A small suggestion...

[ferrari_chris]

When navigating around GTP I use these (I believe they're called Breadcrumbs?) to get back to the forum index etc:

Now, when I've finished browsing a thread, traditionally I'm at the bottom of the page. To get back to the index I need to scroll all the way to the top of the page (where the Breadcrumbs reside) to be able to click one.

I'm wondering if it wouldn't be too much trouble to have these links at the bottom of the thread as well, as this is where you're likely to be when you want to go back - well, I am anyway.

Kind of like this:

It's just a small request, and I understand if you're too busy or have more important things to deal with at the moment.

Thanks for your time Jordan.

 

[G.T]

That isn't a bad idea actualy.

I'm too used to hitting the "Home" button on my keyboard now to return to the top quickly, so I probably would never use it (or maybe I would!).

 

[Blake]

I use the breadcrumbs, too – however I don’t find it a problem to scroll to the top of the page.

 

[Matrixhasu77]

Why not use the Forum Jump at the bottom of the page instead? It accomplishes the same task in less space.

 

[Blake]

Because you have to wait for the whole page to load…

 

[Swift]

Because you have to wait for the whole page to load…

Uh, yes. But if you're reading through a whole thread, it should have more then enough time to load the page.

 

[Famine]

Why not use the Forum Jump at the bottom of the page instead? It accomplishes the same task in less space.

You mean I have to click TWICE? Pffft.

 

[Small_Fryz]

Great idea, and Blake i have 100 posts per page so scrolling to the top takes a bit, so this idea is definetly a good one 👍

 

[xcsti]

Great idea, and Blake i have 100 posts per page so scrolling to the top takes a bit, so this idea is definetly a good one 👍

If you grab the scroll bar on the side you can bring it to the top. Or as some said, the home key.

 

[niky]

I think it's not such a bad idea (another 100 p per p here)... and probably wouldn't take much in the way of programming...

 

[Blake]

Uh, yes. But if you're reading through a whole thread, it should have more then enough time to load the page.

The last little bit of the page takes the longest to load (probably because Quick Reply uses AJAX), and on 56k it’s much quicker for me to get to the top of the page to use the breadcrumbs than it is to wait for the entire page to load.

Sometimes it’s an issue, sometimes not. But it doesn’t bother me.

 

[Jordan]

Some of you may remember the lower breadcrumb in GTP2/3. If memory serves me correctly, the double construction of the breadcrumb was a fairly big performance issue. I personally just click on the "Go" button in the Forum Jump menu as the current forum is already selected.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Jordan, you can (I can't remember how) force PHP to cache strings of text, and then redeliver them. Hell, actually, you could just store the HTML fragment for the breadcrumb in a variable, and then echo it out again at the end of the page. Should only be 200 bytes or so of server RAM taken up by the variable.

 

[ferrari_chris]

Some of you may remember the lower breadcrumb in GTP2/3. If memory serves me correctly, the double construction of the breadcrumb was a fairly big performance issue. I personally just click on the "Go" button in the Forum Jump menu as the current forum is already selected.

Thanks.

I didn't realise the Forum Jump box was already at the forum index. :duince:

I'll just use the GO! button.