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[About XDA developers] Life Engineer:
Okey man!

I'm a bit new to the site as you can see but i've managed to notice some "not so beautiful" things in the site; and since I liked it a lot I’ll list some:

1-The threads should be far far more categorized and managed in a professional way; so i suggest creating sub-folders and even sub-sub-folders etc... if necessary in each folder;

for example "HD2 general discussion" is a very vague folder; you can find in there questions/problems/suggestions/ anything about anything (the screen, the messaging, the call quality, software, etc… thousands of types of posts); so why not create sub folders for each primary kind of post such “messaging”, “power and battery”, “calling”, “applications” or even “messaging problems”, “applications not running” etc… I guess you got my point.

In this matter you will get things more clear. You will lose nothing, in the other hand you will gain a lot!

2-There should be some kind of detailed gallery or library for applications; themes; games…(I don’t know if there is :-p); for example I wanted to install android on the HD2 but I’m very confused; till now I don’t know which version is the last version or which one is the best one; things are a bit messed up and unordered and I don’t want to kill my phone!

3-Maybe some kind of live chat would be gr8! (I know that there’s private messaging but it’s not so practical) Imagine open public channels and other channels discussing a certain matter for example. It would be so nice because ideas will be transferred much faster!

If i remembered anything else, i'll tell you! Cheers!
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
Welcome to forums

ElCondor is referring to the XDA Portal and not to the forums section:eek:

Some points regarding your suggestions:

1: Threads are created exactly as you mention, all you have to do is to look into proper section and all sub forums will appear

2: Once you get used to the forum you´ll see how easy is to identify newest as every developer always includes info regarding supported devices, resolution, latest version of any app/theme/skin, etc. As long as you fully read and follow instructions you won´t mess up your device

3: There is in fact an IRC XDA Channel, again, all you have to do is read and search!

Read, Search, Respect and Enjoy!
[About XDA developers] keridel:
ok so more on topic what about a blog style portal as well?

for example i follow you guys on twitter but dont ever get any news about things happening in the world of android or winmo unless it already has appeared on a thread.

lets make xda the one stop shop for all things android and winmo!
[About XDA developers] Alex530:
the colors are a bit dull imo:)
[About XDA developers] Purple Drama Llama:
Never mind......
[About XDA developers] corn13read:
More posts

I want to be able to see more posts say 20 / page.

Also make the pagination buttons bigger.

Also a bookmark post would be a great thing to have.
[About XDA developers] ThaDeanesta:
I would like to see the portal better integrated into the Forum... Keep the forum header, and making "tabs" which wou would click the portal tab, and it takes you to the portal, (with the forum header, and the tab darkened) and the same goes for the new wiki..
[About XDA developers] mic_888:
Some nice ideas already! Keep them coming guys ;)
[About XDA developers] hubie:
Totally agreed. I would like to see more general news about smartphone world (with android and winmo), and not only about the develops of the forums. This would generate more feedback from readers, since they virtually don't comment on the portal posts.
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
I would like to see a kind of rotative news on the forums, a speacial banner like where the latest posts were circulating all the time, hope my explanation is good:)
[About XDA developers] hansmrtn:
I think we should have a dropdown menu with all the phones, and you select yours and it gives you specific news, roms, and suggestions for that selected phone
[About XDA developers] N!njaDuck:
Software tracker

I find that it is somewhat difficult to follow the status of all of the development projects that I am interested in efficiently.

I am not sure how you would do this, but it would be great to have a registry for each develpment project where the author could note updates (versions) so that people could get a dashboard style view of what they are interested in tracking.

PM me if you need more explaination.
[About XDA developers] k_flan:
Hide/Show forums

I would like to be able to hide forums on the site and in the android app. If there is already a way, i apologize, I didn't see it when i tried the app and on the site i haven't looked to see if it can be done.
[About XDA developers] JVH3:
I like the concept of reputation tha PPCGeeks has.

