Issues on member Profile Pages
Ning To Jamroom
With respect to the Discussions/Groups issue raised above, the issue is even larger and - I think Paul and Douglas - will provide the reason to make the change I ask for. If you read this Strumelia, please chime in.
What's important is context, and that context is complicated through conflating " group_discuss " and " forum ".
On the home page, a mouseover on "All" next to Latest Discussions has the path conclude in " group_discuss ". The path for Discussions in the top nav is " /username/forum ".
This is a problem given that the same word - Discussions - is, to my mind confusingly, used to describe different destinations. I would address this issue by explicitly using the label "Top Group Discussions" and changing "Discussions" to "Forums" in the top nav, As the prototypical user of the site is someone familiar with Ning that differentiation in wording reduces the cognitive burden of switching platforms.
Again, thinking about context. If I am on MY profile page, then clicking on "All" next to Latest Discussions should show MY discussions - the discussions I created and I contributed to - ** IRRESPECTIVE of whether they belong to a group or they are part of the Forum **. They are all discussions with different properties (group ownership or category).
Following through with the home page usage and the wording Latest Discussions, " /group_discuss " would be more logically consistent than " /groups " even though all discussions belong to groups.
Taking this to the next step, if I am looking at any other member's profile clicking on "All" next to Latest Discussions should display all of the discussions that member created and/or contributed to.
:: Clay