Can the pinned posts be moved to their own forum?

[Abby Normal]

Between the huge graphics and white space and the pinned posts, I have to scroll down just to see new posts. I know, I know, #firstworldproblems, but still.

[Margaret CPA in OH]

Yes, I've mentioned this myself before but Eric said something about issues with trying to minimize all that space on top.  And maybe the locked topics could be a link or some other way to access without taking up all that space.

Of course one of my personal problems is that I have to have the display on the screen large enough to read.  If I reduced it to, oh, 75%, then I could see new topics listed but couldn't read them.  Even with my new eyes

[Jack from Ohio]

Moving them defeats the purpose of pinning them. 

[Abby Normal]

1 hour ago, Jack from Ohio said:

Moving them defeats the purpose of pinning them. 

No it doesn't. It would be the same number of clicks to view them in a different forum. I never use most of the pinned posts anyway, so their just taking up screen space.

[jklcpa]

OK, I've moved those first two of the pinned topics to the E-file forum.

I could unpin the one about the 1099Gs. I was wondering about this one recently, that is, if anyone found it useful.

That would leave only the one topic about the repair regulations which still has posting activity. I think that would help somewhat. I don't think there's much to be done about the header and other white space though.

I'm with Margaret about the viewing and have most of my sites set to 125% or higher, otherwise I end up straining to read them.

For anyone that still wanted to quickly access the information if these are unpinned, any topic on any of our forums can be bookmarked in your favorites for direct access without having to visit the home screen.

[Jack from Ohio]

It still defeats the purpose of pinning.  They were pinned to be seen by everyone each time the forum is opened.  The information in them was deemed important enough for that treatment.

My memory is not good enough to remember what was pinned. 

Now I know scrolling and clicking are such intense physical actions that it strains the ability of some folks, but....

[Abby Normal]

12 hours ago, jklcpa said:

OK, I've moved those first two of the pinned topics to the E-file forum.

 

Is it not possible to create a new forum called something like Reference? We may end up with a dozen pin-worthy posts over time.

[Abby Normal]

12 hours ago, jklcpa said:

I'm with Margaret about the viewing and have most of my sites set to 125% or higher, otherwise I end up straining to read them.

 

I just learned that Firefox has a Zoom Text Only option. Of course, many times I do want to zoom in on a graphic.

[jklcpa]

32 minutes ago, jmdaviscpa said:

33 minutes ago, jmdaviscpa said:

Is it not possible to create a new forum called something like Reference? We may end up with a dozen pin-worthy posts over time.

 

Eric would have to decide if that seems warranted and is the only one with ability to create additional forums.  We usually don't have that many pinned topics, and the one about MeF shutdown will be unpinned in about a month. It only leaves the 2 in the general chat, and that limited number should allow you to see a couple of other posts without scrolling. As the forum will soon get busier, you'll be scrolling anyway, so I don't see the need for another separate forum, because most users still post in general chat even when it pertains to e-fle acks or the ACA regardless of the fact that there are dedicated forums for these areas.

Edited December 2, 2015 by jklcpa
fixed the quoted text

[Abby Normal]

4 hours ago, jmdaviscpa said:

I just learned that Firefox has a Zoom Text Only option. Of course, many times I do want to zoom in on a graphic.

Well that experiment didn't last long! Zooming text only does not work for me.

[kcjenkins]

We only pin a topic that we think is important and valuable info for a majority of the members.  So I think we should keep them right where they are.  You will be scrolling anyway, after all.