New site format

[chscag]

Is it possible that Ghostery was blocking the tracker? And yes there is a lot of empty space at the bottom of most posts but I thought that was to fit in the member avatar and details on the left of the post. You will notice it varies dependent on the number of lines in the details e.g. pm-r's is quite small.

Right on both points. Ghostery will block the tracker therefore causing the frequent log ons. And yes, the more "stuff" one has below their avatar, the more white space will show up in their replies. You can see that Ian has quite a few lines of information below his avatar, hence, more white space used.

 

[lclev]

I am running Ghostery, Adblock plus and Privacy Badger on all my computers. I have Ghostery set to block all trackers. I still have no problems with holding my logons until I do housekeeping and clear out all my history and cookies. Not sure why is works for me but I think I will just not worry about it as long as it does.

Lisa

 

[Rod]

Good one Lisa I will put a picture of the thumbs up icon in my signature as well. Not that I'm obsessive about getting rep points I just think people should be able to find it easily instead of saying they would have but couldn't find the button to click.

 

[dtravis7]

How do you now view your reputation? No longer in any of the menus that I can see.

 

[Rod]

Good question Dennis. Just noticed that. and what is the Rate This Thread menu for? I mean I can see what it does but what is the information used for?

 

[Slydude]

Hovering over the colored dots just below your badge still shows overall reputation as it did before the site facelift. I think you've got to hit the dots "dead on" though. Miss and you either hit a description of the badge or description of the avatar. It also seems a bit slow / twitchy at times: I had to scroll over yours several times just now. The second time it appeared faster.

If you want to see the rep that other members have left for you (a la the old User CP), that's in Settings (top right of every page). Guess they were trying to keep that consistent with the User CP metaphor. Took me a while to find it when the site first changed. I was expecting it as part of the"My Profile" entry.

 

[lclev]

And it still says you have a "brilliant future" Slydude! Always good to know! ;D

Lisa

 

[lclev]

.....and what is the Rate This Thread menu for? I mean I can see what it does but what is the information used for?

I just noticed it too Rod. Does anyone know what it is used for?

Lisa

 

[RadDave]

And it still says you have a "brilliant future" Slydude! Always good to know! ;D

Hi Lisa - some of the 'fun ones' to hover over are those of a different color, such as yellow - not sure yet if this designation was carried over to the new forum software? Dave

 

[Slydude]

And it still says you have a "brilliant future" Slydude! Always good to know! ;D

Lisa

I have three brothers coming into town this weekend. They may well dispute that assessment. At this point I'll settle for a moderately bright future and avoidance of a mid-life crisis.

 

[lclev]

Is anyone having issues posting? This is a random issue and sometimes it is not a problem. I will type out a post and hit "post quick reply" and get the popup asking me if I want to stay on the page or leave. If I click stay it does and my post looks like it hasn't posted. If I say yes, the page refreshes and my post shows up correctly. I have tried "go advanced" and it still happens. So far I haven't lost a post - although I do copy it just in case.

Anyone else having this issue?

Lisa

 

[McBie]

Am having exactly the same issue Lisa.
I guess something has changed to the config of the site.

Cheers ... McBie

 

[Lifeisabeach]

Is anyone having issues posting? This is a random issue and sometimes it is not a problem. I will type out a post and hit "post quick reply" and get the popup asking me if I want to stay on the page or leave. If I click stay it does and my post looks like it hasn't posted. If I say yes, the page refreshes and my post shows up correctly. I have tried "go advanced" and it still happens. So far I haven't lost a post - although I do copy it just in case.

Anyone else having this issue?

Lisa

Same here.

 

[MacInWin]

OK, I started this thread by saying I didn't like the new format. It's been over a month now and after getting to use it on a daily basis I can now say I was right--I don't like it even more now.

It's more awkward.

It's slower.

It stalls on loading pages.

It stalls on posting.

It's not an improvement.

That is all.

 

[IWT]

I'm with Jake. Neither of us, (I'm pretty sure I speak for Jake too), is anti-change or nit-picking and we both want the Forums to work. Ease of use and general functionality have diminished. For my part, a newbie in comparison with most contributors here, I find it more difficult to find out where I am, what are the "hot" topics and I'm still trying to get my head around all the icons and their meaning. Jake used the word "awkward" and that's it. Not so user friendly. And, like recent postees, (is there such a word?!), I constantly encounter pages that simply won't load. I, too, have "lost" postings and following the example of others, copy all my stuff to the clipboard so that I can get it right next attempt. This is not about blaming anyone, but merely asking and hoping for a more robust system that is more self-explanatory in its functionality.

We shall, all of us, continue to support and learn from these Forums, but perhaps with a touch less fun and a touch more frustration.

Ian

 

[cradom]

I'm not going to expand on my dislike of the new software. I will however mention I'm getting more "Database errors" and non-loading pages lately.
Server problems?

 

[RadDave]

I'm not going to expand on my dislike of the new software. I will however mention I'm getting more "Database errors" and non-loading pages lately.
Server problems?

Today for me, the responses are taking longer (i.e. the status bar loading line) and I've lost contact w/ the server on some post replies, and had one end up double posting? Dave

 

[chscag]

The stalling has been going on since before yesterday. Posts are taking longer to view, replies are agonizing slow, and moderation of posts (deleting, moving, editing) has just about come to a standstill. We (admins) will try to find out what's going on.

 

[Rod]

So I would have to say I second all of the above, I'm not sure it is all attributable to the new format but it certainly started at the same time. I get data base errors I never used to get before and navigation is definitely more "awkward" with seemingly multiple ways of getting to the same destination, just bad design really. For example the "Reply to Thread" button now seems redundant because the Post Quick Reply button does the same thing. The restore Auto Saved Content function is a good idea when it works but sometimes is not there when you need it.
On the other hand the Attachement window is great improvement on the old method, preview includes pictures and you can pick an insertion point which I was never able to work out before. Thread Tools are handy but I still dont understand why we would want to Rate This Thread. What is it for? Is there are top rated threads page somewhere?
Lisa mentioned the "Do you want to stay on this page" popup which I too get sometimes. If you leave the page you cant tell if your thread was posted or not resulting in me posting a few duplicates.
Lastly, not really a complaint but who writes these "Reputation" comments? Lisa you may well be a "Glorious Beacon of Light" I'm not so sur about myself and RadDave and McBie may well be "Splendid Ones to Behold" but as these are obviously progressive automaticly awarded descriptions surely someone could come up with something more meaningfull or specific, last week I was "Just Really Nice" what the heck does that mean? I have as good a sense of humour as the next guy but if these reputations are going to be essentially meaningless then they could be a bit more amusing if not then perhapes they could say something useful like Rod is "Really Patient" and Lisa "Will devote her time to your problem" and RadDave "specialises in Software Solutions," I dunno just shooting in the dark here but something a little more useful than "Has a Brilliant Future" what is a newbie to think of that?

 

[lclev]

What I am finding aggravating is how slow pages load. Some never load. It took me multiple tries to get on this thread. The page would not load. I had a couple of other threads that would not load. I tried to see if there was a correlation to number of pages and loading issues. It did not seem to matter.

Frustrating.

Lisa