I like the thank feature that PPCGeeks has, but I think it would also be nice to be able to visibly thank a post, so you could thank it where your user_id could be seen, or you could thank it anonoumously.

That way we don't see a ton of posts thanking a piece and you can really see if what you posted was useful.

It would show as this post has been thanked 49 times, and you could expand it to show those that visibly thanked it.

Recieving Thanks from a person with a high reputation is more meaningful to the poster than the 1 post wonder.

I would also like a disapprove button. Same thing anonomous and visible. I think there are alot of people that post that do not realize how many are truly disapproving of their post. (posting before: searching, reading the first posts of thread, reading the recent posts of a thread, etc)

Having thanks and disapprove would get rid of alot of the flame wars and keep the posts more amount actual information and questions.

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When viewing all attachments to a thread, to have a link to the post where it is attached, along with the user_id and reputation of poster visible.
[About XDA developers] sumedh_vsk:
these colors are just fine...most of us spend hours on the site... so simple and plain is always better with clear text.:)...soothing to the eye....
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
Portal (front page)

Again, guys!

OP is referring to the front Page (portal) not to the forums:eek::eek:
[About XDA developers] unbedenky:
1. the new design is much preferred

2. use less real estate in the header section (esp. twitter, fb, rules & rss buttons not in 2x2 grid but integrated into header)

3. improved mobile view
[About XDA developers] JVH3:
Sorry.

Portal section has improved greatly. Before, I used to just skip it and go straight to the forums.

Now there are actually interesting articles with links to threads that otherwise could potentially not be seen.

I think a feature to flag a portal article for later review, so you could see summary of articles that you have personally flagged, so you can go back to it later.

The articles have been coming so fast that I may remember seeing something cool on a Monday while at work, but not enough time to really investigate. Then it's buried by the end of the week.
[About XDA developers] gilamran:
RSS feeds

I would love to filter the RSS feeds to be specific to my device!

I don't own a WM device and never will... I'd love to filter by Android devices.

Thanks
[About XDA developers] BenF1:
I actually like it how it as. You get to see news from across all the boards and see whats going on with other devices instead of just the devices you own.

I hope no radical changes are planned!
[About XDA developers] saurabh88:
why thesse changes have been made?though i like it but what is this..iin mobile oj ucweb i can go directly on the last pages of the thread as can in the previous design..also nor can i quote any reply?why?its complicated for me to use this newer version on my rhodium with ucweb as i always like the older version for now..i will stick to that not to this..

but foe desktop user i can assure that this will be drastic and beautiful change with multifunctionality..

plz keep the older version for the mobile use and donjt migrate ffully to new portal..

best wishes.
[About XDA developers] creesch:
Maybe I am overlooking it, but for a website centered around smartphones the portal doesn't really have a mobile version.

I know that for the forum several solutions excists but when I am on the road I rather have the portal in mobile view so I can read some news.
[About XDA developers] ReWind402:
Hey all,

I would like that the forum supports the BB code image resizing. I know its a little idea but in some cases its very handy ( when you have a lot of images on your thread so you dont have to download them on your pc and resize them, then upload them again,... ) I tried [IMG=100x100]img but the image doesnt shows up. If there is another code that resizes the image then i am sorry :) for asking this.

Thanks for your patience,

ReWind402
[About XDA developers] mic_888:
There seems to be a lot of confusion that this thread is referring to improvements to the forum - but we are asking about improvements to the Portal i.e. the frontpage...

Maybe the first post should be updated to XDA Frontpage portal?
[About XDA developers] ketzazu:
We need an integrated google Search function

This site is huge. The best feature that should be added is a google like function to search the whole site. For example, if I type "how to flash my htc hd2?" i would want pull all the relevant information from everywhere in the site. It should be as easy as to pull up my device Leo by just typing hd2.

