Little things annoy me

This is also why I was kind of chuffed about the tabbed "Documents" feature that you can see in Clearspace's own home forum.

It would be a good way/place to gather and retain Q/A threads and tutorials that generate a lot of in-depth discussion and refinement. An expanded FAQ, if you will.

But, useful stuff like that seems unworthy, while gee-gaws and page-space-waste rule the day.

But that puts too much of the onus about making sure ALL answers marked "BING! THIS ONE'S DONE!!!" on the host.

I hate to say this, but sometimes, the host isn't the best-qualified person to make that determination.

>The "best answer" is to ditch the best answer.

right. or at the least give the hosts the ability to modify that field.

The problem I see with posts using "answered, or best answer" is that this is not how the posts currently work. The OP may have his question answered, but then another reader will have a similar issue, but not exactly the same, or the solution posted did not work for them because of their computer setup.

So now you have 2, 3, or 4 answers for the same question as the forum morphs slightly. If only one answer can be the "best answer" how can that possibly work?

What will happen is that you will get even more questions posted that are duplicates for the handful of regular responders to respond to. They will have to list the obvious "best answers" first and they wait to see "that did not work, read that already". This will lead to wasted time, responder burnout, and a loss of very knowledgeable people.

The "best answer" is to ditch the best answer.

>That th e OP is the one judges what is right for his/her situation.

again. if they go away and never come back and it works for them, great. but the next 100 people that go by "answered" are getting bad or incomplete info when better info is available. what's so hard to understand there?

>Never mind the elite are always going to be the elite <Sigh> <br /><br />did you even read my response to you? did it make any sense at all? seriously.

No I am not dense. I just think if is going to me an answered feature, That th e OP is the one judges what is right for his/her situation.

> Never mind the elite are always going to be the elite <Sigh><br /><br />what the hell is elite in wanting to give the best answer?

Never mind the elite are always going to be the elite <Sigh>

>It only seems to be the long time users here whom are up in arms about this entire affair.

Not all of us. I personally don't like the new layout as much as this one but I can deal with it (as long as they find the option for us to enter threads at the last viewed posts. if not, screw it).

>c'mon pjones! you can't be that dense!

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