I'm really surprised to find this forum as unusable as it is, given the nature of the product. Please forgive some angst here but I'm spending more time hunting for info in this forum than coding.

Suggestions:

1) When I click on the numbered or unordered list toolbar button, my IE7 shows script error "_gat is undefined". I have this site set as a trusted site with full scripting allowed, etc - How is it possible that your own site has errors like this?
2) Use your own extended grid to make the display and interaction of forum threads more effective. Why do we need to launch a thread in a new window/tab in order to see the content? Why can't some of the text display in the grid that displays subjects so that we can decided if we want to open a new page?
3) Allow us to Preview before posting.
4) Allow multi-select drilldowns in the forum search so that we can refine hits down to a meaningful set of possible solutions.
5) Please allow us to make use of the real-estate on wide monitors.  I have 22 inches of display here and I can only use half of it for this forum - and then as stated above we're compelled to keep opening new windows to see content.  How 1990's is that?
6) Same goes for the 20 results per page - can we have a dropdown that allows us to see 100 if we wish? I have the bandwidth and I don't enjoy clicking through pages of useless hits.
7) I know Telerik really cares about their products and community, but let's face it, you don't have the resources to maintain this forum.  This forum is a marketing vehicle, it's somewhere near the top of the list of destinations for new developer prospects, right after the excellent demos and help pages. But there are a LOT of similar pleas for help here because the forum software itself is seriously ineffective as an application. And the more problems someone sees in a forum, the more inclined they are to look elsewhere. So how about open sourcing this forum so that your customers who need it can maintain it? Or provide some way for your user base to extend it.
8) Add a save buffer which is linked to our login like other saved data. It's very frustrating to type in a carefully crafted forum posting, only to have something go wrong right before you hit Post. If you provide a Save And Continue function then we can type some thoughts, save it, then continue, and if something goes wrong the unposted text is still on your site where we can import it for another attempt.
9) Regarding the signature: "Instantly find answers to your questions at the new Telerik Support Center", I have to say that search isn't much better than the Advanced Search here.
10) Please allow us to add a date spec to searches so that we don't waste time on old postings when our issues may be specific to Promethius or some other new release. Part of the problem with finding quick solutions here is that the information can get outdated, and it's very difficult to know whether some solution posted early last year still applies to the current releases.
11) Please get someone to go through these forums to gather FAQ data which we can viewed before searching blindly here. Many similar questions are asked in different ways because many developers post their inquiries in a context-sensitive manner. Someone who understands the software needs to recognize the underlying issues that cause confusion so that a FAQ can be updated. And then these FAQs should be addressed by Telerik development people to simplify or stabilize areas that prompt FAQs.

I believe I've had my say for now. Thank you kindly for your time.

Would it be possible to add a small reminder/request under the Title field for a new thread that asks the user to enter a meaningful description of the post?

Seeing "Problem with Editor" as a title is not nearly as helpful as "Editor won't display toolbar" or something like that.

Thank you.

Telerik Reporting Q2 2008 SP1 is available for download from your Client.net accounts. You can review the full release notes here.

Happy Coding!


Telerik Team

It is our pleasure to announce the immediate availability of RadControls for WinForms Q2 2008 SP1 (7.1.0.0).

You can review the full release notes here.

Happy Coding!


Telerik Team

It is our pleasure to announce the immediate availability of RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX Q2 2008 SP1 (Version number 2008.2.826).

Check out the the full Release Notes 

Happy Coding!
Telerik Team.

Maybe offtopic, but i'm curious, are there any pictures of Telerik headquarters in Bulgaria ? Don't ask why :-)

Can I safely install RadControls for ASP.NET Ajax and RadControls for WinForms on the same Developer platform?

On occasion I like to tinker with other technologies, so is there any Product that cannot be installed with another? For example if I already develop with RadControls for ASP.NET Ajax, can I install and tinker with RadControls for Silverlight and/or RadControls for WPF?

Thank you Telerik

http://www.google.com/ig/directory?hl=en&url=www.justthinkart.com/googlegadgets/student.xml

Telerik controls used:

• RadRotator
• RadAjax

I would like to make a suggestion for your control forums.  First off I have to agree with some of the other threads that searching as it currently is does not work.  There are way too many items(RadGrid > 9000) to find any useful information.  I think that this is causing people to bypass the search and just enter in a new thread.  I admit I am guilty of it. 

I think what needs to happen on the threads is not only pick the control you want to open a thread on, but also what sub category you are looking for help on.  Your online help works great. There is a node called Controls which list the controls, then there is the name of the control, and under the control name you have the different categories.

ie: RadGrid
      Grid Columns
      Grid Rows
      Paging
      Scrolling
      Filtering
      .....
      OTHER
     
So when a user needs to submit a thread they are required to pick a category.  Then on the main forum page you can still have your TreeView of the Controls but each control would have child nodes of the categories that filtered what the user was seeing.  It the user selected the main RadGrid they would see all of them like they do now, but if they choose to see only Paging thread that is all they see.
I really think that this is the only way that the forums are going to be able to maintain their usefulness.  I get so frustrated when I can not find something on WebUserControl edit forms and I do a search and get stuff about the menu or window.

As for threads that are already there you can simply put them in the OTHER category and allow any new thread to implement this new technique. 

Just my thoughts.

Jason

Good stuff! I suggest adding "Playback speed" control to adjust the speed of the video.