robirming Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 Sorry about my some what stupid topuic title, just trying to bring some attention. Of course there's still features that could improve IPB. It's just that right now I think it's more important to start re-designing My Controls before adding more features into it. They way things are now is just too much for any average user, and this is before you've even started adding the gallery and/or the blog. Something of a tabbed interface to make it less "scary" would be much better.
MrWante Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 Why not make it more scalable with different difficulty settings. You know, defauly in simple view for novice users, and with the option to go advanced with a horde of features for those of us who just can't get enough features.... Many good applications have an advanced and simple setting... so why not IPB?
elj Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 My Controls is too advanced, or things can be incorporated into one screen where they're in 6...
djsckizo Posted November 22, 2005 Posted November 22, 2005 Yeah, My Controls looks insane to novice users. It's on my list of things to reskin on my site.
Coastie Posted November 22, 2005 Posted November 22, 2005 Yeah, My Controls looks insane to novice users. It's on my list of things to reskin on my site. since my controls is part of the userCP, I guess I can add to that. How about canned replies added to the mod PM page. That would be very useful, as mods send the same thing over and over... fix that, change that, we did that, we did that for you, etc..... Currently they can use the "my note pad" feature, but that requires 2 windows to be open, and a lot of copy/paste
bfarber Posted November 22, 2005 Posted November 22, 2005 This suggestion was actually already discussed. It is on the white boards fro 3.0 (update the interface, easy/advanced style, etc.). One thing that is commonly suggested is that right after a default installation, a lot of the board feels overwhelming to beginning users, when it really doesn't need to be. :)
robirming Posted November 22, 2005 Posted November 22, 2005 Happy to hear! :) I hope to see tabs with sub sections for My Controls. And as an admin being able to turn a lot of the features off for the end users would be a very welcoming bonus.
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