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I would like some way of grouping and also upvoting. I know, we're never satisfied.",[122,133,140,151],{"value":123,"source":110,"evidence":124},"Dense grid and infinite scroll are distracting and hard to bookmark",[125,129],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"3502571","adambard","It works really well. But, I consider anyone who finds the dense grid display easier than browsing down a list a savant; I have trouble focusing on just one thumbnail in the sea…",{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"3502836","XLcommerce","Great site, however hate the infinite scroll. Makes it impossible to bookmark your place in the list (and is very disorienting). Also the animations of new tiles coming in are…",{"value":134,"source":110,"evidence":135},"Marketing images on thumbnails are unwanted",[136],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"3503068","aculver","Great idea, however one of the things I most dislike about ThemeForest that is still present here are the marketing images for each theme. 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I'd love to read that article if you can find the link. I'll add \"Single-column mode\" to my to-do list. I think I will also make the \"Large…",{"value":165,"source":49,"evidence":166},"Sorting and filters such as price and rating",[167,170],{"id":168,"by":11,"text":169},"3502948","Sorting options (sort by name, price, rating, etc) are on the short list for me to implement. I actually have a lot of that data in my database right now, just no code to…",{"id":171,"by":172,"text":173},"3502572","byoung2","Looks cool, and a nice way to get some affiliate revenue. I would suggest adding some filters (like sort by number of purchases, price, etc.), and search parameters.",{"value":175,"source":110,"evidence":176},"Live preview inline beside a list",[177,180],{"id":178,"by":149,"text":179},"3503153","would it be possible to have a display mode where: at the left would be a single-column scrolling list of the templates as they currently are (thumbnail + title), then to the…",{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"3502636","epikur","It would be nice if clicking a thumbnail went straight to the live preview. Or, if each thumbnail had two links visible, one for the info page and one for the live preview. 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