New Format of BCO is a DISASTER

After all of the discussion about making the forum (particularly the stage IV forum) MORE PROMINENT...  It is really buried.  On the favorite topics, it's not even listed.  On the active topics, it is buried at the end in nothing very vivid.  The forum needs to be MORE PROMINENT.

i think it's fine.. a little tweaking is all it needs.  It always appears in my browzer in super large print (Control, scrolly-ball down and it shrinks to the propers size..)  I have it pretty much where it seems to be the same as before.

I painted a poster once for school that said - 'The only thing that never changes is change itself" - really bright neon colors. i though i was so cool.    I think it was kind of an earlier 70s thing.

While we are 'changing'  we could use some more smileys.. funny ones, particularly a blue blinking one that means eek. (it's just my favorite smiley)

apple...have you tried replying on a mobile device yet????

I would suggest that the Dev's adjust the WYSIWYG Editor font to 1em or even 1.2em so that people can more easily see what they are typing.

*** I would suggest anyone struggling with font sizing at present adjust it. Either ctrl+ for windows operating system users or typically under view check the zoom settings.

Side note re-accessibility and low vision issues http://webaim.org/articles/visual/lowvision this may help. I've set the link to open in a new window so you can stay on the page while checking those options out.

I would also see if with the fluid layout... There is a way to have a secondary layout that people can select in their user control panel to load the content prior to the menu. So Left content over the left menu column. Can the coloum width be adjusted? There is what... 30-33% width assigned? I would drop it back to a 25% width with a min-width value in place if truly required.

Reality is what was failed to meet accessibility standards completely. What is now in place allows for much more flexibility. Please allow the staff here to work with you, and comments will be taken with care and consideration I am sure.

I for one am glad to see the new code in the back end. I just think there are some things that require fine tuning for those who are partial to an alternate layout. The structure now is much more screen reader friendly.

At the time of this post the discussion board posts are backed by  EFEFE5 a.k.a. Linen and the area to the left below the menu is a D7D7C9 Grey. The avatars seem to have the forced sizing corrected. So far the adjustments seem to be going well. Gosh I adore CSS styling. It has been a bautiful thing for the internet.

Shell

P.S. Re active topics... Bring the unread post values to the same line as the latest post. Drop the H2 size value a bit as the titles are excessively large. And drop the created by/latest post by lines in size value. As simple as correcting the base code for that page template. Maybe a class to show it at a smaller value in the base code? Just a thought.

I can adapt. But I do think it was easier to browse through the active topics with the old format(especially at work when I had a free moment).

RThings were OK on my mobile.....I am wondering whether this format discriminates against older models...if so, that's serious - ir presents an accessibility issue.

I am not mon my home desktop, with no problems, but I recently upgraded.

I HATE, HATE, HATE the articles targeted at me - 51 of them, too! I may be in a tiny minority on this, but I think it's an invasion of my privacy when an automtic systems targets information at me based on what THEY THINK I am interested in.

Please get rid of the "archives" articles. The choices are DEAD WRONG. That kind of targeting is insulting, invasive, and a waste of time and space. Let me be an inteligent, curious human being and go in search of information as I see fit. It's why I avoid Facebook and have so many privacy settings here. I will do my own customnization, thank you very much.

Navigability not a problem for me on three devices now.  

Oh my , what happened???  It's nearly unusable now.

It was barely set up like a forum before, not it's impossible to find topics.

I sure hope this is a test and it will go back to normal..... 

Goodness gracious, I really hate this change:

1. one third of my computer screen is wasted gray space.....what was wrong with the information going across the top instead of the side?

2. everyone's aviators a really tiny

3. I don't think I will have the time to scroll through the active topics...too cumbersome.....

4.  The 'All Topics' page is extremely confusing

5. I looked at the articles that are suppose to apply to 'me'; at the top of the list are: obesity (I'm not obese), smoking (don't smoke, never did), triple negative (not triple negative), metastatic cancer (not that I'm aware of), and drinking (O.K. I did have a glass of wine last weekend)........REALLY?!!!!

6. Remember that most people dealing with BC are middle age immigrants to the world of technology, SIMPLE is BETTER! It sure doesn't seem very easy to figure out or friendly to me....and if you explain stuff in 'computerease', I am lost.

Does anyone know how to make the font bigger for reading posts?

Athena...that's what I've been trying to say, but no where nearly as well as you have said it!  The forum needs to be PROMINENT!!!  PLEASE!!

One of the things I liked doing best because it saved a lot of time....is going on a particular member's profile and seeing what comment they have recently made...on any thread. Can't do that anymore! Now you can only see part of the first line in it and then click on it..find the topic...then try to guess what page their comment might be on and find it that way...not worth the effort.

Nancynow - No, I can't - that was one feature I was hoping for!

Mods, please tell us we can customize "ignore" to include threads and forums...I don't need some machine thinking it knows what articles I want to read - I need a system which lets ME make choices.

Poor Mods - we are really talking to day - hope you get some sleep!~