Site Update Complete

[Rob Hall]

Just now, Dave Ambrose said:

The new forum software works much better with tablets and phones. I'm going to like that.  

Good to hear..I visit the site on my phone and tablet more often than on my laptop...

[1930fordpickup]

Looks great and is working fine. I also got the black banner until I logged in. 

Happy Camper here. 

[iBorg]

I just deleted five messages with just a few clicks......THANKS! I really appreciate that one change.

[Howard Cohen]

What happened to the 'NEW CONTENT' icon on the top of the page? 

[Xingu]

7 minutes ago, Howard Cohen said:

What happened to the 'NEW CONTENT' icon on the top of the page? 

Click on the Activity tab and see if what you are looking for is there.

[MrObsessive]

One feature that's lacking that I'm missing already.........when you click on a post and then either go back to the original page, or close the tab, when the forum is refreshed the original post disappears from the page unless someone new responds to it. In the last format, the subject was simply "faded out" or highlighted in some form-------not totally gone.

I could go to my history and recover the thread in case I wanted to respond, but as I mentioned before this'll take a while to get accustomed to all these changes. As far as being tablet and phone friendly, I get that's why the changes were made, but for me personally, I don't like at all responding to a post on my phone or tablet. Those are just for viewing this forum. It's just woefully annoying to me as I like to have an actual keyboard to type from, and for me with vision issues, I just flat out see better without everything being so "scrunched".

 

[Rob Hall]

57 minutes ago, Howard Cohen said:

What happened to the 'NEW CONTENT' icon on the top of the page? 

It's still there, now says 'Unread Content'...same functionality. 

[crazyjim]

The new and improved version seems to work OK for me. 

I don't like the disappearance of "New Content".  It seems when I reply to a post that the post then disappears.

I'm sure I'll get used to the new version given enough time.  I'm very happy that the MCM forum is still here.

 

[Rob Hall]

7 minutes ago, crazyjim said:

The new and improved version seems to work OK for me. 

I don't like the disappearance of "New Content".   

 

Odd..I still see it, but it says 'Unread Content' now. 

[Mr. Metallic]

Looks good. Only thing I miss right now is the arrow on the right side of the screen that lets me scroll to the top of the page quickly.

[RAT-T]

HI DAVE, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING GREAT ON MY END, COUPLE THINGS I'VE NOTICED IS THE TEXT CONTRAST SEEMS LIGHTER THAN BEFORE. AT THE TOP, THE WORD FORUM IS DARK ENOUGH TO SEE, BUT THE OPTIONS TO THE RIGHT SEEM VERY FAINT.

ALSO, THE TEXT SEEMS TO BE NOT AS SHARP AS BEFORE

[Ace-Garageguy]

Weren't the avatars square last night, or am I seeing first-hand evidence of the Mandela Effect?

[Rob Hall]

The avatars were square previously.  Round now, like on Facebook...cool. 

Edited November 27, 2017 by Rob Hall

[Modeltruckbuilder]

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Edited December 27, 2017 by Modeltruckbuilder

[mikemodeler]

Slight change will take a couple of days to adapt to, but overall I like the look. I was able to go into messages and clear out the inbox of old messages in a matter of 5 minutes, seemed faster than previous method.

 

Thanks Dave for the improvement, thanks to Gregg for having us and to Michael for keeping us in line!

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

34 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

The avatars were square previously.  Round now, like on Facebook...cool. 

Yuck. Why would anyone want to emulate Fazepuke?

Shortly after I posted 40 minutes ago, they were square again. 

Now they're round again.

Must be A-line drift.

Seriously, PLEASE do square. Information in avatars gets lost around the edges of round.

Edited November 27, 2017 by Ace-Garageguy

[Rob Hall]

I think the round avatars are a standard or default feature of the latest version of the forum software.  A couple other forums I'm on that use the same software are now showing round avatars.   

[landman]

It looks a lot like The AACA forums and Woorworking Chat.

[Ace-Garageguy]

14 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

I think the round avatars are a standard or default feature of the latest version of the forum software.  A couple other forums I'm on that use the same software are now showing round avatars.   

Hmmmmm.....avatars now appear square if you're NOT signed in, round if you ARE.  

[Dave Ambrose]

Looks like I still need to work on the themes. I'll take a look and see what's out there. These only control appearance, and not functionality. Sorry, but if something is particularly bothersome, let me know. I might be able to tweak the behavior with the administration controls. 

Our current theme automatically accommodates phones and tablets, but perhaps not in the way that we'd like. 

[JollySipper]

17 hours ago, JollySipper said:

I keep getting an option to "receive notifications from this site" from my browser...... Can I make it stop popping up? Will it interfere with me getting email about PMs?

It's not from the site, I guess, but from my browser...... It's a "Web Push" thingy from FireFox........ What do I do with it?

[Modeltruckbuilder]

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Edited December 27, 2017 by Modeltruckbuilder

[sjordan2]

2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Weren't the avatars square last night, or am I seeing first-hand evidence of the Mandela Effect?

Why do you have a flashing yellow ball as an avatar?

[shoopdog]

4 hours ago, Mr. Metallic said:

Looks good. Only thing I miss right now is the arrow on the right side of the screen that lets me scroll to the top of the page quickly.

I agree

[Roadrunner]

I have yet to explore, but noticed that it had changed somewhat.