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I like the look of the new community section. Here are the issues I've identified so far

1. Links should open in new tabs/windows if they leave the forum/community. Especially considering point 2

2. When I hit the "back" button on my browser, I should end up at the same place I was on the previous page. This is a common problem with scroll-based loading on sites (as you scroll down, more content loads) as opposed to page-based sites (page 1 of xx loads in its entirety, and you have to click on the next page to see more content).

3. The format. This is a forum, despite the name, but the format is that of an article-based discussion normally seen at the end of editorials, recipes, etc. First off, it's compressed, and takes a lot more scrolling to get through the content, since replies are displayed at a smaller width than the originating post. Then replies to replies are further indented, stretching the comment out further. Also, having a quote (reply to a reply) appear directly below the reply (as opposed to at the bottom of the comment list) means I have to scroll through the entire chain to see any new comments that aren't to the original post.

I applaud you for breaking away from the ubiquitous IP.Board solution for online discussions, that's no easy task.

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anthony_34093

I'd like to add that I'd love to be able to tag people that have a space in their name.

Matthew_Snyder_68770

Speaking to your first point, I think you can control that at the browser level. (Links opening in new tabs or windows)

Seth_Ratner_91225

No, it's a site setting. The browser setting determines whether links designed to open in a second window use a new window or a new tab. Otherwise every single link you click on would open in a new tab. Thanks though!

Daniel_Ahern_68496

Seth is right, to do it automatically it is a site thing. However you can also control it on the browser level by either right clicking and selecting "Open in a new Window/Tab" or holding command (on mac) or ctrl (on PC) and clicking on the link. This will tell the browser that you want to open it in a new tab.

You can also middle click to do the same thing (on both OS's I think)

Daniel_Ahern_68496

Anthony, I think that Nick and Andrew are working on the ability to tag people for the new forum. I haven't looked at their feature roadmap for a bit so I can't give a good time frame but I do know that it will support people with spaces in their name (it should actually be similar to Facebook's tag system).

Andrew_Hsu_30145

Haha, this is something we're actively working on and it will come out soon. Turns out, @-mentioning people with spaces in their names is kind of complicated. Nobody except Facebook really does it.

Andrew_Hsu_30145

Yeah - I understand what you're saying. We'll work on fixing this soon.