Feedback on FT new style, March 2018
Apr 4, 2018, 2:53 pm
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But maybe you are on mobile device and using the desktop skin, then you are out of luck. The desktop design is meant for desktop devices and just doesn't work very well on mobile. Try the mobile skin.
Apr 4, 2018, 3:03 pm
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Apr 4, 2018, 3:09 pm
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However, it is a solution that worked excellently for me and spending the two seconds it took was one of my best investments.
Now I just come here to enjoy all the hyperbole
Apr 4, 2018, 3:18 pm
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Actually, although it's a small point, the underlining of links also does not currently appear when you preview a post which you are about to make. This makes it harder to check whether you have got the links correct before making the post, and increases the chances that you have to edit it further later.
Apr 4, 2018, 3:37 pm
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Actually, although it's a small point, the underlining of links also does not currently appear when you preview a post which you are about to make. This makes it harder to check whether you have got the links correct before making the post, and increases the chances that you have to edit it further later.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/
OK, looks like that's happening, although in the edit window it's underlined. I'll let tech know, but it's going to get prioritized lower than some other stuff here.
Apr 4, 2018, 3:45 pm
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Apr 4, 2018, 4:06 pm
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I'm surprised it took so long for someone to say this (maybe I missed it earlier in the thread) 
I think it's entirely valid to point out that we don't pay for this.
At the same time, depending how long something has been on FT etc there is a sense of community, people may feel different levels of attachment and so on, such that there is frictional cost you leaving and finding another similar environment. So I think it's also valid for people to be annoyed.
Plus, viewed another way, if the whole Web 2.0 thing means the users are the product, being sold to advertisers, then it behooves FT to keep its livestock happy...
I think it's entirely valid to point out that we don't pay for this.
At the same time, depending how long something has been on FT etc there is a sense of community, people may feel different levels of attachment and so on, such that there is frictional cost you leaving and finding another similar environment. So I think it's also valid for people to be annoyed.
Plus, viewed another way, if the whole Web 2.0 thing means the users are the product, being sold to advertisers, then it behooves FT to keep its livestock happy...
Personally, I'd feel happier if I could go to the first unread post. Clicking the icon on a forum page only works randomly and sometimes removes the option at the top of the thread pages to go to the first unread post in the thread. Moreover, within a thread, there's no way to see which posts have been marked as read, so that for short or relatively inactive threads, the simple workaround of going to the last post in the thread and then scrolling back on the page until the last post marked as read appears non longer works.
Apr 4, 2018, 5:50 pm
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We would like to remind everyone that civility is expected in all postings. Abusive aspersions cast against IB staff or anyone will not be tolerated. We recognize that feelings are running high on the part of some about this change; the most appropriate way to communicate those is to civilly describe the issues. As has long been said, "Discuss the post, not the poster."
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Thank you.
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Apr 4, 2018, 9:32 pm
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I'm surprised it took so long for someone to say this (maybe I missed it earlier in the thread)
I think it's entirely valid to point out that we don't pay for this.
At the same time, depending how long something has been on FT etc there is a sense of community, people may feel different levels of attachment and so on, such that there is frictional cost you leaving and finding another similar environment. So I think it's also valid for people to be annoyed.
Plus, viewed another way, if the whole Web 2.0 thing means the users are the product, being sold to advertisers, then it behooves FT to keep its livestock happy...
I think it's entirely valid to point out that we don't pay for this.
At the same time, depending how long something has been on FT etc there is a sense of community, people may feel different levels of attachment and so on, such that there is frictional cost you leaving and finding another similar environment. So I think it's also valid for people to be annoyed.
Plus, viewed another way, if the whole Web 2.0 thing means the users are the product, being sold to advertisers, then it behooves FT to keep its livestock happy...
Apr 5, 2018, 6:24 am
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I'm surprised it took so long for someone to say this (maybe I missed it earlier in the thread)
I think it's entirely valid to point out that we don't pay for this.
At the same time, depending how long something has been on FT etc there is a sense of community, people may feel different levels of attachment and so on, such that there is frictional cost you leaving and finding another similar environment. So I think it's also valid for people to be annoyed.
Plus, viewed another way, if the whole Web 2.0 thing means the users are the product, being sold to advertisers, then it behooves FT to keep its livestock happy...
