"How do I start my new Topic" - UI / UX Improvement Request

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One big issue I see is how hard it is for anon to reply / create topics.

Anon is possible in 2 flavors:

  1. A user who never logged in
  2. A user who is accidentally logged out (new browser, new computer, cleared cookies)

Anon has a terrible experience, all the reply buttons are stripped, create topic button is stripped.

Instead, I suggest:

  1. We keep the reply button and create topic around for any topics or pages where all users can reply or create topics.
  2. On click, we either:
    1. “highlight” the area on the screen where they can click to log in.
    2. or, just pop up the login window.

I think this will do a lot to help out with this particular issue. Makes it much easier to onboard and make it way easier to deal with people who are accidentally logged out.

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