Surprise! - New format update

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Constructive suggesstions.

 

Test the messenging bewtween forum, members. Evidently it does not work based on my experience.

Add some smiley's that are train related.

My

[Paul3]

Dear Trains.com,
FYI, my Win7HomePremium SP1 64-bit PC upgraded my IE to version 11.0.9600.16428 this week from IE ver. 10 that I used to have.  Ever since, I can no longer access this Forum with it.  I try to get there via direct link or by going through this website's menus, and IE thinks about it, then simply stops and pretends it never tried to get there in the first place.  I don't even get an error message, just a whole lot of nothing.

Fortunately, I also have Firefox, which your forum still loads on, so I'm still able to access it.  But I just thought I'd let you know that you're new software apparently hates IE ver. 11.

Paul A. Cutler III

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Kyle

You guys are lucky because it sounds like your spell check just doesn't work. The IPhone spell check seems to hate spaces and it comes up with words not even in thedictionary, and whyou you try to fix a word, it just makes if worse as yyou can see. Iabsolutely hate it!!! It can't get muchworse!

Have you tried installing a new dictionary? My spell checker started screwing up last week. Installing a new dictionary fixed it.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Have you tried installing a new avatar from one of the forums that still has the old format?

[Kyle]

jeffrey-wimberly

 

 

Kyle

For some reason,the I-Phone spell check is notworking well.

 

 

Got news for you buddy. The spell check for pc's, notebooks and laptops isn't working either. I'm starting to get used to this format and I like it.

 

 

You guys are lucky because it sounds like your spell check just doesn't work. The IPhone spell check seems to hate spaces and it comes up with words not even in thedictionary, and whyou you try to fix a word, it just makes if worse as yyou can see.  Iabsolutely hate it!!! It can't get muchworse!

[UPinCT]

Somehow I have lost my avatar and can't seem to post a new one.  When I choose a new photo (or the old one) in my pictures folder, the green progress bar never finishes.  Without the porgess bar being all green, you get a error message when you click on post photo.  I have tried in both chrome and IE, I had no trouble before posting a photo as an avatar.

[BroadwayLion]

jeffrey-wimberly

Mine doesn't do that. I have to actively click on any part of the black line to get anything to happen. Guess it depends on your setup.

It is Flash that does that. If your Flash is not up to date or is turned off then there is no mouse over on the menu.

You *could* have a roll over without flash, but most web developers use flash these days.

LION has SPAKE

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Steven S

What browser are you using? I tried it on Firefox, Chrome, and Opera and all three do it.

Firefox 25 with Windows XP Home.

[Steven S]

jeffrey-wimberly

Mine doesn't do that. I have to actively click on any part of the black line to get anything to happen. Guess it depends on your setup.

 

What browser are you using?  I tried it on Firefox, Chrome, and Opera and all three do it.

 

Steve S

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Kyle

For some reason,the I-Phone spell check is notworking well.

Got news for you buddy. The spell check for pc's, notebooks and laptops isn't working either. I'm starting to get used to this format and I like it.

[Kyle]

I have been over on the trainmagnize forumssince they arestill on the old software.  I hate this software, please change it back to the old software!!!      I no longer have the side bar with my profile and who is online on the side, it is now at the bottom of the page. For some reason,the I-Phone spell check is notworking well.

[C&O Fan]

Not having Email notification SUCKS

Hope they fix it soon

[richg1998]

I use Firefox 25.0.1 with a Linux Operating System and have to clear all online data to log out. I never stay logged into any site any longer than I have to. Not a big deal to log back in.

 

Add Block and Flash block are great Add Ons by the way.

 

Rich

 

 

 

[fiatfan]

Tom, thanks for the tips. I tried them and no luck. I'll give them the weekend and contact them on Monday if no results. Tom

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Steven S

And one thing that is really annoying, whenever my cursor passes over the black bar across the top (the one with Home: The Magazine: Get Started: etc.) the drop down automatically appears, covering up the rest of the page. Please make it so that I have to click on something to get the drop down. Just have my cursor pass over it shouldn't make it appear.

Mine doesn't do that. I have to actively click on any part of the black line to get anything to happen. Guess it depends on your setup.

[Steven S]

I haven't read through the entire thread, so this may have been mentioned.   On page one of this thread it lists the pages as 1 through 6.  But if you go to another page in the thread, the pages are listed as 0 throught 5.  Screwy. 

 

And one thing that is really annoying, whenever my cursor passes over the black bar across the top (the one with Home: The Magazine: Get Started: etc.)  the drop down automatically appears, covering up the rest of the page.   Please make it so that I have to click on something to get the drop down.  Just have my cursor pass over it shouldn't make it appear.

 

Steve S

[jeffrey-wimberly]

MisterBeasley

Quick Reply is no faster than Reply, at least on my system.

The 'Quick Reply' is a bad joke! I'm on an old computer (built before 2005) and therefore running Firefox 25 under WinXP Home. It takes longer for me to bring up the quick reply box than the standard reply box. There's nothing quick about it except the name.