I think it's entirely valid to point out that we don't pay for this.
At the same time, depending how long something has been on FT etc there is a sense of community, people may feel different levels of attachment and so on, such that there is frictional cost you leaving and finding another similar environment. So I think it's also valid for people to be annoyed.
Plus, viewed another way, if the whole Web 2.0 thing means the users are the product, being sold to advertisers, then it behooves FT to keep its livestock happy...
I mostly like the new design except for the two issues I mentioned upthread. At least this is less buggy than the last major "enhancement"
Apr 5, 2018, 7:51 am
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The new forum is really limiting what fits in code blocks, both for width with the larger font size, and for length.
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edit: longer tables get a bigger preview window than short tables now, they used to all get the same scrollbar-free length before the scrollbar was thrown at them
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edit: longer tables get a bigger preview window than short tables now, they used to all get the same scrollbar-free length before the scrollbar was thrown at them
Even more frustrating, post preview shows the blocks without scrollbars (screenshot at end of this post).
An edited demonstration with increasing block lengths:-
Code:
Aircraft Delivery Hours Retirement (see note 3)
G-BNLK mid 25.05.1990 115,740 at 11.05.2017 11.2018
G-CIVA mid 22.03.1993 115,714 at 12.03.2018
G-BNLP mid 17.12.1990 115,626 at 25.08.2017 12.2018
G-BNLN mid 27.07.1990 114,458 at 07.06.2017 07.2019
G-BNLY mid 10.02.1993 113,522 at 09.02.2018
G-CIVC mid 26.02.1994 111,480 at 07.02.2018
Code:
G-CIVB mid 15.02.1994 108,391 at 16.01.2018
Code:
G-CIVE mid 20.12.1994 104,969 at 28.07.2017
G-CIVD mid 14.12.1994 102,816 at 06.07.2017
Code:
G-CIVL mid 28.03.1997 95,870 at 10.11.2017
G-CIVG s-hi 20.04.1995 95,425 at 21.12.2017
G-CIVJ mid 11.02.1997 94,772 at 08.08.2017
Code:
G-CIVN mid 29.09.1997 94,391 at 14.09.2017
G-CIVK mid 28.02.1997 94,262 at 10.08.2017
G-CIVH s-hi 23.04.1996 93,386 at 30.03.2018
G-CIVP mid 17.02.1998 93,219 at 23.01.2018
Code:
G-CIVT mid 20.03.1998 92,132 at 01.11.2017
G-CIVU mid 24.04.1998 91,374 at 22.03.2018
G-CIVF s-hi 29.03.1995 91,255 at 29.08.2017
G-CIVI s-hi 02.05.1996 88,096 at 27.04.2017
G-CIVM mid* 05.06.1997 87,369 at 12.05.2017
Code:
G-CIVO mid 05.12.1997 85,930 at 25.09.2017
G-CIVS s-hi 13.03.1998 85,612 at 15.02.2018 [W]
G-CIVV s-hi 22.05.1998 85,234 at 19.03.2018 [W]
G-CIVR s-hi 02.03.1998 83,404 at 16.01.2018 [W]
G-CIVW s-hi 15.05.1998 82,273 at 20.03.2018
G-CIVX s-hi 03.09.1998 82,097 at 29.08.2017 [W]
G-BYGF s-hi 17.02.1999 81,773 at 07.02.2018
G-BYGG s-hi 29.04.1999 81,264 at 05.03.2018
G-CIVZ s-hi 31.10.1998 80,780 at 25.08.2017
G-BYGA s-hi 14.12.1998 80,252 at 21.11.2017
G-BYGD s-hi 26.01.1999 80,162 at 04.10.2017
G-BYGC s-hi 19.01.1999 79,622 at 26.05.2017 [W]
G-BYGE s-hi 05.02.1999 79,543 at 16.01.2018
G-CIVY s-hi 29.09.1998 79,418 at 25.08.2017
G-BYGB s-hi 17.01.1999 79,044 at 07.06.2017
Last edited by Globaliser; Feb 27, 2019 at 8:53 am
Apr 5, 2018, 9:28 am
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Apr 5, 2018, 10:49 am
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Maybe I'll pass that on to my UX team - how the site looks isn't a big deal, focus on the other stuff.