A set of 'Quick Link' buttons at the top of page.
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:28 pmConcise description:
Specifics:
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- A set of 10 buttons added to the top of the page, along side the 'Home,Instructions,Scoreboard,etc' , that provide a quick link to chosen forum threads.
Specifics:
- When clicking the 'Bookmark' button at the bottom of a thread, as well as the link being placed in the bookmark folder, the user could have the option to assign the link to a number from 0 to 10 (0 being unassigned)
The buttons would simply be numbered 1-10... and hovering the mouse over each would display the thread name.
One click could then take the user directly to the front page of the watched thread.
With a 'Manage Quick Links' page, the user could direct the link to the 'First unread post' if so desired, also on this page he/she could copy and paste a link straight into one of the buttons.
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- It would cut down on the number of pages that sometimes need to be navigated through, in order to arrive at a desired thread
- I know that at present this can be achieved with <Control Panel> <Manage Bookmarks> <Watched link>, but for those that have to rely on limited Broadband usage, it would be a godsend. Going via Control Panel, Manage Bookmarks, may only use around 6-10 Kb, but if you've done that a few hundred times in a month, then it all adds up.
- The user could have a direct link to their Clan forum or a particular thread from it. Instead of clicking 'Forum' at the top of page and scrolling down to the 'Clans' section.
- It could also be possible to assign a quick link to a particular game number that the user might be constantly checking. Speed games could have a quick link, instead of keeping a separate tab open.