Hoops

Hoops forum update

Aye aye aye aye

If you hit the back button it should take you back to where you were with the ads still removed.

Something I have just noticed on the Samsung Galaxy S8 is when I hit the close ads button I am automatically taken back to the top of the page

Isaac, why doesn't Latest Action include threads with no replies? Is it a conscious choice, or would including them somehow break it and require too much extra code to clean up?

> TBH, I'd rather hear koberulz offering feedback than people pulling him up all the time for petty things.

Kr is offering feedback, not demanding Isaac drop everything and change the settings.

Isaac, why doesn't Latest Action include threads with no replies? Is it a conscious choice, or would including them somehow break it and require too much extra code to clean up?

Faaaark......you really do have issues don't you

To Centrelink and back?

no smaller than others Anon in terms of social circles.

You always tend to notice people with similar interests and they tend to move in similar circles to you.

Wow, Adelaide really is a small town.

I have a two week old daughter

Thank you, all. I will try these suggests.

I bookmarked the latest action page, and it's essentially the only one I ever use. I only very rarely check the home page for 0-reply threads, which don't show up under "latest action".

This is what I do:

If behind only slightly use the right-hand side summary to read unread posts.

If behind by more than the amount of posts in the right-hand side I click "latest action" and figure out the last message I read.

Not perfect but it works.

TBH, I'd rather hear koberulz offering feedback than people pulling him up all the time for petty things. It's not as though I have to act on the to-do list right away, but I'd rather know what is on it for when I have time.

robt, as Camel has mentioned, you might want to try the Latest Action link in the sub-header which might be very roughly along the lines of what you want. It's hard to get a perfect "since you last visited" feature without tracking every user and their specific reading of each thread, so I've avoided that.

click on latest action i think...

Sorry for this post but I am hoping admin may be able to help me with your site [on laptop, don't use on mobile]. I read it several times daily. Obviously I like what you do, and thank you. BUT [always a "but", eh!?], it would be so much easier to keep up with topics of interest if the latest posts could be moved to the top of the page with the date or time posted in the left hand column [bold/large print, as is now] and the start date of the thread in the right hand column [smaller not-bolded print, as is now],

Any one agree, or not?

Seems ok on my S8. Used it to read and post this. Would be nice if the ads footer would drop away though. Rather have them inline on the thread. Like some others. Not a deal breaker though. Just a screen realestate hog.
Typed on S8.

Hah just found close adds. Works great. Good UI.

Isaac go and enjoy fatherhood. We can wait. Thanks for running this site at cost (I believe in the past you've mentioned the ads don't fully subsidise the costs) for the benefit of us. While most similar sites have opened and closed over the years the longevity of this one is appreciated. Thank you.

Isaac just states how super busy he is and kr replies with his little problem. kr must be autistic.

If I go in via the thread title I do, but if I go in via the last post link, which is what I do most of the time, getting kicked back to the top is an issue.

However, I just realised that if I hit the back button on my browser, it takes me back to the last post without reintroducing the ads. So that works.

Stay focused, people...

koberulz, if you're going to close the ads, why not do that straight away while you're already at the top? Or are you doing it after you've jumped to a particular post in a topic? I'll try to sort it out when I'm next working on the site.

Samsung user - I'll optimise vertical space a bit that should help this soon.

Wilburs, a native app is very unlikely (well outside my skillset), but I might explore a progressive web app that functions in a reasonably similar way.

I have a two week old daughter on top of two existing kids to deal with, and a lot of projects on the go, so your patience is appreciated!

> Everyone is thanking Isaac except kr. No surprises there. Ungrateful spoilt brat.

And where did you thank Isaac?

Samsung S6, I see 2 topics only.
A wide orange title band at the top taking up almost 1/4 of the screen horizontally, an ad across the screen horiz obviously, the recent/ last most replies etc bar which in all takes up more than 1/2 the screen, 2 topics with the 2nd topic faded out a bit, the fading bit is annoying as you scroll up, and then 3 fixed ads at the bottom of the page.(initially.)

