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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22671 - Karma: 75,832
Sky is the limit for this brainstorming session...

We want to hear your best ideas for the NS Forums. Bugs, new features - whatever. Post 'em up.

Apr 2 2013 1:47PM
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cwphoto
Posts: 2332 - Karma: 780
when i read threads on mobile (iphone 4s) the pictures don't ever fit into the thread. also, it would be really nice if i could expand the image in another tab. often i can't make out what an image is because its too small, and theres no way to expand it.

notifications when quoted would also be great.
Apr 15 2013 10:56PM
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McFellon
Posts: 1841 - Karma: 2,005
It would be really nice to have a link directly to your own regional. Like if I click on Regionals under my Quicklinks, it would take me straight to New England instead of the entire listing.
Apr 15 2013 11:18PM
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DaffyDaDak
Posts: 864 - Karma: 433
to see which threads you've clicked on a thread in B/S/T so you dont revisit the same ones again
Apr 15 2013 11:29PM
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steezburgereddie
Posts: 1059 - Karma: 1,944
Another thing to add on to this is that they might get pretty long so there could be a show/hide feature after a few replies
Apr 16 2013 12:04AM
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~bagelz~
Posts: 1105 - Karma: 1,067
i'd like to be able to rate posts on mobile
Apr 16 2013 8:26AM
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.Apex.
Posts: 2097 - Karma: 1,556
Should get notifications when you're quoted
Apr 16 2013 2:36PM
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MLJ
Posts: 1849 - Karma: 3,649
That would be cool but how about inverting that, so say you can click on the quote a person made to go to that post, would be useful on the longer threads when you want to see the full post etc.
Apr 16 2013 4:02PM
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.squirrely.
Posts: 7563 - Karma: 7,540
thisthisthis
Apr 16 2013 6:19PM
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stupendous-man
Posts: 8637 - Karma: 13,293
The pics are only too big for me when they are gifs, but i agree about being able to view the image full-size
Apr 16 2013 7:12PM
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03gade
Posts: 856 - Karma: 3,263
if we are talking forums specifically, the biggest thing would be an edit button so i kan go bac n fix speelin erors
Apr 17 2013 2:55AM
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scarsimd
Posts: 668 - Karma: 773
this
Apr 17 2013 7:31AM
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coldcuts69
Posts: 3718 - Karma: 1,890
notifications for when someone quotes you in a thread would be handy.
Apr 17 2013 3:12PM
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Ben_Mo-Fat
Posts: 328 - Karma: 793
Make it easy to delete threads/posts permanently
Apr 17 2013 7:55PM
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Gstrong
Posts: 4776 - Karma: 518
you should be able to edit the first post of a thread
Apr 17 2013 8:25PM
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ESB
Posts: 9273 - Karma: 10,647
The regionals need a complete overhaul, they're totally underused and consequently negatively affect NS's growth and staying power in places outside of North America. I think strong regional forums can help draw traffic to NS from countries where people are mostly checking sites like Zapiks, Downdays or Skipass now.

Firstly they need to be re-grouped, some of the groupings make no sense whatsoever (my fault since I suggested them back in the day. Since then I have solved geography). Many of the forums can be condensed, for example we don't need individual forums for Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands, or England, Scotland and Wales.

What would really be a HUGE step up for the regionals is to have a world map appear when you click on the "Regionals" tab, with color-coded regions you can click on to access that forum. If you want to go to the Northeast forum, you click on the northeast. If you want to go to the Austria forum, you click on Austria. And so on. Much more user-friendly and a cool feature, way better than the current system of scrolling through a long list looking for the desired forum.

I think the regionals are the most under-utilized forums on the site, which is sad because a strong regional presence is important for NS to be awesome.
Apr 18 2013 4:49AM
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JuliusJ
Posts: 3778 - Karma: 2,106
I'm going to copy & paste all ideas that i like so far (maybe this is where multiquote would become handy... hint hint nudge nudge)

SteveIrwin

"In the sell trade forum right next to the thread title have a nice little country flag so you know where the sales coming from before you look through it"
snwbrdmilf$

"All super long paged threads should be condensed

[1,2,3.....456,457,458]"

ElGatoUltimate Bling!

"This is so minor that it might not be worth fixing, but the "quote reply' function has an unneeded step. It opens up that second window with the identical post to quote.

I can't even count how many times I find the phrase I want to quote in a post, highlight it, then hit "quote reply" and it opens the second window and I have to do it again.

