Implemented Head Navigation Tab

Discussion in 'Implemented/Resolved Suggestions' started by bookmark, Aug 11, 2010.

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  1. Kier XenForo Developer

    Kier, Aug 11, 2010
    #21
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  2. Ryan Well-Known Member

    Woah, some freaky thread mergeration just happened :confused:
    Ryan, Aug 11, 2010
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  3. Nick AdminAddict.com

    Yeah, something happened because it marked a post I had already read before as unread.
    Nick, Aug 11, 2010
    #23

  4. Grover Well-Known Member

    Oops, sorry: I didn't see there was already a thread about it. Glad to see many have the same opinion/thoughts about it, as do the developers.
    Grover, Aug 11, 2010
    #24

  5. Enigma Well-Known Member

    This may seem at odds with my previous post, but dropping the whole "my account" tab might be the best thing to do.
    Enigma, Aug 11, 2010
    #25

  6. erich37 Well-Known Member

    Having links more than once in a header-navigation-bar is just double-dipping and users are getting confused.

    I am already confused by all those links.... but missing a direct link towards my own Profile-page within the Profile-Drop-Down-box.
    erich37, Aug 11, 2010
    #26

  7. Nick AdminAddict.com

    Click your username.
    Nick, Aug 11, 2010
    #27

  8. Onimua Well-Known Member

    Or click on the tab with your username twice. ;)
    Onimua, Aug 11, 2010
    #28

  9. erich37 Well-Known Member

    ahhh, right.
    I just do not recognize black-colored text as being links, especially when they are not underlined......
    erich37, Aug 11, 2010
    #29

  10. Kier XenForo Developer

    We don't advertise all our functionality. Some things are blended into the background in order to be discovered by those who go looking.

    It's part of a philosophy of not bombarding the user with hundreds of controls and links everywhere.
    Kier, Aug 11, 2010
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  11. erich37 Well-Known Member

    Thanks !
    Did you hire a screen-designer or some kind of psychologist for the UI-design of XF ?
    erich37, Aug 12, 2010
    #31

  12. Enigma Well-Known Member

    Kier doesn't qualify for those two titles? :)
    Enigma, Aug 12, 2010
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  13. bookmark Active Member

    That would be the main reason I appreciate the design Xenforo.We should make things simple and deliver clear site map and cross link to the user.
    As another suggestion,why we don't combine the "sign out" tab into the username area?
    bookmark, Aug 12, 2010
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  14. Kier XenForo Developer

    I had that originally, but in early testing we had several requests for a visible sign-out link that was not buried in a menu - I thought those were probably reasonable requests.
    Kier, Aug 12, 2010
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  15. erich37 Well-Known Member

    it is there already.
    erich37, Aug 12, 2010
    #35

  16. bookmark Active Member

    I mean to drop the separate "sign in"tab,not having two tabs for sign out function.
    Anyway,it's only a trivial matter.:)
    bookmark, Aug 12, 2010
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  17. erich37 Well-Known Member

    Kier is right: the "Sign out" should not be buried in a sub-menu or drop-down-menu.
    This needs to be clearly visible as it is.
    Having it additionally within the Drop-Down-box, does not hurt at all.
    erich37, Aug 12, 2010
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  18. Grover Well-Known Member

    And... it has been done! http://xenforo.com/community/threads/navigation-area-update.2449/

    So much better: it really improves the navigation on XenForo, as rightfully pointed out by customers above. */note to self: reserve money for a future XenForo purchase*
    Grover, Aug 20, 2010
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  19. Dean XenMod

    It is much better!

    I still think while viewing the Forums it should be 'mark as read' - 'Watched Threads' - 'Whats New' (swapping the mark as read & whats new) edit: like in this picture:

    [Implemented] Head Navigation Tab - Page 2 - XenForo Community_1282330847773.jpg

    When the 'Watched Threads' is clicked it goes you 'your account', it would really be a time saver to have a 'Whats New' button as the far right button, just next to the 'Watched threads'. edit: added picture:

    XenForo Community_1282330869775.jpg

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    Personally I really do not see the need to have the 'your account' page show up when viewing Watched Threads, a simple list of watched threads without all the options on the left hand side, which is rarely used compared to Watching Threads, would be excellent. The Your Account page (the same as it is now) would still come up by clicking on the the users name on the right hand side. edit: adding picture. This might be a much cleaner Watched Threads view (also shows swapping the other 2 buttons)

    XenForo Community_1282330887944.jpg
    Dean, Aug 20, 2010
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  20. Kier XenForo Developer

    That's a fair point. I will consider moving 'watched threads' from the account to the forums area.
    Kier, Aug 20, 2010
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