+Castle Mischief Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Dear Santa, I asked for a pony and a plastic rocket and all I got was this forum upgrade. You are dead to me. -The Malcontents Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Not only does it stop at 10 quotes, but now you get a pinkish/reddish warning with an exclamation point at the beginning of the warning which says: ! You have posted more than the allowed number of quoted blocks of text Isn't it purty? Have you noticed the "Other styles" dropdown yet? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) TLA <- Acronym style Edit: What does that do? I had assumed it would pop up the meaning of the acronym, but it doesn't seem to do that. Horizontal Rule Below: Horizontal Rule Above: Edited December 21, 2010 by knowschad Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I'm surprised there is no option to have different forum skins. I'd go away from the etsy-cutsie BS and back to a plain, utilitarian scheme that was easier on the eyes than this one. Go down to the very bottom of the page. There's a little drop-down menu box that says "Geocaching." Click on it and select "IP.Board" and your wish will be granted... it won't look exactlylike the old forum page, but it's pretty close. Oh, much better! Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+aminalguy Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 TLA <- Acronym style Edit: What does that do? I had assumed it would pop up the meaning of the acronym, but it doesn't seem to do that. Yes, it does if you hover over it once you publish. Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Got a Twitter button now in the reply editor toolbar, too. Not sure what that's used for. Follow [twitter]cheesehead_dave[/twitter] on Twitter! Follow @cheesehead_dave on Twitter! Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) More discussion of the forum software over here! (I have merged that one into this one thread. - MissJenn) Edited December 25, 2010 by MissJenn merge Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 There was some other discussion of the forum makeover here as well. I'm not going to attempt to try to merge the two threads, but Jeremy has a few pieces of input. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I'm surprised there is no option to have different forum skins. I'd go away from the etsy-cutsie BS and back to a plain, utilitarian scheme that was easier on the eyes than this one. Go down to the very bottom of the page. There's a little drop-down menu box that says "Geocaching." Click on it and select "IP.Board" and your wish will be granted... it won't look exactlylike the old forum page, but it's pretty close. Oh, much better! Thanks! Whew! Thank you as well. Quote Link to comment
+LionsLair Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I like it so far... change doesn't bother me much once I get used to it... I do miss the little button beside the report button that said "top" and would take me back to the top of the thread instead of scrolling through 40 posts to get back to the top... other than that .... Quote Link to comment
+Big Wolf Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) Way too spread out - takes 3-4 times as long to read through a set of topics because you have to keep sliding down the page - needs to be more compact. Is this a setting we have some control over? I completely agree with this, also I have to use IE8 as my browser and get javascript errors when using the forum on every page. Unfortunately due to the size of the font coupled with the large amount of white space everywhere I can only see 8 topics or 2 posts at once. Using the same PC with google chrome or FireFox then it looks better (more showing on the screen) but at present with IE8 it takes too long to scroll down to read anything. . Edited December 21, 2010 by Big Wolf Quote Link to comment
sabrefan7 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I like the NEW look myself. Quote Link to comment
+Annie & PB Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I'm surprised there is no option to have different forum skins. I'd go away from the etsy-cutsie BS and back to a plain, utilitarian scheme that was easier on the eyes than this one. Go down to the very bottom of the page. There's a little drop-down menu box that says "Geocaching." Click on it and select "IP.Board" and your wish will be granted... it won't look exactlylike the old forum page, but it's pretty close. Oh, much better! Thanks! Add my to those would were glad to discover this. The greenish greyish look was really hard on my poor old eyes. I was glad to find out I could go back to blue & white. Annie Quote Link to comment
+LukeTrocity Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Whoever said mobile board is glitchy was right. It takes longer to load than standard board.... I recant my previous statement. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Previously, you could click on a moved topic's Read Unread Posts button, even though it had been moved. That is no longer an option, sadly. You can only open the moved post at the beginning. Quote Link to comment
+ICHTHYS Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I switched to Opera mini, whatever issues I had earlier have gone away. mobile versions nice and fast now. the dolphin hd browser I was using on my Android phone was super slow on these new mobile forums. Quote Link to comment
+Ecylram Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Loads faster for me on my mobile. Quote Link to comment
+sseegars Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I am loving it. Very easy on the eyes! And I am getting old! Quote Link to comment
+Frank Broughton Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 wow sorry about that, FORUM HUNG?????????? Oh oh!!! Not good. Did it look like the old timeouts? Those are the first dupe posts I've seen today Yes it looked like the old time outs for sure. To be expected though with all the work going on today. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) well, in average it does seem to be faster than the old one, even though not by much: http://dfx.at/forum/ at least there's no gaps in the graph so far, which would indicate page load timeouts. Edited December 22, 2010 by dfx Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 wow sorry about that, FORUM HUNG?????????? Oh oh!!! Not good. Did it look like the old timeouts? Those are the first dupe posts I've seen today Yes it looked like the old time outs for sure. To be expected though with all the work going on today. Well, if it happens again, DO NOT REFRESH! Just go back in through a link and all will be OK. You will not have lost your post. I was hoping I would never have to say that again. Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I like it.... Now that I can actually log-in! lol These new forums didn't originally like the "&" in my name. Quote Link to comment
