Note to bandmix:
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:09 pmWhen we talk, and we see someone whose profile we want to view, the instinctive thing to do is to click their name or their picture.
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This doesn't give you much, certainly not their profile!
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Maybe you just want to see their age, or listen to one of their songs or something . . .
But, while talking in the forum, you don't see any button that says: "Visit Profile!" Think about that.
Because people get interested in viewing other people's profiles, while TALKING to them, in the forum.
We want to see who we're talking to, that's all.
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It takes too much experimentation to figure out that if you want to view someone's profile you have to click "contact" (even if you do not want to contact them).
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Think about that from a new visitors point of view; they will just assume there's no more info available.
Remember, moderators, YOU are used to the software, you've seen it for years and years.
But visitors are just clicking the most logical things.
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Now, you can argue with me, and explain why you think the current way is better, yadda, yadda, yadda.
But the fact remains that the current method of viewing a profile IS cumbersome, and many people won't bother trying figure it out.
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To that, let me add: I like this site, it's been cleaned up nicely, recently.
Ya done good.
But I'm sure that other people have run into this problem.
. . . just fyi . . .
I don't know how much trouble it is to fix the link, or re-label the "contact" button to "view profile / contact."
But it'd be worth it . . .
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This doesn't give you much, certainly not their profile!
.
Maybe you just want to see their age, or listen to one of their songs or something . . .
But, while talking in the forum, you don't see any button that says: "Visit Profile!" Think about that.
Because people get interested in viewing other people's profiles, while TALKING to them, in the forum.
We want to see who we're talking to, that's all.
.
It takes too much experimentation to figure out that if you want to view someone's profile you have to click "contact" (even if you do not want to contact them).
.
Think about that from a new visitors point of view; they will just assume there's no more info available.
Remember, moderators, YOU are used to the software, you've seen it for years and years.
But visitors are just clicking the most logical things.
.
Now, you can argue with me, and explain why you think the current way is better, yadda, yadda, yadda.
But the fact remains that the current method of viewing a profile IS cumbersome, and many people won't bother trying figure it out.
. . .
To that, let me add: I like this site, it's been cleaned up nicely, recently.
Ya done good.
But I'm sure that other people have run into this problem.
. . . just fyi . . .
I don't know how much trouble it is to fix the link, or re-label the "contact" button to "view profile / contact."
But it'd be worth it . . .