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What should Fluther 3.0 be like, but not in the sense you think I'm talking about?

Asked by Fred931 (9434points) May 21st, 2010

Ever since the recent major changes to the guidelines and the flow of the site, there’s been a lot of negative remarks about the new system. Well, I can hardly give a damn about this because I haven’t been affected at all. I’m not interested in tweaking the guidelines or mechanics of the Q&A portion of the site; I want to know what the next redesign will make Fluther look like. So brace yourself… * gasps for air *

I had a sudden outburst of Fred931-in-the-chatroom-ness You have to be a regular chat-roomer to know what I mean by that And made a Fluther based very much on Google Labs’ Image Swirl; A sort of all-intermeshed linkage of questions, each with their own “bubble.” In fact, they could literally be bubbles, considering this is Fluther.com. All of the bubbles “blossom” or split from each other as a replacement for the lines in Swirl. All of the links down at the bottom could be in littler bubbles still at the bottom, and user control panel and community feed “tabs” hidden on each side of the screen and pulled out by clicking on discreet labels attached to each. The home page would start the user out in either a login screen, first-time user screen, or welcome-back screen depending on whether or not the user has ever been on Fluther based on an internet cookie. A number (based on the variety of question categories, which, currently, is 4) of primary bubbles extend from the home bubble and display a list very similar to the ones on the homepage right now. When you select one, a secondary bubble appears and gives you the question and all responses, which could also be similar to the current question pages or stray very far from the current template. When you go back to the primary (category) bubble after answering a particular question, the bubble contracts, the text reduces itself to about 10 words plus ellipsis if necessary, and remains floating around the primary bubble to indicate that you are still following that question. Also, from the main page and primary pages, when you roll over secondary (question) bubbles, a pop-up balloon gives you the entire question, who wrote it, and how many new posts there were since you last checked the question. To stop following a question without going all the way to it, a small starburst button shows up inside the bubble, and clicking this “pops” the bubble. Those last few sentences could almost completely eliminate the need for an Activity page and button, including the fact that someone will finally get it into their thick skulls that there is a need for a Stop Following All button (Another starburst with a confirmation message in the control panel.) For user profiles, the entire screen shifts down and shows a single bubble when a profile is selected. If one views another profile by accessing it through another profile, the new profile blossoms from the previous one and the previous one is not saved, considering there is no need for that. While viewing user profiles, a tab button at the top of the screen will read “Back to Questions,” and clicking that will shift the screen back up and into the main area.

So, even if you did think to yourself, “Too long did not read,” what do you think can be done aesthetically to Fluther?

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