I'm afraid I'm one of the ones who preferred it the way it was. So far, i don't see any advantages for how I use the forums. Only disadvantages.
I am annoyed by the jumping of the screen when you go to post or edit - it scrolls down and up and makes me dizzy!. My impression on websites is that there are more annoying delays the more complex are the functions available.
So far I can't tell how to determine if there are new posts in a forum. In the old version you would see it right in the list of forums (cooking, pastry, cooking equipment, recipes) by the color of the icon next to them whether there were new posts since the last time you opened it. It appears that unless you have read every single new thread you would not know whether or not to bother opening one. I doubt anyone reads every single thread, many don;t interest us. So i looked for a function to mark the forum read. Yes, you can do that, but in doing so you have marked EVERY forum as read. And this seems to be an added inconvenience. Before it would mark it all as read, now you have to open it to see if you've read it, or you have to specifically say to mark them read. Is this an improvement.
Now, as many are, I am also very resistant to change. Once I learn my way around a site, i don;t like to have to relearn it. maybe it's my age. There will always be complainers like me i guess.
I am annoyed by the jumping of the screen when you go to post or edit - it scrolls down and up and makes me dizzy!. My impression on websites is that there are more annoying delays the more complex are the functions available.
So far I can't tell how to determine if there are new posts in a forum. In the old version you would see it right in the list of forums (cooking, pastry, cooking equipment, recipes) by the color of the icon next to them whether there were new posts since the last time you opened it. It appears that unless you have read every single new thread you would not know whether or not to bother opening one. I doubt anyone reads every single thread, many don;t interest us. So i looked for a function to mark the forum read. Yes, you can do that, but in doing so you have marked EVERY forum as read. And this seems to be an added inconvenience. Before it would mark it all as read, now you have to open it to see if you've read it, or you have to specifically say to mark them read. Is this an improvement.
Now, as many are, I am also very resistant to change. Once I learn my way around a site, i don;t like to have to relearn it. maybe it's my age. There will always be complainers like me i guess.
"Siduri said, 'Gilgamesh, where are you roaming? You will never find the eternal life that you seek...Savour your food, make each of your days a delight, ... let music and dancing fill your house, love the child who holds you by the hand and give your wife pleasure in your embrace.'"
