IMPORTANT: updated board features

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  1. cafead

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    We've had a number of responses on our survey, and we really appreciate all of your feedback. We have already addressed a number of the issues raised in the survey responses. For example, it was not clear that the date of the last message in a thread (on an individual board, or on the recent post page) could be clicked to go to that post. So we made the link red and added the words "view post" below it.

    Additionally, when viewing a list of boards on a board category on mobile phones, we've added the title of the latest post made on each board. The title is clickable and will take you to that post. This was already available on desktop and tablet formats.

    Another issue is that it was not clear that the small icon at the right top and bottom of board pages clicked to access a forum jump menu for easy navigation to other boards/parts of the site. So we've switched the icon for the label "SITE NAV" instead.

    Some users felt that there was too much white space between posts, so we've removed the excess.

    Some have reported some problems with search results. Because we converted a large amount of data from the old boards, search did seem to have some issues, so the search index is being repaired now.

    We've also improved some visual navigation cues such as bolding text, etc.

    Another common request was to show the number of users viewing a forum. We're looking into ways to accomplish this.

    We're continuing to implement suggestions, and will put up a new survey soon asking for additional recommendations, or please feel free to make suggestions here on this thread.

    Thank you!