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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
c'mon matt... this is rather silly...
I have had no such problems as yet
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
I'm going to lend some support to poor ol' Matthew. I think his mind is in the right place, if not his heart. Let's be fair and agree that we have had a plethora of complaining threads that have, quite frankly, cluttered up the first two days of the forum. Of course those people have legitimate beefs if things aren't working as described/advertised, but it seems to be much more economical, if for Bergie's sake, to have all the compaints in a single thread. I think that is what Matt was offering us, not just another thread.
Good thinking, Matt.
-Crandell
Edit- I guess I might as well add my own complaint. It appears that my experience with the old system, whereby I would click on the link to a particular thread on the forum title page and have to wait sometimes for up to 40 seconds for it to load, or it would time out altogether, has not changed. This phenomenon has followed me to this forum. Just happened. GRRRRRRRRR!
Signing in on the old forum was better, and I liked the quick post option on the old one also. also the smileys were better.
I like that it's easie to change size and color though.
I like this idea as it does put all the pros and cons on one site. I am a new user and do not have the history behind me of the old site. I am also active on a couple of automotive sites and can offer some comparisons. Pro: amazing what it did when I copied an article from the CBC News web site about CN wanting to bury a wrecked locomotive. ALL the formatting and even a link to the article came over in one easy copy and paste. Very cool! Con: really poor organization, very hard for a newbie like me to find any posts more than a few days or weeks old. I suggest that people check out http://www.cartalkcanada.com/forum/index.php to get an idea of what a well organized web site looks like. The Trains/railroad forum here has 15,824 threads on 615 pages. Pretty tough to find anything old, and the search function does not seem to work all that well, so it is little help. Why do the smileyies not have pictures? Inserting pictures could be easier.
Some have noted how easily it is to make posts look nice but the forum has to function well to be useful. I hate having to start a new topic when there is a good chance there already is a post on it but I can not find it.
My two bits (cdn )
we need an....
IMAGE ICON
in the toolbars
so we dont have to hand type in the [ img][ /img] brackets !!!!!!!!!!
Have fun with your trains
trainboyH16-44 wrote:Just thought it would be nice to have a single, easy-to-find thread for all the complaints and problems with the new forum style.
Just testing. Yeah needs an image icon.
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I must be typing incorrectly. There is no explanation in the FAQ, or am I so thick that I cannot find it?
And it would have been nice to see what the smilies look like before putting one in.
Bummer. I used to know how to post photos, but can't hack it in the brave new world. Someone point out what I am doing wrong please.
The new forum is very good, free, and we can have a lot of great conversation while sharing our experiences on Model Railroading. I don't want to complain about that.
We should start a thread and thank MR for the web page. After all, we did nothing to get it going except to register and use up time for free.
Be grateful that it works well with very little problems overall.
After you start your own forum, take complaints and fix them.
If we complain about everything that happens or about things we don't like, there will no time for fun.
I might complain about the lack of time for fun.
Hey Matthew,
I didn't consider it negative. But if you want a new name then "New Forum Complaints and Compliments" would be shorter.
Why is it that you are the only one who has all those stars? Or did you put them in your avatar or whatever they call that thing. Hey I just looked that word up in my dictionary. What it says:
"(In Hindu Mythology) descent of a diety etc. to earth in bodily form."
Guess that is what it used to mean before some geek hijacked it to mean a little picture near one's name on the MR forum.
Bergie and crew,
You did a great job. Could care less about stars, my only concern is the not showing number of pages at top and bottom and in a convenient spot. I used to like the line on each forum and topic of how many guests, members etc were on at the time. We will get used to the new format anyway. The reply/ quote could be confusing to someone new.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
i miss the fast reply button at the bottom of the thread. i liked being able to see the entire thread for reference when i was relpying to a post.
i like the much smaller signiture pictures. they were getting rediculous.
i find the first page this one - http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/ confusing. could we have the magazine logos next to the relevane section for that forum. i keep accidently posting in the garden railways and classic trains forum! i see "general discussion" and click on it. i dont register that i am on a different mags forum.
