ANN: ZUBB 0.3.2 (Zope Ultimate Bulletin Board)
http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/ZUBB/ A few bugs fixed. A few more features added. Almost ready for prime time. Take a look and email me with your comments. If you are using it and would like to be linked to as an "example" site please send me the url. The idea is to make sure the release works and then submit it for cataloging on Zope.org. Thanks, J
In article <B5657E12.7C43%jatwood@bwanazulia.com>, J. Atwood <jatwood@bwanazulia.com> writes
Take a look and email me with your comments. If you are using it and would like to be linked to as an "example" site please send me the url.
Hi, Looks good. A couple of comments: How about default sorting the message threads so that the thread with the most recent reply is at the top? And instead of just having the number of messages in a thread in brackets at the end of the thread header, also include the last date, or the number of new messages since the visitor last was at the ZUBB ( since you're using a persistent cookie )? -- Regards, Graham Chiu gchiu<at>compkarori.co.nz http://www.compkarori.co.nz/index.php Powered by Interbase and Zope
At 11:31 AM +1300 6/9/2000, Graham Chiu wrote:
How about default sorting the message threads so that the thread with the most recent reply is at the top?
This would be possible but I think it would be confusing to the user (posts would jump to the top). See below...
And instead of just having the number of messages in a thread in brackets at the end of the thread header, also include the last date, or the number of new messages since the visitor last was at the ZUBB ( since you're using a persistent cookie )?
I would love to add the ability to include the "last viewed" cookie feature. I will add it to the future feature list. The big thing on my plate though, is how to limit the amount of threads shown. Once you get beyond 100 or so I am worried about performance and download size. If anyone has any knowledge about limiting tree views that would be great. Thanks, J
on 6/8/00 10:59 PM, J. Atwood at jatwood@bwanazulia.com wrote:
How about default sorting the message threads so that the thread with the most recent reply is at the top?
This would be possible but I think it would be confusing to the user (posts would jump to the top). See below...
I've customized Squishdot myself to add this feature, which is very useful in collaborative work. The effect is that topics (threads) which have ongoing activity stay near the top of the list. Threads that become quiet slide down the list until they fall off the bottom. This serves to highlight active discussions and works nicely in support of workgroups and committees. I'd recommend that you make this an option in ZUBB. Jim Harrison University of Pittsburgh
Jim Harrison wrote:
I've customized Squishdot myself to add this feature, which is very useful in collaborative work.
Jim, could you forward me the code so I can work it into an option in a future release of Squishdot? cheers, Chris
In article <p04320400b5660d26458c@[209.27.56.93]>, J. Atwood <jatwood@bwanazulia.com> writes
This would be possible but I think it would be confusing to the user (posts would jump to the top). See below...
Perhaps not if you just sorted the once when the person first hit the site. Of course, that would mean each user would have a different view of the tree. I think it would be less confusing to have just one level of indentation in threads as in UBB rather than unlimited levels as here ( and in Matt's BBS ). Takes too many clicks to get to the new messages, and far too long if you expand all threads. Perhaps amalgamate all replies to the main post into one long document. Also, I would prefer to not have the post message form exposed, but to click on a button to then expose it. This would allow me to only allow registered users to post - they click on post - and then go through a log on screen, and then they post. I think in UBB you also have to log on to post, but you can read anonymously. -- Regards, Graham Chiu gchiu<at>compkarori.co.nz http://www.compkarori.co.nz/index.php Powered by Interbase and Zope
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