timrhu - My guess is that the old forum was very hard, if not impossible, to update. The new platform will be much easier to change and improve over time. That is a big plus.
As to improvements, the search has been improved, the "following" feature is nice. You can now choose what you want you see in Popular Discussions. The thread list is sorted immediately after a new post, whereas in the past it took time for the sort order to be updated.
This is a long needed update.
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melbguy11,076 posts12-01-2015 9:32amI
really don't see the logic of clicking on 'My forum threads' and having
75% of the screen taken up with other members activity, with a small
box in the top RH corner devoted to yours. To me, 'My forum threads'
should be exactly that. Or else maybe re-name it 'All member's forum
threads'..
View My Activity should probably be changed to View Activity. Only one
of the options relates purely to your posts. I suppose My Posts and My
Threads could be added at the 4th and 5th options in View Activity, but
once you know where to find those, it is pretty easy to get do. Under Recent Activity - My Threads you see the threads that you have participated in that have had recent activity. Recent Activity and Unanswered are not specific to you. If you want to see just your responses or just the treads you started you can click on your username (upper right) and go to My Profile.. One option shows you the thread you have posted in, the other shows threads you have started.. You can also get to those lists by clicking on your username in a thread. You can click on either Discussions Started or Responses. |
Is it just my me or does everyone else see that words are being split as
they scroll into the next line. For example, when typing a three letter
word on a line and there is only one space left on a line, instead of
the whole word scrolling onto the next line so it stays together, the
letter "t" stays on the line and the letters "he" begin on the next line
down. It's very hard to read this way!
That's new. I have been using the new format for quite a while and have never seen that before. Something changed. My guess is it will get fixed pretty quickly. |
I suggest that consideration be given to sorting that listing based on the date and time of the initial post in each thread. This is especially true when you're reading threads in order down the
page but when you return to the main listing to move to the next thread
you're interested in, the page refreshes and the "next" thread has moved
above the last one you read.
Rather than do it one way or the other, I would like to see an option. I like the data being constantly updated. Others may not. For Popular Discussions they implemented an option of Most Recent or Most All tim, at the top of the column. I would like to see more options like that. Some will like it one way and some the other. And some will want to go back and forth. They already did this type of option for Popular Discussions, so it should be relatively easy to do in other places. |
ghosthouse
Another thing I would suggest is to have the most recent input to a
thread appear at the top rather than being "last". Comments would
appear in reverse order as to how they do now...newest first, oldest
last. IMO, that would be incredible awkward, if I understand you correctly. It might be OK in a thread when only one or two comments have been added, but trying to read a long thread from bottom to top would be very awkward. |
ptss- You seem very upset about the whole change. My suggestion is that you might have more influence on effecting changes to the new format if you made constructive comments, rather than snarky ones. The snarky ones will probably be ignored. How about "I would like to see a logout button on the top of the screen, rather than having to select it from a pull down menu." They may not do that, but at least then you have a fighting chance. As to color, how about a suggestion for an option to change the background color or color scheme. That might be doable.
Honestly, doing a pull down to logoff is not all that difficult. But a single button might be nice but I doubt it is a game changer for most.
I would like to see a Contact Us button on the top also. There is one the bottom, but you have to think to go there. But, that is true on lots of websites.
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(unless they don’t have the storage capacity of maintaining hundreds, if not thousands of images. The way I see sites getting around that is to have the poster post the image to a sharing site and just link to that. No need to store it then. It is more work for the poster, but takes much less disk space. I can’t see them purging files on a regular basis. That said, they are somehow maintaining a lot of pictures in the Virtual Systems section. Maybe they could use the same mechanism. |
Hey, if Audio Asylum can do it, Audiogon should be able to add this feature. It was a while ago, but last time I tried it there it did not work :( |
For those of you who use Firefox, there is an add on called Color That Site! that allows you to change the color scheme for a particular site. You load it down, change the colors and then every time you go to that site it uses your defined color scheme. Just change the background to a different color and you can get rid of the white if you wish. Not sure, but my guess is other browsers have a similar capability. It takes a little playing around, but it might be something to try.
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kr4 - What exactly do you find so off-putting. Lots of people seem to be OK with it. If you go away it will be a loss for both you and for the rest of us.
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How is everyone viewing system pages now? Clink on the user's name in the post and choose details.There is a link to the system(s) there. |
Finally put my systems into my profile, after all these years. No pictures, just lists of equipment. But it is a start.
Thanks.
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