Suggestions for organization of the forums

Arnaud HERVE wrote:
2) In the column Last Post, clicking on the link brings me to the last poster's profile. Sincerely, I believe the link in Last Post should bring me to Last Post.

It is only after reading the message that, in 1% of cases, I will be interested in visiting the poster's profile. Most often, I will only read the message.

3) Do something about the breadcrumbs. The chain should offer me the link to the root of categories. That's what breadcrumbs are meant for : to find my way back to the start...

Samuel Murray wrote:

That said, I personally do think (and I think I agree with you) that the forums start page, i.e. http://www.proz.com/forum, should rather contain an expanded (or exploded) view of all the categories and subcategories, instead of a list of the most recent posts. Why do I say this? Because I often lose sight of the existence of certain subcategories if I don't see them often. The list of upper-level categories in the left-hand side of the forums page is useful, but it does not display all categories.

Arnaud HERVE wrote:

the fact that you have ANY difficulty is in itself a problem.

In a well set forum, you just click on what interests you, you don't look for settings.