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ReadyNAS Board Restructure Complete
Note - These changes were complete on Nov/29/2018 - Please let us know if you find any inconsistencies.
Hello ReadyNAS Community,
I’m pleased to announce some upcoming changes...
I like the idea of trimming the number of boards. The labels often aren't very informing, and requiring people to pick a label that doesn't quite fit is annoying. So removing that requirement is also a good thing.
Can the plethora of models be streamlined? There are several hundred now, and it is not realistic to ask someone to navigate a pulldown menu that large. And we really don't need to know if a Duo v1 was an RND2000v1, RND2110v1, RND2120v1, RND2150v1, RND2175v1, RND2210v1, or a RND2220v1. Similarly for all the other models. If it can't be cleaned up, we'd be better off without it (since now we generally have to confirm it in the thread conversation anyway).
Also, the idea exchange is a mess - partly because it can't be searched effectively.
StephenB wrote:
Also, the idea exchange is a mess - partly because it can't be searched effectively.
Absolutely nothing on this board can be searched effectively within the board itself. You're better off with Google! Instead of re-structuring, they should first be looking for a better piece of software to host it.
One problem with re-structuring is that you don't want links within posts that point to other postings broken unless you are making a radical improvement (like new software). If necessary, lock the old in place and move forward with the new.
As for the structure, there really does need to be separation between NAS OS families. RAIDiator 4.1.x and 4.2.x are similar enough that maybe they can be combined. But 5.x and 6.x have little in common with any of the others. The model in the header isn't enough -- many don't use it. I'm sure plenty of users get confused wondering if a thread is applicable to their NAS or not. Answers for one family are rarely valid for another.
Sandshark wrote:
I'm sure plenty of users get confused wondering if a thread is applicable to their NAS or not. Answers for one family are rarely valid for another.That's certainly true, and the the difficulty of identifying OS 5 and OS 4.1 doesn't help.
I agree there should be separation (at least OS 6 and legacy).
Absolutely nothing on this board can be searched effectively within the board itself. You're better off with Google!Very true. Though I think this creates more issues with the idea exchange than it does with the other forum areas.
Sandshark wrote:
One problem with re-structuring is that you don't want links within posts that point to other postings broken unless you are making a radical improvement (like new software). If necessary, lock the old in place and move forward with the new.Way too late to this party, but I have to chime-in that PLEASE NO NOT AGAIN!!! I remember following religiously the old readynas.com forums, and then my ID got messed-up somehow and today all that good info is mostly lost forever. What posts CAN BE found usually refer to other posts that can not.
But Netgear will do what it's gotta do and we are all slaves to it. At least, my damned ReadyNAS NV+ just runs and runs (and runs) and probably will last forever given it turns on for only two hours each day.
:smileytongue:
Great ideas, keep the feedback coming!
We're hoping on creating a new way of adding products to your post in the future, but this is probably several months away still.
-Bret
I have a great idea: stop loosing the link between the forums and my netgear account. I literally have had to create 3 logins for the forums because the link keeps getting screwed up and there is no way to get support to fix it.
My original login was rjwerth.
Is there a plan to have a section for ReadyCloud and all the associated clients?
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