Opinion

Opinion

by Bob__B Apr 16, 2011 11:25PM PDT

Everyone has an opinion.
If Cnet wants to turn their site into "twitter for twits" that's their business.

Leave the forums set to Adult mode.......plain vanilla.

Start with the ability to read and post.....anything else is an extra.

Keep the extras to a bare minimum.

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If you use Firefox 4, try this...

by John.Wilkinson Apr 17, 2011 3:27AM PDT

Hey Bob,

I create my own customizations for the forums (among other sites) and thought I'd share them. Currently only supports Firefox 4, but if you're interested: http://userstyles.org/styles/46673/cnet-forums-clean-and-wide

If you do try it out, let me know what you think.

John

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John . . .

by Coryphaeus Apr 17, 2011 12:03PM PDT

All well and good. There are ways to get around this mess, AKA customization. But we shouldn't have to!! The pages are totally cluttered.

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I agree...

by John.Wilkinson Apr 17, 2011 2:27PM PDT

There are ways to keep all of the functionality while minimizing the intrusiveness. Even something as simple as combining 5 lines of icons and links into 2 makes a dramatic difference. Here's hoping they can tweak the formatting a bit to streamline access to the forums content. However, I will continue to use customizations to do things that exist beyond the forums - widening the content to with the browser, removing ads, et cetera.

John

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