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Another great little feature (similar to what you can do in Facebook/Twitter) is to @ someone's name, to tag them into a post.

That's one I hadn't thought of. What would that do: link to their profile, notify them that they have been mentioned, something else?

Neil Fitzgerald wrote:That's one I hadn't thought of. What would that do: link to their profile, notify them that they have been mentioned, something else?

Notify them that they've had a mention within a thread - for example on our Miranda thread before I could've said:

Thanks @neil (pull through your username) for your feedback.

You'd get pinged a notification that you've had a 'direct mention' or if you wanted to cc someone on looking at a thread that perhaps they might be interested in seeing that conversation. Just creating more of a community within the forum.

Got ya. Thanks @Charlotte

That's a great idea!

yep i like it!

Another feature that might be nice is new emojis (smileys) the current ones aren't the best. Waddya think @Neil

Cheers

George

Oh and also have links open in new tabs not the same tab you're using for birdingnz

George Hobson wrote:Another feature that might be nice is new emojis (smileys) the current ones aren't the best. Waddya think @Neil

Cheers

George

I'm open to all suggestions, but will say that I have deliberately restricted the emoticons available to keep the focus on good content, and trying not to look like a street lined with cheap flashing neon signs.

George Hobson wrote:Oh and also have links open in new tabs not the same tab you're using for birdingnz

Do you mean links within the site, or to external pages? It is considered bad web form to force users into things like that, especially when they always have the option of right clicking or ctrl+clicking a link to open it in a new tab.