Put on your big girl panties!!
 

If none of us have ever been challenged, we never would have tried a new quilting technique or new pattern. Too many gripers about the new board layout. Just try it for awhille and you'll get the hang of it!! It's not the end of the world!!!

:thumbup: Exactly.

Yeppers :-)

I guess I am like an old dog.........it's hard to teach me new tricks.....but I am trying!

I agree Sunflower Girl, I wasn't thrilled with it to begin with. But, it doesn't seem as bright as it did on the initial change. And there seems to be some really nice features that are new. So, i'm still wading in and I am starting to like it. And, hopefully everyone else will also. :)

Absolutely! ;) My first day trying to find my way was a ummm little frustrating....now, not so much...it DOES get easier

I've been amazed at the "foot stomping fury" over the new look and features. I found that the best thing to do with my children when they were little and throwing a temper tantrum was to ignore them....that's what I've decided to do now too....

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I agree! Slowly but surely we are all learning!

As with any big change in any one's life, I think there has to be a "This isn't going to work" and "I hate this" phase. People scream, cry, pull out their hair and swear that they are not going to do it the "new" way. Well, there is no option to go back to the old way!! It is time for everyone to realize that the change is here (sounds like menapause, doesn't it!) to stay and learn to adapt. It is a sad day if a person makes a conscious decision to stop learning. . . How would you ever learn a new quilting technique if you chose not to learn? It's too bad that some feel the need to leave because of the changes. But I also understand that the new format could be very daunting to those who are less computer savvy and those afraid to push buttons on the computer. Those that want to learn will stay, those that don't will go.

No one likes change when they don't understand the program. You will get used to it, just browse around and see what is there. Did you learn the computer in one sitting - probably not, I know I didn't. After a while it will come easier and you will wonder what you were grumbling about in the first place. Have a little fun with the board and try new things. When you learn new things, you feel a whole lot better. Good Luck to everyone out there. We will survive!!

Well said!

It's settling in, just need more practice.

Please tell me how you did it. I want to change mine to and can't find the place to do it. Thanks.

sunflower well put it will all work out just takes time patiece is a virture

It gets better every day!

Well said!!! We WILL get used to this format....just keep working at it...
Remember when we started to learn how to write in cursive??? It was very hard...but it sure has become second nature now....

Since we all have the opportunity to be part of this great forum and not have to pay membership dues, I will gladly learn how to use this new platform that's been provided for us. Thanks to our benefactors! Not having this board at all would be the real hardship.

I don't mind the new format and I'm finding my way around not too badly. I just hope they bring back the Unread Topic feature so we can see what we've read and what we haven't....that's what I'm really missing the most

Well said!

I agree with you! :D

You probably need to change your settings for posting...go to settings at the top of the page, click general settings on left sidebar, then down the page under Miscellaneous Options change to Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing then click save. Smilies, font colours etc should then show when you post x

I also used the Unread Topics feature most but I have found that if you go to the main forum and then scroll all the way to the bottom, you will see a sort order. By default it shows newest posts in descending order but you can change it to Thread Start descending order and hit sort or whatever it says. That puts all the new topics first. You can then see the new threads as they happen. I haven't found a way to save this setting so I have to change it every time but it works for me. Also--the search function is awesome compared to the old board.

I AM wearing my big girl panties...have been for years...the next step will be "depends" LOL I will be the first to admit I am techno challenged, I try learn, it's just that it does not "stick"! So with that said, I was wondering just what are these New Improved parts of the board ...I haven't found all of the old pieces yet, but seriously, what is new other than color scheme and they have changed the names around, confusingly so. They really threw me with calling "my pages" "blogs", surely they realize there are some of us here who do not blog, nor tweet, nor facebook...it's not that I can't, it's just not where my interest lie. I am interested in quilting and thus I will stick out the transition phase and see if I can make it work. I find the older I get, the less I like change...! I like to keep it simple! Probably why I have not made a bargello quilt yet, but hey, I do have the pattern/book! I personally would have liked to be able to read about what was going to happen, not just told that something was going to happen, but what was going to be different and how to use it, before being confronted with it...have never liked the sink or swim version of anything. Not even when I was younger!!! So if you see me going under, please throw me a line!

