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Mouseover Thread Preview on Homepage

SimonTemplar · 2013-09-25 18:53:57

In the individual forums, if the user mouses over a thread title, a popup appears with a preview of the first post. However, in the Latest Post section of the homepage, the thread popup simply contains the string "View Thread: " + threadName. Isn't that redundant because: - The thread name is visible already - 99.9999% of…

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25-09-2013 7:53pm

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SimonTemplar

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In the individual forums, if the user mouses over a thread title, a popup appears with a preview of the first post.

However, in the Latest Post section of the homepage, the thread popup simply contains the string "View Thread: " + threadName.

Isn't that redundant because:
- The thread name is visible already
- 99.9999% of visitors to Boards know to click the link to view the tread.

Why doesn't the homepage also show the thread preview popups because they are far more useful?

Post edited by Shield on December 2021

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#2 25-09-2013 8:05pm
Zascar

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+1

I think this would be great, I remember suggesting this myself many many years ago. It would be very handy to see this feature added

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#3 26-09-2013 9:52am
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Would be a good feature. I suspect that it might cause problems with screen-readers though

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#4 26-09-2013 10:49am
hullaballoo

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As long as it was more like a roll-over text preview than a hideous flash popup, I think this is a great idea.

It might be an idea to start a thread on this over in Site Development since site feature ideas are no longer dealt with in Feedback.

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