Give me your suggestions, complaints and feedback!

[stocksontheblock]

I may do this when the forums get a little busier still. There should be no stock market/investment chat at all in General Chat. General Investment/Economics discussion should go into the "General Investment and Economics" forum while ASX market related discussion should go into "ASX Stock Chat".

Hi Joe, maybe if I could ask one more question, could you please clarify the difference between General Chat and General Investment/Economics Chat.

I know what they mean in the true sense, yet I guess looking at some threads they could be either, and esp. when the thread gets going and starts covering all sorts of things the topic gets lost and hence might not really fit the forum section.

Any heads up would be great. Thanks.

 

[doctorj]

Hi Joe, maybe if I could ask one more question, could you please clarify the difference between General Chat and General Investment/Economics Chat.

I know what they mean in the true sense, yet I guess looking at some threads they could be either, and esp. when the thread gets going and starts covering all sorts of things the topic gets lost and hence might not really fit the forum section.

Any heads up would be great. Thanks.

The general investment forum is a relatively recent addition to ASF. Previously, the general chat forum was the only home for things of a more general nature that didn't quite fit elsewhere.

What you're noticing is probably a number of older threads not moved to their rightful home and some older users more comfortable with the older format opening threads in the incorrect forum.

General is for anything that isn't investment related (eg. political discussions) and the general investment forum is for anything that doesn't really fit in any of the other investment related forums.

 

[stocksontheblock]

The general investment forum is a relatively recent addition to ASF. Previously, the general chat forum was the only home for things of a more general nature that didn't quite fit elsewhere.

What you're noticing is probably a number of older threads not moved to their rightful home and some older users more comfortable with the older format opening threads in the incorrect forum.

General is for anything that isn't investment related (eg. political discussions) and the general investment forum is for anything that doesn't really fit in any of the other investment related forums.

Great, works for me. Thanks!

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi Joe, maybe if I could ask one more question, could you please clarify the difference between General Chat and General Investment/Economics Chat.

I found we were getting a lot of investment/economic related threads in General Chat, ones that didn't really fit into other forums. I felt there were enough to warrant a seperate forum as General Chat was getting a bit too congested. So topics that should be in there are things like property, super, tax and local/global economic issues.

General Chat I see as being entirely non-investment related - politics and other general miscellaneous topics.

 

[Joe Blow]

Ahhhh.. I see docj beat me to it.

 

[stocksontheblock]

I found we were getting a lot of investment/economic related threads in General Chat, ones that didn't really fit into other forums. I felt there were enough to warrant a seperate forum as General Chat was getting a bit too congested. So topics that should be in there are things like property, super, tax and local/global economic issues.

General Chat I see as being entirely non-investment related - politics and other general miscellaneous topics.

MMM, ok, thanks. How do I get a thread moved? I started one today about Super, yet thought it was more general, now after seeing what you and doctorj have said it should come under Gen Invest/Economics

 

[doctorj]

MMM, ok, thanks. How do I get a thread moved? I started one today about Super, yet thought it was more general, now after seeing what you and doctorj have said it should come under Gen Invest/Economics

Done and dusted.

 

[hijk]

Hi Joe,

I have enjoyed sifting through the wealth of information on this site. There are a lot of very long threads on here. My suggestion is to default to the end of the thread (newest content) rather the start of the thread (which can be years old) when a topic is chosen.

On a similar theme, for the navigation options at the end of page, which is currently something like: 1,2,3,4, last I would prefer: 1, third last, second last, last options to easily follow the most recent additions. Hope that makes sense.

cheers,

HIJK

 

[doctorj]

I have enjoyed sifting through the wealth of information on this site. There are a lot of very long threads on here. My suggestion is to default to the end of the thread (newest content) rather the start of the thread (which can be years old) when a topic is chosen.

If you click 'User CP' up the top of the page and then select edit options on the menu (or click here), about 2/3 the way down the page, you'll see the thread display mode setting. From the drop down box, you can select linear-newest first which will display newest posts at the top of each page.