Peter
p.s. a spew chequer wood ave bean nice.
fsm1000 wrote:Other than been more 'pretty' to some, I find nothing particularly good about the 'new and improved' forums.If they had more subjects for instance, [an O scale area, a scratchbuilding area, etc etc like other forums], If they had some decent easy to use AND UNDERSTAND instructions would have been nice.Only thing for info I have seen is something written by some one who assumes you know stuff already, sheesh.Way too many complaints from people who have lost links, photos, articles etc etc.I don't see many happy people here.Again, except mostly those who get paid or endorsed by MR of course. They are happy.It sucks but what the heck. It is free and it belongs to them so they can screw us any which way they dang well feel like and we have to take or leave and we have no say in the matter. SNAFU as the military says :D
I have to pretty much agree with fsm here. All I see is added glitz for computer junkies and those on the fringe of the hobby and less substance for people truly interested in the supposed real pursuit...in many respects the same as was done in the last revamping of Model Railroader magazine's format!
When I first joined this forum, years ago, I believed it was supposed to mainly be about sharing serious knowledge concerning model railroading. However, it seems that to some of the latest posters here, it's more about having a glitzy appearance to the forum with lotsa wasted space, extra smilies, control over the color and size of fonts, etc. Functionally, the old forum was better, more efficient, could do more things of real value to the serious hobbyist more simply, and was easier to operate under. I can't even easily relocate the topics I read just yesterday, let along post an image link with just a click, as formerly! Change isn't necessarily always for the best.
CNJ831
BNSFrailfan wrote:IM JUST GLAD THE STARS ARE GONE.
I have to agree with a previous poster, the old forum was much easier to use.
New forum:
>No right-click cut & paste
>You can only review the last post as you're replying
>Posting pictures has become a PITA
>Signiature photos get cut off, no re-sizing
>You can't see who's on the site when you are anymore
I'm sorry, I love MR, but this new site only gets a C- from me. I used to look forward to reading and posting here, but now it's starting to become a chore from a purely functionality point of view.
Jay
C-415 Build: https://imageshack.com/a/tShC/1
Other builds: https://imageshack.com/my/albums
My biggest complaint is the fact that I had bookmarked some threads that were going to help me with my new layout. Well, guess what...they don't work anymore.
The search function is a bit out of wack to. It took me an hour to find one of MY threads.
Sheesh.
Other then that....lifes good.
fsm1000 wrote:Other than been more 'pretty' to some, I find nothing particularly good about the 'new and improved' forums.Way too many complaints from people who have lost links, photos, articles etc etc.I don't see many happy people here.Again, except mostly those who get paid or endorsed by MR of course. They are happy.It sucks but what the heck. It is free and it belongs to them so they can screw us any which way they dang well feel like and we have to take or leave and we have no say in the matter. SNAFU as the military says :D
Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon
So I'm I!!!!
4x8 are fun too!!! RussellRail
modelmaker51 wrote: BNSFrailfan wrote:IM JUST GLAD THE STARS ARE GONE.except for the idiots that have put them in their avitars. I have to agree with a previous poster, the old forum was much easier to use. New forum: >No right-click cut & paste >You can only review the last post as you're replying >Posting pictures has become a PITA >Signiature photos get cut off, no re-sizing >You can't see who's on the site when you are anymore I'm sorry, I love MR, but this new site only gets a C- from me. I used to look forward to reading and posting here, but now it's starting to become a chore from a purely functionality point of view.
I'm still trying to get used to this new forum. YES the stars are gone and my 300 some posts.
modelmaker51 wrote: BNSFrailfan wrote:IM JUST GLAD THE STARS ARE GONE.except for the idiots that have put them in their avitars.
Like Bergie, eh? Care to explain what's wrong with that? In the old forum, the complete problem with them was trying to get them by posting nonsense - Now that's gone, they're just another avatar.