D&D General How do you navigate the forums?
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Sword of Spirit
Legend
I never want to see that New Posts page or that Forum List page. If I see either, it's because I misclicked.
When I come to the site, I first look at one of two things: the front page with the new articles, or my notifications. After dealing with one or both of them, my next goal is to get to the Level Up sub-forum and the D&D sub-forum. This is more annoying to accomplish than I would like.
From the front page there is a tiny little down arrow next to Community in the top navigation bar. If I click it, I can then click Level Up on the drop down list. But sometimes I mistakenly click on Community instead of the arrow. Blech. Now, it takes me to the useless to me New Posts page. And then I'm like, "how the crap do I get to the forum list?" because the options at the top of the page have now changed. At this point I have to go to the smaller navigation bar underneath the main navigation bar, and click on the even tinier arrow next to Forum List so that I have a second chance at clicking on the sub-forum I want to visit. If I'm not thinking and I click instead on Forum List, it takes the same number of clicks (one more), but because it loads a new page and looks different than the drop down, it takes more mental energy.
For some reason, I think the mobile site might actually be a bit easier. I tap those three flat bars, then the arrow next to Community, then the sub-forum I want to go to. I don't know why that feels easier, but it does--and I'm someone who would much rather use a computer than a mobile device.
When I come to the site, I first look at one of two things: the front page with the new articles, or my notifications. After dealing with one or both of them, my next goal is to get to the Level Up sub-forum and the D&D sub-forum. This is more annoying to accomplish than I would like.
From the front page there is a tiny little down arrow next to Community in the top navigation bar. If I click it, I can then click Level Up on the drop down list. But sometimes I mistakenly click on Community instead of the arrow. Blech. Now, it takes me to the useless to me New Posts page. And then I'm like, "how the crap do I get to the forum list?" because the options at the top of the page have now changed. At this point I have to go to the smaller navigation bar underneath the main navigation bar, and click on the even tinier arrow next to Forum List so that I have a second chance at clicking on the sub-forum I want to visit. If I'm not thinking and I click instead on Forum List, it takes the same number of clicks (one more), but because it loads a new page and looks different than the drop down, it takes more mental energy.
For some reason, I think the mobile site might actually be a bit easier. I tap those three flat bars, then the arrow next to Community, then the sub-forum I want to go to. I don't know why that feels easier, but it does--and I'm someone who would much rather use a computer than a mobile device.
LordEntrails
Hero
Bookmark straight to this sub-forum, then I browse the first page or so until I get to posts that show I have already read them.
BookTenTiger
He / Him
New posts. I want to see it all, baby!
I also have this Dungeons & Dragons sub forum bookmarked and always start here. If I want to go somewhere else I'll click back up on the General Tabletop Discussion folder and then back down into TTRPGs General or D&D Older Editions etc.
I almost always remain in the Community forums and never to the main page or news page or any of those other areas. The news items and columns usually appear in the D&D subforum anyway, which is how I end up reading them.
I almost always remain in the Community forums and never to the main page or news page or any of those other areas. The news items and columns usually appear in the D&D subforum anyway, which is how I end up reading them.
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Guest
It's pretty much <New Posts> for me because I don't know which threads I'm going to really get into and learn from until I've had a look at them. Some threads in which I thought I'd have no interest turned out to be my favorites.
Ath'kethin
Elder Thing
Same.
I also force the site to open in my mobile browser, because I like opening the stuff I want to read in new tabs and then going through them afterward.
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