For what it’s worth, regarding the scrolling on long threads - I just discovered (on a desktop, at least), on the right hand side where it shows the date of the first post, then a vertical scroll bar, then the date or time of the last response - if you click on the last response, it takes you to the bottom of the thread. Maybe that was explained somewhere but I had missed it.
Also, using Firefox - I’ve had a few instances of the “gak! your tab crashed!” error. Hopefully that’s due to bugs/performance issues still being worked out.
All my PM’s are gone. That’s too bad because I would refer to them for continuing conversations.
I don’t like the badges, don’t need incentives… Also the avatars that accompany posts are visually annoying.
I will try to adapt but this one may be too much for me. Understand the reasons. But I think newcomers will be overwhelmed. I think COVID has reduced traffic but this won’t help in my opinion.
90% of the time I use my ipad to access CC, but yesterday I was working on my iMac so decided to see if the new CC worked better on my computer. The lag time was actually worse, I kept getting error codes and frozen screens. At one point I had this message underneath my Safari toolbar, at which point I gave up and closed out the browser:
“ This webpage is using significant energy. Closing it may improve the responsiveness of your Mac."
I’m not sure what causes that but it was enough reason for me to think this new rollout has some big kinks to work out.
I have what is probably a stupid question. You say to quote that I should highlight the text and a pop up with a quote button will appear. How do I do this on an iPad? I can’t figure out how to highlight text.
I looked at my profile and it had various “badges.” One was “Basic” which means Trust Level 1. Gee, that is really something after being a member for 18 1/2 years on CC with tens of thousands of posts! Did we all have to start over from ground zero? How will newer members get an idea of who has been around a while or posted a lot and who is new?
I would be able to adapt to these changes if the forum was loading properly and I could type a post without issues in less than 10 minutes. Typing is choppy. Loading is S L O W.
I’m still feeling grouchy about the new updates, but it’s working much better now than it was yesterday, so some fixes have been made. It’s hard to be patient when the site was down for several days and we thought it would work when it reopened.
Someone who uses IOS devices needs to answer. On Android devices, holding on some text causes it to be highlighted, with some pointers to move around to increase or decrease the amount of text highlighted.
Huge fail on my iPad.
I have to reply to a previous poster to get the keyboard to show up.
I don’t know what scroll bar others are talking about, I don’t see one in either screen orientation or when I switch from desktop to device in the settings. Typing is a major lag.
But Most Important Where are the post numbers so we can reply coherently to one another? Really, if you don’t understand why that feature is important , you really just don’t get this forum and need to fold.
I would like to see who is starting a new thread. I may or may not choose to read based on who has initiated the post.
I would like to see the amount of replies a poster has contributed over the years. Their experience is the reason I come to read the forums.
Page numbers on posts please. As well as time stamps.
The updated font is not appealing. Nothing jumps out as it is all so busy and tiny.
I thought I was liking a post earlier and was led to a giant page of emojis from which I could not escape.
I miss the Forum index, where I could easily click on Latest Posts and see what new news or threads had been added throughout the day.
I don’t like the S avatar… how does that distinguish me from the thousands of other S posters?
When I open a frequently visited thread, I am brought to post #39 - every time. When I try to scroll down to the last posts, the screen bounces, and glitches and lags with swaths of white empty space.
WHY would you choose this time frame to change a perfectly workable site? So many of our kids are in the midst of applying to schools and awaiting news.
Hoping it becomes easier to use as bugs are worked through. Now, when I click Reply, I wonder if I’m applying to the last person who posted here? If so, sorry about that!
Oh my…Please go back to the older version. There are so many overly busy changes and everything is squished down and uncentered! I miss the old version
Did we all have to start over from ground zero? How will newer members get an idea of who has been around a while or posted a lot and who is new?