Quicknote Console Friendliness

Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback

Post 1 by Wraith (Prince of Chaos) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 11:10:41

OK, small and nick-picky but: How about changing the link text on the quicknote console to something more user friendly? Change the next link to... "Check for new quicknotes", and the main link to "Zone BBS Home", the latter to preserve continuity with the link that's on the regular Zone BBS pages.

Post 2 by maddog (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 12:39:40

pssh. I thought that the links we had now for the quicknote console were pretty straightforward? What do the rest of you users think?

Post 3 by Witchcraft (Account disabled) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 12:54:18

I'll admit "Main" confused me a bit when I first used the console, but "next" doesn't because your telling it, search until you find the "next" note and then stop so I can read the blasted thing, but "main" you don't see anywhere else, or nowhere I've been anyways, so, can get a bit confusing.

Post 4 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 14:42:19

mad dog. i think the console is really good. no changes please

Post 5 by yankee g wolverine (Account disabled) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 15:21:19

anyone who wants to change it, really must not understand a simple link. I like it a lot just the way it is!

Post 6 by wonderwoman (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 19:17:41

I really hadn't noticed any next or anything, but I only used it to read quicknotes, and wasn't searching for anything else. Seems fine to me, but then I don't use quick notes that much.
wonderwoman

Post 7 by silly_singer (The girl who's always lost in a melody) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 19:26:34

IMO, it is totally fine the way it is.

Post 8 by maddog (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 19:40:36

alright people, thanks for your replies. I'll keep checking this topic from time to time, so, keep posting, those of you who haven't posted, on whether or not you want us to change it, but I don't think we'll do any modifications to it as of yet, unless we get more people asking us to modify the links so that they could understand them easier.

Post 9 by kool_turk (This site is so "educational") on Tuesday, 27-Sep-2005 23:51:29

I think it's fine the way it is at the moment.

Post 10 by Leafs Fan (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Wednesday, 28-Sep-2005 10:45:39

In my view, the Quicknote console is perfectly fine as is. Once one figures it out, which should take under a minute, it is an indispensible feature. Thanks for inventing it!

Post 11 by TheIceMaster (http://www.myjuggalospace.com/Iced_Hatchetman) on Wednesday, 28-Sep-2005 17:34:44

I think it's fine as is.

Post 12 by Emerald-Hourglass (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 28-Sep-2005 19:18:48

It's pretty straight forward..

Post 13 by admin (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 28-Sep-2005 21:54:22

And... watch for more quicknote functionality, especially for the console, soon.

Post 14 by wonderwoman (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Thursday, 29-Sep-2005 23:45:19

I love it when I do have quicknotes on, because it's good for anyone who doesn't want to arrow through the other stuff to get to them. I'm one of those people who are focussed, and when I'm talking to someone, I don't do anything else while I'm in quicknotes. I'm a single task sort of a person, now, if I could find someone else who is like minded with me, we could have a qn console good time, but unfortunately, I'm almost the only one on here who doesn't care for multitasking too much, especially when having a conversation.
wonderwoman

Post 15 by maddog (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Friday, 30-Sep-2005 14:34:46

alright, the I's have it. I think we'll be leaving it the same, until Admin's kinky new features come out!

Post 16 by jrimer (Please visit my home page at http://personal.wbby.us.) on Friday, 30-Sep-2005 14:47:25

Here's what I think. If you want to change it, change main to home, but otherwise it makes perfect sense. Maybe change next to search, but other than that, it makes perfect sense.

Post 17 by JH_Radio (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Sunday, 02-Oct-2005 16:29:04

Leave it be, its fine the way it is. Thank you.

Post 18 by yankee g wolverine (Account disabled) on Monday, 29-May-2006 23:38:00

bored, so I pulled this topic out of the shitter. Yeah, qn's are fine the way they are!

Post 19 by admin (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 31-May-2006 15:33:22

wow, that's really bored.

Post 20 by Pure love (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Wednesday, 31-May-2006 15:36:46

I would understand both, so I don't mind. I mean nothing wrong with continuity, but on the other hand, of course i ag ree with Maddog that the link names are straight forward and don't leave any doubts of what they could be.

Post 21 by yankee g wolverine (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 31-May-2006 16:23:34

god damn! I can't believe my pulling this topic out of the shitter got a response? lmfao!

Post 22 by maddog (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Wednesday, 31-May-2006 22:15:46

hot damn, you really really were bored!

Post 23 by yankee g wolverine (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 31-May-2006 23:28:22

yes ather, now, I'm deciding which board comes out of the shitter tonight!

Post 24 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Thursday, 01-Jun-2006 0:10:19

Personally, I quit using quicknote console. I found I was missing messages. I don't see its usefulness.

Post 25 by Pure love (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Thursday, 01-Jun-2006 6:06:40

Oh no I quite like it, but I don't think it's worth changing the links.

Post 26 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Thursday, 01-Jun-2006 12:15:31

I never use it either, as I don't get what exactly it's for. It always opens in the same window anyway, so I'd rather just read my QN's on the same screen while I'm doing whatever else I'm doing on the Zone.

Post 27 by yankee g wolverine (Account disabled) on Thursday, 01-Jun-2006 21:53:55

why the hell would it open a new window?

Post 28 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Thursday, 01-Jun-2006 23:35:22

I see the point of it - you can be doing things in other applications and be alerted when you receive a qn. But the few times I have done that I might get a couple qn's and then they stop. When I get out of console and go to main page, I find out I have been missing qn's and possibly even pissed someone off by not responding to a qn from them, when, in fact, I didn't get it.

Post 29 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Friday, 02-Jun-2006 0:36:34

In my opinion, it's so you could be doing other things on here while reading QN's, but now that Buckeye Cat explained it, I get why it makes sense that it doesn't. Ah well, I don't use it anyway; I guess it would mainly be good for people who have Public QN's on or who chat a lot on QN's, which I rarely do anyway.

Post 30 by Pure love (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Friday, 02-Jun-2006 3:53:17

I never have missed any notes by going to the console. That's odd ...

Post 31 by Musical Ambition (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 02-Jun-2006 13:09:11

I really dont' se the point in changing the quicknote consul thing. It seems pretty self explanatory to me.