Alpha1
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Indeed, and this is useful for people who are actively searching for it unanswered questions. But the difference is that most users will not search for functionality. If they have a call-to-action link available in plain view then they will click on it and start answering. I am currently using Answer Forums on vb. It looks pretty outdated but it does have some handy features that may inspire: http://www.modernvb.com/vb4/forums/16-Answer-ForumsActually, this can already be done using Thread Display Options.
That sounds sensible. I see @DRE also requested to have recent / popular questions the sidebar.I'm going to wait and see what features other people would like the most, then decide what I add in the next version.
Point 4 has been implemented with your latest release
Point 1 and 3 are simple tweaks that only change the text on the button and the text field so that the user can understand the function easier and that question titles will be better. I will explain it better to illustrate its usefulness.
Its the same as what I have done here:
I changed the text to 'Something descriptive here will yield more responses'. I actually borrowed the idea from @digitalpoint as his tweak increased meaningful titles on digitalpoint.com After implementing this small tweak on my big board we saw an increase of about 50% of meaningful titles.
In my question forums I have the problem that many members do not post a clear or real question and therefore there can be no best answer. People nowadays are in a rush to quickly get an answer to their questions. Applying a similar small tweak to questions by replacing this text with 'Type your question here' will motivate members to post a real question instead of something vague.