+Big Wolf Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) It might look great on a mobile device but using my laptop its almost unusable using Internet explorer as the font is too large and there is too much wasted space. Google chrome and firefox are better but Internet explorer is after all still the most popular browser so you would expect to be able to use it. (its a wide screen laptop with the resolution set to 1366 x 768 - which works great on every other forum I use) Edited December 22, 2010 by Big Wolf Quote Link to comment
+SaltercreaseRangers Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Loving it - so much faster and the SEARCH Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 It might look great on a mobile device but using my laptop its almost unusable using Internet explorer as the font is too large and there is too much wasted space. Google chrome and firefox are better but Internet explorer is after all still the most popular browser so you would expect to be able to use it. (its a wide screen laptop with the resolution set to 1366 x 768 - which works great on every other forum I use) Have you tried using Ctrl/+ and Ctrl/- (control key and numeric keypad plus or minus) to resize the text? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 One thing that I miss very much from the old forum... any link I clicked on automatically opened in a new tab. With this version, it leaves the forum (for me, at least) and I need to back up to get back to where I was, or else use the right-click context menu to specify new tab. Is this a forum configuration setting that was neglected in the switchover? Quote Link to comment
+t4e Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 One thing that I miss very much from the old forum... any link I clicked on automatically opened in a new tab. With this version, it leaves the forum (for me, at least) and I need to back up to get back to where I was, or else use the right-click context menu to specify new tab. Is this a forum configuration setting that was neglected in the switchover? yes, it is....i also wish that the ability to see my lasts posts was enabled, as opposed to just giving me the threads in which i posted, good luck with scouring it to find my own post as for the look of the forum, i really like it, very ease on the eyes too, no idea why some people find it hard to read, perhaps they should adjust their resolution and brightness Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 ...And not just for words with more than 5 letters!!! Can I hear a hallelujah? So apparently there was an actual reason for the change, and not 'just because we can'? Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Tried using the IP BOARD and it takes a very long time for the page to finish loading. At the bottom left corner it shows "connecting to yak-web.hq.Groundspeak.biz..." and it takes upwards of 25 to 30 seconds before it reads "Done". Using Firefox version 3.6.12 and windows 7. Using the Geocaching format selection and it loads immediately. Why the difference between the 2 color themes? We would prefer to use the IP BOARD, but if it is going to be that slow at loading the page, we have to wonder if it is worth using. What is it loading that the other format is not loading? John Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Tried using the IP BOARD and it takes a very long time for the page to finish loading. At the bottom left corner it shows "connecting to yak-web.hq.Groundspeak.biz..." and it takes upwards of 25 to 30 seconds before it reads "Done". Using Firefox version 3.6.12 and windows 7. Using the Geocaching format selection and it loads immediately. Why the difference between the 2 color themes? We would prefer to use the IP BOARD, but if it is going to be that slow at loading the page, we have to wonder if it is worth using. What is it loading that the other format is not loading? John Same issue here - WinDoze 7 64-bit quad processor box running Firefox 3.6.8 and the IP Board skin. I get the same message but mine doesn't ever finish loading yak-web.hq.Groundspeak.biz. It doesn't matter though, as the page does in fact load and I can read/reply/edit with no problem, so it doesn't seem to affect anything. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 One thing that I miss very much from the old forum... any link I clicked on automatically opened in a new tab. With this version, it leaves the forum (for me, at least) and I need to back up to get back to where I was, or else use the right-click context menu to specify new tab.On the other hand, I'd rather the links not open in a new window/tab automatically. With normal links, I can choose whether to open them in the current window/tab (click) or to open them in a new window/tab (shift-click, command-click, shift-command-click, etc.). With links that force a new window/tab, I no longer have that choice. Quote Link to comment
+Big Wolf Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Have you tried using Ctrl/+ and Ctrl/- (control key and numeric keypad plus or minus) to re size the text? Yes that would work but I don't have to do that on any other forum or website I use so it would be far better that the design is changed to be compatible with everything else. Using Ctrl/+ and Ctrl/- is fine for a temporary fix but its not a long term solution. Quote Link to comment
+t4e Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 One thing that I miss very much from the old forum... any link I clicked on automatically opened in a new tab. With this version, it leaves the forum (for me, at least) and I need to back up to get back to where I was, or else use the right-click context menu to specify new tab.On the other hand, I'd rather the links not open in a new window/tab automatically. With normal links, I can choose whether to open them in the current window/tab (click) or to open them in a new window/tab (shift-click, command-click, shift-command-click, etc.). With links that force a new window/tab, I no longer have that choice. what exactly is the problem with links opening in a new tab?...why would you want to navigate away from the page? Quote Link to comment
