimited login will return? Usually, I open two or more forums in parallel and switch between them, for easy access, to ponder over an answer while looking elsewhere, and/or for switching back and forth between screenshots/other information and posting.
    John_Cornicello_Photo
    Inspiring
    February 14, 2009
    Yeah, that, too...
    Participating Frequently
    February 14, 2009
    Triskadecaphiliac, ehhhh?

    ;) :)
    John_Cornicello_Photo
    Inspiring
    February 14, 2009
    I hadn't even thought about Friday the 13th! Thanks for pointing that out (though I usually try to treat 13 as a lucky number).
    PECourtejoie
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 14, 2009
    John C/Forum Ops, your message 14 could be made as a sticky post, it resumes the future situation, the reasonning behing your choices.

    The nike+ forum seems the cleanest seen so far. We are affectionnate here, because we feel at home, but let's not forget that the wealth of this forum is the combined knowledge of its posters, not the way it is shown to the world. Message is the Medium, in this case.

    I see a mementum with Photoshop.com online, to host the images, there are scripts to resize images when posted, common sense rules the choices. For once, folks, let's believe!