- Emo Joe89
- |
- Senior Mythic Member
I swear to DRUNK, I'm not GOD!
Posted by: dazarobbo
I think it would be much more useful if the site showed how long ago an event occurred in addition to, or instead of, the timestamp for an event as it exists currently.
I've always found that they [the timestamps] don't carry a lot of meaning for users who live outside of the same time zone that bungie.net is set to. I've also heard that it's difficult (for whatever reason) for the site to cater to people in different time zones because of the offset values, daylight savings, etc... I figured the next best thing would be something that is slightly more meaningful for everyone.
So, instead of:
Wallpapers-Android app. | 11 replies
by Leprechaun209 on 10.21.2011 | last reply by Spartan 11117 2 on 10.21.2011 10:03 PMHow about...
Wallpapers-Android app. | 11 replies
by Leprechaun209 on 10.21.2011 | last reply by Spartan 11117 45 minutes ago
There's a multitude of other places something like this could be added in as well.
Thoughts?This idea has great merit, BUT...
- Timestamps (like the current system) are arguably more useful when viewing much older posts.
- Relative time is more simplistic and user-friendly, and definitely gets around the timezone problem you've mentioned. However, as time goes by, thousands of posts will eventually be labeled "1 year ago" "2 years ago" or even "4 months ago" etc. And this can cause confusion for forum members reading over older or long-lived threads.
Perhaps we should give forum members the ability to choose which system they'd prefer to be displayed?