With amazon I use the app on the phone you're but safari on the computer and the iPad, you have a point with phones. I'm not against stacked menus or any of that my problem is the extra work involved accessing information.
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Official Thread to Report Bugs, Concerns or Suggestions With The New Site Platform
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Thanks Julian
I have accessed the latest version both on my laptop and my mobile and based on what you've done seems to have ameliorated a lot of the confusion.
Thank you as well for explaining the Google influence on the way the net is going. Yes we were dead in the water with the vBulletin app. Every mobile app I see now has a collapsible menu
So hopefully we are all a step closer to making this easier because as Julian says our Media function is very powerful
One of our beta testers several weeks ago who saw the new platform suggested a forum for all members' systems where it is only a collection of photos with no posts. So far there have been but a few albums started
I have accessed the latest version both on my laptop and my mobile and based on what you've done seems to have ameliorated a lot of the confusion.
Thank you as well for explaining the Google influence on the way the net is going. Yes we were dead in the water with the vBulletin app. Every mobile app I see now has a collapsible menu
So hopefully we are all a step closer to making this easier because as Julian says our Media function is very powerful
One of our beta testers several weeks ago who saw the new platform suggested a forum for all members' systems where it is only a collection of photos with no posts. So far there have been but a few albums started
Julian, count the number of clicks it takes from Home page to get to "What's new" & "Latest Activity", they're buried under multiple Tabs & Menus and when do show up it's under flashing banners in a completely different format we can be easily missed. I searched for them because I know they exist and I really dislike New Posts with it's default "Unread Posts" how's someone new going to find them? I had to look hard to notice them under the banners. Even New Post is buried under he Forums tab and not accessible from every page. With the New Post's Unread default you're forcing me to click out of that to see my posts every time I come back to that page for no good reason at all.
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David,
Apologies if I am misunderstanding your question, but why don't you have a bookmark to "Latest activity" ? https://www.whatsbestforum.com/whats-new/latest-activity
It is how I always enter in WBF - just a single click!
But yes, this button could be part of the home page.
Can we make the Activity Stream and New Posts look like the following? I am finding myself spending less than 5 minutes a day on the site, after the cutover. The look and feel is so bland as to be really uninviting and downright boring
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Julian removed the buttons under Home because many were confused. Those buttons allowed you to access the forum without having to go into forums to find New Posts
As far as I was concerned I had no problems with the buttons under Home because it got me where i want to faster.Now that the buttons are gone you must click forums which then shows all the buttons my way of thinking it should be looked at as 'Everything new" such as posts, media, newsfeed, authors sets so "Whats New" has its own set of buttons
Julian has provided a very detailed explanation severa lposts above as to how he has it now formatted.
As far as I was concerned I had no problems with the buttons under Home because it got me where i want to faster.Now that the buttons are gone you must click forums which then shows all the buttons my way of thinking it should be looked at as 'Everything new" such as posts, media, newsfeed, authors sets so "Whats New" has its own set of buttons
Julian has provided a very detailed explanation severa lposts above as to how he has it now formatted.
It's not just me Francisco you can't have everyone bookmark this page and what about the newcomers? The bland looks is one thing but the navigation is the most frustrating. Look up at the menu in the thread page here, the only available option is New Posts and it's one menu that when we go to we can't see our posts! One has to know and remember that and click out of Unread box to see my own posts and then I have to repeat all those step again and again and again going in and out of threads. Personally I like What's New menu but it has it's own issues and honestly I sometimes forget if I want What's New or New Posts because they'e same title.
david
There actually 3 of them! Two look the same but under one you can see your own posts and under the one you need to deselect a box each time you're there to see them and you can access each one kind of randomly from different pages, the 3rd one, latest activity has a different look which some will prefer for a quicker look but also not easily accessible everyhwhere.You know too much about WBF navigation!I did not know there were two different "New" things! But I see your point about newcomers.
Yes, I am a lazy person. When I want to enter in WBF from a foreign computer I just google "latest activity" and "wbf"
david
Hi Julian,
So is “New Posts” a subset of “Latest Activity”?
Is “New Posts” identical to the old “What’s New”?
Thank you!
Ron
So is “New Posts” a subset of “Latest Activity”?
Is “New Posts” identical to the old “What’s New”?
Thank you!
Ron
Hi Ron
As you and I talked earlier "whats new" IMO should be called "everything new" or something like that as it is whats new in posts, media, articles, news feeds, etc. Hence Whats new brings a whole subset of buttons of which New posts is one. This has been discussed extensively here because of all the confusion
As you and I talked earlier "whats new" IMO should be called "everything new" or something like that as it is whats new in posts, media, articles, news feeds, etc. Hence Whats new brings a whole subset of buttons of which New posts is one. This has been discussed extensively here because of all the confusion
I think the category names make sense. “Latest Activity” means all activity (likes, posts, replies, photos, etc.). And “Latest Posts” means only written posts.
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when I go to the mobile app and click on the expandable menu icon at the top I see, Home, Forums, Media, Members and Donate
If you click on the word "Forums" you are taken directly to the Forums however if you click the down chevron at the right of Forums it brings down all of the appropriate buttons of which New Posts and Latest Activity are right at the top of the dropdown.
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Steve mentioned that some members are finding the new format and color scheme to be "bland." Well I sure hope so!
"Bland" means that we are looking at pleasing colors which are non-fatiguing and upon which text is easy to read. We can stare at this pleasant Financial Times light peach/off-white background color for hours and not get a headache. That is exactly what I personally want for our website!
If someone wants to see "pizazz" he should turn on the television set!
"Bland" means that we are looking at pleasing colors which are non-fatiguing and upon which text is easy to read. We can stare at this pleasant Financial Times light peach/off-white background color for hours and not get a headache. That is exactly what I personally want for our website!
If someone wants to see "pizazz" he should turn on the television set!
Dear Julian,
Actually I have a question/suggestion. Is there any way to separate physically the Jump to Unread / Unwatch bar?
Since those are conceptually opposite concepts it kind of makes sense to me that they should not be physically connected on the screen the way they are now.
Actually I have a question/suggestion. Is there any way to separate physically the Jump to Unread / Unwatch bar?
Since those are conceptually opposite concepts it kind of makes sense to me that they should not be physically connected on the screen the way they are now.
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