Mostly Mobile Centric - 3 things I miss - Views, Who Posted last, and Who is Viewing the Thread (all devices) (1 Viewer)

[Chosun Juan]

Ollie - I really miss these 3 things. Really miss them. 90% of the time I access the site via my mobile (Samsung Note 3).

1) I cannot see thread view counts on my mobile phone. It looks like there is space to include this field.

2) I cannot see who posted last on a thread when viewing on mobile. Again it looks like there is enough space.

This is a very handy feature - it let's me avoid certain posters who are proven to be more or less FOS, and just go and read another thread. Conversely it alerts me to a member who I know is someone I would like to read or interact with.

3) There is no list at the bottom of a thread page of who is currently viewing that thread on either device. Again space should be available.

I really used to like this information - super useful - it gave a sense of community, informed whether there were members I would like to interact with, and how many were interested in that topic or conversation, and whether a worthwhile thread was likely developing.

I'm hoping that you can please activate /install these 3 features for mobile users - and item 3) for all device users. Thank you.




Chosun 🙆

 

[tenex]

3) There is no list at the bottom of a thread page of who is currently viewing that thread on either device. Again space should be available.

I do (now, just added?) see a list of who is viewing on the forum page. But this also gets into privacy issues.

There is a setting for whether members want others to see "what page"(?) they're viewing, which I have not ticked, and yet I appear in the list of who is viewing this forum just because I did agree to let others see when I was "online". I think this is confusing and should be cleared up.

Personally I don't really pay attention to who's online (and sometimes wish they weren't) because replies can quickly pile on top of one another without much thought, and this isn't Twitter.

 

[Kits]

Not everyone viewing a thread shows. I had this same problem on the old site. In Word Association just now it showed Mike C and me as viewing the thread but there suddenly appeared a post from Delia who was not showing as being in the thread. I’ve no idea if it is possible for a poster to hide the fact that they are viewing a thread or if the same glitch is on here. It only ever happens with Delia, every one else is visible.

 

[Scridifer]

I do (now, just added?) see a list of who is viewing on the forum page

Added overnight I believe.

Chris