Follow
Share

I was going to post re the new format but cannot find a "Discussion" option so will post it here. Regarding the new format, several things come to mind: We have been bitching about an edit function for a long while. We have one now. What was last is now first. This responds to the many (and probably increasing numbers) who use their cell phones to access AC and had to scroll through many pages to get to the most recent posts. This is a commercial site. Like it or not it takes money to keep a website running and most of us have benefitted greatly from this site. The owners have to do what they have to do to keep it running. You may not like all of it, but you can respect what they do that does work for you and their ongoing efforts to keep this site running. Personally, I would like the comment box at the top of the comments and the font size the same on every page, but whatever. Things change. That’s life. It happens all the time. One of the hallmarks of successful aging is flexibility - being able to roll with the punches and adapt to changes. Another one is keeping your mind active. So why not use this opportunity to exercise your brain in learning something new. This is my opinion only. Like a**holes, everybody has one.

This discussion has been closed for comment. Start a New Discussion.
Katie - if I understand your point, it always was that way except now the posts are in the reverse order - more recent above not below.. The posts are in order of the time they are posted (as they always were) which may mean your answer to a poster is several posts or more above their post now rather than below. 

In the case you mentioned, pamsteg's post on Win 7, it is immediately below ff's who answered her. Maybe I have missed your point.
(0)
Report

Margeaux, I'm not gung-ho, I hate the changes too, but some of the complaints really are just complaining about change rather than pointing out real flaws in functionality.
As for knowing about problems with older operating systems, it has come up on another thread. Yes, I spend a LOT of time here.
(0)
Report

Cwillie,

As I'm reading your obviously gungho mentality about changes etc., don't be so assuming.
How do you really know how many of us have old systems, and yes that I'm sure is why I'm
having problems.

Margeaux
(0)
Report

Forgive me but I don't understand the b$%ching about having to read through the posts to understand what we are all talking about in a fast moving thread, that was always the case, it is just that now we are reading backwards.
(1)
Report

I just clicked on answer that said that Carol Bursack had answered a couple minutes ago.... well, it was like 6 years ago. Seeing that on quite a few of the Questions.

I know, one has to click on "see all answers" since the thread was only showing the most popular answers. And any time an Expert Writer, like Carol, posts, it automatically goes to the top of the thread.  New readers are going to think their "answer" didn't post, and eventually give up.
(2)
Report

So...the order you see the responses here...
My response to the OP...below me you see a response to Pam...BUT..you have no idea what Pam wrote...and you might have to try to scroll through pages to find it...meanwhile..you will see responses that others wrote to other writers...again with no idea what the other person wrote...or how far you will have to scroll down to find it,

Simple chaos
(2)
Report

Pam, I also still use Windows 7. Wonder how many of us Windows 7 users are still using that platform? Also can see the "Discussions".

I have found using FireFox works better for me, that way I can expand the "comment" box to as large as I want :)
(1)
Report

I am on windows 7 and internet explorer and I can see discussions.
(1)
Report

Guess I am not feeling flexible enough to roll with the punches. If someone does not check in for a number of days they won't know where to start reading. Though I suppose their News Feed would be the best place to start looking. 😟

Nope, that didn't work. An old entry from a thread does not work like a bookmark. It took me to the newest post. 😧
(2)
Report

I have a tendency to stick to the old and familiar, if it ain't broke why fix it? The answer of course is that inch by inch (or is that centimetre by centimetre?) you get left behind and when change is eventually forced on you the learning curve can be steep.
(1)
Report

Thanks. I found "Discussions" but not where I was used to finding it.

I am using the updated Win 10.1 and Google chrome as a browser but I expect other are using older systems.

I guess I have had the (questionable) benefit of being given the job at the college of producing a course in a format suited to online teaching, and uploading if for use by students. We were given 6 weeks and no instruction of how to do it. Yes, there was a resource person, but I didn't even know what questions to ask to begin with, and my field is science, not information tech. But we can learn and i quite enjoyed it after the first moments of panic.
(1)
Report

While there is a dedicated box saying "ask a question", there is also the option below "All Topics Q&A" and "All Topics Discussions" to start a new thread.

I think some of the people having problems are running older operating systems that aren't compatible with the new format. I can imagine there are a lot of users out there who haven't upgraded since windows xp or vista
(3)
Report

The Discussion section appears right below the Questions section on my screen, just like it did before.  I admit that I am curious about why I read other posters who are seeing things that I don't see and not seeing things that I do on this site. It seems that we are having different experiences.  I have encountered no issues at all.  (Well, except for those old threads that pop up out of nowhere, but, besides that, I'm set.)
(3)
Report

This discussion has been closed for comment. Start a New Discussion.


Start a Discussion
Subscribe to
Our Newsletter