I feel like the "quote reply" should automatically have that highlight feature enabled without loading that second identical window."
HOW HAS THIS NOT BEEN DONE YET


and personally I think we should have a FOR SALE/WANTED for camera gear. enough people have threads (including myself before) that have been in M&A that are selling lenses, bodies, bags, etc.
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Apr 18 2013 6:06AM
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RJD2
Posts: 3532 - Karma: 921
The option to click on someones user name from an inbox message on iPhone mobile.

The option to view all message history on mobile. (the only way to view message history currently is if you know the person's username, hence my first suggestion)

The ability to sort threads by date created.
Apr 18 2013 1:28PM
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Holte
Posts: 10730 - Karma: 7,744
Dunno if this has been talked about but I'd like a little more info on the Reply page. Right now, the only thread information shown (unless it's a Quote Reply) is the name of the thread, and the forum it's in.

Adding the OP's name to the reply page would add a little more sense of community. Seems so impersonal to refer to the thread maker as OP, but most of the time I don't remember their name after clicking onto the reply page. Something simple like:

Rate and Reply to Mr.Bishop's Thread: "Forum Feature suggestion megathread"

Rather that...
Rate and Reply to Thread: "Forum Feature suggestion megathread"

Also, a lot of the time i open a new tab for replying to a thread so I can reference the original post while typing my reply. But it would be nice if the original post was layed out on the reply page like it is on a Quote Reply so I wouldn't have to manage multiple tabs. It would be nice to have that reference on the same page.
Apr 18 2013 7:26PM
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Pikachu.
Posts: 1290 - Karma: 1,641
I agree
Apr 18 2013 10:05PM
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SKIU4EA
Posts: 2387 - Karma: 2,072

This times 100!  and condensing the regional forums to a mere 4 or 5 for the US would be solid.  People tend to go to the forum that they believe will get the most traffic/views.  That's why most everything is just dumped in SG.

A map is certainly a cleaner layout and more user friendly than a wall of text that you have to pick through, with a handful barely used.  Not saying this will solve everything with regionals, but certainly an excellent first step.

Quoting Holte from Apr 18 2013 7:26:
a lot of the time i open a new tab for replying to a thread so I can reference the original post while typing my reply. But it would be nice if the original post was layed out on the reply page like it is on a Quote Reply so I wouldn't have to manage multiple tabs. It would be nice to have that reference on the same page.

So, if i'm hearing you right... have the "reply page" basically built right into the "thread page"? This would be great, that way you don't have to open a new window/tab to reply and you can reference the thread without going back and forth.   Maybe something like this?

Click for larger image

Apr 18 2013 11:16PM
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cwillygood
Posts: 6831 - Karma: 1,829
i agree i like the news
Apr 19 2013 9:46AM
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Tacocat
Posts: 658 - Karma: 356
Please do this! But seriously, how do you multiquote?

Apr 19 2013 1:16PM
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Plankton
Posts: 3226 - Karma: 6,840
message history should be right in message inbox once you have no new messages
Apr 19 2013 9:46PM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
Haha can we have a "Serious NSG" and "Nonserious NSG"? Usually I'm just on Non Ski Gabber to fuck around and for entertainment, I'm not looking to debate politics or discuss news stories...
Apr 20 2013 4:00AM
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cope+
Posts: 763 - Karma: 870
Dumb idea
Apr 20 2013 5:21AM
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Captain_Slow
Posts: 1677 - Karma: 24
See your message history on mobile... I have no idea how to do this
Apr 20 2013 10:06AM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
Half-kidding dude. But seriously.... Nah kidding.

But seriously...
Apr 20 2013 1:35PM
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NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,409
For multiquoting and overall posting, can we have it so that when you hit reply thread, the related articles section disappears, the reply box and buttons drop down, so then you can read through the thread as you post. Then if you want to hit quote reply, you can type your first reply, scroll back up the thread, hit quote reply for the next box, etc...

