The Warring States of NPF - View Single Post - So, do the old updates still exist, anywhere?

stapler942 · 04-07-2010, 05:01 AM

I agree about the archives, though if I recall correctly it was hard for me to find stuff in the old archive just 'cause there were so many titles to scroll through and read. The calendar might be more aesthetically pleasing, but it means harder work for us to find something really. Also, I know some readers who have never been to the forum, so they wouldn't even have the "Story Arc" thread to help them out so I could imagine it being really confusing to a newcomer.

I suppose in a sense the more clicks it takes to find something, the harder the navigation. Between clicking on "archive" + year + month + day and on "forum" + 8-bit subsection + thread + link (assuming you have know prior knowledge of the forum), that's four mandatory clicks each, but with the archive it's much less likely to happen in that exact sequence. In reality it's more like, click-nope-back-click-nope-back-try next year-click-wait when did they get there...etc. With the numbered archive it was two clicks, and even though it was still a lot of guesswork you could say it was maybe half the guesswork.

04-07-2010, 05:01 AM	#10
stapler942 Goomba Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 20	I agree about the archives, though if I recall correctly it was hard for me to find stuff in the old archive just 'cause there were so many titles to scroll through and read. The calendar might be more aesthetically pleasing, but it means harder work for us to find something really. Also, I know some readers who have never been to the forum, so they wouldn't even have the "Story Arc" thread to help them out so I could imagine it being really confusing to a newcomer. I suppose in a sense the more clicks it takes to find something, the harder the navigation. Between clicking on "archive" + year + month + day and on "forum" + 8-bit subsection + thread + link (assuming you have know prior knowledge of the forum), that's four mandatory clicks each, but with the archive it's much less likely to happen in that exact sequence. In reality it's more like, click-nope-back-click-nope-back-try next year-click-wait when did they get there...etc. With the numbered archive it was two clicks, and even though it was still a lot of guesswork you could say it was maybe half the guesswork.