Koberulz, now you know how we feel with something/someone being annoying and taking up screen space. At least you didn't cut and paste another comment here like you usually do.

Much prefer some ads instead of having to pay to keep the site going!
Thanks Isaac.

Everyone is thanking Isaac except kr. No surprises there. Ungrateful spoilt brat.

Koberulz, now you know how we feel with something/someone being annoying and taking up screen space. At least you didn't cut and paste another comment here like you usually do.

If I could close the ads without being kicked back to the top of the page, it'd be fine.

Will there be an app?

I love your work and your passion for what you do, Isaac. No complaints from me.

Looks great to me Isaac.

Is there some way to get the times of posts back (not just “yesterday” or “hours ago”. This is on an iPad view.

I don’t mind the ads though n this site. I hate mainstream ads that rely on google ads, but understand that you need google ads to defray some costs.

Keep up the great work Isaac.

I've adjusted the top right login/join bit of the header to save space on mobile. I've also increased the density of the forum/category indexes on mobile so you see more topics per screenful. Still pretty ugly but I'll try to improve that next time I get a chance.

Me likey.

koberulz, unless you think people will subscribe to remove ads and get other functionality, it's hard to make a forum viable without them. And very hard to accommodate them on mobile in a legible way. I'd be keen to get the mix right, but it's a serious challenge.

After the Liam ad re-position finishes its run, I will be able to reevaluate where/how they show.

And as I've said elsewhere, I'd ideally ditch the Google ones for a format that is easier to accommodate.

You can screenshot your device and email it to me so I can see what you are, but after switching from two footer ads to three on mobile, I found that once I scrolled, I generally wasn't fussed that they were there. However I use an iPhone 6+ so have a bit of reading space outside of that panel.

Looks good on my PC Isaac

Keep up the good work Isaac

Good Work!! Thanks for all your effort.

You continue to do amazing work Isaac

Some of the ads lately I have been getting are of a super hot girl in active wear. Can't complain.

That was the joke.

The ads are getting on my nerves. Can't close them or it kicks me back to the top of the page, but they take up so much screen space.

So instead of anonymous people will just make up names. If real names were used I think this forum will get drastically smaller.
And a bit ironic that person saying get rid of anonymous posting posted under anonymous.

Just remove anonymous posting. It breeds a culture of made-up gossip and sniping.

I hate privileges but I'll abuse them until they're taken away

I get it tho anon, that was the joke. Good joke

Avatars are hidden on mobile, but I might put them in at some point.

The jump to last post link is back on mobile.

There are now three footer ads on mobile so the vertical height is shorter and so (at least on a larger phone), you can probably get by without closing the ads. I'll try to condense the header a bit to help, and maybe move the forum header (Recent, Latest, etc).

No "skip to last post" button on mobile.

The big issues for me:

Closing ads sends you back to the top of the page, and counts as a new page in your history so you have to hit 'back' twice to return to the index page.

No "skip to last post" button on mobile.

The "Recent replies" section being at the bottom works okay for the index page, but on thread pages it makes navigation a bit of a pain. Especially when combined with the lack of 'skip to last post' button.



Other thoughts:

Are avatars hidden on mobile? I'm also getting the "image not found" image for anyone on desktop who doesn't have one.

I like the new look.

DC - I agree that Hall of Fame brings back memories - I miss the DC What's Hot/Not lists and Bo Hamburger's regular hilarious one liners.

I agree, all looks good, I had no issue previously sliding the page across to see recent posts, that's the only inconvenience now as that's what you tend to check most, but in time it should just become normal to go down.

Re: the recent posts, I don't mind going a tiny bit sideways for them. Would rather that than go all the way down to get to them.

Obviously the site looks better now on mobile and it's speedy, I just personally like the convenience of easily accessible recent posts