usability

Forums with large numbers of nodes (and sub-nodes) create a navigational challenge for keyboard & blind users. While XenForo provides a watched nodes page, an optional node & category list that shows watched nodes and sorts by activity pairs well with my suggestion for the skip nav item...

While XenForo does a nice job on focus states, providing dedicated controls for them beyond search & basic inputs would be ideal. In some customization cases additional CSS must be added to ensure focus states for links and buttons are visible (such as monochromatic designs), and most users...

I'm working on ways to enhance accessibility for XenForo, and have a few items I'd like to suggest become part of XenForo core. Skip Navigation Skip navigation is an exceptionally critical element for any sites with larger navigations; XenForo's trigger-to-expand sub-nav items is fantastic, but...

On XF 2.0 the moderator menu is way down the BOTTOM of the page. On a high resolution monitor - this is a really bad place for it, especially when the assumption is that the content being moderated is likely fairly new and thus at the TOP of the page. It would be even worse if you use a high...

Playing with my dev install of XF 2.0 and couldn't find the moderator menu after selecting a post or media item! Turns out it is way down the BOTTOM of the page. On a high resolution monitor - this is a really bad place for it, especially when the assumption is that the content being moderated...

At least on Chrome, the focus moves to the post button (even when keyboard shortcut is used to post the content) and I have to click shift-tab to get the focus back to the reply box. On my 1.x install, the focus stays in the editor which allows me to continue posting in the thread if required...

Hello. I found an inconsistency. When clicking the username in the forum the user info overlay appears, but when clicking the username at the right in the resource page it redirects to all resources by the user. I miss a link to directly open a conversation from the resource page. By the way...

In the template: "helper_thread_search_criteria" changing <xen:textboxunit label="{xen:phrase created_by}:" name="criteria[username]" value="{$criteria.username}" /> to <xen:textboxunit label="{xen:phrase created_by}:" name="criteria[username]" inputclass="AutoComplete AcSingle"...

Instead of your membercard. Only you see it anyways, make it useful to us and let us quickjump to our last post.

Hi, I love Xen. However, I also see some UI concepts, where I think, why not go all out modern like with the overlays and ajax too? Not so much to overload, but where it makes sense. Kier will probably slap me for this thread and I bet he probably knows or will want to do this kind of stuff...

Just a thought whether it would be beneficial to include a revert icon/ revert function on the outdated templates page. Preferably to the far right? See screenshot which explains it better than I can. :D

I would suggest to change the big orange Sign-Up-button being forwarded to the Register-page ? http://www.domain.com/register This would be much better as the current implementation, as both "Log-in" and Sign Up Today" do the same thing.

I think having a live feed for Recent Activity will be a very good improvement. http://xenforo.com/community/recent-activity/ Imagine this: You watch the page and the new activity is popping up at the top of your list, automatically refreshed with jQuery.

Every so often, I'll compose a post or PC, preview it, and then navigate away from it - thinking I've posted it. How about a pop up warning when somone tries to navigate away from a preview?

Currently updating the HTML for a page you get pushed back to the node list, which is annoying when you have 500 nodes in a list and constantly have to search/find it. Having an additional button on the page node to not just save, but save/reload so you can continue editing while you're testing...

It's extremely annoying when you spend time composing a PC to someone, only to find that they don't accept them from people not on their list (and you're not on their list). It's true that in such a case, the Member Card and Profile Page "Start a Conversation" links don't appear, so there is a...

When a user likes someone's content, and clicks on "other who have liked" the same thing as you, you will see an endless list. This puts some strain on the clients browser. The solution is to paginate this. For example: http://xenforo.com/community/posts/59546/likes Needs to be paginated to...

Why not move the editor below the post upon clicking Reply? It will make it easier for everyone - no scrolling up/down. It will give Like-ers the option to leave a quick reply.

It would be useful if a countdown is shown to let the user know how many seconds he has to wait before he is able to post again (like on the IMDb forums). Instead of trying to post and get the warning popup. ATM in most forum software it's guessing when the waiting time is over, a live counter...

As it stands, clicking a Mini-Me opens your own member card, which is completely pointless. I recently found myself looking at a thread and wanting to see my post in it, and one of the things I tried was clicking the Mini-Me. It would be great if doing that actually took you to your first post...