Savings section usage metrics

badger09

veryintrigued said:

badger09 said:

veryintrigued said:

Since the new forum it 'feels" as if there are less new threads and less discussion within the threads.

I'd be interested from any forumites / MSE itself if this is true.

Fewer
The grammar police are still here
.... Im.not keen on the ubiquitous 'Forumite' label.

What is obvious is that whatever the format of the forum some forumites struggle to be kind and are constantly on the attack.

Have a day off badger.

'............struggle to be kind and are constantly on the attack'. Seriously? 

It was intended as a lighthearted, humorous contribution, as evidenced by the emoji, and was immediately followed by 'Apologies veryintrigued' which, for some reason, you chose to omit from your quote. However, I will as you suggest, take a day off. Or rather, I will refrain from any further response to your posts.  

colsten

eskbanker said:

Indeed - I'm acutely aware of the irony of trying to offer assistance with how to use the new forum, inadvertently duplicating it via simple finger trouble (quoted rather than edited my post) and then finding that this is irreversible!

As an interim, until they provide a delete option (if they ever....), you could edit your inadvertent duplicate and remove most of the text

AnotherJoe

masonic said:

It's now very difficult to break up a long post into sections and respond to the various parts separately. It requires editing the HTML. Failing to do this and dropping your comments within the quoted post makes it harder for others to respond. That limits the complexity of discussions that can be had here.

All of the above is somewhat offputting. I don't personally have any problem with the general look and feel of the forum.

^^^^^^^ all of the above. I'd have put a clapping hands emoji here  but that's gone I think 

Bobblehat

colsten said:

Bobblehat said:

Where have the post numbers gone? You used to be able to write …."See post #45" …. unless it's my settings, no posts seem to have a number any more!

Gone.         

You can link to a given post:

1. Click on Report
2. Select Report
3. Right-click on the highlighted title (Re:........)
4. select Copy Link Address
5. cancel the Report dialogue
6. paste the copied link into your post

That's the only way I found. So here's the link to your post. May be someone else knows of a smarter way of linking?

Well, yes, thanks! I could do all this …. but how hard would it be to reinstate the message number!

bowlhead99

Bobblehat said:

colsten said:

Bobblehat said:

Where have the post numbers gone? You used to be able to write …."See post #45" …. unless it's my settings, no posts seem to have a number any more!

Gone.         

You can link to a given post:

1. Click on Report
2. Select Report
3. Right-click on the highlighted title (Re:........)
4. select Copy Link Address
5. cancel the Report dialogue
6. paste the copied link into your post

That's the only way I found. So here's the link to your post. May be someone else knows of a smarter way of linking?

Well, yes, thanks! I could do all this …. but how hard would it be to reinstate the message number!

Well, the forum software which has the capacity to keep the forum running into the future (which the old system did not) doesn't have post numbers as an option which can appear at the flick of a switch with no thought or development work put into it.

So, the answer to 'how hard would it be?' is 'well, more than just pressing a button...' and the developers are busy with other priorities on this forum that you pay nothing to use.

As I mentioned up the thread, an MSE representative has already posted on the Snagging thread on the forum feedback board, to say that among other things, adding post numbers is one of the things they are looking at. Don't shoot the messenger for telling you that or giving you a workaround.

Bobblehat

bowlhead99 said:
 .................Don't shoot the messenger for telling you that or giving you a workaround.

I wasn't shooting at anyone … in fact I thanked Colsten for the workaround. And you've answered my question about how hard it would be to reinstate the message numbers …. so thank you too!

Zanderman

Getting back to topic, agree it seems a lot less busy on the forums.  I'm visiting less myself as I'm not finding the new system easy to use - so many familiar and useful features have (senselessly!) gone  - hovering to see content, post numbers, unable to get subscriptions other than for every post etc etc etc (I could go on and on).  Many of which seem trivial in themselves, but combined make the forum feel much less welcoming and useful. It's as if no one thought through what people use.
I say this as someone who generally supports and adapts to upgrades - for example I was one of those who used the most up to date formats of the old forum, in contrast (I think) to many old hands who opted for the older skin.
My overall feeling is sadness that MSE don't seem to have thought through how people use the forum - and have omitted many features that were basic.  Which is perhaps not surprising as it always seemed to me that MSE staff contributors to the forum were fairly naive in how they contributed and used the forum.  But it does strongly suggest any beta testing was completely inadequate - who was involved?
Overall, unless things change rapidly, I think this is a slippery slope to a much less useful forum.  

Mr.Saver

Zanderman said:

But it does strongly suggest any beta testing was completely inadequate - who was involved?

I was involved, and I can tell you that it wasn't "beta testing" at all. It was only a few questionnaires regarding the forum features and page element locations.