A dropdown that is often passed by without the user realizing it is a dropdown is far from intuitive. Relic of the past or not, a grid or list of subforums that is easily accessible is much more intuitive, if somewhat more bulky.I think that the display sub-forums in the column is a relic of the past. Also, again intuitively much easier when the sub-forums are displayed in this manner, as Kier planned.
The current dropdown menu is more a cosmetic feature than it is a feature of usability, but that is just imo.
Exactly.Nope, not an opinion imo you hit the the nail right on the head. The current dropdown of subforum serves exactly that, cosmetically focused without practicality. The aim for the subforum dropdown was to save space and reduce clutter and therefore any usefulness of the subforums was compromised. Severely.
its the lack of not seeing what submenus are behind this symbol. specially for new user who do not know what kind of threads are in the forum. my user missed them from the beginning after switching to xf.What functionality has been lost exactly?
its the lack of not seeing what submenus are behind this symbol. specially for new user who do not know what kind of threads are in the forum. my user missed them from the beginning after switching to xf.
What functionality has been lost exactly?
Infinite levels with the correct nesting.
A single click to go to any sub forum, no matter how many levels down it is.
I'm struggling to see exactly what doesn't work with the default system.
I far prefer the dropdown to having numerous sub forum icons & links displayed on the forum home page.
Too sparse for sure !
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...drop-down menu list with pretty much one click still.
Although I can see the merit of the new drop-down display style, I think it would be best if there was a style option in the Admin Panel that would switch between the two.
This could be especially helpful for large vB forums making the transition to XF (who are the most likely to have the subforums displayed as a list on the homepage).
Also, I think we should never underestimate the power of laziness. Just because we might know or find it more elegant to use a drop-down doesn't mean that a lot of other people do as well. Some people are just too lazy to move their mouse over to open the list and would rather just click the link their interested on the homepage.
So, again, I believe a style option in the Admin Panel to switch between the two display options would solve this small "issue".
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