Could GetSatisfaction be configured to display last page first?

Walt - KZ1F

Where there are multi-page threads, rather than waiting for the 'prior' page to be displayed, then scrolled to the bottom, then select the next page. configure GetSatisfaction to display the last page first and users could scroll back if they so desired the prior page.

For the threads that only have a single page there would be no cost.

Al_NN4ZZ

Hi Walt,
Good idea -- GetSatisfaction also has a community where you can submit ideas to improve the community software, questions, etc.   Here is an example of one I sent in:

https://getsatisfaction.com/getsatisfaction/topics/vote_from_the_idea_list

Regards, Al / NN4ZZ  
al (at) nn4zz (dot) com

Jon_KF2E

If you click on the name following Last Reply: on the main page, it will take you to the last comment made on the post. Not a perfect solution, but it helps.

Jon...kf2e

Mark Erbaugh

Another suggestion - add a link to Community Home at the bottom of the page. When I finish reading a topic, I have to scroll back to the top to that link now.

Jon_KF2E

Just hit the back button. It will take you back to the list of topics. Again, not perfect but a work around.

Jon...kf2e

Mark Erbaugh

That would only work if you didn't navigate to the second page or later of a conversation.

Jon_KF2E

Hit it twice.

Jon...kf2e

Walt - KZ1F

One thread, one idea. New ideas need new threads.

STOP THE THREAD HIJACKING

Walt - KZ1F

Thanks Al, I am not the licensee of GetSatisfaction, FRS is. For all I know it IS configurable. Had I written it, it would be. Who is hosting this, FRS, or is it SaaS?
Whoever is hosting this needs a bigger server to run it on. Hitting next page should not take 10 secs to execute. Oh perhaps it is a tiered license rate and FRS isn't paying for premium performance. Either way, in a long thread, it shouldn't take better than 10 secs to go to the last page. Even if the response time were 2 secs, the software should assume you want to go to the most recent posts in a thread, not the oldest. That just ignorance.

Ned K1NJ

  Lacking a direct way to do that, as a conversation becomes very lengthy, the original
author could create a second topic. When "Linux dipole" becomes unwieldy and has
matured considerably, the author could create "Linux Dipole Part B".  The original
would likely be referenced in the related column to the right for historical information.
Some topics grow quickly as they mature, and the more interest, the longer and faster
they grow.  A part A, B, C, etc. might do the trick, especially as page 1's become
obsolete.

Ned, K1NJ

Dan -- KC4GO

To get to the end press CTRL + End

Walt - KZ1F

Dan, it appears CTRL+end goes to the bottom of the current page, not bottom of the LAST page. I just tried it by going to the landing page (first page) and keying in ctrl+END. it merely went to the bottom of the page. The idea was to, upon selecting a thread (conversation in GetSatisfaction palance) to land on the last page of it.

Tim - W4TME

GetSat is a SaaS.  And as a use of the software, you can suggest enhancements via their Community. (https://getsatisfaction.com/getsatisfaction).

You can complain about the performance too ;-)

Walt - KZ1F

Thanks Tim.
But doesn't "he who pays the Piper, calls the tune"?
They don't know me from Adam and, I agree, the performance sucks too.

Tim - W4TME

Not necessarily.