projects page-switching navigation runs the opposite direction

April 6, 2006 2:43 PM

Nitpicky: projects.metafilter's page-switching navigation runs the opposite direction from the other three sites'.
posted by Ogre Lawless to Bugs at 2:43 PM (19 comments total)

Main: Older posts | Newer Posts
Ask: Older questions | Newer Questions
MeTa: Older posts | Newer Posts
Projects: Previous page | next page

A small detail, but habitual MeFi sodding off had me clicking in the lower left...
posted by Ogre Lawless at 2:43 PM on April 6, 2006

And I can say without hyperbole that the inconsistent capitalization is the worst catasrophe in the history of civilization.
posted by kirkaracha at 2:59 PM on April 6, 2006

It also has a completely different header layout.
posted by blue_beetle at 3:05 PM on April 6, 2006

I'm an advocate of white backgrounds, but with the absence of white backgrounds at MeFi, MeTa and AskMe, it really doesn't suit Projects in my opinion.

Who else has a projects nitpick?
posted by nthdegx at 3:11 PM on April 6, 2006

The vote button is a link rather than a posted form. The dates are all PST rather than local. It calls itself new despite being 5 months old. The RSS feed doesn't include usernames. The MetaTalk thread linked on the right for reporting comments and bugs is now closed.

Hey, this is fun.
posted by cillit bang at 3:23 PM on April 6, 2006

I think the name recalls too sharply the plight of low-income-housing dwellers in major metropolitan areas.
posted by cortex at 3:23 PM on April 6, 2006

Whilst we're at it [I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, I just can't find it right now]:

I love being able to click on my logged in username at the top of Mefi. I'm not saying we necessarily need the whole

"34932 members | You are logged in as: dash_slot- / logout 1 link and 128 comments posted since your last visit"

thing. It would make it consistent site wide if that 'You are logged in as: dash_slot- / logout' was at the top of the FP for Metatalk & AskMe too. Plus, I we would have access to my our full member page, in a lazy ass fashion.

Just askin'.
posted by dash_slot- at 3:46 PM on April 6, 2006

dash_slot- scroll down, click on "My Profile" in the left side of the footer. That's on all sites (except Projects of course).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:51 PM on April 6, 2006

I'm an advocate of white backgrounds - nthdegx
Then I reccommend the "plain text" theme, which renders all sections of MeFi w/ white background.
posted by raedyn at 4:27 PM on April 6, 2006

Oops. You'd never actually believe how much time I spend here...missing such abundant features.
posted by dash_slot- at 4:38 PM on April 6, 2006

Also, the RSS feed has a "vote +" link which (thankfully) does not actually vote for projects--it just takes you to that project's database entry.
posted by Galvatron at 4:45 PM on April 6, 2006

maybe be projects could have a hot pink background?
posted by blue_beetle at 4:53 PM on April 6, 2006

MeFites' projects fail to sufficiently entertain me. I would like to see fewer web comics and special-interest blogs and more time machines, successful coups, and genetically engineered lifeforms with improbable capabilities. Also, the current time is still only half visible.
posted by IshmaelGraves at 5:44 PM on April 6, 2006

Ishmael: amen to that.
posted by killdevil at 6:26 PM on April 6, 2006

The title attribute of the link to flag comments should say, "Flag this comment," not "Flag this post."
posted by kirkaracha at 6:37 PM on April 6, 2006

projects.metafilter's page-switching navigation runs the opposite direction from the other three sites

it's a useability thing, he's written a book about it.
posted by quonsar at 7:28 PM on April 6, 2006

I'd like to think that, every time he sees a comment like that, Matt just quietly mutters "ZING!" and then goes about his business. You can really be a prick, q.
posted by cortex at 7:48 PM on April 6, 2006

"Then I reccommend the "plain text" theme, which renders all sections of MeFi w/ white background."

AWYAHIHADDUNTFOUGHTOVDA!
posted by nthdegx at 1:00 AM on April 7, 2006

blue_beetle: "maybe be projects could have a hot pink background?"

seconded!
posted by [@I][:+:][@I] at 10:32 AM on April 7, 2006