A reminder about the upcoming DU4 beta test

[highplainsdem]

19. Again, thanks for explaining! But I still feel most people who aren't already

familiar with DU will remain unaware of everything here, ESPECIALLY sInce they're buried in the second row of buttons/links, and with vague descriptions. (They are very vague compared to the current menu of topics that are now easily accessible on every page.)

You won't even see the names of individual groups until you click on one of those vague descriptions, and then you'll get a page where the group names are overwhelmed by the column of thread titles.

I'm hoping the forum names are links, that you don't have to click the threads to navigate to that group/forum.

Could you please add a line directly above that rather confusing board that says

Click on forum name to go directly to the first page of that forum

and that probably should follow a dash immediately after where it says Issue Forums (or whatever the type of forum is), with that guidance in a slightly smaller font size than Issue Forums, but still larger than other font sizes there so it can't be missed.

That will help ensure newbies don't think their only options are starting a discussion without ever having seen the forum, or being able to read and maybe reply to just one post on the subject they're most interested in.

The reason I think this would be best is that the latest thread in each might not be at all representative, and being able to skim an entire first page is MUCH more likely to help people decide if they like a forum.