Ed/Programmer : How about........

Posted by 9-11 (144 days ago)

Allowing the user to specify just WHICH advice forums (s)he gets displayed on screen.

This list gets ever looooooonger, and there's many that I have no interest in ever reading, and I suspect I'm not the only person who would like to banish areas that they are not interested in reading - with the user's option of allowing some/all back at a later time.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Find what you are after in our Hong Kong A-Z Directory

Posted by Ed (143 days ago)

You can already do that - but in a more exciting way... if there is a thread that you are interested to follow, just click Follow this Thread (its right below the thread title with rules etc...). If you click that you will get an email each time someone responds - you can turn it off by clicking the Stop Following Thread link in the same position.

You can also click the RSS Feed on a specific forum - that will pull all the most recent threads to your browser automatically.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by 9-11 (143 days ago)

But what I **REALLY** want, and perhaps others have not yet annunciated their requests, is to be able to truncate the ever lengthening list of topics - after all, I'm not interested in {say} adoptions - or - for that matter - HSBC Offshore savings.

Just give us the option to select/de-select what topics we follow - PLEASE.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Ed (143 days ago)

To clarify do you want to reduce the number of categories that you see on this page? http://hongkong.asiaxpat.com/forums/

i.e. have the power to say hide forums you do not use?

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Digital Blonde (143 days ago)

yes it would be good to be able to customize, but perhaps leave the quick navigation menu up so it leaves the option to visit those sites we currently feel have no interest. If and when interest does arise.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Ed (143 days ago)

We have a quick nav on each forum -see the drawdown Change Forum: http://hongkong.asiaxpat.com/forums/living-in-or-moving-to-hong-kong/

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by axptguy38 (141 days ago)

"Allowing the user to specify just WHICH advice forums (s)he gets displayed on screen."

You can make a favorites folder in Firefox with your favorite forums. Ctrl+click on it and they all open, each in its own tab.

(I am based in Hong Kong)