Compsci Missing its Legend

[Aange10]

On the home page there is a "Recent Discussions" box. The dots are different colors, for all-too-arcane reasons.

You guys need to add a few lines of code and get a Legend for it. When i first joined it was a nuisance I didn't know, and a friend of mine also pointed it out.

[Tony]

post a screenshot.

[Aange10]

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=00952697003874385449

[Tony]

There's a grand total of 2 possible colours.

Red -- threads with posts that you have not read
Black -- threads with posts that you have already read

Also -- http://imgur.com/

[Raknarg]

I thought it was rather simple. Red means its unread, black is read.

[Aange10]

Aange10 @ 1/12/2011, 5:31 pm wrote:

On the home page there is a "Recent Discussions" box. The dots are different colors, for all-too-arcane reasons.

You guys need to add a few lines of code and get a Legend for it. When i first joined it was a nuisance I didn't know, and a friend of mine also pointed it out.

Moreover

Aange10 @ 1/12/2011, 5:31 pm wrote:

... When i first joined it was a nuisance I didn't know, and a friend of mine also pointed it out.

The sentence was past tense. I've figured it out. But it's annoying, and I was simply recommending a fix. Convenience is one of the top things consumers look for anyhow.

[ProgrammingFun]

Aange10 @ Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:51 pm wrote:

The sentence was past tense. I've figured it out. But it's annoying, and I was simply recommending a fix. Convenience is one of the top things consumers look for anyhow.

I would imagine that anyone with basic knowledge of forums would be able to distinguish (and even those who don't) without much difficulty.
Why would we need a legend? It's pretty self-explanatory...

[Aange10]

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Why would we need a legend?

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Convenience is one of the top things consumers look for anyhow.

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I would imagine that anyone with basic knowledge of forums would be able to distinguish (and even those who don't) without much difficulty

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When i first joined it was a nuisance I didn't know, and a friend of mine also

[ProgrammingFun]

And the point is that you learnt quickly (hopefully).
I don't call it convenience, I would call it unnecessary clutter.

[Aange10]

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I don't call it convenience, I would call it unnecessary clutter.

That would depend on how it was implemented, and also would be an opinion [as all aesthetics are].

[Zren]

I totally thought this thread was going to be about some old user who had legendary status. Also, this idea is silly. a:visited is something you see everywhere on the web.

[ProgrammingFun]

Aange10 @ Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:28 pm wrote:

That would depend on how it was implemented, and also would be an opinion [as all aesthetics are].

Fair enough...though I still think that a Computer Science Forum would not require that.

[Aange10]

'Tis only a suggestion

[ProgrammingFun]

Zren @ Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:34 pm wrote:

I totally thought this thread was going to be about some old user who had legendary status. Also, this idea is silly. a:visited is something you see everywhere on the web.

I was thinking the same thing ...though the oldest user is Dan and he already has a legend along with Tony.

[RandomLetters]

Tony @ Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:47 pm wrote:

There's a grand total of 2 possible colours.

Red -- threads with posts that you have not read
Black -- threads with posts that you have already read

Also -- http://imgur.com/

How come the unread posts are yellow for me?