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Bring back the old format....Pleassssse. What do others think?
Count me as a vote in favor of the new look. I may be in the minority, but I like the uncluttered look. Yeah, it may add a few seconds to look at a specific discussion, but I know it will help me when I am looking at 3-4 days of discussions, after I have been absent from the board.
Like anything else that's new & different, it'll take time to adjust to. If ancient ancient geezers like Rono can navigate the new board, then ANYONE can adjust to the new look! : )
For avatar buffs: 1. upload a photo from your computer into your account. 2. the thumbnail can then be changed by clicking on the avatar (uploaded photo) and then try dragging the photo (which opens up a "box" on your avatar). 3. then play with the box until you get what you want from your photo which will then be used as your avatar. 4. click save and voila, your thumbnail has now the portion of your avatar which you want to have displayed next to your username. Easy-peasy! : )
Yep, I miss the old board. Hang in there though. It'll get better. We just aint discovered all the beauty here yet. Battled couple hours Saturday trying to upload a different picture than the first. Now the pict just shows when you click my name which is fine. No way to get rid of it though. Thats fine too. Just glad didnt upload something bad by accident cause once its here your stuck with it.
there will be an option that say delete when you hover the mouse over the message that says hank changed his picture. You will see the delete message on the right. You can delete anything except the join message on that page that refers to yourself.
For the first few days I was not sure, but once I got a little bit accustomed to the new format it's fine! Posting a comment is certainly easier and more elegant.
The most important thing for me is that David (with the technical help of Brad) has accepted the HUGE (and probably mostly unrewarded) task of continuing this Forum. I would hate to have him get overwhelmed with complaints about some of the details. I just want this Forum (and the great people in it) to continue.
P.S. I also preferred old format at first in being able to see ALL the names of replies, etc. But I now find it much nicer to read ALL the replies by just scrolling down one page - and it's easy to zero in on replies most relevant for me.
I agree with many posters here who have said that the old format was better, as I like to follow the discussion threads. While, I definitely don't want to undermine the great effort and dedication of David and others who started this site, I like the simplicity of something like Google groups, which are free, can be moderated, have both structures (threaded as well as linear as here) and should require less maintenance. I would definitely continue to participate here, but I suspect some posters who were attracted to the old format may slowly lose interest.
I came to Fundalarm discussions for the content. I found its format dense, opaque and frustrating at first, not to mention the heavy use of shorthand abbreviations and insider references. I found myself willing to learn my way around because the combination of high quality contributors and ruthless moderation repaid the effort.
I followed the gang to MutualFundObserver for the content (again). The format is different, although more like other discussion boards, therefore potentially easier for new folks.
For what is essentially a volunteer effort, this transition is going great, I think. If you have specific wishes, make sure you make a contribution to help defray the cost of implementation and support, as I have already done.
As long as the content is good, I am sure I will be able to adapt to the format.
Have to agree with Kaspa - that wonderful elegant open structure is gone. Now when I go to the discussion page, the page always looks almost the same. I can't see at a glance that a spirited discussion is going on between A and B. So I seem to be looking less often.....
I have two major problems with the new format. 1. Page loads are taking FOREVER. 2, Signing in is a pain, I have a very long email address. I would occasionally post and it was easy with a short user name and 56789 password. Now, not so much.
So I'll just be lurking which I guess is okay. Unless page loads stay this slow, in which case I'll disappear.
You could if you wanted to help yoursef- change the address on file to a newly created one on mail.yahoo.com or some other site just for the purpose of signing in. As few as four character, e.g. a_z_ as a name is unused in yahoo.com
Wager, after clicking the sign-in link, I get a box that can be checked to keep you signed in. If using the same computer, no need to keep singing in. Suppose it could be the Chrome browser doing that, but thought I'd mention it.
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that's what I wanted to do but others complaints due to too many posts
I guess you have to check every links everytime you 'log in'
regards
Suck it up, youngsters. If this old geezer can adjust, so can you. The new format is more powerful and flexible and it'll be fine.
Give it a chance,
rono
This is from a 30-something.
One small suggestion though. Can you add the OP author's name too?
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/index.php?p=/profile/76/hank
there will be an option that say delete when you hover the mouse over the message that says hank changed his picture. You will see the delete message on the right. You can delete anything except the join message on that page that refers to yourself.
P.S. I also preferred old format at first in being able to see ALL the names of replies, etc. But I now find it much nicer to read ALL the replies by just scrolling down one page - and it's easy to zero in on replies most relevant for me.
I would definitely continue to participate here, but I suspect some posters who were attracted to the old format may slowly lose interest.
I followed the gang to MutualFundObserver for the content (again). The format is different, although more like other discussion boards, therefore potentially easier for new folks.
For what is essentially a volunteer effort, this transition is going great, I think. If you have specific wishes, make sure you make a contribution to help defray the cost of implementation and support, as I have already done.
As long as the content is good, I am sure I will be able to adapt to the format.
GregFromBoston
1. Page loads are taking FOREVER.
2, Signing in is a pain, I have a very long email address. I would occasionally post and it was easy with a short user name and 56789 password. Now, not so much.
So I'll just be lurking which I guess is okay. Unless page loads stay this slow, in which case I'll disappear.
You could if you wanted to help yoursef- change the address on file to a newly created one on mail.yahoo.com or some other site just for the purpose of signing in. As few as four character, e.g. a_z_ as a name is unused in yahoo.com