That make sense?
Apr 20 2013 4:36PM
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NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,409
Holy fuck I don't read. Yeah, do exactly what SKIU4EA is saying. Even though it is possible to do that multi-quote now, it's still a PITA.
Apr 20 2013 4:41PM
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PKNeison
Posts: 313 - Karma: 721
An iPhone app!!!!!
Apr 20 2013 7:39PM
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squibble
Posts: 4569 - Karma: 104
[1,2,3....n, random]
Apr 20 2013 11:43PM
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Chubz.
Posts: 13918 - Karma: 25,658
This is aimed more at pictures and videos, but for comments, being able to reply to a comment like you can on facebook now would be really cool.
Apr 21 2013 12:29PM
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snakerton
Posts: 2434 - Karma: 1,977
time zone adjustment!
Apr 21 2013 3:34PM
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Tacocat
Posts: 658 - Karma: 356
This! I always feel so lost in time
Apr 21 2013 4:41PM
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PKNeison
Posts: 313 - Karma: 721
An easier method of posting pictures when using your phone, or an iPhone app which would be pretty sweet
Apr 21 2013 5:52PM
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--ski--
Posts: 1670 - Karma: 817
I disagree; being unable to edit your posts is a good thing -means that you need think(to an extent) before you post. Also, when someone does post something stupid and other members start to slay them for it, they'll more than likely edit their post to avoid the public shaming. If you say something stupid, you deserve to get called out on it. Being able to edit your posts will put a halt to this.
Apr 21 2013 9:35PM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
A notification for when you get quoted fucking PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. ik its been said a bunch but whatever. Here is ass for your troubles:[IMG]hotpicsofchicks.com/wp-content/uploads/perfect_ass22.jpg[/IMG]

ASS 4 NOTIFICATIONS
Apr 21 2013 11:22PM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
Well fuck me. New feature: EASIER IMAGE EMBEDDING. kapiche?
Apr 21 2013 11:23PM
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theo79
Posts: 305 - Karma: 70
When you put your cursor over a thread title, have a small window pop up showing the first two sentences of the thread or something. (Not a pop up, more like an annotation?)

That way you can decide whether or not you even want to venture into that thread.
Apr 22 2013 12:52AM
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sweatshirt
Posts: 1357 - Karma: 483
1. You should be able to do all quote and regular replying without having to go to a separate page where you can't see the thread.

2. You should be able to expand pictures within the thread and not have to open them in a separate tab to view them at full resolution.

3. Thread rating should not be based on up down votes of comments. There should be a way to up or downvote the thread as a whole like before, 1 vote per person.

4. An option to organize threads by other means besides last reply... ie: most popular by alltime/ year/ month, and newest etc. As well as seeing thread ratings in the forums without entering the thread.
Apr 22 2013 12:57AM
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Min_Soo
Posts: 2307 - Karma: 293
Have you guys thought about creating a NS app for iPhone/Android? Also I think when threads are created you don't need to have so many replies per page.
Apr 23 2013 12:07PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51307 - Karma: 158,123
I had some good ideas but I forgot what they were.
Apr 23 2013 1:31PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51307 - Karma: 158,123
Is there a way to make the thread show up without pages or only a couple pages in the listing, and then if you click a button the other pages show up?

Maybe that's way over complicated but was thinking about the threads with 100+ pages that keep growing and take up half a page when they get bumped.
Apr 23 2013 3:17PM
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ILLinoisance
Posts: 3527 - Karma: 5,398
When post upvote/downvote ratings go over 3 digits, the last digit isn't shown.

i.e. OP in this thread:

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/566914/page/550/
Apr 23 2013 7:51PM
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Miomo
Posts: 4302 - Karma: 14,131
No forum making for users with
Apr 23 2013 8:20PM
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specialSAWce
Posts: 428 - Karma: 1,670
Instead of the current quoting where the quote can be pages away from the original response, do it kind of like reddit with the replies just stemming off to the side of the original post.

Apr 24 2013 8:43AM
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specialSAWce
Posts: 428 - Karma: 1,670
Also, an edit feature to fix and correct things or add on extra points without having to quotereply
Apr 24 2013 8:45AM
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easy.steezy
Posts: 2931 - Karma: 1,056
Being and to be see and contribute to voting on mobile! Maybe you can do it in other browsers, I use chrome on my GS3.

Having ski news back on the main page would be sick as well. Maybe not as centered as it used to be, but somehow re-integrating ski news would be great.
Apr 24 2013 5:31PM
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theabortionator
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I like being able to quote something from earlier pages and bring it back into the conversation when it applies.


It's not like it doesn't have the date if you really want to find the og post. I know what you're saying and in some ways I like when you have the replies on the original comments but I feel the system for quoting is fine at the moment. No need to change it to be like another site if it aint broke
Apr 24 2013 7:53PM
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.Rybak.
Posts: 9017 - Karma: 9,864
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Apr 24 2013 9:15PM
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