Who uses the "Recent Discussions" view?

TTony

There are a number of ways to view the content here.

The two that I mainly use are

• section by section,
  ie where the threads are usually related to the title of that section (ie Gear>Guitar, or Classifieds>Parts, etc).

and

• Recent Discussions, which presents a complete mix view of threads across all sections, ordered by date.

Those views work for me on a PC/Mac and on an iPad (my eyes aren't good enough for browsing by phone screens!).

My questions;

1. Who uses the Recent Discussions view as their default / usual view?
2. Did you know that you can configure the Recent Discussions view to include/exclude individual sections of the forum, so that you can create a personalised view of Recent Discussions but limited to the sections that you're interested in?

vasselmeyer

All the time, unless I'm looking for something quite specific. 

Bridgehouse

Me. All the time. It's very useful.

thomasross20

TBH I never use it but having just clicked on it, I can see how it can be useful. 
I usually just do section by section.

Gassage

I either use 'recent discussion' or 'Search *gilmour+cock+shot*'

Bridgehouse

Gassage said:

I either use 'recent discussion' or 'Search *gilmour+cock+shot*'

Bet that was painful for him...

TTony

TTony said:

1. 
   
2. Did you know that you can configure the Recent Discussions view to include/exclude individual sections of the forum, so that you can create a personalised view of Recent Discussions but limited to the sections that you're interested in?

And this ^^^

Flink_Poyd

Q1. Yes
Q2. No
Q3. Can I include set it toinclude/exclude on mobile?
I use mobile 95% of the time

vasselmeyer

Gassage said:

I either use 'recent discussion' or 'Search *gilmour+cock+shot*'

They should create a button just for that. 

Bridgehouse

TTony said:

TTony said:

1. 
   
2. Did you know that you can configure the Recent Discussions view to include/exclude individual sections of the forum, so that you can create a personalised view of Recent Discussions but limited to the sections that you're interested in?

And this ^^^

Yep - good way of avoiding all the FX for sale threads

FelineGuitars

I tend to go recent discussions and eliminate Speakers Corner or wherever certain members are waging petty vendettas against each other . I am here to talk about guitars and maybe other salient subjects

DLM

I do all the time. I didn't realise I could configure it, but I don't need to, I want to see at least the title and stats of every thread.

revsorg

The lack of a date/time stamp in mobile view means I tend to request desktop site.

TTony

Flink_Poyd said:

Q3. Can I include set it toinclude/exclude on mobile?
I use mobile 95% of the time

You're just boasting about your better eyesight now.

Yes you can. 

In the view where you see all the section headings, you see a black cogwheel icon between the section heading and the number of threads in that section. 
Click the cogwheel alongside the section that you don't want to see in Recent Discussions.
Select "Hide".

Now, whenever you're in Recent Discussions view, any threads from within the section that you've hidden will not be shown.

You can still see all the excluded threads from the main view as before.

notanon

1) I'd say I use recent discussions 80%of the time.

2) didn't know about that feature. It's that available on mobile view though? Most of my time on here I'm on my mobile.

I noticed that If you leave a tab open this forum doesn't show the number of visits correctly. Not a criticism just an observation. When hitting the back button to return to a section (or recent discussions) the forum will auto refresh the page. That got me thinking about how visits could be updated when a tab is left idle for hours to correctly guess number of visits. Would need a tone check on a specific cookie I guess.

mgaw

all the time but didnt know it could be tailored

TTony

@Flink_Poyd ;
@notanon ;

See my post at 11:23 - you can configure the Recent Discussions on your mobile.  At least, I could do it on my state-of-the-art Galaxy S6

Flink_Poyd

TTony said:

Flink_Poyd said:

Q3. Can I include set it toinclude/exclude on mobile?
I use mobile 95% of the time

You're just boasting about your better eyesight now.

No, my children just don't let me use my computer.  

TTony

FelineGuitars said:

I tend to go recent discussions and eliminate Speakers Corner 

@FelineGuitars ;
 SC threads should be excluded from Recent Discussions by default.  You have to explicitly opt-in to have SC threads included in that view.

If you opt-out (ie select "Hide") for a section, then it stays excluded from Recent Discussions until you opt back in.

m_c

mgaw said:

all the time but didnt know it could be tailored

This.

Gassage said:

I either use 'recent discussion' or 'Search *gilmour+cock+shot*'

How many people are now thinking about how to work those three words into a post?

notanon

Oh sugar, on the home section I've been just hidden the amps section. So how do I get that back?