Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
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Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
02-05-2016 8:23 PM
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On the old forum, it used to be possible to select "Who's Online", which would display a list of members who have been active in the last ten minutes AND what they last did.
Therefore you could easily see who was replying to a post you might be interested in, or how many people are reading something you just posted, or who is reading or sending a PM, viewing a board, looking at a list of unread posts, marking items as read, etc, etc.
I used to find this feature useful, as you could decide whether to wait for an imminent reply, or watch while a staff member has read your posting, or whether there was nothing going on and you could safely go off and do something else for a while.
Currently there is a list of active users, but it is missing the detail of what their last action was -
Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
02-05-2016 9:16 PM
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AFAIK, it's not a feature available in the core product, and no-one has discovered such a feature (we have asked if it's there). I suspect Admins may be only ones that can see that.
In terms of waiting for replies, just keep your Notification Feed open in a Tab. You will get a pop-up and if you miss that, just refresh the Notifications periodically.
Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 6:16 PM
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Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 8:30 PM
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I don't recall anyone complaining on the old forum.
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Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 8:32 PM
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Does anyone happen to have a screen shot of the old "Who's Online" page ?
Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 8:37 PM
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It's blank...........because there is no-one online there

Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 8:50 PM
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Never mind, I found an example -
Nothing contentious there, but at times very useful !
Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 8:58 PM
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Oh, I don't know
Probably one of yours
Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 9:00 PM
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If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 9:10 PM
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Ah, but I assume you can see things we can't
It was interesting sometimes. If I happened to get a bit bored, I could see what others were reading and go and have a look. I could also see which boring old gits were reporting my posts
Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 9:13 PM
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@Anotherone wrote:
Ah, but I assume you can see things we can't
It was interesting sometimes. If I happened to get a bit bored,
maybe you need a new hobby
If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Forum feature request : Display what users are doing.
03-05-2016 9:15 PM
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You are probably right
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