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#### Making forums and groups easier to navigate

I think it would be useful to indicate in some way whether or not there has been a post since the last time a user has opened a thread in the forums, without them having to actually open up the thread. This would make searching for posts to read much easier. The same feature would be especially useful for groups, so we wouldn't have to keep clicking on each group to see if there has been any recent activity. This could be done by changing the color of the title of the thread/group when a post has been made since the last time it was opened by that user, or by putting an indicator to that effect in words somehow (like, at the very least, adding some text to the list of groups the user is a member of that says when the last post was made). FS had a feature like this (different colors for threads that had a new post since they were last looked at, or something to that effect... can't remember exactly what it looked like right now), and I found it to be invaluable. Does my rambling description make any sense?

Posted 21 months ago by Shepherdmoon | Permalink

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- Makes perfect sense Shepherdmoon!
  There is the time stamp in the forums when when the last message was posted, and I like that if you hover over it you can see what it is (for the most part). But yes it would be nicer if it stood out more, colors is a great idea.
  I would also like to see the same time stamp available in the Groups as well since like you said you have to click through each one to remember if you read it already :)
  Posted 21 months ago by RainyRain | Permalink
- Wow, I didn't know that you could hover over the time stamp for more info. Thanks for pointing that out, RainyRain! I would still prefer something that shows me at a casual glance if there's a good reason to click on the link, though (maybe even just grey out the title of the thread if there's nothing new since the last time I looked at it).
  Posted 21 months ago by Shepherdmoon | Permalink
- Ditto. I think I've seen it mentioned, however, in other threads, that forum functionality is stuff that's not a priority right now (which I can understand) but that they will mess with later. Good to have the ideas going though so when they get to that bit, it'll be here. You know what I really miss? Being able to click on a name and send people personal messages. Actually...I guess that's a whole system of its own they don't have yet; but I would love to see a personal message area/functionality.
  Posted 21 months ago by RM | Permalink
- I agree RM! There has been a couple times I wanted to give someone a personal "hug" when I thought they might need one, but alas... it'll have to wait until game time. A color change (like visited links) would be a great bonus, as long as the dev's have time, 'cause I'm loving the new areas that they're working on!
  Posted 21 months ago by RainyRain | Permalink
- While you're at the topics of forums, I'd like there to be PMs too!
  Posted 20 months ago by KitkatCat | Permalink