Well you knew someone was going to so I figured let's get on with it

Nice not to have any ads.  Makes the site cleaner and much quicker to load, but something tells me the ad-free format isn't going to last!

On the news topics posted by Webfact, I cannot see where you can 'reply to topic' ?  

Horrible. I'm hoping when they finish fixing the theme we're back to normal.

Was there a compelling reason for these changes?

Why didn't they just leave well enough alone?

So far I haven't seen anything that looks like an improvement.

It's still a forum. No big deal really.

But then, old people tend to hate change, so given the main audience here it probably won't go down that well.

I'm fine for change for making things better sake.

However, it's a bit hard at present to see how things are/will be better with the latest forum software incarnation.

Has there been any explanation anywhere from the admins or mods of just how any of this will improve the user experience?

1 hour ago, Chicog said:

Horrible. I'm hoping when they finish fixing the theme we're back to normal.

Now now Chicog,give it time wait and see.......who knows 

Hi

To be honest, this upgrade is about 3 years overdue and was necessary for technical reasons above all else.

The old forum software was very much on its last legs and was the reason for all the technical issues that have plagued the site in recent months.

We appreciate this change may take some getting used to but many of the regular forum functions are pretty much the same.

The new forum should be much faster to load and to post, more responsive on mobile and much more stable.

There are still a few issues to iron out but we ask you to just bare with us while we work on this.

Believe me, if we could have just kept the forum the same, we would have done - it would be much easier for us - however, that simply was no longer an option and comparable to say continuing to try and run Windows 95 on your PC.

Like I say, please bare with us and apologies for any inconvenience.

Regards

Jonathan

Admin team

undecided yet but nothing in this life stays the same.thanks JF for your explanition

Where is the 'easy navigation' column...

With some help from other members here, I finally was able to find where the former My Content link has been hidden in the new version.

It's accessed by doing a mouse hover-over one's avatar/photo image next to your profile name at the top of the screen. That brings up a Find Content link.

However, AFAICT, while that shows you the threads you've started and threads you've posted in, I can't see any version of the new link that also shows you if/when someone else has come along and responded to one of your earlier posts. Like the former version used to show you the last post and when it was made in that thread.

 

All the old farts on here (me included) will not like this new format,

Sometimes things don't need fixing.hope they tighten things up,there's a lot of scrolling.

regards Worgeordie

Agree with you

IMO, he upgraded version is light years better than the old version!

But of course it's confusing at first.  And there are most probably a number of temporary glitches.

I'm familiar with the new layout from another forum and am pretty sure that by the end of the month most active posters here will enjoy the upgraded functionality and improved loading speed.. 

 

 

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hope they tighten things up,there's a lot of scrolling.

Agree

As Admin and Mod on other forums I'm quite happy to see an upgrade and it looks ... ok, except for the empty white real estate.  Is a choice of 'skins' available or can the pages be 'tightened' up.... perhaps by reducing Member avatar and detail page depth.

I do hope they restore the quick navigation teardrop button.

Quite like the new format and as admin has said; it was time to update as needs must.

Having problems opening TV at the moment, slow to load and a few timeouts, but these are probably just teething problems and hopefully things will improve.

having hit and miss re connections to articles again ( overload?.  Some articles have no readers comments is this a new quasi censorship strategy?

Sucks

52 minutes ago, kaptainrob said:

As Admin and Mod on other forums I'm quite happy to see an upgrade and it looks ... ok, except for the empty white real estate.  Is a choice of 'skins' available or can the pages be 'tightened' up.... perhaps by reducing Member avatar and detail page depth.

So have you figured out yet how to see if there have been responses in a thread that you've posted in?

The prior version gave you a link and profile ID for the most recent/last poster in a thread you've posted in.

When I go to the new version of My Posts or My Threads, that functionality appears to be gone.

And when you click the link for Replies in your My Posts list, it always takes you to the very first reply in a thread (even if you've already read it), not to the last/most recent reply.

 

2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

So have you figured out yet how to see if there have been responses in a thread that you've posted in?

The prior version gave you a link and profile ID for the most recent/last poster in a thread you've posted in.

When I go to the new version of My Posts or My Threads, that functionality appears to be gone.

 

You'll get a notification. Or you can go to 'Content I posted in' under the 'Activity' dropdown.

 

Thanks SoiBiker...

Indeed, I got a popup notification on my screen when you posted above quoting my post. Not sure I want those pop-ups every time, but...

However, going to the Yellow bar across the top of the screen, choosing the More / Activity / My Activity Streams /  Content | Posted In seems to do the trick (though that entire section was blank when I tried it earlier in the afternoon.

Why that has to be hidden 3-4 links down under the MORE link in the new version, when it was so much easier and more directly accessible (1 click) before under the very visible My Content section, I simply don't understand.

You can also use the 'Unread Content' button, then the 'Ownership' dropdown. 

Phuket Forum still not available ...  all I can say this has been a very loooong downtime.

7 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

Phuket Forum still not available ...  all I can say this has been a very loooong downtime.

And getting longer................................................................

As uasual if it ain't broke then don't fixed it. But there'll always be someone somewhere with nothing to do that will want to mess with things. 

Despite it being patiently explained why the change was necessary in this very thread, some people still don't get it. 

Shame we can't upgrade the membership, too.

13 minutes ago, SoiBiker said:

Despite it being patiently explained why the change was necessary in this very thread, some people still don't get it. 

Shame we can't upgrade the membership, too.

 

Memebers must of got bored of scrolling down to see it.