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Posted: Nov 17 2009 12:09 pm

You know what I think would be a good idea, putting the page numbers at the bottom of the page as well as the top on the main site. I always get to the bottom and have to scroll back to the top. And while I'm on the topic, I would also unlink the page that you are currently on so it is obvious which page you are on. (It wouldn't be underlined)

I think these small changes would make it more user friendly, especially for people just floating in or new users.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I am not disagreeing with your suggestion, but rather offering a workaround until it is changed:

You can press the "Home" button on your keyboard to navigate back to the top of the page immediately.

Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306832

Firefox:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard+shortcuts

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

I usually just hit refresh

Posted: Nov 17 2009 12:40 pm

Refresh doesn't move the page.

And GP, good tip....but when I'm mousing around, I would rather just be able to click shit.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

...it does for me

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

A full refresh would reset the page to the top. But that isn't the default refresh.

As for the mousing issue... The quickest way I can think of is to hold the middle scroll wheel and drag as far up as you can. That is the fastest way to scroll unless you have scroll hotkeys. Some nicer mice have those.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

I remember some old pages back in the day that wouldn't let you scroll down at all...it somehow would fuck up in the loading process and the bottom of the page, as well as the left hand side of the page weren't readable.

Posted: Nov 17 2009 12:57 pm

Yeah this is all good, but kinda missing the point of helping the masses, not just me.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

Personally...it can be much worse from some of the forums I've visited

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I thought we were talking about the main webpage and articles, not the forums.

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

He probably was...I was just referencing a relatively similar complaint I had from back in the day...

Posted: Nov 18 2009 01:24 am

What's so hard about "grabbing" the scroll bar and "pushing" it back to the top? It's a hell of a lot faster than scrolling up slowly with the annoying ass clickity click mouse wheel thingamajig... Confused

Posted: Nov 18 2009 01:26 am

my mouse scroll is pretty quick, but i agree, having page numbers at the bottom would be nice.

Posted: Nov 18 2009 01:27 am

Using my above mentioned method I scrolled down to the bottom of this post faster than it took for me to type this. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Nov 18 2009 01:40 am

yeah, but on the main page and just finished reading something, or are looking for an article, its rather cumbersome to scroll all the way down, then scroll all the way up again.

then again, thats just utter laziness on our part

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Wait wait wait... now we are talking about scrolling down? That is even easier. Just keep tapping the spacebar on the keyboard. You'll be at the bottom in no time at all!

Joined: Oct 01 2009 Posts: 5316

What really annoys me, is if I'm on Yahoo Messenger, if I make a typo and go to correct it, by hitting "backspace" it signs me out sometimes...real pain in the ass.

Posted: Nov 18 2009 11:42 am

Doddsino wrote:

What really annoys me, is if I'm on Yahoo Messenger, if I make a typo and go to correct it, by hitting "backspace" it signs me out sometimes...real pain in the ass.

i've had that happen as well. sometimes it happens on the boards for some reason, but i think its just my browser at the time

Posted: Nov 18 2009 01:19 pm

If you have no text selected and you hit backspace, it will return you a page.