I thought it may help Taunton if we made a thread that simply listed our feature requests for the new forum. I know they probably spent a lot of time on this one and I know I need to get used to it, but if they had a central list of preferred changes, it could be useful down the road (hint, hint!) ;o)
Anyways, here’s what I really liked about the old forum that I’m missing here:
1) I had the option to see all replies on one page (as opposed to a maximum of 20 per page in the new system). This allowed me to save/print that one page that contained the entire thread for archiving.
2) The frames are clumsy. Is there anyway to introduce a non-framed version?
3) (personal opinion) I don’t understand the email options at the bottom of each post…why would you want to email people if you are talking on a forum?
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How about delete a feature? Can we lose the listing of visitors, please? If you just want to lurk and not post, you're sorta not lurking. I went over to Cook's Talk to check stuff out, which I do a lot anyway, and I didn't post anything, but my name is still there on the visitor list. I don't want them to think that I thought they were boring or un-post-worthy or anything. That's no fun.
The outline of posts in a thread was really nice, as was having the author of a thread posted next to the title of a thread.
Every year back spring comes, with nasty little birds, yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.- Dorothy Parker
How about some SPEED!?!?!?!?!?!
I think I could really get to like this new place, but it is awfully SLOW.
I am posting now from IE (gad) and I still see no tools for formatting.
Rich Beckman
Dear Rich,
I've been swapping browsers all night and can't get the formatting tools either. IE does suck hard.
Frustrated, Fred
Rich, Fred
Went from Netscape 4.6 to 6.1...no HTML menu
So I was forced to go to MSIE 6.0...I now have those options... they are at the top of the post message box, and also at the signature box under preferences under the "my forms" button at upper right. But right now that button DOES NOT WORK!!! on my conputer...it sends me to the general fourms page...a bug???
Day 2 on here is better...
PS...Bill Gates #####
Newf ...Confused, wild, & lucid...
The best forum on the Internet used to be on the Fine HomeBuilding site but now all I get is this. Change is not necessarily an improvement. Remember the "new Coke"?
Perhaps Taunton could somehow offer us a choice of the old format and this one. Are you listening, Andy?
One little thing I miss is the little button that said "Previous". It is sometimes helpful or intelligent to review the previous replies before making your own comment. For instance, I can see threads 5 of 16 thru 16 of 16. How can I see 4 of 16?
Tell whoever designed this new system that they did a bad job. I was expecting that Tauntom would simply transfer the old format to a new server. This #### like a clogged toilet.
-Peter
A few more requests:
1) What is the TO and FROM field for at the top of the message? This doesn't make any sense...ALL posts are to everyone, or at least they should be. Instead of saying FROM it should say POSTED BY
2) When I click on reply, it takes me to a reply page, but I only see the last post....this makes it difficult...nay, IMPOSSIBLE, to easily prepare a reply to a number of posts at once. (So, my request would be to leave the NEW MESSAGE field right at the bottom of the thread so that one could see all of the posts while typing their reply).