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Posted by NorthWest on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:51 PM

Motley
I'm very glad they added the join date and locations back.

But nowhere can I enter where I am from...? My community profile doesn't allow me to.

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Posted by richg1998 on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:58 PM

Ok now. I got some cheese to go with my Whine. Obvious Man told me, obviously, they don't care what the users want or don't want. They can go away if they don't like it.

Rich

 

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Posted by NorthWest on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:06 PM

Click on the home link-the row of magazines at the top is at least two years old. Strange!

No search functions are working...

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Posted by Neil B. on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:52 PM

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

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Posted by Paul3 on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:07 PM

Neil,

Could you have them please put in a background color?  Having an all-white screen is killing my eyes.

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Posted by bogp40 on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:11 PM

Was surprised when logged on earlier this afternoon, just ran a scan and CCleaner, thought I wiped out something!  Actually like the format, larger Font ( lots of "old" eyes peeking in). The location and join date back is a plus, helps sometimes in replying to a post (newbie and/ or area of OP)

The bottom of the page, is missing any "back to top" or forum redirection like the one at the top. You will have to scroll your way back to top.

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Posted by zstripe on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:15 PM

Paul3

Neil,

Could you have them please put in a background color?  Having an all-white screen is killing my eyes.

Paul A. Cutler III

 

Paul,

I understand what you are saying, but the reverse, may be true, for other people also.Smile

Cheers, Drinks

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Posted by mlehman on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:17 PM

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Soo Line fan

The Star are gone and we now have the join date.  A nice trade off Smile

 

 

 

I worked hard for those stars---LOL      I'm OK with the join date as that along with the question helps me know something about experience level when replying.  

Great EDIT button.  I just noticed that post counts are under the poster too.    I like the shading for the area that is quoted as well.  So far, no more annoying green bar and things work pretty well--it's actually pretty good.

Richard

 

Yeah, I just broke 3,000 and got all my stars colored in last week. Enjoyed them while it lasted. Would kind of like to have something similar back, but it's not a dealbreaker if it doesn't happen.

What I would like to have is the ability to go directly to the last -- or any page -- of the longer posts. Looks like we still have to go to the first page of a thread and then navigate to the last page. Maybe it's intended to encourage new posts instead of rambling, but some of us are just long form people in a Twitter world.

One way to help if the white background is too intense is to adjust the brightness on the monitor.

OK, one more annoying thing. There used to be the same naviagation between forums and within the forum at the bottom of the page as the top. Like this:

That made it easy to simply go back to the specific forum or elsewhere after scrolling down to the bottom of the page. Sure, I can use the Back button, but this was handy and is missed.

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Posted by tgindy on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:22 PM

To quote Gomer Pyle, USMC, circa 1963, and in black & white no less:

Cake "Surprise!  Surprise!  Surprise!" Cake

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Posted by joe323 on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:36 PM
What happened to the latest post link?

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Posted by Kyle on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 4:45 PM

Honestly I liked the old software better.  The all white doesn't look that good.  Also, Half the post seem to cut only showing the left side, so I can't see all the words, same with pictures.  Is there a "full site", or was the mobile site done away with.  There is no side bar, all of that is under the forum.  I hate this spell check, it tries to delete your space, or if it changes a word and when you backspace, thworld in front of it gets added into the"wrong word" and it changes it towords I haven't seen before, that don't look like words, or it will take perfectly spelled words and make then a buch of random letters.  When I try to tap the x to prevent it from changing the word, it no longer lets me type.

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Posted by peahrens on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:03 PM

I'm ok with adjusting, understanding that has to happen occasionally.  I do like the bottom green banner being gone, as the non-horizontal aspect of it (cutting off part of a line I might read) was a pet peeve.

I know it's a matter of opinion, but a non-white background would for me be easier to read.  And I would prefer a somewhat smaller font, comparing the size in the New Products page, for instance, with the large main text here.  The 2/3 page we read (subtrtacting the right hand column) makes for a lot more scrolling with the text size used.

And, again, we appreciate the forum!

Paul

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Posted by NP2626 on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:52 PM

Used to be that only Taxes and Death were the two constants in life!  Now it's Taxes, Death and Change!  I can change, if I have to, I guess!