 

[hijk]

thanks dr j, you just saved me a lot of scrolling.

 

[Donga]

Hey Joe

Firstly thanks for your stewardship, I've learn't and profited from the rich postings from my short time on the site and appreciate the standards. You have a serious forum, with lots of depth and wit.

Some of the old timers need to chill out a wee bit, while appreciating there are standards to be maintained, not much you can do about that. I have little complaint on the formatting and threads etc and expect you'll get positive suggestions on that front from others.

Keep up the good work and thanks for asking.

 

[milothedog]

Joe,

Have been about a while, but not shared all that much in the Forums....spend most of the day in Chat....:bonk: :

Recently looked into and opened a CFD account. I found the forums a great source of information, so thought I should probably share a little more info if and when I can....point is...

A lot of us appreciate the site and find it a very useful resource, thanks for your efforts and those of the mods.

PS...some of those extra Smilies in chat could really liven up the day on slow trade days

 

[So_Cynical]

Hey Joe..first post with my new wide screen monitor and super fast PC, is there anything i can do to make this site look better on a WS monitor...it all looks like its scrunched into the centre of the screen.

Ive noticed some sites seem to be optimised for WS and others not...what are your plans for this site?

 

[Naked shorts]

Hey Joe..first post with my new wide screen monitor and super fast PC, is there anything i can do to make this site look better on a WS monitor...it all looks like its scrunched into the centre of the screen.

Ive noticed some sites seem to be optimised for WS and others not...what are your plans for this site?

Its actually a fact that websites that scale with widescreens are harder to read. Its much harder to find the next line of a paragraph the more spread out the text it. I have a widescreen too and I like the fact that ASF stays tight in the middle of it.

 

[Joe Blow]

Hey Joe..first post with my new wide screen monitor and super fast PC, is there anything i can do to make this site look better on a WS monitor...it all looks like its scrunched into the centre of the screen.

Ive noticed some sites seem to be optimised for WS and others not...what are your plans for this site?

Congrats on your new PC!

Most ASF members still have screen resolutions of 1680x1050 or less, although I acknowledge things are slowly changing. I'm on 1680x1050 and it looks fine although I think any higher and it would probably start to look a bit funny.

There are changes in store for ASF next year so I imagine I will be rethinking issues such as screen resolutions then. I'm beginning to see websites optimising for resolutions above 1024x768 so the trend is clear.

Hang on in the meantime and next year should see some changes in this area.

 

[Putty7]

Congratulations on a great site, I have taken this financial year off work to learn the market and see if it is something that I can pursue in the future rather than doing 14 - 16hr days in construction, 12hr shifts in mining and having to work away, I have learnt more from ASF than I could ever possibly hope to return being a newbie and have made money and gained strategies based on the insights of some of your members and threads.

You can look at all the real time charts you want, to get a solid history of a share based on what real traders have thought and their assessments as they happened through the years helps to see the bigger picture with regards to why a chart moved upwards or downwards at a point through time.

Good work Joe and to all your admins, I only hope that I can contribute to make this site an ongoing success.

 

[wayneL]

Its actually a fact that websites that scale with widescreens are harder to read. Its much harder to find the next line of a paragraph the more spread out the text it.

Yep Agree there.

I have a widescreen too and I like the fact that ASF stays tight in the middle of it.

I like fixed widths too.

 

[Julia]

Joe, good to see that the home page index now has the 'go to first unread post' icon on each thread heading, as well as on the particular forum index.
Makes it much more convenient. Thank you.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Hi Joe,

Where can I view "number of posts today" for the entire forum?

Also, are there back records of the same stat?

I'd like to chart it against the All Ords.

Thanks GB

 

[rumpole]

I'm new here, (one of the reffos). Interesting people here.

I don't use the stock side very much, I've been burned a bit by the market, like a lot of people, so I will wait until there is more interest in it and it looks like its on the uptrend.

I can't think of many improvements that need to be made to the forum, generally people are polite. I mainly use the General Chat board and it's fine.

Thank you for a good well managed site.