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PolarBear's avatar reminds me of one of those emotional movies with children and animals. A father flying in the Arctic suffers a crash; his Arctic hardened children go out in search of him after rescuers are unsuccessful in locating him. Along the way, they meet up with a charming, very social and people acclimated baby polar bear, who with his animal instinct helps them find their father.

The baby bear is soooo cute and charming.
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For advertisers, new site is eons better.
If that is the long view of what AC is geared to become, I’m off.

And polar, I cannot look at your avatar without thinking “bear dating site” Foto.  Tinder for bears.  
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As for realizing you need to log in in the midst of typing a reply....
open the site in a new tab and log in there, then when you go back to your original tab and when you post the comment you will be logged in. Voila!
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I did edit a spelling mistake on the new site, but then I lost all the formatting... it was magically restored when I went to check later though. Obviously still a few bugs to iron out.
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I looked over the new site briefly, and didn't like it. Let's hope we can keep the old version a long time!
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OK. I just created my first post on the new website and was unable to edit it. When I clicked “apply edits”, nothing happened, so my post is just one long paragraph......sorry guys. Anyone out there figured it out?
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ff- It's a drag having to retype your answer, especially if it's a long one.

I don't have to sign in on the old site each time, but I have to do that every time i click on the link to go to the new site while already logged in on the old site. Wish I didn't have to do that. It is annoying.
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One thing I noticed with the current old website for the forums, I need to now log-in where before I didn't, my ID was always "on".

Hard to get use to because I would have a long answer already and when I go to Post Comment it says I need to sign-in. I couldn't sign-in while I had an answer waiting in the answer box. Poo. The link wouldn't work. Then I would need to go back to "Ask A Question" for it to sign me in. i don't know how many times I had forgotten to highlight what I had written to save it so I could post it properly.

Old habits are hard to break, especially at my age :0
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GA - agreed That one has always bugged me. It would be nice also to have the most recent posts on top.
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Something I've noticed in the last few days is I think unrelated to either version of the website, but I think it would help for searches. When I use the search function in the tool bar, I get hits that have no posting dates. So it's necessary to check each one out to find the one I'm looking for.

Some of them are years old, and although they might be helpful, they were before my time here.

It would be nice if posting dates could be added to the search hits so we can sort through and pick the latest ones.

Thanks for any consideration on this request.
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Polar Bear, I have an IPhone 8 Plus, so it’s not your phone. I agree about the ads.
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Becky - it's not you. The old site is so much better than the new site. Clean looking, organized, easy to read.

If AC was trying to make the site more user friendly on mobile devices, they fail miserably. Perhaps it is better on the latest iPhone, but I don't have the money to spend on an expensive iPhone just to read AC.

If anything is better, it is the advertisement on the site. The ads seem to be bigger and get in the way.
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It’s probably me - I’m the living proof you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I’ll probably be more comfortable about the same time they change it again. I’m not giving up.
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Yes this is going to be tough. I am only in front of my laptop twice a month to do banking.

I take short breaks throughout the day and pop onto this site using my phone.

I really need to try the new site again. :(
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Becky, I don't get it that you are having more trouble on your smart phone, I thought making the site more accessible to people on hand held devices was the whole point of the changes 🤔
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I've found the way to "unfollow" - it is hidden in the three dots to the upper right of the questions on the new feed! Yay!
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I’m not comfortable using the new format. I like the old format. I use may IPhone to check in when I have minutes. Now it’s too difficult to read.
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For me, years ago I use to have email notification of something I was following. It became way to time consuming using that method so I signed off of the following and emails.

Now I just log into Aging Care and head straight for the forums, and just scroll down to see if there are any new original postings of interest to me. And if there are subjects I was following in my mind, then I would scroll through the list.

That is why I wish the name/screen picture of the original writer was still next to the original post, as I would remember that person and it made it easier to scroll down looking for that person's screen-picture.

I do tend to look for brand new postings that have no answers, and if I knew the subject I would dive right in. Same for postings with 2 or 3 answers. The exception are the human nature forums where there is a huge following :)

I haven't been back into the new format. I am just too comfy on this format :))
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Something else I'm just noticing is that our news feed doesn't show how many new comments there are so I need to visit each thread individually (which admittedly I had been doing anyway because the tiny font made it hard to read). But it wouldn't be necessary if I knew there was only one new post since I could read that in the news feed.
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And I don't like the new abstract avatars, they are all too much alike in shape and colour so they are indistinguishable at first glance.
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OK this is weird, I DO NOT see the option to follow/stop following even though I was sure it was there in the testing period, in fact I think I commented I was pleased with the ability to stop following easily.
I'm using Firefox on a PC... anybody else?
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It is much easier to unfollow a thread on the new site. That option appears with each question. There is an unfollow option right below the question. I do not find a list of threads I am following, where they are all listed in one location.
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Tried the new again, this time on my phone.

It's even harder to navigate than on my laptop since phone screen is much smaller.

Under Following, the was supposed to be a lot of topics that I either commented on or just followed, but no such list on the new site. So, i can't un-follow treads that no longer interest me.

Also, on my phone, the comments overlap with the up button making it hard to read.

If the classic site goes away, i won't be accessing the new site much since it's too hard to use on my mobile device. I don't use my laptop as much.
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I find it really hard to change, so I'm going to stick with the classic site for as long as its available.:-)
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Yes, CWillie,
Until AC fixes the entire "following" agenda,
Go to the old classic website and "unfollow" everything that you can click on!
Hurry now!
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Does anyone know how to stop following a thread on the new site??

I thought I saw that feature but I can't find it anymore, and some threads make me wish I had never commented.
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Lizzywho,
I need to get me one of those "cranktops" for when nothing seems to be working.

I had forgotten that the website use varies with the devices. I think that is called "cross browser compatibility".
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Kim,
Using a kindle here, an elder kindle. It does not always work, especially lately, (internet issues, our server).
The return to "classic site" is working now.
I do have an Acer Chromebook laptop which works fine, speedy, etc.
However, I keep returning to my kindle because I know how to use it better.

Learning new things have been shown to keep a senior's cognitive abilities sharp, so I will keep trying. Thank you!
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I cranked up my laptop and logged in to new site. Found my way around.

The Laptop seems to be much more user friendly than trying to use my IPhone on the new site :(
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I agree about the font and brightness making it harder to read. More contrast would be better

I also dislike the 4 comments only and having to click the arrow to get to the next four.

I like the current site where you can see your newsfeed and the recent community activity on the same page.

Information about who you are caring for and personal info has to be re-entered.

To me, the general appearance of the new site is pleasing.

I haven't used it enough to know if it is faster, but on initial impression it is.
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