Hi David,
I pretty much live in “Image Critiques” except when I want to post in Weekly Challenge or Discussions. I don’t use the others because EPs show up at the top of Image Critiques and I tend to navigate visually, by image, not whether I’ve read it or not. I think “Unread” is probably crucial for moderators though.
What is “New Topics”? Is that recent Discussion Posts? If so, that feels like duplication with Discussion Posts. If there were a filter on the Discussion threads there, that could be enough.
Edit: Just noticed New Topics is new posts for Critique. Is there a reason for New Topics and Image Critiques now that we don’t have the Galleries that were not critique related? Maybe rename New Topics “Image Critiques” and rename Latest “Latest Replies” and then those three become 1?
I had a thought, related to the desire some had for Latest to be by order of post. That’s how Image Critiques is organized. Could you rename “Latest” to “Latest Replies” or something to clarify that?
I use all of the items in the Community drop down infrequently. I’m not aware of any other way to get to the archive, though I’m glad it is available. I usually use the other methods to access the other items.
I generally use the “sidebar” next to the NPN logo to access most of what I need and rarely use the links you referenced at the top. Of course, now that you’ve brought this to my attention and I’ve scrolled through these, I can see “Community” being useful and there should be any easy accessible place to view one’s account.
I used to use Categories almost exclusively because I could get from it to where I wanted to go the most. With the replacement of forums with tags, I don’t use it anywhere nearly as much, but there’s some stuff there that I’d like to keep handy. Other than that, my current go-to is Image Critiques. Since I can get to the other stuff pretty easily with filters there, that’s all I need.
PS while it’s not part of the question, I think Image Critiques should be right at the top-that’s what we’re here for.
