I'm starting to like the new platform

[Bo-4]

Took an hour or two to acclimate, but there are a lot of nice things about it.

"Alerts" does make it pretty easy to keep track of your responses but lack of threaded view makes tracking other conversations and subthreads difficult.

And posts with 50+ responses are going to end up 5+ pages long. Filtering through them all is tedious, and signatures seem to clutter up and lengthen each page.

That said, the server is quick and nimble.

Question.. if you reply with quote and then remove the original text because it was really long, included graphics and pics, and wish to avoid said clutter.. will the poster you're answering see that as a response to them?

For me so far, the good outweighs the bad.

 

[NightSwimmer]

@Bo-4, post: 735853

Be nice if there were two "Reply" options. A "Reply with quote" or a simple "Reply", that would add what I have added as the first line of this post.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

Question.. if you reply with quote and then remove the original text because it was really long and wish to avoid said clutter, will the poster you're answering see that as a response to them?

as above, I've been deleting most of the quote so the poster's name remains.

if you're gone for a few days, it will be too hard to locate your last replies, threads. that's the one piece I don't like at all.

 

[Bo-4]

as above, I've been deleting most of the quote so the poster's name remains.

if you're gone for a few days, it will be too hard to locate your last replies, threads. that's the one piece I don't like at all.

Maybe that's a function of "watched threads"? Or maybe there's a place to pull up all of your most recent posts?

Haven't got that far yet.

 

[Craig]

as above, I've been deleting most of the quote so the poster's name remains.

if you're gone for a few days, it will be too hard to locate your last replies, threads. that's the one piece I don't like at all.

Your Posts and Your Threads links are hidden beneath the large Search window on the upper right. Clicking there opens a submenu...click on the little arrow for Useful Threads...and you will see the links.

 

[Brent W]

@Bo-4, post: 735853

Be nice if there were two "Reply" options. A "Reply with quote" or a simple "Reply", that would add what I have added as the first line of this post.

In our next version you will be able to simply @Craig or any other user. This will alert the user that you are talking about them and keep the name in the post so that they can reference it later as you talking to them.

 

[Bo-4]

Your Posts and Your Threads links are hidden beneath the large Search window on the upper right. Clicking there opens a submenu...click on the little arrow for Useful Threads...and you will see the links.

Check, thanks Craig!

 

[Jen]

Your Posts and Your Threads links are hidden beneath the large Search window on the upper right. Clicking there opens a submenu...click on the little arrow for Useful Threads...and you will see the links.

Also, Craig, you can scroll over your name in the upper right of the screen. You will get a drop down menu that includes "your content". Clicking on that will give you a list of your own posts.

 

[Craig]

Check, thanks Craig!

Looks like they are hidden in at least two other places. The post number link is best, just one click.

 

[Addy]

Open Quick navigation at the bottom where the arrow is located..click and one can see their newsfeed..

 

[Jen]

Took an hour or two to acclimate, but there are a lot of nice things about it.

"Alerts" does make it pretty easy to keep track of your responses but lack of threaded view makes tracking other conversations and subthreads difficult.

And posts with 50+ responses are going to end up 5+ pages long. Filtering through them all is tedious, and signatures seem to clutter up and lengthen each page.

That said, the server is quick and nimble.

Question.. if you reply with quote and then remove the original text because it was really long, included graphics and pics, and wish to avoid said clutter.. will the poster you're answering see that as a response to them?

For me so far, the good outweighs the bad.

For me, lengthy conversations/ discussions will be impossible to carry out for more than a couple of posts. That may be a good thing because some posters love to go in circles with the haranguing and I get tired of that pretty quickly.

The signatures below are proving to be confusing to me. There is not an easily visible line between the body and the signature and more than once I have found myself reading irrelevant content and wondering WTH? I set off my signature with the word "signature" in a different color and font. And my signature is and will remain short. But expecting anyone else to do that would be stupid.

I can live with this. But if you find someone is not responding to a legitimate question, the top post call out might be the only way to deal with it and you know how that goes over.

