I didn't mean to open a can-o-worms, but I'm certainly OK with other tweaks if they make sense.
As for ordering, maybe it should be in expected frequency of use (probably of greatest import to phone users)
- CLOSED - At the top makes it easier to be a good SB citizen and every add should be closed out at some point, right?
- WTS
- WTB
- WTT
- Free - I have no problem with this but WTS with "Free -" as a title lead probably does what is needed.
(Granting a peek into my deranged mind,
- depending on which color model you are envisioning) WTS should be blue, WTB - yellow, and WTT which is a hybrid buy/sell should be green (Yellow + Blue = Green in kindergarten colors). Also it probably should be evaluated in light of the board overall.
@Akimbo Apologies in advance. This MAY be better broken out if it becomes a conversation rather than just my musings ... but I'm going to let that be a mod decision (including disappearing it ) so as not to blow things up right away.
re: Colors and Tags/banners This is far from a fully thought out plan, but just some initial gut-feelings.
I think there is something of a larger usability conversation to be had now that the colored banners are being used for a number of different tags beyond classified: Question, DIR-GUR, Dir-Generic, Suggestion, Trip Report, ... etc.
I tend to access the board daily through "New Posts" since I have interest in following most of the areas, and I find the reuse of colors confusing/distracting in that context where there are post from most of the sub-forums. The fact that some posts, in some areas have tags, while others (even in the same sub-forum) don't is a bit jarring as well.
To some extent that could be mitigated by limiting the classified tags (which are by far the most frequent) to a consistent, smaller length to set them apart visually from the other tags - maybe:
- [ENDED]
- [ WTS ]
- [ WTB ]
- [ WTT ]
Keeping the classified tags within a separate, similar color group could also help to set them apart.
I'll think more ...