Post your tech glitches, errors, issues, etc. here.

(((otter))) - lol!~

Jancie - try ctrl + or ctrl - to enlarge or reduce the info on screen.

Jancie,

 As for missing zoom levels, make sure the browser's status bar is showing up. Click on "View" on the top menu, select "Toolbars" and check "Status Bar".

And to those who find the background color too bright, if you are using Internet Explorer 8 or above, try this.

1. Open whatever page on this forum in your browser.

2. Hit "F12" key on your keyboard. The Developer Toolbar should show up in a small window.

3. On that small window, click on "Tools" on the top menu and select "Show Color Picker".

4. Close the "Developer Toolbar" window and get back to your browser in which this forum is displayed. You will   see a tiny window with a image of a tiny pen thingy in it.

5. Look at a box in the "Color Picker" window and move your cursor around in your browser in which this forum is displayed. You will see the exact same color shows up in that box. If not, press that tiny pen thingy and see it works.

6. OK this is the important part. Point your cursor to the area that you find is too bright and click on the point.

7. Make sure the same color is showing up in a box and check the 7-digit code starting with a symbol # (e.g. #F0F0F0). Hit "Copy and Close".

8. Right-click on this link and select "Open in a new tab". http://hexpreview.com/ Delete "000000" in the box on the page and press the "V" key on your keyboard while holding down the "Ctrl" key.

9. If the color that shows up is the same as the one you saw on this forum and equally bright, then the problem is not this forum but your monitor settings. Go adjust the settings. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/adjust-your-monitors-brightness-and-contrast If it's darker or different anyway, then the coding on this forum should be fixed.

I don't even WANT to learn how to do something that takes 9 steps . Goodness, I'm a person who still has and uses a VCR and video tapes!

I will still frequent my favorite topics because I have made so many great friends here. And I am playing around with the rest of it and trying to have an open mind. But, to me,  the format does have a less warm and I don't have the 'I think I'll jump in here' feeling with it.

Athena, I agree it would be better to be able to go to our profile from the Dashboard, just as we could edit from the home page before.  Though now I see the My Profile button is at the top of the page so is only one button away so this is probably more to save people searching for buttons.

Oops, deleted this paragraph as my idea has already been implemented.  Hey, they read our minds!

I suspect a lot of the variability is more about an individual's eyesight than their browser. Some people get headaches more easily from glare and trying to focus as they get older than others.  Would it be possible to change the colours for a couple of days to see if there are less headaches? Trial and error seems to be the best way to manage this since no one knows for sure what the exact cause is.

For a decade I've watched my mother tear up and suffer with her eyesight when trying to read a book or screen and know the problem is very real.  Thanks for all your efforts.

Windows 7 laptop, latest Firefox, Bifocals and no headaches but all bold is very jarring to read.

Haven't bothered to read this thread, TOO FEW POSTS ON EACH PAGE, and not worth my time to keep scrolling

so, someone might have already said this:

TERRIBLE USE OF SPACE - left side completely empty, TOO FEW POSTS PER PAGE, not worth my time to keep scrolling.

FORUM LISTING - impossible to use.  Have to click one, then go to a page with NOT ENOUGH POSTS ( see above!) and then go back to the DAMN PICK A FORUM option to get to another Forum.  Like trying to go the wrong way on a rotary/roundabout.  MUST HAVE A LIST OF FORUMS OPEN ALL AT ONCE - with the newest post in EACH FORUM, so we know what we want to check.

I am so frustrated with what BCO has done to these discussion boards, I'm not bothering to "play it forward" exept where I have already posted as a "fav place."

Windows 7 PC user here with tips that could help: 

To get the text to use ALL of the space, try pressing CTRL + . If you press it a few times, the text of the posts will go all the way across the screen - at least for some of us.

I LOVE the large format. Helps my eyes.

Other fixes that could affect how you see other web sites too - not perfect, but they may help: 

You can make things easier by changing your monitor settings (see buttons on monitor) to make things easier on your eyes. Windows 7 PC users and others, minimize all windows, right click on your desktop background and consider changing your screen resolution. It might distort other sites, but it's a option if you come here often.

Finally, can we stop complaining and making assumptions about BCO? It's getting really tiresome. Let's try to be constructive in our criticism - or found our own forum. Edited.

ETA: Apple - Sorry - I repeated some of what you said. We crossposted. :-)

9:42 a.m. CDT:  Everything is unchanged from what it was when I posted 15 hours ago--

1) Page layout is full-width text. No nav bars, no drop-down menu. They were here yesterday morning, but then they disappeared.  CTRL+/CTRL- doesn't change the formatting -- just the text size.

2) Background color is still off-white, rather than the nice beige/gray it was 24 hrs ago. Not blinding white, but makes it difficult to see navigation cues. Bold-face type introduces too much contrast on this near-white page.

3) Breadcrumb trail is still missing from the top of the page. This is a RECENT PROBLEM. (Should I bold-face that?) Ever since the new format was implemented on Tuesday, there was always a breadcrumb trail. It disappeared mid-day yesterday and has been gone ever since.

4) I'm getting tired of nit-picking. I'm also getting less tolerant of the monotonous, full-page layout I'm seeing since yesterday morning. It makes the forums, thread lists, and posts on a thread look like somebody's poorly organized grocery list.

otter

The bright color makes my eyes burn after reading about 10 posts.I miss the old BCO. Someone I know worked teaching computer use all over the country,and after he saw the new site compared to the old he agrees it is NOTuser friendly.

Hi Mods, one thing I've noticed is that pages don't "refresh"... (sorry, that's as far as my tech lingo goes Lol). Let's say I'm on the Active Topics menu and get interrupted, when I come back, there's no way to refresh the page ?  I have to select another Menu button and then return to Active Topics.  Am I missing something ?

otter -what do you mean by bread crumb trail? What is that?

For the most part I'm not as displeased with the changes as some, but they've made some very valid points. 

Not sure if this is a glitch.  My browser (Safari) spell check always worked before the change, I make a lot of typo's and being a perfectionist, I can't stand it when I submit something with lots of errors! I'm spending a lot of time rereading and fixing, never had to before.

Thanks, for responding so quickly to everyone, awesome job! 

I've been spoiled, I never had to use that button before, forgot it was there!  HA! The ABC button does work, I'll just have to get used to using it .  

My Safari spell check is on to ~ check spelling as I type ~ that's what doesn't appear to be functioning with the new format.

Thanks