New Format of BCO is a DISASTER

Susieq.... Harsh??? The DH worked on Wall Street and worked very closely with his programmers and users...who were traders. He began his career around the same time as you. What I am looking at here are amateurs. I remember the DH saying to me years ago that anyone who turned on their computer thought they were a computer expert. Obviously, that's not the case. There are computer experts and experienced web designers and then there is everyone else. The DH NEVER unveiled a program unless he was certain it would "work.". Millions of dollars were at stake and so was his job! He got paid the big bucks because the traders TRUSTED him and ultimately he delivered what they wanted and needed and he made them lots of money as well with his seamless integrated systems!

Hi! do not like the new site.  Too hard to navigate especially for new people.  Before you could see and chose what you wanted on one page.  Simple, compact

I had the problem with the number still showing up after I read all the posts in my favorites.

I finally went to each individual favorite and clicked on page 1 of each favorite and the numbers went away.  I then deleted those threads that I don't go very often and could live without and deleted them hoping that irritating red number does not show up as often:)

Hope that made sense:)

BCO...got a mastectomy and this is reconstruction. I've learned it takes a few surgeries before the new breast is finish so it will be for the new look here.

When I first came to bco it was as easy as ABC to navigate. It was the easiest forum I've been on. Hopefully this will be too. As you scroll down way too much light...too much gray. Much better toward the top when you have a little color. I like color. Gray is depressing!

I'm not particularly happy with all the changes and in particular not being able to see how many comments and how many reads per post.  This feature let me know if the post was a new one or not.  I also like to know who the original poster is when I read a thread and that seems to have been dropped as well.  I agree with all the others re the loss of the table format.................please bring it back and save my poor arthritic fingers from all that scrolling!

Mods, get your money back. The people you hired to update this website have ruined it. Cut your losses and go back to the old format. It's not just all the bugs, it's the entire format.

I just want to give kudos to the Developers and mods for attempting to track all the suggestions and respond in a way that suits everyone. So far I can see many changes have occured... And my hat is off to you all for attempting to please everyone. Especially with conflicting suggestions.

NOW... As a "professional" in "computers" and more specifically a "web developer and designer" I want to say some things.

1. Beta testing with a control group may have been a better way to do this, yet it would still have been met with anger and upset with those who were not consulted feeling left out.

2. Comparison between web development standards, programming, and coding spanning over decades is irrelevant and illogical. I started working in web development in a time when designers thought it was acceptable to embed images, and design into tables. If you know code as it applies today then you would be aware of the vast improvements made in the output by this site.

Not to mention you are speaking in terms of Windows servers vs Linux servers, etc.

3. This might seem like something little but in the grand scheme of things it is what is allowing the modifications to be made with real time adjustments. It also allows those requiring a screen reader to make use of the site without hearing things like "Table - Image - No Title - Image - No Title - Image - No Title - Table - Image - No Title" for 4 minutes before content starts. Though I am positive those not in need of this won't see it as being an upside. I see it as being an upside for those who've come to need it.

4. Comments about the left column width have been made. I am sure the developers will make those adjustments as things go on.

5. In "standards complaint" design and development... We as a profession code for those browsers which show code as it is written. Unfortunately specific browsers show code as their own developers assume it should be shown, instead of how it is written. The balance is something that comes as browsers are tested but finding out about all complications in advance is impossible. Browsers can change output based on version of browser, version of operating system, and user tools. The code is clean, and styling in browsers that show true to code are clean at this point. The task in front of the developers is to accomodate all other variances of browsing.

Once upon a time I explained the differences in browsers from a developers point of view as such:

Firefox vs. Internet Explorer is sort of like setting a table for a holiday dinner. You have a solid table, everything should be beautiful. You get everything set in place... And then just before company comes in to sit down you realize that "Windows The Puppy" has done the deed under the table and the only clue you have is something just stinks a little so you have to lift the table cloth and clean the mess up. Darned if you shouldn't have had a pet "Fox" which is always true to it's nature.

This of course got chuckles at the time but maybe it can help those struggling to understand why things are taking time to take a breath, and wait out the growing pains. 

Shell

Shell - I am a senior software engineer who works on Insurance Claims software which is delivered via a url, so my experiences are very current - our screens look a lot lot better than these. We certainly never have any wasted space and navigation is simple.

The development team is looking at all the comments we send them, and changes are being incorporated carefully, with lots of testing before they're launched. We do appreciate your comments, ideas and suggestions, even if they can't always be implemented to be an ideal solution for everyone. Thank you!

Mods, I appreciate that, but could we have at least some preliminary feedback on what looks to be possible as a change and what does not? This will spare people the bother of insisting on something that, for whatever reason, is not going to happen.

If our feedback is influencing the process, it would be nice to know how. I know it's impossible to please everyone, but more information from you would be nice.

Yey about the articles!

Mods, would it possible to provide a link, perhaps through the menu or side naviagation to a list of what has been fixed.  I'm concerned that  folks are frustrated and might not be reading items where they can see the updates.  For example I saw some posts that talked about the error trying to get to the profile after that  had been fixed.

Just a thought to help encourage folks who are reluctant to dip their toes back into the stream to see that things are improving. 

This is worse than awful. do they know some of us are OLD and just got used to using this s*** and now this awful remake? Please....why was this done?