Next release?

Thank you. It's annoying when people point out problems AFTER they've been released.
Of course, you're right. This has been changed and staging updated.

But now we have lost access to the threads in the subforums. :(
Is that the correct fix for 'long thread names look too crowded'? Maybe some form of spacing (-1), or some form of shortening (+1)?

It is nice to be able to get to the subforums, but we really do want to get to their threads instead.

The menu item is missing while not in a thread. Seems like it could be useful (even if just for uniformity) to have it when we are looking at the thread list in a forum or subforum.

I think I was perhaps misunderstood. I meant keep the deeper thread menu, but lose the subforums' "descriptions". If the names of forums/threads are long they would still be shown. I just don't think we need the descriptions for quick navigation.

Agreed. The descriptions need not be on that menu.

I voted against it because it is a that I simply do not care for this feature. Though, I must admit that @Dramasailor and @runekyndig both make good points I had not thought about. Also looking at @Windyridge's post, I think I can make another case of what happens to a player who was temporarily forced to quit GP for real-life issues and now GMs are reticent to accept them in their games because of this unexplained hole in their posting history (not everyone thinks of communicating)...

I would always PM a player or GM before making any assumptions on post count though and would hope others would do the same.

As a DM, I don't think I'd send a PM to ask about post count. I can't think of when I would care about the post count, so I definitely don't care about its distribution in time.

My process is usually:
* Has the user uploaded an avatar?
* Have they made at least one post (an introduction)?
* Are they in fewer than three active games?

As a tie-breaker, I'd take people who are new to the site (as they might be impatient to get a game) - but that's the joining date, not the post count.

Although different GMs have different criteria and strategies for selecting players, and that's a good thing. It'd be awful if we all made our decisions the same way.

---

But selecting players is not what the feature was created for. The feature was born of a single, off-handed comment by @skeptical_stun in his interview.


@skeptical_stun - I think it's fair to say that your comment wasn't intended to be taken as a must have requirement for GP, right?

I wouldn't be that tactless. xD. I would try and get to know the person a little better. Oh and the avatar, or lack thereof is a pretty consistent indicator in my experience.

I'll leave it another week for feedback, but at the moment I think merge requests will be made for these (basically not online indicators, typing indicators, game snoozing, and posting charts):bug/new_user_lfg_badge
bug/public_game_menu_support
bug/13th_age_newlines
bug/reset_password
bug/spycraft_display
bug/backslashes_in_thread_title
bug/quote_locked_thread
bug/3_column_layout
bug/poll_vote_read_only
bug/manage_subscriptions_duplicates

At least one person, in addition to Adam himself, has tested each new feature/tweak/bug!

Except:
1) bug/spycraft_display
2) bug/manage_subscriptions_duplicates

If anyone is familiar with either of these bugs then please help us test them before release. Thanks!

Of course, more testing of any feature is valuable before release because many have still only been tested by one person other than Adam. The more people who test before the release, the more likely we'll catch any bugs. So please see the original post (under "Access Staging") for details about how to test out any features you think you will use.