Help Demo for New Forum Users

Former_MSE_Andrea

We've put together an Introduction Demo for New Forum users giving a basic level intro to how to use the MSE Forum.

We do plan to add a voiceover/sound to it but before that we'd love to get the thoughts of people relatively new to our Forum, and especially people new to any Forum. Of course feedback from Forum regulars would be great too but we're mainly looking for newbies to give us their thoughts.

Any type of constructive feedback is welcome eg

• Is it immediately obvious to you what to do, where to click, what things are?
  
• What would you change?
  
• Are there any questions you've had or seen other newbies ask that you think we haven't answered or could answer better?
  
• Should it be speeded up/slowed down? (Forum regulars bear in mind this is for newbies including people who may never have visited an Internet Forum before)
  
  

Here's the link:

Introduction Demo

If you get any issues you think may be related to your browser can you tell us which browser you're using and which version?

Thanks in advance!

Nile

Hi Andrea

Feel free to delete my post.............after you've amended your post to correct the word advance:D:


Thanks in advace!:)

Mobeer

Overall it looks good.

When the cursor clicks on the vertical scrollbar it is quite jarring - a smooth scroll might be nicer?

One possible issue is that it does not include anything about forum etiquette. Searching before posting is briefly mentioned in the "Asking and Answering Questions" video. That video could do with mentioning searching for an answer before posting a question, and putting useful detail into the post.

dixiebb

i like it