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<blockquote data-quote="Necrofumbler" data-source="post: 9070976" data-attributes="member: 6923702"><p>Good advice. Uses I often go reply to a forum thread right after searching for a particular subject from Google.</p><p></p><p>IMHO, yes it can defeniitelly be inattentiveness, but still, checking the date should not involve one to actually have to go out of his way to check it. The info should just be 'right there' already, without needing "scroll to top/bottom of page (some pages are REALLY long) and then click to First or Last page (many threads are multipages especially popular ones) and then click back and scroll again to return to where you where. The info should just be "right there" with at most needing a single extra user actively-made step.</p><p></p><p>Maybe a few of these things:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In addition to poster nick & thread date (near the top of the page), add last post date, and in red if it is more than say 3 months old.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any reply box also show the last post date, in red if at least 3 months old.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When replying to an old thread with "red lastp ost date", there is an extra step required:</li> </ul><p> "You are replying to a X months old thread. Proceed? Yes/No")</p><p></p><p>While this would not do much to actually make peole become more attentive persons, it would still be quite effective in cutting down on a lot of "accidental necroing".</p><p></p><p>Well, nobody and nothing's perfect lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Necrofumbler, post: 9070976, member: 6923702"] Good advice. Uses I often go reply to a forum thread right after searching for a particular subject from Google. IMHO, yes it can defeniitelly be inattentiveness, but still, checking the date should not involve one to actually have to go out of his way to check it. The info should just be 'right there' already, without needing "scroll to top/bottom of page (some pages are REALLY long) and then click to First or Last page (many threads are multipages especially popular ones) and then click back and scroll again to return to where you where. The info should just be "right there" with at most needing a single extra user actively-made step. Maybe a few of these things: [LIST] [*]In addition to poster nick & thread date (near the top of the page), add last post date, and in red if it is more than say 3 months old. [*]Any reply box also show the last post date, in red if at least 3 months old. [*]When replying to an old thread with "red lastp ost date", there is an extra step required: [/LIST] "You are replying to a X months old thread. Proceed? Yes/No") While this would not do much to actually make peole become more attentive persons, it would still be quite effective in cutting down on a lot of "accidental necroing". Well, nobody and nothing's perfect lol. [/QUOTE]
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