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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Well, after a certain point the proliferation of subforums just results in difficult navigation. While people familiar with the site may find it useful (I don't know, I'm not one of them) I'm inclined to think the proliferation of (largely meaningless) choices will just confuse newcomers and end up causing a lot of trouble for little benefit.

Personally, I browse from the front page (or one of the "recent activity" searches), so I don't pay any attention at all to the subforums, but keeping the divisions down to a minimum reduces confusion and prevents irritating fragmentation.
The reason you just have to browse front page and recent is you are looking to help people. People looking for help need to know what forum section will have the information they are looking for they can then search just that sub forum using the searching tool and make it that much easier to search. I know you love the search tool so why not make it easier. I will admit one or two of the sub forums we have now we don't need, but we do need some new ones.
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Yeah ! Just one forum having none sub forum !

But with a good search !
 
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I'm with GA on this one. You can't count on the post you're looking for having been created in the right (sub)forum anyway, even if it exists (just look at the "General" - pun intended :-) : so if you're looking for help, relying on forum sections will not cut it.

And if you're a power user, you only ever look at the "new posts" sequential listing anyway, and you know how to use Search to help others and yourself.

If changes must be made, I'd rather see the efforts go into making Search more visible, prominent and easy to use -- not to mention making it actually find stuff :-)
 
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Yeah ! Just one forum having none sub forum !

But with a good search !
Why, it must be GForum! Lovely.
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
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Personally, I browse from the front page (or one of the "recent activity" searches), so I don't pay any attention at all to the subforums, but keeping the divisions down to a minimum reduces confusion and prevents irritating fragmentation.
So I take it you don't use drawers?
 
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So I take it you don't use drawers?
At the moment, I have 7.
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At the moment, I have 7.
7, in your whole house?
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7, in your whole house?
Apartment. But I guess it's 9 if you also count the two in my desk.
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Another thread hijacked. My work here is done!
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