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Posted by Geared Steam on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:16 PM

richhotrain

The good news is that Sheldon's profile says that he hates Bachmann and loves DCC.   Laugh

Joe

 

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Thanks for the chuckle. Laugh 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:46 PM

Is it a "glitch"? Whistling

Kidding of course. Seriously, I am thankful to Kalmbach for this forum and appreciate their efforts to maintain it and update it as needed.

Thanks, Kalmbach!

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Posted by tstage on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:51 PM

Fix: It appears that the "Your Discussions" link is now working properly.  It's also in the older format.

Tom

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Posted by galaxy on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:54 PM

Well, golly gee!

When I signed on earlier and got a "maintenace" statement, I had a sudden premonition and sneaky suspicion that something like this was about to happen!

Neil, I DON'T see a colored script or colored background option? CAN WE HAVE THAT BACK PLEASE???

SOMNE things look better and easier than others were on here . Maybe. COuld be?

We will all  adapt I guess, some better and faster than others.

well, I guess I will venture on and try to adapt...

Oh, now it counts our words...do we have a limit to reach?

We should all be thankful it is forever free to be here!

Geeked

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Posted by richg1998 on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:56 PM

 

I find the format is quite similar to another set of forums started about four years ago by a fellow who use to be a contributor with Trains.com forums. Interesting.

 

Rich

 



 

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Posted by galaxy on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:00 PM

HEY GREAT!

I just checked all my old links saved in favorite places to refer to threads psoted on here! They ARE connecting!

Used to be, every time they changed the format, you lost you links to saved threads!

Good to know!

Geeked

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Posted by selector on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:14 PM

I kinda like the new black on white.  With the increased contrast, I can rdea and ytpe mallser.

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Posted by Texas Zepher on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:34 PM

Wow I'm blind!    I really hate these website updates.  Seems like we always loose all the cool features and gain stuff that is umm umm of questionable value.   Of course last time the value of the most popular tag composite was something lost because someone messed with it manually....so can't blame that on software upgrade.  I see it seems to be totally missing now.

Can not find a font size button or anything. 

Can I do it with embedded HTML?   Yup that works.  Well it works in preview but not when the message posts.  Another feature lost.

If the insert image works like it looks like it might that will be a major improvement.  Try... try... try...   image should be here    Nope it doesn't.  It isn't a real image insert it is an image URL insert just like before - sigh.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by NorthWest on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:38 PM
The time on each post is stuck on central time without an option to change it. Will all the other forums change, too?
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Posted by mlehman on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:42 PM

More grump...

No new smilies, either. Sad

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Posted by HO60s on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:54 PM

Thanks for the new updated format.  The response is much better on my old computer and I am able to move to new subjects much faster.  A great improvement, in my opinion (as if anyone gives a durn!)

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Posted by mbinsewi on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:22 PM

Well, just like any other web site, the "techies" and those that come up with this stuff need to justify their jobs, by constantly changing things to what THEY think is better.  So they can go to the boss and say..."see, isn't this cool?"  "Look what we did!"  "We are so cool.....they NEED us...."

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Posted by howmus on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:24 PM

Two complaints from me.....  (Usually there have been more!)

1.  You can't go directly to the last post in a thread.  You now have to go to the first post then click on the button to reverse the order of the thread and do things backward...  Pain!

2.  If you let your curser accidentally move over the black bar at the top just below the nerdy looking guy leaning on sonething, it pulls down a large thingy with all kinds of useless info for you to figure out how to get out of....  Or move your curser half way down the page for it to magically disapear... How about making that something you have to click on to make show up?

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:17 PM

Okay, maybe I am blind, but I can't seem the "mark all read" link/button.  Anyone else find it?

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:37 PM

If you notice a bug and comment on it as a helpful note to the techies, include your OS and browser.  I've already found things that work better on Firefox than on IE.

But, of course, almost everything works better on Firefox than on IE, right?

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Posted by Kyle on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:48 PM

It seems like the larger post run off the screen, I can't see the text on the right side, only the left one.  Iabsolutely hate the spell check, it seems like it is to make nonsense words, and put several words together.  I also miss the links on the bottom, it helpEd get back to thetoo pic easily.  Also is there a mobile site and a full site?  If so how do I get to the full site?  Also the side bar is now at thebottom of the page.  really wish they will switch it back. Did I mention I HATE THE SPELL CHECK, IT DOESN'T WORK!!!

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Posted by P&Slocal on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:17 PM
Aaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh! My eyes!!!! (In my best Shatner impersonation) It.....is.....just......too.....clean.

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