+BBWolf+3Pigs Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 (edited) Nevermind. Read the previosu posts incorrectly. Edited December 23, 2010 by BBWolf+3Pigs Quote Link to comment
+ICHTHYS Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 t4e, I like the choice. on the pc I use the center button to open in new tabs. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 t4e, I like the choice. on the pc I use the center button to open in new tabs. I don't have a center button. They used to open in new tabs, I'm just asking for the old behavior back. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 On the other hand, I'd rather the links not open in a new window/tab automatically. With normal links, I can choose whether to open them in the current window/tab (click) or to open them in a new window/tab (shift-click, command-click, shift-command-click, etc.). With links that force a new window/tab, I no longer have that choice. what exactly is the problem with links opening in a new tab?...why would you want to navigate away from the page?Sometimes I just want to reuse the current tab, rather than opening a new window/tab. But a bigger annoyance is that normally I can use command-click to open a link in a new tab, behind the current tab. I use this feature a lot, and it's an automatic reflex. Pages that open their own links in new windows/tabs often break this capability. Sometimes the links just don't work when I command-click on them. Other times they open a new tab in front of the current tab, which isn't what I wanted either. Other times they open a new window instead of a new tab, but I blocked that in my browser preferences. I don't have a center button. They used to open in new tabs, I'm just asking for the old behavior back.There's probably a command-click or shift-click or ctrl-click or alt-click option you can use to get the old behavior. As a bonus, it will work everywhere on the web (except where web designers have broken it, as described above). Quote Link to comment
+JBnW Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) I just noticed another change that I haven't seen mentioned yet. Used to be that member's Location was displayed a bit below the avatar; . . . . <--- right there, now I don't see that displayed for anyone. I know many members simply didn't (or couldn't fidure out how to) fill it in, but many did. Don't know that I have an opinion about this yet or not, just an observation. (edit spacing) Edited December 24, 2010 by JBnW Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 I just noticed another change that I haven't seen mentioned yet. Used to be that member's Location was displayed a bit below the avatar; Good point! When the cacher really filled it in with real information, it was sometimes useful if they were discussing something that was pertinant to their geographic area. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 I just figured out why the links for some topics jump around when you hover over them. The "View topic preview" link icons appear when you hover over the topic. If the title of the topic is long enough to wrap, then the extra space taken by the link icon changes the wrapping. Even worse, if the title of the topic is not quite long enough to wrap, then adding the link icon can cause it to wrap, causing even more jumping around on the screen. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Hey, has anyone else tried the forum search? IT WORKS!!!!! And not just for words with more than 5 letters!!! Can I hear a hallelujah? Hallelujah! (emphasis mine) Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 I've merged the two similar forum threads. Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 HELP files: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?app=core&module=help Our Knowledge Book about the Forum has additional pages too. Quote Link to comment
+kwcahart Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 I don't like it. I don't like the colors and I don't like all the quotes. I am quite capable of remembering what the OP said, I don't need 20 quotes to tell me over and over again. Quote Link to comment
Luckless Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 I'm surprised there is no option to have different forum skins. I'd go away from the etsy-cutsie BS and back to a plain, utilitarian scheme that was easier on the eyes than this one. Go down to the very bottom of the page. There's a little drop-down menu box that says "Geocaching." Click on it and select "IP.Board" and your wish will be granted... it won't look exactlylike the old forum page, but it's pretty close. Oh thanks very much. Trying to focus on that other one was making me bonkers. Quote Link to comment
+t4e Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 (edited) I don't like it. I don't like the colors and I don't like all the quotes. I am quite capable of remembering what the OP said, I don't need 20 quotes to tell me over and over again. and what does that have to do with the new forum software? some people seem to be quite incapable of editing out someone's quote without breaking the whole thing and making a mess if it, so they leave it intact Edited December 25, 2010 by t4e Quote Link to comment
+t4e Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 (edited) Sometimes I just want to reuse the current tab, rather than opening a new window/tab. hmmm recycling browser tabs, is that more environmentally friendly? i don't have a middle button either and i rather not use the keyboard for shortcuts if i don't have to Edited December 25, 2010 by t4e Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 (edited) Sometimes I just want to reuse the current tab, rather than opening a new window/tab. hmmm recycling browser tabs, is that more environmentally friendly? Actually, yes. If I've got a dozen tabs open (which often do when visiting online forums), I may want to open a link in the current tab so that it stays in the correct location relative to all the other tabs. That's very friendly towards my browsing environment. Edited December 25, 2010 by niraD Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 I miss the "Top" button. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) I miss the "Top" button. Unless you're reading the forums on a mobile device, your keyboard should have a "Home" key. Click your heels together three times, and press that key. Or, way at the very bottom left of the forum layout is a button that says "Back to Top." It's even available on the mobile skin - but at the center right at the bottom of the screen. Edited December 26, 2010 by Keystone Quote Link to comment
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