Post #3178 by TheMuggler on Tue, Jul 2, 2002 9:54 AM

I read this forum via email, so I have a different experience from some of the folks on this thread. I prefer email, as I can use my email program to filter, and I can run through an entire days worth of posts in about 5 minutes, since I'm not at the mercy of the server's speed or my internet connection.

That being said, I don't like the split forums when I do visit the site. I find it slower to navigate. I do, however, like that the emails come through with the forum listed before the subject -- this helps me filter through what I want to read, so here is a suggestion that may please everyone, or no one:

What if you had one forum, but in addition to typing in your subject, you HAD to select a "topic" from a pull down menu? Then you could break out as many subjects in the pull down menu as you wished (sales, events, collecting, eBay, blather, grog talk, questions, off topic, whatever). These topics could appear before the subject on the site and in email form, so that you can look at the subject immediately and know whether you want to read it or not. Also, topics that might get heavy discussion for a brief amount of time could be easily added and then taken away after a bit (i.e. Caliente Tropics, Hukilau). People who want one forum would be satisfied, and people who like to filter could do that as well.

-Mike