Hey! I am a noobee!
[About XDA developers] amcolash:
i agree, but lets take it even a bit further. it would be awesome to even be able to get rss for any forum or all the new forums for a specific device. that may be much more difficult, but the device specific rss for the homepage, and forum rss would be great!

edit: ooops, this is only for the frontpage, so yes. i agree then that we should have device specific rss. the other rss will probably be dealt with in another spot =]
[About XDA developers] unbedenky:
definetly: +1
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE FRONT PAGE / PORTAL. sorry for the caps

Welcome to forums

this function is present since some time now:cool:
[About XDA developers] ElCondor:
Thanks for the ideas, keep them coming!
[About XDA developers] mschifman@aol.com:
Make files uploaded by users searchable

I always have to search through the forums for any files uploaded by users for the latest fixes or apps created by users. It would be great to search by date and file name,

Even better, it would be great to see a huge list that we could scroll through and pick the newest download.

Even better than that, how about a section of the site that is only "today's" uploaded files by users? Put them in a big list sorted by operating system.
[About XDA developers] ElCondor:
Although the idea is great (it would definitely help a lot of users, including me), please keep the discussion concentrated on the XDA Frontpage, not the forums. Thanks.
[About XDA developers] rolandroland:
+1, feels like UPS picked your colors.
[About XDA developers] AllGamer:
There are tons of stuff that can be done, but when you have too much, it's like going backwards.

The site is amazing as it's right now, it's simply perfectly balanced.

good blog highlights, nicely done revitalized skin yet keeping the old feel, and all the optimization to the site in overall are wonderufl.

I think the only thing that is missing is just the Wiki, which we already know you guys are working on it.
[About XDA developers] egzthunder1:
Again,

The topic of this thread asking for suggestions for the Portal/Front Page/

This

http://www.xda-developers.com/

This is not about improvements to the forum (although feedback about it is always welcome)
[About XDA developers] kaisersolo:
Make the wiki available. its a lot easier to go to a wiki that has all correct info about your phone than trawling through the forums for an answer.

Please make this happen
[About XDA developers] ryuzakii:
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So I noticed a few people saying they don't like the colors and a few people saying they love the colors and the very minimal look of the site well I think and idea to ideally make people happy would be give users an option to choose a different skin for the site although that would either require to have people login on the portal page or with using a cookie to remember the option but that shouldn't be too hard (; another fun thing this could bring is a website portal page designing contest for the users to compete in to get there design featured on the home page as an option to choose from.

Another suggestion that just came to mind was to have the portal page (or even the forum) remember what phone or phones users have and display news, ROM updates, files, popular forum posts, ect.. that are specifically about the phones users picked to remember if they wanted to of course hah.

Before i disappear back into lurking mode i have one last idea haha IRC #HTC Linux Read Only Chat Ticker and or a Website Version of IRC for #HTC Linux Chat so users can connect as Guest to ask a quick question or just a regular chat so people can talk instantly while on the front page of the site.(this really would only work there i doubt there is stuff like this for forums)

Uhhh....

This is about the Front Portal PAGE. D:

Hence me talking about the front page.. everything i wrote about would be cool to see on the front page though they should be optional. (people love options) Especially ability to change color/design of front page.
[About XDA developers] egzthunder1:
Again, the suggestions are for the website's front page only... not the whole site.

Come on guys and gals!
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
Perhaps if you or OP can add a big red note or modifying the thread title members will get clear that This Thread is Specially to talk about Front Page/Portal

This talks about not too much members are reading the portal, maybe our million of readers come from the outside?

Sorry for the big letters
[About XDA developers] timmywa:
Whether we're talking about the portal or the forum itself, I'd like a mobile version. Phandroid/AF has a very condensed mobile skin you can pick. This is moot with the XDA app, of course, but there you go.

Thanks!
[About XDA developers] hubie:
Another suggestions for the portal:

Phone's Ratings and Reviews section of new devices arriving, wich add the ability the users could rank (with stars, thumbs up/down, pros & cons, etc.) and giving their opinions about phones (a block in the portal, not in forums). Maybe Phonearena's style?

