I'm not sure there's enough volume to support categories, this forum only has 10 or so active threads per day.

We need a BOLD"warning" to remind posters to look at Guide to Seeking Help in the Computer Forum before posting. Many posts include incomplete info and posters often do not search the forum or google prior to posting.

skibum43 said:We need a BOLD"warning" to remind posters to look at Guide to Seeking Help in the Computer Forum before posting. Many posts include incomplete info and posters often do not search the forum or google prior to posting.I respectfully disagree. Personally, I don't mind at all when a poster asks a question that's answered in a sticky. Sometimes as a result I learn something that I never knew or have otherwise forgotten. That's just a personal opinion, though. To each their own. Besides, I don't think ellory would know what to do if he couldn't point posters to the third sticky...

don't fix it when it is not broken.

thedebator said:We can have a sticky of "how to build a computer from parts accumulated from hot deals?" It can be updated daily or weekly based on the deals. It can have a "quick summary" of the following:

Case: and it lists deals on cases
Hard drives: and it lists deals hard drives
CPU: " "
Motherboards: " "
Power supply:
Video cards:
DVD drives:
Sound cards:
TV tuners:

And in the thread discussion, we can ask or post if a particular hardware is compatible with another or not.

it is really PITA for some one to update it even on a weekly basis.
most of the really hot deals just die in about an hr or two. some generic one can be developed.
but I doubt some one can devote his time to answer all those questions.

the other site does have one thread where they update and discuss about PC build. but many info r pretty old.

RightHere said:Perhaps instead of posting in every forum looking for suggestions on how to solve specific things in one forum, you focus on the long list of ideas that would make ALL of FW better?

There's not a shortage of problems...there's a shortage of solutions.

Oh, and teaching the mods how to make a thread sticky would probably be a good idea too

*tosses Solipsis a roll of duct tape*

Actually, I can see the method to the madness of posting in each individual forum. IMO, it may even be a bit easier to gather data in what improvements needs to be made this way than asking overall.

However, this forum has been fairly organized/under control for awhile (thankfully due to the high quality of some key contributors and low volume) so whatever needs to be done should happen fairly quickly, no?

Personally, the one change that I can think of would be to recommend a Mac-only thread so people such as myself can ask questions or offer help with Apple products w/out being flamed for using their products or challenged to a duel. Granted there's not a high concentration of us on these boards, but there are more than there used to be and since so much of Mac is about integration, one thread should suffice. Please make it a sticky thread as well.

iRabbitt said:Actually, I can see the method to the madness of posting in each individual forum. IMO, it may even be a bit easier to gather data in what improvements needs to be made this way than asking overall. I agree that they'll get more ideas by targeting the request. My point was that they do not lack ideas for major improvements that are needed (and have been requested a bajillion times). It's clear from some of the other threads that talking about ideas that could be years away from being implemented doesn't help anyone. Asking for ideas makes people think that they are going to make changes in the near term, which isn't part of their plan.

Personally, the one change that I can think of would be to recommend a Mac-only thread so people such as myself can ask questions or offer help with Apple products w/out being flamed for using their products or challenged to a duel. Granted there's not a high concentration of us on these boards, but there are more than there used to be and since so much of Mac is about integration, one thread should suffice. Please make it a sticky thread as well.I haven't seen that Mac bashing (though maybe I'm just not looking in the same threads). I tend to see more Mac people bashing PC's in PC threads. While I would like this idea, since then I'd only have to ignore one Mac thread , I don't think it makes a lot of sense for the forum. It's not going to stop the OS bashing, it'll just concentrate most of it into one thread.

iRabbitt said:RightHere said:I haven't seen that Mac bashing (though maybe I'm just not looking in the same threads). I tend to see more Mac people bashing PC's in PC threads. While I would like this idea, since then I'd only have to ignore one Mac thread , I don't think it makes a lot of sense for the forum. It's not going to stop the OS bashing, it'll just concentrate most of it into one thread.

That's part of the reason I stopped coming to this forum so often, the Mac bashing has been pretty brutal at times.
They're just computers, folks.I've seen some bashing on both sides in Mac threads, but nothing out of the ordinary. The mods are usually pretty good about cleaning things up.