New look

[netsy22]

Hi, I am not new but can't find anywhere else to post a comment on the new look site. (Very up to date and smart, with all the latest features!) I think I like it but it will take some getting used to. Before, you had recent posts and todays posts - I guess they are now merged. I like the live chat feature probably won't use it though.

 

[nitram]

Hi, I am not new but can't find anywhere else to post a comment on the new look site.

Try
https://forum.alzheimers.org.uk/threads/first-impressions.104337/

 

[Philbo]

Must be something in the air, as quite a few of the various forums I use have also recently been "upgraded"?

I do wish though, that the developers would adopt a more KISS approach (Keep It Simple, Stupid!). Maybe it's an age thing but I do find so much these days, has been made overly complicated. I am all for technological improvements (and I'm no Luddite) but having too many "bells and whistles" often makes things less appealing or user-friendly?

I do like the layout and out of all the recent forum upgrades I've come across, this has been one of the better ones. Thanks to all those clever-clogs in the cloud somewhere.

Phil

 

[nitram]

Must be something in the air, as quite a few of the various forums I use have also recently been "upgraded"?

A lot are doing the same move as TP - from vBulletin to XenForo software

Increasingly users are using mobile devices and wishing to upload images, vBulletin is not very good at either of these.
There were some problems over ownership rights at vBulletin, two employees left and set up XenForo with the explicit aim of creating mobile and image friendly software.
Different users of the software have different requirements, it's up to them strip out what they don't want from the default and configure their site to suit their members.

I do like the layout and out of all the recent forum upgrades I've come across, this has been one of the better ones. Thanks to all those clever-clogs in the cloud somewhere.

I agree with that, there are some horrible non intuitive layouts around.
TP can only get better as bugs are ironed out and maybe over time some tweaking is done.

 

[2jays]

Have to scroll down to last message posted after pressing last page

Can't see who posted the last message

Not complaining.... honest.... just don't like change.... it's probably far safer than it may have been, therefore a good change....

Idle thought, would be interested to know how easy this new site is for Existing and new users with dementia

Another idle thought.... lists who is on line etc. Who/what are the robots???

 

[Izzy]

Robots are automatic crawlers for sites like google etc. They trawl sites to gather updated to include in their index.

 

[Amethyst59]

A lot are doing the same move as TP - from vBulletin to XenForo software

Oh, @nitram I'm fairly new to TP, so I have no idea of your age, or gender even, but I have such a mental image of you! And every time I read something like the above, I feel just like the woman 'should be' in that old Armstrong and Miller sketch....'I don't know anything about (computers), but I do love fluffy kittens. Their fur is so soft'.

 

[LadyA]

Oh, @nitram I'm fairly new to TP, so I have no idea of your age, or gender even, but I have such a mental image of you! And every time I read something like the above, I feel just like the woman 'should be' in that old Armstrong and Miller sketch....'I don't know anything about (computers), but I do love fluffy kittens. Their fur is so soft'.

 

[2jays]

Robots are automatic crawlers for sites like google etc. They trawl sites to gather updated to include in their index.

Thank you Izzy - clear as mud to me but I guess they are needed

There was me thinking

"That's not a nice thing to call moderators"

 

[Chemmy]

There was me thinking

"That's not a nice thing to call moderators"

Thank you, 2Jays. First laugh out loud moment of the day for me.

 

[Saffie]

Have to scroll down to last message posted after pressing last page

Can't see who posted the last message

No need to scroll,down at all. Last person who posted is on the right on Recent posts page, just as it was in the old site.
Click/press on that and it takes you straight to the last post.

 

[Chemmy]

No need to scroll,down at all. Last person who posted is on the right on Recent posts page, just as it was in the old site.
Click/press on that and it takes you straight to the last post.

As Saffie says.....but just remember to click on the time posted, not their name (as that takes you through to their profile)

 

[Amethyst59]

As Saffie says.....but just remember to click on the time posted, not their name (as that takes you through to their profile

And I've done that a few times! Makes you look like a creepy stalker! Tho, I'm not sure that our profile pages now register who has visited? It used to show the last ten visitors?

 

[Saffie]

And I've done that a few times! Makes you look like a creepy stalker! Tho, I'm not sure that our profile pages now register who has visited? It used to show the last ten visitors?

Well if you’re concerned about looking like a creepy stalker, have a look at who it says you might be following!

 

[Amethyst59]

Well if you’re concerned about looking like a creepy stalker, have a look at who it says you might be following!

Ooh err, I didn't know you could....hang on.....

 

[Amethyst59]

No, I give up. I can't find it.

 

[nitram]

Oh, @nitram I'm fairly new to TP, so I have no idea of your age, or gender even, but I have such a mental image of you!

My gender is declared as male on my profile, you just have to believe that I'm not lying.

Exact age is classified. On Antiques Roadshow they often give a valuation of £80 to £120, I'll trim the top end and give age as between 80 and 100.

What's your mental image of me?
I assure you that

Click to enlarge and animate.

is completely wrong.

 

[Saffie]

No, I give up. I can't find it.

I can’t find it myself now. I wonder if it has been taken out though I saw it the other day by chance.
@nitram
Nitram will know where it is if it hasn’t.

 

[nitram]

I can’t find it myself now. I wonder if it has been taken out though I saw it the other day by chance.
@nitram
Nitram will know where it is if it hasn’t.

Are you looking for 'last 10 visitors' on a profile page?
It went with the change of forum software.

 

[Saffie]

Are you looking for 'last 10 visitors' on a profile page?
It went with the change of forum software.

No I was referring to the page that said who was following whom on this site.
We remarked on it during testing so it may have been takenoff but I saw it after launch.