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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 5151567" data-attributes="member: 6562">Sure, I know that some people can find the dropdown. I'm a person, and I use it plenty. But if you have reason to believe one is better than the other, just keep the one that's better, be it the button or the dropdown. It doesn't really matter which, does it?Regarding calendar, etc., it feels like some are there because you hope they will be useful secondary resources in the future. It's nice that you're developing secondary resources, but IMHO one ought to always have one's eye on the core resource, which for EN World is having great forums.Don't dilute your core competency -- great forums -- for new toys. IMHO anything that makes the forums better is good, anything that detracts from them -- even mildly -- is bad. If you can fit in toys that don't detract, great! Toys are fun, and people like them. But never, ever sacrifice core functionality for toys.It seems to me that WotC did this with their forums, and it drove a bunch of people away. CharOp now works mostly in the wiki, because the forums are lacking.&nbsp;Looks good to me. Under 800px was the target, right?Cheers, -- N</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 5151567, member: 6562"] Sure, I know that [u]some[/u] people can find the dropdown. I'm a person, and I use it plenty. But if you have reason to believe one is better than the other, [b]just keep the one that's better[/b], be it the button or the dropdown. It doesn't really matter which, does it? Regarding calendar, etc., it feels like some are there because you hope they will be useful secondary resources in the future. It's nice that you're developing secondary resources, but IMHO one ought to always have one's eye on the core resource, which for EN World is having great forums. Don't dilute your core competency -- great forums -- for new toys. IMHO anything that makes the forums better is good, anything that detracts from them -- even mildly -- is bad. If you can fit in toys that don't detract, great! Toys are fun, and people like them. But never, ever sacrifice core functionality for toys. It seems to me that WotC did this with their forums, and it drove a bunch of people away. CharOp now works mostly in the wiki, because the forums are lacking. Looks good to me. Under 800px was the target, right? Cheers, -- N [/QUOTE]

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