[About XDA developers] FrEcP:
Hi,

every time I watch a thread there are thousandy of posts e.g.:

"Thank you very much"

"Good work"

"Ever searched such an app,..."

just look in a thread like:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=535892&page=204

with >2000 answers....

I know it's nice for the dev's to read such things but its hard to find any solution for problems in those threads.

So nobody wants to read 50 pages to find a solution for his prob "just" reading thanks.

-> that follows up many different people asking same questions several times in same thread - cause no one really reads all the pages in long threads -> and even that prelongs the threads.

I already found threads - with "Don't post thanks, crap,... " in thread header.

In other forums often there's a "Thanks" button for people who want to say thank you.

Perhaps you could also add such a button and it would help a bit to shorten threads - make them readable again.

Another Idea:

Many Dev's are reserving the fist 5 posts in a thread to add aditional Information to the topic later

Perhaps it also would be useful to give people who open a thread the ability to add a wiki-like post to their thread - which anyone can edit.

This could be useful to post solutions for known problems, questions <- so it not has to be repeated 10 times.

It also could be a "little" solution for you traffic "problem" <- refering: New Donation System

Ideas:

#1 Thanks button (-> TrippleA and me as it seems)

+ can save/prevent many Posts

+ can save traffic

+ XDA-Dev gets more "readable" again

- "Thanks" might become a clicking toy - fullfilment not as great as a real "Thanks"

- maby still "Thanks-Posts"

- "thank you" competition?

#2 Give Thread-Opener the ability to add a Wiki-Like post in a Thread

+ can save Many posts

+ can save traffic

+ XDA-Dev gets more "readable" again

+ Will save many peoples time if used right

- needs some time/develoment

- maby not used

- maby used wrong (vandalism) <- think its a minor con cause it's not as obvious as THE Wiki

#3 Embed the (long) signatures and make them readable by clicking (-> darfri)

+ XDA-Dev gets more "readable" again

+ could save traffic if: the signature is !just! loaded on click

- don't know if it could be done that way

- minor con: the "meaning" of a signature will be avoided a bit

#4 bot - check double posts and wrong forum posts (-> bolmedias)

explanation:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=539984

#5 add search as button with direct text-input above threads (like the reply button)

+ perhaps newbys really oversee it the way it's done now

+ space not used jet

- nothing yet

#7 "Post was helpful"-Button

+ users will see how usefull a Thread has been to others

- possibility on "thread pushing" -> like "Thank you" competition

#8 "Forward, Backward, show all Posts"-Links on quoted Messages (-> DougalScott)

+ easier to find posted solutions to a Problem

+ I love the Idea *g*

- nothing yet

#9 Give ROM Dev's their "own" forums (-> CamBendy)

+ No "Thank You" Button needed -> "Thank You"-Thread within forum <- Dev's get their deserved Thanks the right way

+ better usability

+ could save a lot of posts

+ I love the Idea

- perhaps needs development (don't know if the forum allows a thread-depth more than 4)

- Mods have to decides who gets her/his own "forum" (or posibility for all?)

would be great to have (I love the idea).

The more and more I'm thinking about it it tuns more any more in also breaking down the Forums. Especialy adding a "Release" section, a "general discussion" section to many threads...

Structur could be added like this:

- Blackstone

-- Blackstone Rom development

--- Sticky: Know Manilla, WM Problems & Solutions (contains link to WM-Wiki, Manilla Wiki,... as those are for many devices those are in XDA-Wiki)

--- Rom Releases

---- Dutty's Roms [WM 6.5, WM6.1,... all his work]

----- "Thank You"-Thread

----- "Dutty's WM 6.5....." (Release Link,... as Thread is now)

----- "Dutty's WM 6.5....."-Wiki (for Problems and Solutions)

----- "Dutty's WM 6.1....." (Release Link,... as Thread is now)

----- "Dutty's WM 6.5....."-Wiki (for Problems and Solutions)

---- Miri's Roms

-----... (sry Miri)

---- "Any other ROM"

--- "General" (For all the other stuff)

-- Themes, Applications and Software (also for Hack & Dev?!)

--- General discussion

---- Thread 1

---- Thread 2

--- Releases

---- My app v0.1

----- "Release v0.1"

----- "My app"-Wiki

----- "Thank You"-Thread

(combined this Idea with my Wiki-Idea would be even more Powerful)

finaly a big "bang" to myself - i right came from the tread mentioned above - opened this, not seeing there's another "Thank you"-like Thread.

But as my intention to write this not only was the thanks-thing - I renamed the title.

If you got other Ideas post them below and ill add tem to the list. Or - also if you don't like to see your idea here as I also try to gather other ideas i see.

Would be nice if there would be a response from any admin to this in far future.

So I also could clear out "impossible" things.

Or - If you think it's enough - close it.

- I nearly forgot -

plz dont post: good idea, don't like it, THANK YOU,...

If you answer this thread do it with reason.