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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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June 8, 2014
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likes and bookmarks in contents seem fairly useless to me

  • June 8, 2014
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I usually view "Contents" of the current Fora I visit (Photoshop related mainly) so I can at least see if and how many replies have been posted to a thread.

To me the listing of "Likes" and "Bookmarks" (usually 0, it seems) seem to unnecessarily convolute the display, which would not be so bad if the "Replies" would differ more prominently, maybe by having a darker color or a bolder font.

And the author of the last post being listed would, as mentioned before, seem beneficial.

Regards,

Pfaffenbichler

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    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    June 10, 2014

    I'm beginning to resign myself to these changes, much as I hate them. I think it's deliberate.

    As a support forum (ie free support), which is obviously what Adobe wants and needs, this must now work close to optimally. As a discussion club for us oldtimers, it's getting more and more useless - but there's nothing in that for Adobe. They don't need us, and would probably be just as happy to see us go.

    The final nail in the coffin was the disappearance of latest poster. Apparently an insignificant detail, but that is in fact the one single thing that most effectively discourages a "discussion club". Focus is now 100% on "what", not "who".

    For photography/Photoshop/Lightroom discussion, I can recommend Luminous Landscape, and there are also others I haven't looked closely at, like photo.net.

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertAuthor
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      June 10, 2014

      The final nail in the coffin was the disappearance of latest poster. Apparently an insignificant detail,

      Not an insignificant detail at all, I think.

      But seemingly one that is not easily changed back to the previous state …

      Phillip M Jones
      Phillip M Jones
      Inspiring
      June 14, 2014

      The idea that the current Cloud Licensing model could ultimately be in the users’ best interest seems unrealistic to me …


      Another issue with but Adobe and others are not taking into quality of Internet connection or lack thereof.

      Sadly The US is not number one in the world when it comes to Internet.

      85% of the US either don't have Internet (in any form), have dialup (PPP) on Copper lines put in just after WWII, DSL over Copper (served by those same Lines put in just after WWII) Or cable connection that haven't been updated since the late 70's.

      Only the other 15% in large Metropolitan areas, (Chicago, New York City, Dallas Fort Worth Area, Almost all of California and Washington State, etc) have the top of the line systems often driven by FOIS.  For Subscription to work especially the Phone home systems they use now. The Connection has to be almost perfect 24 hours a day. The least glitch in you connection and your deactivated. And without a Connection you have an expensive Door Stop. I see these sudden deactivation issues all the time both at Adobe and to some extent about office365 at MS.

      Adobe don't take into consideration these problems and therefore unless you live in the right area and have tons of money, you are left out.

      D
      Dave Merchant
      Legend
      June 8, 2014

      All part of Jive's efforts to be the Facebook of the cubicle world. It's true that in our case they're pretty meaningless as people rarely use them, but in a corporate setting where most discussions aren't questions and all the users are forced to be regular contributors, the "popularity" of a thread is important, especially when it comes to staff appraisal time!

      If for example a discussion announces a new doodad extrusion on the company's Flanged Hoofer, "Likes" would be used just as they are in FB - "I think the extrusion is a good idea but don't have time to say so in longhand". Bookmarks tell the person posting the announcement that a bunch of people are waiting for more news. Showing details of replies isn't important to Jive's target user, as anyone interested in the thread would subscribe to it via their Inbox streams. It's why the Like and Bookmark numbers have popups, but Replies doesn't.

      Can the layout of the Details widget be changed? Yes, in theory - with a customization to the software. Will it be? Not likely.

        c.pfaffenbichler
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        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertAuthor
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        June 9, 2014

        Thanks for elaborating.

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