Compare phones block, whit specs of any device. Maybe Omio's style?

Latest Comments/Most Commented/Most Popular Articles box: that's a common section in most of cms systems.

I know some of this modifications could be very hard to do, but maybe a major integration with pdadb.net would be great, and not the actually way to link a third party site.

Thanks and sorry for my bad english :)
[About XDA developers] Dany0:
A Web 2.0/Flash Top News view.
[About XDA developers] naughticl:
content filtering

seems like when you're looking for an answer, you get a lot of questions. Often the same question over and over. It'd be really cool to separate out the questions from the answers.

Also, strongly support the idea of a forum for a particular device, with references gathered under it. At present it seems to be hard to stay focused on a particular phone.

If we could only solve the problems generated by HTC's naming policies. But could we start by putting them in alphabetic order???

In all, great work and a great resource. Thanks for all of that.
[About XDA developers] flyboyovyick:
I prefer the new portal design, but the new forum design takes ages to load.

well with 1.87mb broadband it does.

(so i use the old one)

Its much simpler

SUGGESTION FOR PORTAL:

What about a central software database?

sort of like instead of the FTP?

it would be easier to access
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
Again..........

Haven´t you read the previous pages?:eek:

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The idea of a Front Page is specially for that!, you read the small news and if you like it you enter into the hole story, a lot of people likes to read the artices:cool:
[About XDA developers] Shreyas Jani:
Cant this be sumthing large as facebook???

Cant we have chat options so that wen sum1 is online and if he/she is in d frns list,we can directly discuss,chat and solve problems then & there.this will let people,who are new to WM or ANDROID solve their problems quickly and new friends can be made...people can share new softwares,tweaks,add suggessions and do much more than just keep searching and waiting for replies...
[About XDA developers] dor_neue:
My wishlist:

overview about all ROM's wich we can use with our own device

overview about all version from an existing ROM

the ROM chefs could add a new project

the ROM chef could add a new version for his own project

activ notification (via mail or else) for projects which we are interessted in (like new version, bugfixes or else) - like newsletter

the possibility to post a new problem for a project

the possibility to search in existing problems for a solution

maybe there are mods for each project - they could sort the incoming problems and set a priority or else (mark as dublicate, depends, ...)

The Idea in my head is like this:

There is a system like a bugtracking-system for softwaredevelopment.

The problem (for me) today is, I ask for something and get the answer 10 pages later. Also when I search for an error-text I find maybe the same problem in a theard, but I don't want to read the complete theard until there is maybe the solution. And when I ask the same problem again, I will maybe get not answer because everybody thing: "Search befor ask my friend"

I hope you know what I mean...

For example, when I don't read this theard every day or week, I will miss the answer or the question to my post. There is no way to get an notification exactly for my post. And a notification for each new post in this theard is possible for 2 or 3 theard, maybe for 5, but not really for more...
[About XDA developers] lamensterms:
i would like to see the omission of the roll-over-expansion ads.

i know you guys need the money from the advertising... but those ads are SO invasive.

a simple brush with the cursor and the article you were reading is obstructed by a not-so-easy to dismiss pop-up.

im not sure if you have any control over that stuff... but i is very frustrating.
[About XDA developers] hazzahex:
Recommended threads!

i think there should be some sort of recommended threads for each user that are generated by statistics such as what device the user has, what they have downloaded, what threads they return to frequently and their country of orogin etc, this would be a definite bonus for me and i think would draw more traffic to the site
[About XDA developers] Babydollll:
Nothing!! XDAdevelopers is awesome, and I an honored to be a member. Thank you.

Sent from my Llama powered N1 courtesy of the xda app! Llama Power!!
[About XDA developers] anthonys322:
Suggestion

I would suggest possibly a ROM of the month or something similar, I personally enjoy reading the Chef interviews and think a review of a popular ROM would be interesting too.
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
As you can read above we want to know about What Would You Like to See Improved on the Portal and not on the Froum.

