"Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Discussions related to the forums itself. Call for moderators. Trash Posts area.
Post Reply
User avatar
eradicator
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 5206
Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:03 am
Contact:

"Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by eradicator »

So apparently the latest update moved the "Go to last post" button behind the username, making it's position dependant on the length of the users nickname, and thus annoying to click several of them in a row.
wrong.png
wrong.png (6.35 KiB) Viewed 3335 times

The only place that still has the correct layout seems to be the "Board index" page where the button has a slightly different name ("View the latest post").
right.png
right.png (9.07 KiB) Viewed 3335 times
It's the same problem that occured during the last "big" forum update.

(Ugh...also the "Place inline" button for pictures no longer works for me...)
Author of: Belt Planner, Hand Crank Generator, Screenshot Maker, /sudo and more.
Mod support languages: 日本語, Deutsch, English
My code in the post above is dedicated to the public domain under CC0.

Bilka
Factorio Staff
Factorio Staff
Posts: 3123
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:20 am
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by Bilka »

+1
I'm an admin over at https://wiki.factorio.com. Feel free to contact me if there's anything wrong (or right) with it.

User avatar
eradicator
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 5206
Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:03 am
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by eradicator »

Still broken btw. Would be really nice if it was fixed ;).
Author of: Belt Planner, Hand Crank Generator, Screenshot Maker, /sudo and more.
Mod support languages: 日本語, Deutsch, English
My code in the post above is dedicated to the public domain under CC0.


User avatar
eradicator
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 5206
Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:03 am
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by eradicator »

Bumpy bumpy. Latest status report: still broken.
Author of: Belt Planner, Hand Crank Generator, Screenshot Maker, /sudo and more.
Mod support languages: 日本語, Deutsch, English
My code in the post above is dedicated to the public domain under CC0.

User avatar
eradicator
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 5206
Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:03 am
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by eradicator »

@Sanqui: would you at least be willing to comment on why this is still broken?
Author of: Belt Planner, Hand Crank Generator, Screenshot Maker, /sudo and more.
Mod support languages: 日本語, Deutsch, English
My code in the post above is dedicated to the public domain under CC0.

User avatar
eradicator
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 5206
Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:03 am
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by eradicator »

And still every day this inconsistency frustrates me.
Author of: Belt Planner, Hand Crank Generator, Screenshot Maker, /sudo and more.
Mod support languages: 日本語, Deutsch, English
My code in the post above is dedicated to the public domain under CC0.

Squelch
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 346
Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:31 pm
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by Squelch »

eradicator wrote:
Sat Sep 19, 2020 12:17 pm
And still every day this inconsistency frustrates me.
I've gotten used to it now, and I think I'd be just as frustrated by it changing after all this time.

In some ways the placement is logical
"LAST POST" - "by eradicator link" does scan properly.

I do appreciate your observation about variable name length however.

User avatar
eradicator
Smart Inserter
Smart Inserter
Posts: 5206
Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:03 am
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by eradicator »

Squelch wrote:
Sat Sep 19, 2020 4:51 pm
In some ways the placement is logical

I do appreciate your observation about variable name length however.
Maybe to you it is "logical", maybe to me it is not. In either case it is bad interface design. Buttons should not move dependant on some random other factor. And the "Board Index" still uses the old (proper) layout, so it's not even consistent across pages. @Sanqui did fix this once in the past (thank you), so i guess he's either not seeing this thread or maybe he just got annoyed by having to fix it again after each update of the forum software. Automation? ;)
Author of: Belt Planner, Hand Crank Generator, Screenshot Maker, /sudo and more.
Mod support languages: 日本語, Deutsch, English
My code in the post above is dedicated to the public domain under CC0.

Squelch
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 346
Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:31 pm
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by Squelch »

eradicator wrote:
Sat Sep 19, 2020 5:20 pm
Maybe to you it is "logical", maybe to me it is not. In either case it is bad interface design.
"In some ways" is not an assertion, but an observation and offers an alternative view (devil's advocate). For the record, I do agree with you, perhaps I veiled it too much? :D. Anyway, I hope this interaction means that it does rise to the top and gets noticed.

Theikkru
Filter Inserter
Filter Inserter
Posts: 353
Joined: Wed Mar 27, 2019 2:18 pm
Contact:

Re: "Go to last post" button should be before not after nickname.

Post by Theikkru »

+1. It's inconsistent as-is, and parses much better as [link] by [author] anyways. "Last post" is only found all the way at the top as a column header.

Post Reply

Return to “This Forum”