Questions and Complaints About the New Format Are Collected Here
12-31-2019, 01:21 PM
#131
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Athens, Georgia
Posts: 1,700
My avatar is missing and a week or so ago I changed my profile. It is not what I changed it to.
Enlarging with key strokes is an option, but it also means things can get cropped off the page on the left and right.
I typically visit the site for photos and inspiration; now I see no header for posts with photos. If I want something else I was able to find that easily enough with the old format.
Someone using an iPad found this new format better so I will try on my iPad, but it has made the whole experience of looking at what other people are doing a lot less fun. And I am not generally opposed to changes and improvements. I am an old dog who likes learning new tricks.
Enlarging with key strokes is an option, but it also means things can get cropped off the page on the left and right.
I typically visit the site for photos and inspiration; now I see no header for posts with photos. If I want something else I was able to find that easily enough with the old format.
Someone using an iPad found this new format better so I will try on my iPad, but it has made the whole experience of looking at what other people are doing a lot less fun. And I am not generally opposed to changes and improvements. I am an old dog who likes learning new tricks.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 12-31-2019 at 03:04 PM. Reason: shouting/all caps
12-31-2019, 02:16 PM
#132
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 3
I do not like this new format at all.!
12-31-2019, 02:19 PM
#133
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 3,435
Why does something that is working so well have to be changed?
12-31-2019, 02:23 PM
#134
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Rosemere, Quebec, Canada
Posts: 322
I agree with "northern lass" : why change something that works well and that we all love ?
12-31-2019, 02:46 PM
#135
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Philomath, Oregon
Posts: 2,076
Just testing to see if I can figure out how to load a picture. Very cumbersome path to upload a picture but it worked!
12-31-2019, 02:53 PM
#136
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: VA
Posts: 465
Not liking the new "look". Please, can we go back?
12-31-2019, 03:05 PM
#137
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: western NY formerly MN, FL, NC, SC
Posts: 51,430
I'm unhappy with the page because;
1. 1/3 of the screen is ads. It seems this forum has become a huge advertisment not a forum for the users. They're bright, full size and moving-very distracting. I use this forum for the posts. I don't want to see ads at all. I've tried opting out but found I must op out of each ad at their website, not as a bunch. And some ads say you can't opt out. Is there a way to block ads?
2. there's a tall band of ads at the top
3. 1/4 of the remaining 2/3 of the page is about the poster. This leaves about 1/2 of the screen width for the content of the post.
4. the size of the font is too small
The info to enlarge the screen was very helpful
1. 1/3 of the screen is ads. It seems this forum has become a huge advertisment not a forum for the users. They're bright, full size and moving-very distracting. I use this forum for the posts. I don't want to see ads at all. I've tried opting out but found I must op out of each ad at their website, not as a bunch. And some ads say you can't opt out. Is there a way to block ads?
2. there's a tall band of ads at the top
3. 1/4 of the remaining 2/3 of the page is about the poster. This leaves about 1/2 of the screen width for the content of the post.
4. the size of the font is too small
The info to enlarge the screen was very helpful
12-31-2019, 03:11 PM
#138
Super Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: S.E. Queensland, Australia
Posts: 1,487
I agree with both above. Why do we always try to fix what isn't broken?
12-31-2019, 03:32 PM
#139
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: southeast Idaho
Posts: 528
Well, I agree about the new look. Perhaps in the furture, when all the bugs are worked out it will be better? Just want to add that although I also don't like ads, they are a necessary thing to keep everything running.
Last edited by catsden; 12-31-2019 at 03:35 PM.
12-31-2019, 03:39 PM
#140
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Waterford Michigan
Posts: 7,241
As you have mentioned through out the day, we must be patient while the kinks are being worked out. I am confident things will get worked out perfectly in the weeks to come.
