Dear Santa,
I like to think I’ve been a pretty good boy this year
That said, I’m going to get right down to business because I know you’re a very busy guy about this time of year.
As you well know, the GCA site is pretty cool. However, I wish we could do a few things to make the site even more fun to use
First on the list, can we get a better search engine? It’s difficult to make effective searches when you type in something like Sharp Park and every subject thread or posting comes back with parts of the two words being highlighted a la Google style. Even when trying to use Google’s advanced search feature, it can be somewhat limiting in what comes back from the search.
Second, can we get a books section with all the GCA books having been recommended over the years? Plus just add new books as we go? I think most of us would really like a list like this as an appended section to the already existing sections such as In My Opinion, The Next Fifty, etc. While you're at it, can you place some magic spell on WM so he finishes his book on Flynn?
Third, when a new Interview gets posted or when a new My Home Course gets added, can we receive an email notice? That way Ran doesn’t have to alert folks.
Fourth, can we get a little more organized on the Discussion section? By that I mean if the topic is about turf grasses then there’s a subsection for that. If there’s an OT thread then there’s a subsection for that. If it’s talking about GCA then there’s a subsection for that. You get the idea. I just think the Discussion section is getting rather cluttered these days. Also, can we please add a link somewhere to Art Fuller’s growing photo section with course threads?
Fifth, I’m not sure what happened but we used to have a feature where we could take a look at a poster’s profile and then review the poster’s last posts. I thought that was a pretty cool feature. I can still do it for my profile, but not for others. Can we have that feature back?
Sixth, can we please develop a section for hole by hole commentary discussions with each and every hole to a course having been discussed (like Tim Bert’s series A Fan’s Photo Tribute to XYZ – Nth Hole Commentary Now In Progress)? When the thread is complete and there aren’t any additional posts after a certain amount of time then just make the thread available in it’s own section so it doesn’t get lost in the shuffle. I’d hate to have to try and find those threads down the line with our current search capabilities. Tim's hole by hole threads on Kingsley and Pacific Dunes have been some of the best this year in my opinion with great feedback and I'd like to fall back on them when I get ready to play some of those courses.
Seventh, can we have an area listing out all the forum members? That way if we have a question we'd like to ask any one of them we don't have to go searching through a bunch of threads to finally find them.
Well … I’m sure I could go on, but I know this is already a lot. So I’ll turn it over to the rest of the GCA crew and let them give you their wish lists. I can assure you as well they’ve all been pretty good this year … I think
Say hi to Mrs. Claus and the hard working elves.
Best,
Patrick