I need your feedback on a new questions system . .

I like the new display because it enables us to separate questions from comments and posts.

Under the current system, Ask Any Question implies that you’re only asking a question. There’s no obvious place to do anything else, though I have posted lengthy comments here.

I like it. It feels open/ free to get in and ask or answer questions, without being constrained or restricted.

Clean and easy.

1 I do believe the new system is easier
2 example B
3 example D

I don’t have a real preference between A and B, but B is more “friendly” and enticing

Again, no real preference between C & D, but C provides a bit more data about the conversation, I believe

I prefer “b,” but the size of the blue box with white letters seems a bit overpowering. Something a little more subtle would be better, I think.

I like “b” better because it’s easier to distinguish between the posts.

One other thing I should mention is that something like 5% of men are color-blind. (My dad was.)

Red is seen as gray. So all the post titles in red may be really hard for some people to see at all.

I prefer “c” over “d” because when I write a reply, I like to be able to scroll back to the post that others made.

With version “d,” I have to open a new window to accomplish the same thing.

I think the new system is good, but I don’t know what the old system was!

I much prefer B – not sure why we are looking at C and D – B provides a summary and we can delve deeper if we wish to.

I like B very much.

It is easier to filter in B, so that will save time, and so I prefer it. For example, I could navigate to “Unanswered questions” to see if someone needs help who hasn’t gotten any yet. This was a great feature of one community I was a part of years ago.

I like C more, because it has the reply numbers, which make it easy to link to something for the future. For example, if Don said something helpful (because he has a lot of good thoughts), I could copy that link into a document for myself, and then I could refer to it at any time I need to (like permalinks). I do like the upvote/downvote of D, however, as well as the option to subscribe to, vs. favorite, threads.

Messaging would also be great, so that we can offer feedback, say hi and so on. 🙂

I much prefer B, especially because it makes it easier to find at a glance what the discussion is about. After the Community if fuller and the content in it is bigger that will make a difference.
And just as a suggestion if it is possible, it would be even better if there were a way to categorize the questions to (for example) see all video related q & a in one place and all email related in another, etc.

Yes. Better.

A and D make the content easier to access.

The updated layout seems to be much easier to read and find what you’re looking for.

I liked B and D (including the ability to upvote the most useful answers).

A looks a bit outdated and C still requires you to search through many answers.

The newer look, in my opinion is still trying to make everything visible at once.

Have you thought about using another navigation bar with subtopics?

I like B and D. D is easier to navigate around and B has a nice upvote function, which acts as a magnet for more people to read, as it is a sign that quality can be found there. The downside of that latter point, however, is that other ideas may be overlooked, as people flock to the popular topics, and not always to learn and/or add value but just out of curiosity.

Whatever we end up with we must, as Sean has said avoid, at all costs, the Facebook group and/or Warrior forum “mentality”, to creep into our very special, business oriented community.

Filters would be REALLY nice, as I mentioned in my comment above (which I will now link to, because there is a permalink, lol): http://preneurpal.com/forums/topic/i-need-your-feedback-on-a-new-questions-system/#post-1181.

Tagging of folks would be nice as well, in addition to messaging. 🙂

Hi Everyone – I do think that the new system is easier and the choices that I like the best are: Question 2. example B & Question 3. example D.

In the spirit of helpfulness my one suggestion is to have a navigation menu or navigation directions for those who, like me, have not spent a lot of time in forums or WP blogs and are not experienced and familiar with navigating to where I want to go. (I think Bruce Hoag made this type of suggestion in this thread above… please correct me if I’m wrong about this)!

The guessing and trial-and-error are frustrating and time consuming and so the experience and feeling of spending too much time here is not as pleasant as it could be. Let us get around the site quickly and easily :)!

Please don’t misunderstand, I enjoy meeting new, like-minded people, getting to know others better, asking and answering questions, helping others where I can etc… I just think the technical set up could be more user friendly, especially for people who are new at this.

Question: Apart from a navigation guide of some kind that I suggested above, is there some way to make this site more intuitive?

By the way the time stamps above are not correct. My first post, I believe should have been 12:07 PM, EST and the second entry at 12:32 AM EST.

I’m puzzled.

If we can’t reply directly to someone who has made a comment now, and I know that that’s the case, then what’s the purpose of the REPLY link that is to the right of every post that people make now?

If you look on the top right of a given post, it will say something like REPLY #1111. If you click on REPLY, your comment ends up at the bottom of the page.

Is it intended just to make it faster to get there?

I hadn’t even noticed the quote feature until you mentioned it, Suzanne.

I guess I’m programmed to think that when things are grayed-out like that, then the function doesn’t work. LOL

I should be more adventurous and just click the buttons. 😉