New Format of BCO is a DISASTER

sandilee - your inference that all who use a mobile phone do not type or do any serious writing on their phone is wrong. I only use my 'droid and if the research is showing that 25% of the use is with mobile phones that is at a fair bit of use that do deserve to be considered. I'm sure they willl be able to figure out the glitches.



Is everybody going like the new - NO, will it take time to get used to it and the bugs worked out - Yes.

Please,please,please put it back the way it was.  It was perfect

Seriously how on earth do I turn off email notifications... I finally found my profile and none are checked - do not know why this is happening but they are coming fast and furious and it is awful! I will just have to delete everything as this is crazy. Help please!

We never got ignore thread/forum customization, but we go tthe chance to post private information - while the mods tell us to please be careful about posting private information.

Methinks the left hand needs to speak to the right. :-)

Facebook/smartphone app culture don't mesh well with cancer, sorry. Especially this relatively older and wiser crowd.

I can't believe my profile would even give me space to write my REAL name and real birthday plus SCUEDULE FO SURGERIES?? And the TOS continue to give BCO very expanisve rights to our info. Sorry, but you are exposing yourselves and your users to lots of grief.

A legal team need to be on this.

Ok. I think I'm ready to answer Day's question. See her thread asking people to simply say "yes" or"no" to returning to the old way.

I'm sorry this didn't work out. I did like the colors, and I won't enjoy going back to pink....but I prefer it.

Don't like the new format!

Okay, we are really hearing you. If you need to add something that hasn't already been said, please do so. Otherwise, we've got it documented and are working on it. The team will be able to discuss everything tomorrow. But tonight, nothing can really change too much (ti is late where we are). 

Thanks for your understanding!

This new format is like ---  when you hire an Interior Designer to re-do your house, and the designer entirely OVER-decorates the house, filling it up ceiling to floor and wall to wall with way too many crowded accessories.  I don't see what was wrong with the old format, and i don't see any potential advantage or success in this new format.

I clicked 'Remove e-mail notifications' on all my favorite topics at about 7:30 pm. Just checked my e-mail a couple minutes ago and had 50 new notifications there anyway. I'm figuring my inbox will be overflowing by morning (I'm afraid to take them off my favorite list because I will never find them again!).

Re treatments:

the list of chemo names is mixed between brand name and chemical. There is no way that a newbie would recognize FEC-D by the list of names BCO comes up with. There is no way I would find that list useful even private -- so I deleted.

There is no way to mention short course radiation (3 weeks plus a day rather than five weeks or more) Newbies might like to know about this possibility otoh internal radiation is mentioned.

Why is it necessary to have exact dates listed. This is most annoying because although the entry lists month written out, it displays as numeral, so it is difficult to determine whether a date is dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/year. This is an international site isn't it?

sorry i dislike this format as well to hard to navigate, was used to the old one.. i dont need the extra stress in my life right now.. please go back to the old one.

I am getting a headache from the brightness of the background.  I don't know where people are getting beige, don't know how to change it on my end - my screen is white - a glaring white - too white.  My eyes are sensitive to anything bright and this is just not working for me.

Does anyone know how to change the background to a more subdued color?

I do not care for it either girls.

I took care of the email notification problem.  I deleted every single one of my "favorite" threads.  I still can't figure out how to delete that annoying list of "articles" on my profile page.  It's a bit like junk mail, isn't it?

Enough of the technical details.  I just miss the old format.  It was familiar, like an old friend.  Like comfortable slippers, or a well-worn porch swing, or an ancient shade tree or a favorite coffee cup.  I knew where everything was here, without even trying.

No more.  Some overly-enthusiastic contractor came in with a bulldozer and took down all those old trees, and the buildings with the porch swings.  Now we have smart, slick, uncomplicated, modern. It will work better.  Be more efficient.

I hate change.  There -- I said it.  Gratuitous change -- change for the sake of change, as has happened here -- has always made me uncomfortable, but my aversion to change really solidified after my BC dx 4+years ago.  I crave stability, familiarity.  When I wake up in the morning, I want to reach for my eyeglasses, and find them where I left them.  I want to know that the coffeepot makes good, strong coffee; and I want the sun to be coming in the bathroom window.  My keys will be on the corner of the desk, and my car will be parked outside the back door.

I am uneasy when I cannot find things -- when they aren't where they're supposed to be.

It takes me awhile to adapt to change.  Too long, perhaps.  We'll see.

otter

Sorry, ruthbru. I didn't mean for anyone else to follow my lead.  I just sometimes go to extreme lengths to kill a gnat.

BTW... here's a screen shot of the opening (home) page of the BCO boards, once I login.  Is there anyone out there who thinks this is a good-looking page layout?  Better than what we had before??? I'm using a MacBook Pro with an out-of-date OS and an equally out-of-date version of Firefox, but why should that matter?  Please disregard the fuzzy image.  That's how it posted. I'm concerned about the layout -- the spacing, the text placement, the banner colors (what's with that dreadful muddy brown?), all the wasted area.

otter

Ruthbru, I'm sorry if you've already answered this but do you see "Add email notification" beside/below each of your Fave Topics?