Thread List Preview Changes.

Very swish!

 

I wondered what you were upto with that hammer and screwdriver this morning Nate

 

Like the thumbnail previews.

 

I am keeping all these innovative threads under control, because then when I try retrieving them I don't find them...

 

I've disabled this because it's to confusing.

 

Looks good Nathan

 

Toooo busy for me , I'll go back to the old view.

 

I like it........
I now look at some posts that I might not have done,when time is short it helps to decipher what I might or not like.

 

Don't we already have this facility: "Spy" ?

I can see the logic behind boosting google traffic/indexing but seeing a snippet of the latest post under the title may not actually relate to the title post at all - threads are fluid have a tendency to go off in other directions. To my mind, it would make far more sense to have a snippet of the first, original, post previewing (for the purposes of a google traffic/indexing) as there is far more likelihood it pertains to the thread title than the latest (which could be the 4th, 19th, 25th or 30th post in the thread which may well have evolved into something completely different)!

I shall be disabling it because, in my opinion, it looks ... well ... erm ... messy!!
Simply too much "signage":-

1. bold text for titles,
2. smileys (from 1 - ??),
3. thumbnails (6 for one post alone at this moment in time),
4. profile pictures,
5. user name (original poster)
6. user name (last poster)
7. date stamps,
8. time stamps
9. thread titles,
10. forum titles
11. reply count
12. view count
13. teeny "preview" font
14. "Like" stamps
15. "Sticky" stamps

And that is for just ONE post!!
Multiply that for the 20 posts showing per page ... 300 pieces of signage (minimum)... that is a LOT of signage and very hard on the eyes.

If I went into a shop and was met with that much stuff to navigate through just to get to the deli counter ... I wouldn't bother

 

I find that the "spy" facility takes a long time to load and, until the top of the list is reached, the words are not still.

Now I go to "new posts" and I can have a very good idea of the posts that I would like to read to the end.

Often, just those two lines are enough for me to read, I don't go to the thread at all. All this for me is a massive saving in time, since my browsing on the forum is on a "pop in and out" basis, most of the times.

 

I agree with @"M" it is too busy. I just go to New Posts and mark all posts as read when I exit so next visit I only get what I have not looked at.

Also, you can hover your mouse over the thread title and a box pops up with the first post in it ... so one can see if it is interesting to read or not.