The new format

A cleaner looking screen, but I would like a small summary of the replies instead of just the name of the person who submitted it.

having to click on each of the replies is an absolute nuisance, will probably be visiting a lot less

If it ain't broke don't fix it! Old systems seemed ok to me and hate the need to click on each reply rather than just skim down. Much slower!!

hi
well i find it easy to use and everything seems a lot clearer and open with the open page much larger than it was before i have tried several quik links the threads don't give a lead for reply's from individuals but i have got use to it and now find it ok and i also find the page isn't cluttered up with unwanted adverts which were constant on the right side of the old site yes i'm aware that we could turn them off but they still kept popping up despite that imho it's very good no doubt a few small things may need a tweek along the way depending on others opinions but it's thumbs up from me
cheers

There is a message at the bottom of the page asking why I am not a member - well the format of the old forum and this new forum is part of the reason.

The majority of the forums around the world use the same basic format with all the options many of us have been asking for - why does this site want to do things different. It would not impact the utility of the rest of the ExplorerOz site but make the forum usable.

This new layout is even worse than the last one and we still don't have the utility asked for - just go for a standard forum format like most other forums - why reinvent the wheel.

after playing around a little and I have got over the chicken little saga the sky is falling in because something changed, it is not so bad as I first thought, I would still like to see a spell checker and grammar checker somewhere. David and Michelle congratulations the baby didn't get thrown out with the water, its had a shower and grown up, thank you for all the hard work and sleepless nights.

It's working so much better and faster on my mobile phone...Samsung Galaxy S5.. than the previous format did. Will make life so much easier when traveling. I love it!
Regards Heather

Well, I like it!!!

Can't believe the number of "dummy spits" yesterday by supposedly mature adults.......it's a work in progress, girls.

What I really, really like is the "click anywhere" on the thread to open it.......much better than that little blue tab. Use an iPad for 80% of my EO browsing, and prior to yesterday's update, it was crashing, sometimes 4-6 times/minute. Since the update, no crashes, quick, responsive and am a happy camper again.

Many thanks, David & Michelle,

Bob

I've had a bit of free time these last few days and have given the new-look forum a good look.

I really like it and think it is a great improvement on the old.

I think it is easier to see where additions have been made to a thread that you have been following.

Firstly, the thread is labelled "Updated".

You click on the thread and any new replies, or any replies that have had follow-ups added have the turning circle.

If you're particularly interested in a thread you'll probably remember where Replies and their Follow-ups have got to. If no change, they are marked by an arrow.

If there is a new Reply or any of the old Replies have had Follow-ups added, there is the turning circle.

So it's dead easy to find the new material and it's so much more efficient in terms of screen space and scrolling on a mobile device.

If you want to expand all replies and follow-ups, you can.

If you only want to expand unread stuff, you can. Saves a heap of scrolling of a long thread.

Yep, it's great so far. And with promised improvement and possible additions (edit function :-)) and the return of a couple of lost features (spell check is one) it will only get better.

Well done Team, what a monumental effort.

I would like a global setting that automatically sets all the unread posts to open when you open a thread. It's a bit tedious having to click that button every thread and I'm certainly not going to click every reply to see what was said, that's a pain. From a programming perspective it should be an easy modification.