This new format takes a lot more thought and attention than the old one. I'm just glad I"m not dealing with it on an iPhone. I would be outta here.

Jen

 

[Brent W]

As mentioned tagging people in posts will be in the next version of the software. I think the next release will make a lot more people happy. Hang tight.

 

[Jen]

Easier to walk away from nonsense.

 

[Bo-4]

The signatures below are proving to be confusing to me. There is not an easily visible line between the body and the signature and more than once I have found myself reading irrelevant content and wondering WTH? I set off my signature with the word "signature" in a different color and font. And my signature is and will remain short. But expecting anyone else to do that would be stupid.

I'm with ya Jen.. i killed my sig the second i saw how clutterish and indistiguishable they were (slightly smaller font).

Would suggest to Brent two things:

1) If threaded view addition is out of the question, put signatures in italics and blue print.. smaller font.

2) Either a) eliminate graphics and jpegs from coming through on reply with quote or b) add a button for "quick reply" where the poster will know it's a reply to them but without the clutter.

Personally, i've found that it takes about two seconds to eliminate unwanted crap between quote marks.. but most are either too dumb or too lazy.

Thanks!

 

[Jen]

As mentioned tagging people in posts will be in the next version of the software. I think the next release will make a lot more people happy. Hang tight.

No problem. I"m rolling with it.

 

[Jen]

I'm with ya Jen.. i killed my sig the second i saw how clutterish and indistiguishable they were (slightly smaller font).

Would suggest to Brent two things:

1) If threaded view addition is out of the question, put signatures in italics and blue print.. smaller font.

2) Either a) eliminate graphics and jpegs from coming through on reply with quote or b) add a button for "quick reply" where the poster will know it's a reply to them but without the clutter.

Personally, i've found that it takes about two seconds to eliminate unwanted crap between quote marks.. but most are either too dumb or too lazy.

Thanks!

I try to go ahead and eliminate the unwanted crap between quote marks but I've always done that. It's all about cleaning up one's post. I have a signature, but I"ve made changes so that it is obvious. If that seems to be too much, I'll wipe completely.

But no. We can't expect everyone to do that. People don't pay enough attention to do that.

Jen

 

[MaryAnne]

Took an hour or two to acclimate, but there are a lot of nice things about it.

"Alerts" does make it pretty easy to keep track of your responses but lack of threaded view makes tracking other conversations and subthreads difficult.

And posts with 50+ responses are going to end up 5+ pages long. Filtering through them all is tedious, and signatures seem to clutter up and lengthen each page.

That said, the server is quick and nimble.

Question.. if you reply with quote and then remove the original text because it was really long, included graphics and pics, and wish to avoid said clutter.. will the poster you're answering see that as a response to them?

For me so far, the good outweighs the bad.

Bo,on the plus side are the numbers at the bottom of a page. You do not have to scroll through all the threaded posts.

This is very hard to do on the iPAD. Now,I can click on3,4,or 5'and scroll the page. I love this,and you have to admit,this is how most boards are set up now.

Now,if I could just figure out how TapaTalk works!

 

[MaryAnne]

I try to go ahead and eliminate the unwanted crap between quote marks but I've always done that. It's all about cleaning up one's post. I have a signature, but I"ve made changes so that it is obvious. If that seems to be too much, I'll wipe completely.

But no. We can't expect everyone to do that. People don't pay enough attention to do that.

Jen

Jen,most of the so called Signatures are just crude insults shown over and over. A very few are nice quotes. Those come from the more moderate posters.

 

[NightSwimmer]

Also, Craig, you can scroll over your name in the upper right of the screen. You will get a drop down menu that includes "your content". Clicking on that will give you a list of your own posts.

That's nice, but I'd also like to see a return of the ability to view only the threads that I have started.

 

[Craig]

That's nice, but I'd also like to see a return of the ability to view only the threads that I have started.

"Your Threads" are in that sub menu as well. Probably available via other means too. I have no idea why the developers hid so many features. Maybe they began as hidden object game developers. There are active navigational links everywhere; I don't understand why menu options are what they are.