andy watson
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tscaptain said:
Exactly so easy...as 13 pages of this thread prove!!!
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Exactly so easy...as 13 pages of this thread prove!!!
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John Sims said:
John, the point is that we all want the PCGB forum to be the forum of choice, but it isn't at the moment because it is difficult to read. The functionality may be better but visually its very poor making the whole experience worse.
Those of us that are critical want something done to improve the visual things so that it returns to being our favoured forum. It's called "product feedback". What is the club doing to respond to this feedback?
Andy, general comments like "it's difficult to read" or "it's visually very poor" do not constitute feedback. Why is it and what would you change? When you have those points then the best place for them is in an e mail to the support team. The forum admin team and mods can't change anything. Funny thing is, not being a frequenter of the Tipec forum, that when I popped over there recently for a comparison I thought it dated and very much like our old forum in presentation.
Andy97 said:
Fair points Andy. It is really encouraging the passion people show for this forum and, irrespective of format, the time, and help to others, many have invested over the years.
I had a look at TIPEC last night and was surprised that it was nowhere near as impressive as I had anticipated and nothing like as good as a number of fora I frequent....but then neither is this. [
]Both Paul and I have emailed " the powers that be " at length. Many of the criticisms raised here were highlighted during evaluation. Subject to what hardware you use for browsing the experience is more, or less, impressive and I think that is causing some issues of understanding. With all things created there is paternal pride and I think that can cloud judgement when something looks wrong to others.
When reliant on volenteers changes can only be accommodated when time is available. I remain hopeful that changes are in the pipeline.
tscaptain said:
Ok, I think I have described my issues before but it is difficult to differentiate between threads because the colours are too similar. It's also difficult to differentiate between the title of a thread and other info on the index page.
There's lots of research been done on visual cues, particularly on making web sites easy to read.
As for the TIPEC site, "dated" or best practice? It may have been around a long time but it is easier to differentiate the information and quickly work out what subjects are worth further investigation. This forum used to be easy to do that, too, but the index has info that all looks to blend into each other. The same is true when you see post that include quotes from previous posters, its all too grey and white now and blurs into one. There needs to be a greater contrast.
Andy97 said:
I agree entirely - The thread subject should be much more prominent than the peripheral information which is almost irrelevant when you are deciding what to read.
None of which was referred to here [
]. It is standard practice for PCGB to reinvent the wheel when ever doing anything. It may not be the most efficient approach but it certainly produces "interesting" solutions.What is even more frustrating is the functionality and structure is all here and, as a result, this could be a benchmark forum. It is mainly let down by the aesthetics and the way the layout of things impact on how you use the forum.... but aesthetics are always a difficult point to argue.
I would be extremely interested in the research you refer to. Is there an easy reference/idiots guide overview you could give me a link to Andy.
Masher said:
I'd phone Club Office. Assuming you haven't changed anything yourself (killed cookies perhaps?) It maybe that the forum engineers are doing something which has made your browser think the post are new. This is obviously a serious inconvenience and I would take it up with Club Office straight away.
Me three... I'm getting notification of every post for the two forums I'm subscribed to (944 & Scotland) that have had messages today. I haven't subscribed to any specific threads for notification. Using Thunderbird Mail running on Ubuntu 14.4 OS, but I don't think it's a client issue.Masher said:
pauljmcnulty
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Has anyone called the office? I'm not getting any notifications.
Me 4. I'm also getting notifications to all threads on the forums to which I subscribe (996, 3.2 Carrera, Boxster, Cayman, and R19).
pauljmcnulty
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Posting here won't help!
You need to either call the office or email the support address. As it's only some people there's sure to be something they can fix but they'll need to know who gets what, and what systems you're using.
I've had the same on another forum and it turned out the new version automatically sends you every reply to every thread you've ever looked at. The argument was "that's what people like now", with no way to turn it off. Hopefully this isn't a similar issue! [&o]
You need to either call the office or email the support address. As it's only some people there's sure to be something they can fix but they'll need to know who gets what, and what systems you're using.
I've had the same on another forum and it turned out the new version automatically sends you every reply to every thread you've ever looked at. The argument was "that's what people like now", with no way to turn it off. Hopefully this isn't a similar issue! [&o]
John Sims said:
I will see what I can do. I will talk to Mrs 97 as she is the ergonomics specialist who has studied and works on some of this stuff. i think that most of the advice is based on improving accessibility for those with impaired vision, but the principles apply to all of us!
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