I know a large number of folks have been wishing for something like this!

Yay!

Just saw it, and wondered, 'Gee, have I been missing it? Should I get new reading glasses?'

**OW OOH OUCH STOP HEY OW**

for realizing this...

I kept intending to go to the meta-discussion forum to ask for this. Now I don't have to.

DU is really shaping up nicely. Congratulations!

How about <sup> and <sub> buttons, so we can do CO₂ and mc² easily?

Then there's lists...

But thanks for all you do.

--imm

Lou

and am thrilled it is back with just one. The Greatest Page is an integral part of DU to me.


As far as I'm concerned, once you give us the polls, we will be pretty much all set with DU3.

I promise

I don't have a heart left, or I would give it to you.
Thanks!!!!

M
and the photographers

is anyone else noticing the left column (sorted by time) taking fairly long to load? The first time I clicked the tab it took about 10 seconds to load. The right column loaded instantaneously.

Just tried again and it took about 45 seconds to load.

The reason the page takes so long to load is simply because there is so much content on it. This was also an issue on DU2.

The easiest way to fix this would be to reduce the number of threads that appear on the page by increasing the rec threshold. If threads needed, say, 10 recs to get on the Greatest page, that would obviously reduce the number of threads on the page.

We didn't do this straight away because people are used to the threshold set at 5 recs. But we may increase the threshold in future if the page is too unwieldy.

I can't see myself ever needing more than three or four pages worth of 'greatest' posts.

Even though I know everyone is used to 5 recs sending a post to the Greatest page.

And THANK YOU for recreated the Greatest page!!! I missed it sooooo much!

Sorry, something odd just happened with my posts in this thread, I ended up with an accidental double post.

the Greatest Page comes in very handy for people like me, who very often can only do cursory checks of DU

I haven't been comfortable here ( on du3 ) yet..maybe this will help

I made do with the new format but I REALLY missed this feature!

IMO, you should, if you don't want DU to become irrelevant.

Frankly, DU is just a shadow of its former self and hardly readable at this point; all of it having to do with administrative choices (vs. dynamics/factors within the posting community).



ETA: definitely the right decision to bring back the Greatest Page with its DU2 format though, thank you for that!!

(DU instantly feels better all of a sudden! )

Can we get them on the Greatest tab? Or just leave the greatest button on the latest tab?

Pretty please?

Allowing longer timeframes gives an even better list of greatest page posts.

Greatest has its own standalone page, but we just put the button back on the Latest page also. It is the original "Most rec'd" button. So if you wish, you can now you can sort the Latest page by most recommended and use the filters, just as you could before.

I take it all back EarlG.

and will the 'greatest threads' page be the same as this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=latest_threads&mode=latest&sort1=recs
but just organized different?

Or is that only the greatest from the latest?

but then, is the latest thread link a way of looking at all forums?

maybe I missed some "instructions in navigating DU" page...

(I had gotten used to the newer posts being on the right, guess it helps train the brain to learn new tricks)

Glad to see it again!

This should make life much easier.

You finally realized that it would probably be a good idea to preserve one of the former incarnation of DU's most popular features?

Another step toward bringing me back into the fold. Though I miss the unrec button - allowing "yea" votes only seems so undemocratic. But still. I love me some GP and it's good to see it return to the respectful position at the top it deserves. Thanks, EarlG.

and was a bit irritated as it was kind of a pain navigating there from threads

the new tab is wonderful, thanks!

Greatest is an integral part of my DU experience. So GLAD to have it back!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/124043624

How could you?

This was my default mode of navigating DU2.
Thanks admins!

Love it!!!!!

it took this dimbulb a few seconds to find the tab, but I did, and that makes it easier. Thank you for all of your hard work!!

For reasons I'm not sure I fully understand, this arrangement just seems to work better.

Thank you, too, for getting rid of unrecs, and sticking by that. Although even I often miss the negative thrill of unrec'ing, I remain convinced that the function was exploited and/or abused, and too often resulted in DU'er's missing out on seeing many worthy posts.

Thanks a bunch folks. I suggested that a while back and I love the solution. You guys rock.