topic Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first in The Community Room

Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

TheCADnoob — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:26:57 GMT

Sooo its a little like walking into a Wal-Mart in a different town. Its all the same stuff, but in slightly different places and you cant find anything like you can in your home store lol. I like the look but this is gonna take some getting used to.

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

Mistress0fTheDorkness — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:09:36 GMT

LOL, fine analogy!

I was just about to post and ask if anyone can give me a tip on telling which threads are unread?

They've got the same bolding on thread titles and the little checkmarks and other things don't seem to be related to things I've read vs not read, and I am not getting a hover over on any of them to explain what they do mean.

It's a pleasant looking redesign, but, that inability to intuit what is still unread is just driving me bonkers(er).

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

ChrisRS — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 08:46:37 GMT

Unread are dark blue (click will take you into the discussion

Read are black or dark grey (nothing happens when you click on them)

You will find a lot of discussion about the changes in the Community Feedback forum.

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

Mistress0fTheDorkness — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:05:14 GMT

Thanks!

That shading bit makes sense.

I should apparently pop over though, because I can tell the differences between read and unread posts... but, not threads.

Even marking all as unread then marking all as read does not give any indication.

Maybe it's Chrome and I should try it in another browser?

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

ChrisRS — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:54:30 GMT

If you entry the tread by clicking on the blue unread indicator, I think the last read message has a yellowish back ground. I'm not sure. I'm not sure if clicking the post name does the same.

@_gile comments in the following thread that you can set a preference to jump to the first unread. can't go to latest post

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

Mistress0fTheDorkness — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:06:01 GMT

Okay NOW I see it! The number over the word 'replies' will be blue if there are unread posts and black if you've already read them.

Whew.

I have a hard time telling the difference between the dark blue and the black text... most forums will use bolding of the thread title or shading of the background of teach post title or something (going by size or shading rather than color differences in deference to accessibility).

Thanks!

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

ChrisRS — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:20:10 GMT

They may be working on it. I think both the number and word Replies should be black/blue. For me, right now, everything is black. Even in forums I am visiting form the first time.

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

Discussion_Admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:22:50 GMT

@ChrisRS wrote:

They may be working on it. I think both the number and word Replies should be black/blue. For me, right now, everything is black. Even in forums I am visiting form the first time.

We are working on several things. the UI and tread read\unread is one of the higher priorities.

Please just bear with us.

Thanks
Discussion_Admin

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

Mistress0fTheDorkness — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:33:45 GMT

Thanks for letting us know! 🙂 I always wonder if it's just me missing something obvious.

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

TheCADnoob — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 13:29:36 GMT

any one found the equivalent of the "my toolbox" thing.... at least that's what I think it used to be called. Basically it was that light blue/green box on the right that showed the last couple of threads you posted in when you clicked on it. I'm missing that.

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

Discussion_Admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:03:08 GMT

@TheCADnoob wrote:

any one found the equivalent of the "my toolbox" thing.... at least that's what I think it used to be called. Basically it was that light blue/green box on the right that showed the last couple of threads you posted in when you clicked on it. I'm missing that.

Yes, it is My Dashboard

However there are some issue with the information it is pulling at this time but this is being worked on

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 04:27:49 GMT

I do like and welcome the forums redesign. Lots of performance improvements and a great look.

What I do find a little annoying is the font size. Way too big for my monitor, also I find myself scrolling more than usual.

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

TheCADnoob — Tue, 01 May 2018 16:54:03 GMT

Yeah, the screen real-estate changed so my eyes end up wandering to the wrong spots.

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

leowarren34 — Wed, 02 May 2018 06:43:14 GMT

Its a nice change and thanks for getting the read posts GUI change in the pipeline, its kinda annoying, but overall its a nice change and much smoother, IMO

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

leothebuilder — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 20:16:15 GMT

Hi admin.

Can you tell me a way to tag or highlight my own posts, or my reply to other's posts.

After a day or so they move down the list and it's a job to find them again.

I've tried bookmark, but I can't see anything happening with the message.

Re: Digging the forum change... but its strange at first

leowarren34 — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 22:03:49 GMT

I feel like thats a really good idea, a personal letter box to posts your involved in that disappear when solved or you personally remove them.