The previous thread on this topic has been locked so I can't add to it, had to start another.
I'm a newbie here so not sure if this has been raised before - I'm finding it difficult to keep track when conducting private conversations with several people simultaneously over several days. This is because inbox and outbox are listed separately and there's no linkage between messages in a conversation. It works well for the public forums, so why can't private conversations be 'threaded' like Text messages or What's App on a mobile phone? If conversations were easier to track it might generate more of them, and more member activity in general?
Thanks Matt, looking forward to it! Will the new layout be better optimised for smartphones? Many folks these days rarely access the web via a traditional screen and keyboard, so again, a more user friendly smartphone experience would breed more site traffic, increase income, etc?
I'd like to make a real mobile version of the site if I ever get chance... but I'm crazy busy so it's unlikely I'll get the chance anytime soon (unless I lose my job this summer which looks likely actually lol).
One thing I'm thinking about doing is making the PMs plain-text only, like Facebook. All the crazy HTML stuff and font colours, smileys, etc is what largely makes PMs unusable on mobile phones (it also brings a large number of security risks with it)
Just not sure how much our members will be disappointed if the private messages goes all plain-text ????
Bin the PINK crayons... I will champion the removal of all things PINK!
smileys on the other hand ... well, I dunno if I can survive with out em ... it will be a long and difficult journey but I suppose it could be done. I guess I will have to go cold turkey in preparation but I may become more and more reliant on alcohol - now there's a thought **wanders off to look longingly in the cupboard at the JD**
New system ready for testing. Please tell me what you think... http://www.bikermatch.co.uk/sites/bm/myaccount/pm/newin...winbox.asp
Smileys might be possible in the near future but I want to get it launched first asap and see how well it runs without smileys and other "luxury" items.
I still need to add the ability to delete a conversation and block people.
Not too impressed Matt to be honest
Can't see any of my previous mesages
All I can see apart from a list of former correspondents
Is the following message
Microsoft VBScript runtime error 魸a000d'
Type mismatch: 'clng'
/sites/bm/myaccount/pm/NewInbox_OpenConversation.asp, line 29
I use Internet Explorer on XP, with SP3, exclusively for BM
EDIT :
I've just recieved a PM from Double Six which I can't see
Could we have the option to select which version we prefer ?
Like the change to pm's and that I can follow the conversations in a linear way, though unless I'm missing something somewhere can't see a button to remove conversation threads/people from list
It seems to be working on my PC, I can open multi conversations at the same time. First impression, I like it, embellishments and tweeks to the system can only improve it.
![New Feature - Improved Private Messages System - Forums [Biker Match]](/images/backgrounds/strips/8mobileLQ.jpg)
![New Feature - Improved Private Messages System - Forums [Biker Match]](/images/backgrounds/strips/8desktopLQ.jpg)
