The Grey Labyrinth is a collection of puzzles, riddles, mind games, paradoxes and other intellectually challenging diversions. Related topics: puzzle games, logic puzzles, lateral thinking puzzles, philosophy, mind benders, brain teasers, word problems, conundrums, 3d puzzles, spatial reasoning, intelligence tests, mathematical diversions, paradoxes, physics problems, reasoning, math, science.

mudbuck · Dirty Dollar

How should the symbol next to the thread topics look like?

Personally, the pages look bland, and the shaking pages for the popular pages annoy me.

Down here were some lightbulbs, but now they're gone.
_________________
1000oclock.com

Porro · Cool as a cucumber

Have you talked to a psychiatrist about this?
_________________

Termital · Daedalian Member

Actually, mudbuck's proposal ain't bad at all. Perhaps they could be a smidgeon smaller, but it's otherwise fine.

Porro · Cool as a cucumber

You're all mad, mad I say. Ahahahahahahaha. Mad!
_________________

Vinny · Promiscuous enough

Vote: no animated icons WHATSOEVER for any of the thread types (active, inactive, new, old, popular etc).

It might just be me, but I find ANY animated thingee on a page very ANNOYING and DISTRACTING.

Porro · Cool as a cucumber

Ouch

_________________

Vinny · Promiscuous enough

yeah Porro, your little dancing me is causing me to spasm spordically.

Porro · Cool as a cucumber

Mwahahahaha Twisted Evil

I love it when a plan comes together.
_________________

Porro · Cool as a cucumber

Danm. Did I say that out loud?
_________________

Neo · Daedalian Member

Get too many blinking lightbulbs on a page and i might have a seizure.
_________________
_{Ad Astra}

Beartalon · 'Party line' kind of guy

I don't like too many flashing or moving icons. With the number of threads we see, I'd rather see none.
How about one icon for no new posts, another for new posts, and if you must distinguish between popular or not, perhaps a simple exclamation point icon after the post icon.
_________________
Shun the unbeliever... SHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN-NUH

Courk · Daedalian Member

I think a good indication of popularity is the number of pages. Personally, I don't care how popular a topic is - if it doesn't interest me I won't read it. Every mafia thread is popular, but I'll only read the ones I'm in - and not because they're popular.

But, the files and the light bulbs are a bit boring. Since icons can apparently be almost anything, why not something a bit more GL-related?

Chuck · Daedalian Member

The threads that have been updated since the last time I read them should be lit up and the ones in which my screen name has been mentioned since then should be blinking.

Mgm · Roar!

I like mudbuck's icons, but I'd go with anything not too large and different from scum...

Macros · Daedalian Member

folders is fine for me.
popularity can be based on, the thread wasnt there yesterdaym it now has 300 posts, hmmmm, theres no lightbulb telling me its popular........
its not hard to see a thread has 300 posts, we dont need a blinking light to tell us that.
_________________
oh hello

Cordelia · Daedelia Member

Shouldn't a popular Thread be based on Views, not Posts? If a Thread is popular, it's highly trafficked, which includes just looking at it.

Cordelia · Daedelia Member

In fact, if I could have anything it would be an Icon that says "You have posted here. And now there's a new post!" So that I can keep track of the changes in Threads that I'm actually active in. Some of us have short memories, or none at all!

I know it's a separate topic, but I'm not sure where else to put it?

mole · Subterranean Member

I think there should be a number of different icons that can be changed by the starter of a thread. That way we can have "unsolved" and "solved" puzzles in VSP, or indicate whether a game is in signup mode or in progress or over...

Requires an addition to the database as well as changing the new thread/edit post screen so I think I'll repost this in FR later, but it's something to keep in mind...

Antrax · ESL Student

No, it doesn't. There's a feature called "post icons", whose original purpose is to have crappy things like a thumbs up or a frown next to your posts, to "indicate the spirit of the post". It's turned off atm, but we could easily turn it on and use it to indicate such things. Great idea.
Antrax
_________________
After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme. And quick!

Courk · Daedalian Member

Or the titles could be edited to reflect that? I don't want to see little pictures next to topics.

Antrax · ESL Student

I guess this will be voted on Felicitous

Antrax
_________________
After years of disappointment with get rich quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme. And quick!

The Doctor · Editor-in-Chief

(Is it possible to change my vote? I accidentally voted for user's choice instead of old red and yellow. Embarrassed

)

i_h8_evil_stuff · Daedalian Member

Guh. Those folders will make the site look old and outdated. I think the pages are fine, so long as they stop moving.
_________________
Space for sale. PM i_h8_evil_stuff for details.

Cordelia · Daedelia Member

Wow, so, no comment on the "you have posted in this thread and there is now a new post in the thread you may be interested in" icon?

Did I post that in invisitext? Hello? Can anyone hear me?

I don't think the "popular thread" thing is of any importance whatsoever. Who cares? It really doesn't matter and is misleading most of the time. If the icon should change colors for anything, it should be something else.

So, I haven't voted yet and would like to know if anyone else has an opinion on this one. In fact, I think this is the topic I feel most interested in...let's get some more discussion on the matter!

jeep · Daedalian Member

Cordelia · Daedelia Member

That's going to turn up a LOT of unwanted material, but thanks for the suggestion :P