But they (my big girl panties) keep falling down! My problem is that I don't know what I have replied to -- I love to greet the newbies and reply to chit-chat -- I know that entries are dated, but.... maybe I can figure this out -- I can always look at pix and quilting talk! LOL -- another old dog

Believe me, I have no problem with change when there is a clear reason for it. I am a change leader in my work place and I am normally the one encouraging others to give change a chance. But I also know that there are good ways to introduce change, and there are not so good ways.

So don't tell me its all about my underwear. It's not, and it would nice if there could be some acknowledgement of the fact that the fallout is not all about resistance to change, but also about poor communication. I don't like the tone that is bring used on here, just telling everyone to get over themselves, or that they are behaving like children, or even phrases like "shame on you". That is seldom helpful when people are feeling confronted and indeed is more likely to make them feel like they no longer belong in a place where they once felt safe.

If people are to continue to participate in this comunity they need to get past their negative feelings with a bit of support and listening. Where is that happening? I am not seeing it anywhere.

I've got some suspenders...wanna borrow `em?? :rolleyes::D

Maybe I just don't get the reasoning behind the new board-was it broke?

Right on! Where is their sense of adventure?

No. Probably what brought about the change was technology. Some of the older forum formats are no longer being supported. When a situation like that occurs, as the forum ages, there are not only security risks for all participants, there are no new updates and if the older forum software would crash all content could possibly be lost because there is no tech support to call. Could you imagine the wealth of information available on quilting board being lost? It would be a shame.

We've had so many changes at work that the changes on the board were ok w/me.

I didn't like it much the first day either, but the more you navigate around , the easier it gets......anxiously waiting the Classifieds to come back though.

just had to say - "love your avatar!" changing colors - now that is beyond me!

the part I've really hated so far is the fact that my private messages were filled to overflowing! Messages from way back when I first joined were miraculously still here!
I had deleted all but the most recent ones so was surprised when I found all those old ones still here.
The part that frustrated me was the fact that if your box is full you can't send or receive any new ones. Uh-oh.
I cleaned those babies outta there quickly!

I am still here and plan to stay, adventures are good, sitting on a chair inside my home. Scaredy Cat is one of my cat's name, not mine.

I agree. I don't understand what all the fuss is about because I had a hard time with the old system when I first joined the board. They're gonna have to learn a new system when they move so why not just stick around here?

Bravo! I completely agree with the thought that it is not fair or grown up to be name calling, etc. We are all different people, and we are all going to learn at a different pace. For some of us, it has been difficult to learn how to use the new site. We have all been good friends. Why are we hurting one another now with the childish and cruel remarks. We were given the opportunity to complain. The posting was there for us. Some of us may have complained too loudly, but that doesn't give others the right to judge us and make mean remarks. Let's be kind and respectful. That isn't a difficult thing to do. Not everyone will adjust, and some may decide that is is time to move on and find a new home. That is not a bad thing at all. Couldn't you name callers just try to understand and respect others and allow members to adjust or do whatever it is that they need to do?

I agree with the last two comments and wonder at the people who are insisting that we be patient with the way we were thrown off the pier but they have no patience with us and our rightful complaints (re: communication; I have been asking for a glossary. the FAQ link [doesn't work after i finally found it, have hopes for tomorrow], the My Pages area [not blog, private note-taking area], the Unread Topics information [which other members have found a way to circumvent, the info did not come from the admin people] and the Watched Topics.... [this is the only area that the admin gave us info for... and even changed the way it acted at the beginning...thank you admin, we really appreciate this even tho it takes several clicks to accomplish what used to be automatic for us] from the very first time i was on the new format ...none of these communication questions has been addressed. Where is the tutorial? Where are the answers to questions placed on the threads asking for questions? If we are impatient, then it is because there is reason.