Somewhat tying into the current topic at hand, and I think I might have mentioned something like this before.....
I would love it if we had
toggle buttons or something similar in
searches in order to
filter content we want to see more, or filter out the content that does not interest us.
The two pages I visit most are my Subscribed Threads and New Posts. I hardly ever go to the home page and surf in a particular subforum nor do I use search unless I'm trying to find something to reference for a discussion I'm having in a particular thread, and even then, I've most likely Subscribed to the thread and I would probably start by searching through my subscriptions.
Does Subscribed Threads need a filter tool?
No, I just need to manage them a little bit better instead of grouping them all into the main folder.
But... I'm sure that there are ways in which we could improve our Subscribed Threads page(s).
Since I don't have them divided into their own folders, I'm not exactly sure how they function when you do place them into specific folders.
I might take the time to try and sort through my 120 or so subscriptions today.
If I add something to a specific folder, do I have to navigate to that folder from the main folder in order to see if it has updates, or does it also always appear in the main folder as well? I would like to have a view/list of "All Subscriptions" and then have folders for however I'll sort them that I can go to if I'm trying to find something in particular quickly.
Do New Posts need a filter tool?
Yes!!!
Okay, so this is what ties into what we've been currently talking about; I see 6 pages of threads with New Posts in them when I go to the New Post search page. Do all of them interest me and will get read at some point? No, and I don't want to click each thread so that they are marked read and disappear from my list.
1st) Let's say we add a subforum for Destiny or just all the Non-Halo related builds
2nd) Okay, now let's say I am ONLY here for Halo and I could care less about those threads, well that's totally acceptable, but how can we fix things so that I don't have to see those threads when I go to "New Posts"?
Answer: Add some filters you can toggle On/Off. Do they need to maintain their selection when you refresh the page? No, but they do need to maintain their integrity if you are going through multiple pages.
Some days I'm only looking for info regarding building or to look at the builds by others and I don't really need to see threads pertaining the Pacific Regiment (as an example) and it would be nice if I could temporarily remove them from the list.
Why would I want to just
temporarily remove those threads from the list?
Well, depending on what you are filtering out, there is always the possibility that the threads you are filtering out DO have information that could be extremely helpful.
Let's say you filtered out all the Non-Halo related builds; well, it is totally possible that someone in one of those threads came up with some new amazing revolutionary way to build things. While I may not have interest in it
today, because I'll only be searching through Halo related threads, I'd hope that I would still stumble upon the thread at some point, and who knows, maybe
tomorrow I'll only want to look at Non-Halo related threads.
On another note, I think it would be nice to one day possibly filter by Tags. Now, I'm not asking you Art to go into each thread one by one and determine what tags they need. All I simply ask is that you give us, the 405th users, the ability to give tags to any thread.
But, I think that the tags need to be predefined, such that we aren't all creating tags like "Useless" or "Crap" or "Cool" or "Helpful" or anything like that, which are more like comments or remarks about a thread rather than detailing what the thread is actually about, which is what you want tags for.
Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo Reach, Halo Wars, Halo Non-Game, Halo FUD, Covenant, Non-Halo, Foam, Resin, Mold/Cast, Vacuform, Scratch, Machined, Build, Info, Event, Guide, List, Tutorial, Discussion, Concept, Props, Weapons, Technique, Convention, Question, Completed, Pepakura, 3D-Model, 3D-Printing, Broken Links/Images, etc, etc, etc.
Eventually, as those who add tags when they read through threads, more and more threads will progressively receive tags allowing us to sort through them.
As it goes along, it might be a good thing to be able to search for threads that don't have tags added to them.