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

The past format refreshed. SInce a very,very large number of us have asked for certain changes, hopefully at least our numbers count since as indiviudals we may not warrant your concerns

Since it keeps getting brought up... it would be nice to hear from the powers that be specifically on...

Table Format for Active Topics:

1) Not gonna happen ever.

2) They are desperately trying to recode it back to a table format.

3) They will keep tweaking what they have...but it will basically look the same.

4) They are working on a code that will block users from ever typing the words "table", "scrolling", and "old format"

Cindy,

I wonder whether the problem is that the tech team is trying to use a single design for mobile and desktop/laptop environments.  Going to the least common denominator for such different platforms is prone to suboptimal results on both.

Using a /m or a switchable layout could  give  each population an improved experience.  There is i slightly higher maintenance effort with that configuration, but many sites are finding it well worth the investment.

mods, please remember that this is a glitch thread. those of us who are fine with the changes, and actually prefer the next formatting are not posting here.



The site no longer logs me out when I quit my browser. This started yesterday.



Replying to a thread on my computer, returns add a space and half. On my iPad it only adds one space so I have to do two returns to create a legible paragraph.



The active list is fine except that there are now too many different fonts, weights, and sizes.



*susan*

I am not checking in much these days; oddly enough, the forum really is too painful to use regularly.

I still try though as I have friends here.  What happened to the colors?  They are awful. I have alternating pink and bluish/green.  Now I am getting a headache.  I wasn't before.

This is laughable, kind of.   

Is there a way to change it back individually?  I know some people complained about the colors and that's why it was changed but it wasn't the colors that bug me, it is the format.  Now it's the format AND the colors.

Has there been a serious drop in the number of people posting since the format change?  

Are there any stats being kept on the numbers logging, the numbers posting since the format change. Once and only once I scrolled all the way through the active topics and far down the list I found a surgery topic that was hugely relevant for my upcoming onco visit -- the question has been asked recently and answered so no need to post. It took about ten minutes of scrollng before I found this topic.  In the old format it would have been a couple minutes of scrolling and a whole lot of info and questions answered.  I can't be bothered using this sight much any more. 

A guy I work with commented today that this site is obviously all about smart phones now - he was looking over my shoulder. He said you should have 2 views - one for smart phones and one for regular pc's. He said it is common place to have that option. My internet banking web site (I work for the bank/insurance co) is similar in spacing as this site - all about smart phones too.

I just gotta say, the new site works GREAT with my iPhone. I am able to access the site all the time when at work with ease. 

And I really dont find it problematic on my MAC either. So I say THANKS for the new format!!! 

I guess I'll be in good shape when I get an iPhone this fall, or whenever the new one comes out. Still, would like to just be able to paste a link in the message box.

I think this new format is causing posts to be missed and not answered.  As Kira so eloquently put it on the previous page.  She and her cohort have so tirelessly supported the lymphedema threads.     

Mods, please pass her post on to the 'powers to be'.

Please keep tweaking.  To mess up an easily functioning site, then to make it harder to find critical info, as well as taking longer to find critical info, makes no sense.  Keep tweaking.  At least get it as easily functioning as it previously was.

Susieq... The DH is an electrical engineer and has a Master's in Computer Science from practically Day 1... If you recall, back in the day there was no computer departments and all the computer nerds hung out in the electrical engineering department.... Older son for many years was a writer for one of the leading computer mags...also appeared on television and radio. Younger son is an aerospace and nuclear engineer. I try very hard to keep up with all of them on the tech front! Because my family are early adopters of all gadgets, I am convinced when I have grandchildren, they will be born with chips inside them, bar code labels on their heads and smartphones in their hands!



And Susieq... It's only a matter of time before you will have a touch mobile devise! I keep telling my friends who are holding on to their cell phones and praying each day that they won't break, that soon, only touch smart phones will be available. I have spent hours showing many of them the simplicity of how to use them. They are pleasantly surprised at their skill when I finish a 20 minute tutorial!



And televisions? My grandchildren are going to wonder what they were!!!





That's the future! Coming from someone who once said when the computer program Prodigy was developed so you could buy something from the Sear's catalogue, "Why would anyone want to buy anything on a computer and not want to see it in a store???!!!"

How come I can't send a pm to a member???? I got an error message saying I had to make the member a friend first ???