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Originally Posted by mike2h
ok, still havent found link to cp or pm notification. are these forthcoming or gone? or im just not seeing it. 
posting for me is a pain, the letters are really small. i saw you are going to adjust that tomorrow, at least that is what i understood u to say. hope so. |
I was thinking the same thing. Until you go into the forum, and the "Welcome, whatsyourface" box shows up you don't know if you have a new PM or not. Not a big deal (don't like answering PMs anyways).
However, I miss the quick "New Posts" button on the main page. Not that I'm lazy about going into the forums first, and hitting the "New Posts" link, but the link on the main page had the added benefit of informing you as to how many new posts there was. If there was only a few then I knew I could go onto something else, like, actually do some work. If there were, say, 250, then I knew I'd have to get comfortable for the read, and thus change the sign on door to, "Closed. Go away."
Edit: come to think of it, you know how you have the fade in menus for the "Tools" and "Network" listings? Is it possible to create the same thing for the "Forum" listing to, so that if a member is logged in it get's expanded to include more options? Say "View new posts since last login" or "xxx new posts since you were last on", or something that could be selected from that listing? Just a thought.
As to the main page, I don't know if it was intended or not, but I can see one very obvious benefit: it's smaller, meaning it's quicker to load. Perfect for the guys on dialup, but maybe as well as easier on the server load too?