A set of 'Quick Link' buttons at the top of page.

[Namor]

Concise description:

• 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.

[stahrgazer]

Nice idea.

[Slaylark]

That certainly would save me time.. great idea, hope someone has some savy skills to get it done.. nice idea indeed

[AAFitz]

If you use firefox, you can do this already, and if you name them small enough can fit as many as 40 or more quicklinks.

I think IE possibly can do the same thing.

And doing this gives the benefit of while searching on other sites, of being able to jump right to the game or forum in question.

The key is using properties and naming the link though, otherwise they take up lots of space, and all look the same.