Forum Upgrade - Any Issues?

[MossflowerWoods]

Just realized my quick reply button is gone as well!

I'm running IE 9 at home and IE 8 at work.

David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

This one, we'll keep tweaking though. Fonts, colors, etc, make a big difference.

Another small issue. When I am in a thread and I type a reply, when it goes back to the thread I sometimes cannot see other peoples recent replies. So I think I read it all, but when I go to "My Home" or "My Topics" I see there are unread posts.

In the prior version, when I came back to the thread it was current.

FYI - My Topics is really My Subscriptions I think, and is actually useful even if LD1 does not like it.

Thanks,
David

PS - The "auto-saved" feature might be worth all the PITA other stuff if it works like I hope it works!

 

[gwdixon]

Ohhh...The yellow highlight on the new posts is a stroke of genius. Good job - makes for much easier navigation.

 

[polo1665]

If the upgrade included extra security measures to keep spammers out, it's not doing very well. There are three consecutive Viagra threads in the New Members forum. Don't remember seeing so many at one time.

 

[Muhammad]

If the upgrade included extra security measures to keep spammers out, it's not doing very well. There are three consecutive Viagra threads in the New Members forum. Don't remember seeing so many at one time.

At least they put them in the correct forum.

 

[LD1]

FYI - My Topics is really My Subscriptions I think, and is actually useful even if LD1 does not like it.

I did not say it was not usefull. But there are other ways to get to it without that ginormous icon at the top that pushes other features off the screen.

The OLD TBN did not have a "my topics" And all clicking on it now does is take you to "my home" only it shows subscriptions that have not been active since you last viewed. So instead of clicking on "my topics", just go to "my home>view all subscriptions"

TOO much emphasis is being placed on "one click" navigation, and it is making everything TOO cluttered IMO.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

TOO much emphasis is being placed on "one click" navigation, and it is making everything TOO cluttered IMO.

I agree BTW, I was mostly just teasing you in the process...

FAR TOO MUCH emphasis on 1-click... I agree.

And I HATE the ginormous icons (especially when they are not clickable).

David

 

[rsewill]

As an aside, I HATE How Apple & Macintosh have dumbed computers down, and Windows and Android, and everybdy else have follwed suit. I have been a omputer geek for 30 years and I hapen to understand that behind the scenes I should be able to configure almost EVERYTHING, and have many, many options. I hate big clunky icons that assume I'm not smart enough to figure things out. Like my new supposedly "smart phone" that has so few options it is really just a cool looking VT100 dumb terminal unless I down load a million specific "apps" to do each specific task... I call it a "Bimbo Phone" because it looks great but has limited functionality.

Agreed, DOS was so much better than Windows 3.1. The forum would be so much better if we went back to a DOS based interface.

 

[California]

At least they put them in the correct forum.

:laughing::laughing::laughing: :thumbsup:

 

[284 International]

The Iseki and Mitsubishi sections both have something wrong with the way they display the header bar and forum name. They overlap, both in charcoal/black color, so are not visible.