Forum Upgrade - Any Issues?

[edlegault]

For me (windows 7, and safari 5.1.7) "reply to thread" does not work -- had to use the "reply with quotes" and delete the quoted part.

Does know that I already viewed the threads and puts me back to the beginning (I am logged in). Even if I look to the end of a thread, leave the forum, and come back, the forum shows me that thread has been viewed by me, but it still puts me back to the beginning.

The white space on the right does not go away until I have done several Ctrl-+ commands, and then the text is too big (17" LCD monitor). Color scheme is not eye friendly.

 

[Redneck in training]

The fact that last post is on page 1 is confusing.
I didn't try to upload any pics yet so I don't know if it is possible or not. The uploader should shrink the pics to correct size.

 

[California]

Oh and try this link when you're on your laptop: mobile style

Oops, error on my part. My laptop's screen is 1280 x 800, not 800x600. But my comment that reducing white space would be nice, remains valid.

 

[MasseyWV]

The new forum design vaguely reminds me of a Web 2.0 website/forum design I created a few years ago, shown below during the design and testing phase.

 

[newbury]

Chrome, but the + Reply button is working now.

This morning it stopped working. Can't find a hotspot on it.

 

[LD1]

When viewing a list of posts, like clicking on "todays posts", the Time where it says "last post at..." still is getting snipped off.



Unless I zoom WAY out until the text is really small



Also, the reply button at the bottom is still not working forme either. Chrome browser BTW

 

[newbury]

This morning it stopped working. Can't find a hotspot on it.

Wierd -
I was just able to use the +Reply button on the thread "Front Porch Lost" and now it's not working here.

 

[LD1]

One more thing I noticed was under a post, it has "started by -member name" and then "date when created.."

Makes it look cluttered when browsing the list of posts. I believe the old forum only had the member name. No "started by" and no "date".

If we could do away with that extra clutter that would be great. Have just the members name there and thats it.:thumbsup:

 

[LD1]

One more suggestion before I head out to a job today......

Earler I mentioned that the "my profile" and "log out" icons at the top get cut off when zooming in to a halfway readable level......well I got a suggestion to help that.

Do away with the "my topics"

Because it is the same as if you just go to "my home" and then click view ALL subscriptions. Dont really need the "my topics" Icon.

And I would still like to have a color difference between read and un-read posts/threads. Instead of just the Bold and un-bold. Similar to the last version where it was yellow for unread and grey for read:thumbsup:

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Ok,

What is the point of having gigantic icons, like the gear over "My Home" that the cursor reacts to and changes as if it is a clickable link, and yet if you click it NOTHING HAPPENS?

I can ONLY get to "Today's posts" or "My Home" by clicking on the text.

I am running IE 9.0 latest versions.

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.

My reason for posting this rant is that I would sum up all of the NEW TBN upgrades as MOSTLY closer to Bimbo-izing, and less like enhancements.
Please do not dumb it down too far guys...

Thanks for all of your hard work, and thanks for being willing to LISTEN to grumpy old farts like me complain about all your hard work.

Be well,
David