New ExplorOz question?

the fact that you can't read the replies with out opening them.

I second that!

And when you reply you have to "expand" everything again to continue reading,

am doing that also, have asked Michelle to delete this post, I was a tad quick off the mark

Chris, I am going to do that also now, have asked Michelle to delete this post, I was maybe a tad quick off the mark. It maybe great on a phone, but I don't have a smart phone and don't plan to have one

My sentiments as well. Stupid change, I will not be renewing my membership when it expires at the end of this year. Rrgards G.T.

Fellas, relax :)
If you notice now, there is a button, open unread posts, click it once and unread posts open in a thread . . . click it again, opens all posts, and the ones you haven't read have that little revolving circle to indicate these, rather than the arrow that shows ones you have read.
To me this is a great feature, as you don't waste time reading replies you have already.

For what it's worth I use pretty much what Ron has said re Chrome and Windows 7.

I guess anything new takes time to get use to, however haveing to open every post to see if what you are going to reply with hasn't already been said. It just seems a little less user friendly. With the old format it was easy to skip down and make sure you were not just repeating what has already been posted.
Other than that maybe we should just give the new format a bit of "getting to know you" time.

Also what happened to the very user friendly spell check facility?

Cheers
Pop

The setup might work better if a button was installed, that when clicked, opened all the posts in one hit.
As it stands, it's just plain tedious going down the page and clicking on every persons post, to find out what's in it.
A lack of temporary editing ability to correct errors is still an important function that's missing.
The editing ability can be time limited to say, something like 10 mins to an hour, just to ensure the person posting has a chance to spot any errors that slipped through, and correct them.

Cheers, Ron.

lancie49 could you tell us what you want to wait for?
Dana

Dana, have you ever done a MAJOR upgrade of a web page or forum site ?
Things don't always happen right the first time round and do need tweaking.

If you have any experience in doing major upgrades perhaps you could offer some constructive comments and assistance rather than pour cold water on someone else's work..............other than that, just sit back and relax while others work their butts off.

This is a MAJOR backwards Step, I don`t have to wait to come to this conclusion. G.T.

Looks fine Al.

I agree :( I had been changing settings on my computer, than I opened the page and WOW. I even went to another computer and it was the same. Could get used to it I guess, but thwn again I hate change.
Cheers

As Motherhen says, "Not user friendly or good readability"

Getting better though, being able to open unread posts in a thread is a big start !!
Actually, almost normal now for forum use, obviously blogs and other will follow as soon as it can be done.
If websites aited for everything to be perfect, they'd never get updated !! :)
Oh, and the mobile view (one of the objects of this excercise) looks great now :D

I can see at the thread level what is new and what is not - rotating circles vs arrows but how do I tell which followups I have read or not without going through them - the old colour system while crude was at least functional.

They have a comment symbol not an arrow.

Unread replies have rotating circle, read replies the solid arrow.
Click button up top of thread once (Open unread replies) these come up, click again opens all replies.
If you click it once, you can not waste time re-reading replies, or at least scanning them thinking, did I read that already ??

Agree totally!

Have sent an email to Michelle, but you wouldn't know because you can't tell a followup has been posted either

Cheers

Anthony

Classifieds are still in the drop down menu at the top.
No change to the section other than its much cleaner and easier to search for what you want.

Yes, John, but it isn't as obvious as being on head-bar front of you.

Further to my email, the "arrow" on the replies that I have read has now suddenly gone back to the "circle" - I think there are still a few bugs with the system! So I take back that comment about replies, and hopefully all the bugs can be fixed soon.
Cheers, Geoff

Sounds (and looks like) the bug has been fixed.
Cheers, Geoff

Les,
The expand un-read / all button was installed yesterday.
David

That expand un-read / all button is the best thing to be added to the site, it now makes the site a lot more user-friendly.

Thanks, David & Michelle for all your hard work in trying to improve the site for all.
I know it must be hard with the amount of devices that can connect to the 'net today.

In addition, some people are hard to satisfy, and hate change of any kind.
I'm one of them! LOL
However, this upgrade is definitely improving as you tweak it.

The new site is faster overall, and my tired old eyes appreciate the larger font.

Cheers, Ron.

Blogs are via the drop down list on the menu link at the top left of the page.