Thanks;)

Thanks for enjoying the interviews, you can expect some more soon:)

I would bring to discussion your ROM of the month suggestion.
[About XDA developers] georgekg:
I have a propose to create a poll about phone hierarchy on the first page. I think it's not right to have an iPhone on the top of the list. There is no reason to put that phone on the top. (There is no reason at all to put here the iPhone) First of all there is just about 3.500 posts and just 500 threads! It shouldn't be on the top of the list even if you sort phones by alphabetical order! HD2 (I'm one of the proud owners) have a 30.500 threads and over 680.000 posts!!! And you put a device like that on 14th place? How about to sort devices on the first page of the forum by popularity and number of threads/posts? Can you put the poll and let the members to decide? iPhone is overestimated device I think. But it's just my opinion. Plus you can find anything for the iPhone all over the web! Lets get this small peace of web called xda protected from the iPhone! This place already have a huge number of members/visitors so there is no need to be a poltroon. This place became famous and so huge even without iPhone, so there is no need to change that. None of iPhone forums haven't a word about any other device! So why should we talk about iPhone?

Sorry about my English.

Thank you.
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
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[About XDA developers] HackMimic:
Hello,

Been a long time member here and like how things are growing but have found it annoying that most of the news of the front page is android related. My suggestion is making the home page a portal to segregated news. What i mean by that is you would have a news portal dedicated to android related news only and another for wp7/wm6. I have notice the news writters focus more on android so xda is missing a lot of wp7 news thats coming out. I just noticed for wp7 development im going to other sites more which is what i personally dont like as i have a loyalty to XDA and would like to see more windows related news. again this is just a suggestion. Thank you for all your hard work here.

I would also like to suggest an xda tool bar. Maybe put some of the items you have on the front page in a tool bar like the xda videos. Just seems like the front page is becoming more cluttered with info and visuals which is a little overwhelming for some.
[About XDA developers] lamensterms:
hey mate,

you can quite easily sort the portal to only display device specific news...

Just below the main heading there is a brown "CONTENT NAVIGATION" - hitting the "Windows Mobile" sub-heading will have the portal display only windows mobile and WP7 related news.

Cheers.
[About XDA developers] Zacharyjmccoy:
I enjoy this
[About XDA developers] RobZilla10001:
There's some kind of bug on the portal. When I try to post a comment on an article, it says you can't exceed 3000 characters. I'm clearly under that limit and it has a fit. Just thought I'd point it out.
[About XDA developers] orb3000:
All working ok here.

Have you tried with refreshing browser?
[About XDA developers] RobZilla10001:
I even tried a different browser, no dice.

Sent from my Evo 4G, locked up like Akon, from the premium xda app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] muntos:
Hi guys, where can I find some icons for the top taskbar ? Also is there any possibility that the battery icon can be changed with one that shows the battery status in % (20%, 55%, etc...)

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Kchou:
I'm using Battery Status Pro, you can find it on the market for free
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bigbuffalo:
To get the % for the battery to appear in your taskbar, visit the topic and apply the MOD if you are on Samset 1.6.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=737443

For task bar icons, I just played around with the framework-res.apk. I've attached a couple of screen shots below.
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
I have my wife and my phones syncing with our Exchange server. The problem we are running into is that the mail app doesn't display HTML e-mail correctly. It shows the simple text version of the mail. This causes problems with some links that my wife receives for her work from the MLS realty website. They are long, complicated links and the mail app doesn't mark them as links correctly so that they can be opened. I even tried to copy and paste out the URL, but I couldn't find any way to copy and paste from within mail. Am I missing something, or is there really no way to copy and paste from mail? Also, how can I enable the mail app to view HTML mail?
[Vibrant General] Yogi76:
Bump......