[JPccusa]

One of the few certainties in life is that things change. Although we may not like some of the changes life throws at us (getting old, sickness, getting fired, etc.), we need to always try to find the positive outcome of such events. It may not be easy, and there is always a "relearning curve," but we gotta try. Without change, things become stale.

Today, it was announced a structural change on the administrative side of DB - Kyle is becoming one of us while Yung (VerticalScope Inc.) is assuming his administrator/owner position. According to Yung, we (Dendroboard members) have the ability to make changes in our own interest.

I see that as a great opportunity. I think this is the perfect time to create a thread here at Feedback and Questions where we can list all the things we would like to see changed and improved, as well as all the bugs and errors that we encounter from time to time.

I know there are already threads discussing some of these topics, but I figured it would be easier for the new administrator to come to one place, a type of "to-do list." Keep in mind though that, as usual, these will be only suggestions that the owners may or may not tackle.

So, succinctly, what would you change/fix on Dendroboard?

 

[James]

So, succinctly, what would you change/fix on Dendroboard?

Live updates for threads

I.e: reading through a thread you decide to respond and while typing other responses are added which you cannot see unless you refresh the page and lose your response. Unless of course you just read the new post and reply again.

 

[hypostatic]

change the search engine to google.

 

[kyle1745]

Thats a good one...

I have a list of things too that I need to send to Yung.

 

[pdfCrazy]

I'd like to see the error that comes up when I click on my "likes from the "Your notifications" column go away. Yes, we can access it if you go to another page, then back in, but this is a bothersome annoyance.

 

[pdfCrazy]

I'd like to see ads from companies that are LONG gone and out of bussiness go away.

I'd also like the window to edit my post stretched MUCH longer, not minutes.

 

[Administrator]

Sure...make the new guy work hard on his first week on the job.

 

[kyle1745]

Those ads were gone long ago.

Also the like/thanks system need reduced to 1 maybe vertical scope has a better option. Neither of the 2 we have are very good. I was waiting to upgrade to 5 then address it.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[JPccusa]

Sure...make the new guy work hard on his first week on the job.

You are welcome!

 

[hypostatic]

I'd like to see the error that comes up when I click on my "likes from the "Your notifications" column go away. Yes, we can access it if you go to another page, then back in, but this is a bothersome annoyance.

I second this. I think this bug is my biggest pet peeve on the site.

 

[JPccusa]

From a moderation perspective, I would like to have forms with fields of required information for threads and posts of the Vendor Feedback and Marketplace subforums. An area of "free text" could be used for frequent posters who cut and paste their ads, as long as they still filled the rest of the form.

This would fix the problem of ads with no price, VF with no transaction date, etc. I'm not sure how flexible vbulletin is, though. One can hope.

 

[SDRiding]

Version 5 is really nice. I think it actually addresses a number of the suggestions/problems listed here already. Would be a different feel but still familiar. Plus it has integrated mobile/tablet display so you won't need tapatalk.

I was waiting to upgrade to 5 then address it.

 

[JPccusa]

It would be very helpful to be alerted when someone mentions me in a thread, just like Facebook does.

 

[hypostatic]

Hmmm i feel that would be more complex, like they'd have to purposefully "tag" you like on facebook

 

[JPccusa]

Hmmm i feel that would be more complex, like they'd have to purposefully "tag" you like on facebook

Yes, that's what I meant, not simply saying the word "hypostatic" and expecting you to be notified.

 

[epiphytes etc.]

I have a feeling Ed would get overwhelmed. Oh, and Taron too.

 

[JPccusa]

I have a feeling Ed would get overwhelmed. Oh, and Taron too.

Oh, and the ability to disable that function. LOL

 

[jacobi]

Oh, and the ability to disable that function. LOL

And maybe turn that function off in the classifieds and vendor feedback?

 

[SDRiding]

Combining subsequent posts from the same user into one post, I just added some information to a post I made earlier and it would be more concise if it was just added together with a time stamp for the new one. I've seen that feature on other forums before.

Ex: http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/general-health-disease-treatment/91297-what-went-wrong.html

 

[Gamble]

Combining multiple feedback threads for the same person into one thread.