[tstage]

fiatfan

secon, if I view the page in IE I can reply to a topic.  Using Firefox 25.0.1 0n Win 8.1 here's what I get:

I get the same thing with all add-ons disable (Firefox Safe Mode)

Tom

That's weird, Tom.  I'm running the exact same thing as you (newest Firefox and Windows 8.1) and the text box has always shown up in the Post Body for me.

Just a suggestion.  You might try clearing out your browser history (press History then Clear Recent History) and cache (press Tools/Options/Advanced tab then Clear Now under Cache Web Content) in the tool bar at the top of your browser to see if that helps.  Can't hurt if you haven't done it in a while.

You can also download and install CCleaner, which is FREE.  It will do all that and clean up the registry on your computer.

Tom

[MisterBeasley]

What is the point of "Quick Reply?"  The only advantage I see is that the font in the normal Reply box is N-scale, while I can at least read the font in Quick Reply.  (No offense meant to N-scale readers, but I've got HO eyes.)

In Quick Reply, you lose the ability to change fonts, insert picturres and links, quote, and most important, to organize your post into paragraphs.  Even if you do it with the Enter key and lay it out the way you want it, when the post goes up everything ends up run together.

Quick Reply is no faster than Reply, at least on my system.

[richhotrain]

Neil B. wrote the following post 2 days ago:

Hi guys,

Relax. It's just new forum software that goes along with the new website. It's an off-the-shelf product, so there is no conspiracy as far as moving buttons, adding city names, and changing stars.

Personally, I'd like to keep things like the forum software the same, too. But that's not going to happen in our technology-driven world. 

Thanks,

Neil Besougloff

editor

A thought just crossed my mind about Neil's comment.

 

If this new forum software is an off the shelf product, then someone had to take some time tweaking it to map the various features on the forum, of which there are many.   I have a feeling that someone took the Quick Start approach just to get it up and running, leaving a lot of default options in place.  Seriously, that would explain a heck of a lot of the screw ups being identified on this thread.

 

I would love to hear back from Neil on this issue.

 

Rich

[galaxy]

Hi

I have also discovered this:

If I highlite ONE WORD {or name} to be "Bold header-ed" under format for emphisis or to catch attention, it tends to bold header the whole sentence!

FOr instance I cannto get it do this:

John{bold headered}: {not bold headered} you have a PM 

It will then bold header the WHOLE " John: you have a PM" instead of just John's name!

It comes out like this:

John: you have a PM

I don't WANT the whole thing to be emphasized sometimes!

I hope this makes sense.

Thank You MR!

[fiatfan]

First off, thanks for the mark all read button.  It is greatly appreciated.

 

 

secon, if I view the page in IE I can reply to a topic.  Using Firefox 25.0.1 0n Win 8.1 here's what I get:

 

I get the same thing with all add-ons disable (Firefox Safe Mode)

 

Tom

[Steven S]

One thing I'm not crazy about is that there isn't much distinction between the post area, and the area for the signature.  It makes the signature look like part of the post.

 

Steve S

["JaBear"]

ChadLRyan

Take Care,   Chad

You take care Chad, , just remember "Nil illigitimi carborndum".

Cheers, the Bear

 

[ChadLRyan]

Well, I tried looking at this with an open mind.
I have a laptop as my main PC, it's a bigg'n with a 17" display & full keyboard.
When I saw the new format, I thought 'Oh Great, another one thinks we all have Mobile devices now."

I strictly use IE & do not load all the freeware out there, therefore; I could not even log on until I was forced to download Chrome. So much for a 'thin' system.

I have over 23 years in IT, primarily Server/Data Center ops, I run minimal installs, in lieu of minimal threat.
Now I need all these extra's to even navigate this site.

Personally; I have a difficult, time consuming job now, when I joined I was unemployeed & could actually focus on modelling. Now I am not able to turn out models, or even attempt the level of quality I was doing when I did NOT have the added stresses of a demanding Job.
This is the real driver for this message, not the site change....
Many of you may have noticed my lack of participation in the last year, & if you enjoyed it, I apologize.... Sincerely.
If you didn't I have good news..

I'm going to 'check out' for a bit.

I really appreciate the things I have learned here, with both the positive & the few rare negatives.
I have made some good contacts that I call friends, & we have shared tips & great techniques, you all know who you are. I thank you very much!

I thank you all, & really hope for the best for all of you, & your modelling endevors.

Take Care,   Chad

[Guy Papillon]

i just sent my first post with the new format.  Much easier than with the former one with a iPad which is my preferate tool for forums. Nice with the iPhone too.

[HO Gramp]

Neil 

Any chance of us older eyed people being able to expand and enlarge the text on an iPad. Seems a rigid format.tex is about a number four font.  Maybe I am missing something on expanding the screen.

Thanks for checking .

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Kyle

I have the edit button though on my post though, granted my post don't get the right side cut off.

I was having that cutoff problem yesterday. It stopped when I readjusted the screen size downward.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

C&O Fan

I Haven't found the email notification feature to notify me of a reply to a thread

It's in your profile. But don't bother. it's not working. Every time I try to access mine I get an error.