Some suggestions

[ZuluFoxtrot]

My first suggestion is the ability to set a default method of organisation of search results. For example, I prefer to list my search results from the most endorsed to the least endorsed and it gets a pain (particularly since I my internet is rather slow at times) when I have to do this manually with every search.

 

My second suggestion is that the New Vegas Nexus and Fallout 3 Nexus recieve more file categories. 'Recipes', 'Perks', 'Immersion', 'Weather' and things like that, just like the Elder Scrolls Nexus has (I like that a lot).

 

My third suggestion is the ability to make file "drafts" - so that you can set your description and such, upload some images, upload the files BEFORE any other users on the site can know that the file exists. Once it is released, it appears on the "Recently uploaded files" list as normal. Whilst the "hide this file from public viewing" feature can make your file inaccessible, I would actually like to make my file invisible, but still have it treated as a new file when I do decide to make it public.

 

My fourth suggestion is the ability to disable informational notifications (those ones that appear in bright red/pink). I understand why they are there, but like the adult content filter, I feel users should be able to disable them. They are very helpful but after actually reading, they have no more use and they just appear out of place, are annoying and ruin the look of the site.

 

My fifth suggestion is that we should be able to organise search results by "endorsement/download ratio". The formula is: unique downloads / endorsements. There should also be a Top 100 list for endorsement/download ratio (the lower the ratio the better). When I'm looking for quality mods, sometimes endorsements just don't cut it. I can tell that a mod with 10,000 unique downloads and 100 endorsements is at least more appreciated by it's users than a mod with 100,000 unique downloads and 500 endorsements.

 

Thanks for your time Dark0ne, I hope you like these ideas and I would really appreciate them.

 

-- Foxtrot

[HugePinball]

All great suggestions, I'll just comment on a couple:

 

My third suggestion is the ability to make file "drafts" - so that you can set your description and such, upload some images, upload the files BEFORE any other users on the site can know that the file exists. Once it is released, it appears on the "Recently uploaded files" list as normal. Whilst the "hide this file from public viewing" feature can make your file inaccessible, I would actually like to make my file invisible, but still have it treated as a new file when I do decide to make it public.

I've thought a system like that would be nice for a long time, and over recent months the apparent increase in the "NO PIC"/"NO FILE" comments made five minutes after a file listing is created makes me want such a feature even more. Even an hour can be too soon to start complaining about some lack of information on a listing. I'm sure many people who have actually posted a mod have felt hurried to get everything up before those watching the new files feel obligated to comment.

 

I had been thinking of something like a "publish" feature, and until a listing is published it doesn't appear anywhere except in your own managed files (and to staff). This way you can view your listing, make sure everything is there, and an incomplete listing need not be released to the public. And as you suggest, the time publishing is when it's considered a "new file".

 

 

My fourth suggestion is the ability to disable informational notifications (those ones that appear in bright red/pink). I understand why they are there, but like the adult content filter, I feel users should be able to disable them. They are very helpful but after actually reading, they have no more use and they just appear out of place, are annoying and ruin the look of the site.

I think there are at least a couple that unfortunately seem to be necessary, but maybe (after some time) some of them can changed into pop-up tool tips such as the informational ones that already exist on some pages.