A preliminary report:
I logged-in, then made a test reply in Ho IX, didn't show up. (did after the 2nd test below)
It still proposes me to log-in. when I try, says "you already are..."
made a 2nd test reply, it did show up. Actually, both did.
Handling of attached pictures
- wrong thumbnails: they now represent some arbitrary section, not the whole picture. That's borked.
- when I click on a thumbnail, the pic is displayed in a new separate Popup window - yuck!!!!
Similar Threads paragraph
The navigation line "Home > Forums > Secret (Unbuilt) Projects > Secret Early Aircraft Projects" is below the Similar Threads paragraph.
This similar threads paragraph is so thick that the navigation line is no longer visible on my laptop screen, so I have to scroll down once more. (It takes about 2/3rds of my screen)
Suggestion 1: the navigation should be ABOVE the Similar Threads paragraph: We use Navigation each time (to navigate to next thread, d'oh), whereas the Similar threads paragraph will only be useful once in a while.
Suggestion 2: Actually IMO that paragraph will only be useful for cases when one wants to start a new thread. Probably very useful then to avoid duplicate threads, but that is rather seldom: I read-thread more than 100 times more often than start-thread. So I feel this is a heavy bulky cumbersome paragraph hogging the screen all the time, for a very rare usefulness. ==> Ideally it should be hidden by default, only "callable" through a button.
I could see a button "check for Similar Threads" or just "Similar Threads", for ex on the same line as "attach files / post reply", so it doesn't take up any screen estate.
Feature Hide most of the article + View full article button. (in Test Article Forum)
IMO it will be a huge opportunity to miss interesting articles, while not being very useful: the main usefulness would only be when backtracking upthread for some refrerence re-reading, and then it would come with the much WORSE disadvantage of hiding pictures and and most of the article, hence making the research that much more complicated.
If this feature is introduced, it should be optionnaly disable-able.