Mmmm....new Updated & " Improved" CC Website...but Is It

[janny444]

Hi....so we now have this Improved and so called updated website ....but is it? I thought the " old & outdated" worked very well....easy to use....simple to navigate etc.

This one isn't as clear format...text rather pale and small and somehow just not as informative as to who has last posted on a thread.

 

A possibility could be that I am of an older generation so just don't get the advantages  of this website  over the old style so can someone who is far more " techo" than me please explain the advantages. I can see that it more be easier to add files & photos etc but for me I prefer something that is initially easier to use .

As you can probably guess I am of the mindset " if it ain't broke don't fix it....especially when it worked wonderfully well ....for me

[Strawberry field]

Speaking as someone in their late sixties it's far too 'white' for my eyes. There should be a theme button on the forum as some have it but others don't. It seems this button controls the contrast from the default setting. I like it when forums improve and become more user friendly but I'm at a loss to see how this is

 

[firstcarib]

Smaller text, harsh white background...how is this improving??? No app now.....Grrr

[Alan & Giselle]

Since the update I cannot login into the app and I have emailed but it takes days for anybody to reply

[Strawberry field]

The app is no longer supported on the forum I believe.

 

[ohnonotmeagain]

Actually, I don't mind it!! Like anything though, we will all get used to it eventually.

[Monorail Orange]

^Very true. I've been a member on a couple of other forums when they have changed/upgraded. One even changed twice in the years it was running, and on each occasion there were teething troubles, but you end up getting used to it.

[rickpo]

I have noticed that the posts aren't numbered, I usually keep a note of which post I am up to.

Unless I'm missing something.

[rickpo]

I was missing something, you have to run your mouse over the top righthand corner of the post to highlight it.

Happy now!

[terrierjohn]

It just needs the mouse to be in that post for any faded text to be highlighted.

[purplesea]

I have found some difficult to read when they include quotes from previous posts.

Or is it just me?   I agree that it is too white!!

[Onelung]

Also, seems to have lost (at least I can't find) the button that takes you to the last post you read?

 

[terrierjohn]

3 hours ago, Onelung said:

Also, seems to have lost (at least I can't find) the button that takes you to the last post you read?

 

You can get back to the forum from any thread by clicking the topic listing, which is immediately after the last post.

[Strawberry field]

At first it was a little too white for me but have turned down the brightness on my iPad so it's not so bad. Main problem is I keep getting logged off and having to log in again. Other than that I can live with it but prefer how it was before. 

[terrierjohn]

I was having to log on each day but this morning my bookmark setting has logged me in, so maybe that's a bug they have now fixed.

[Strawberry field]

4 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

I was having to log on each day but this morning my bookmark setting has logged me in, so maybe that's a bug they have now fixed.

 

Not fixed for me yet but I'm sure you are right. They will get there in the end 😉

[happytravelleruk]

14 hours ago, terrierjohn said:

You can get back to the forum from any thread by clicking the topic listing, which is immediately after the last post.

If you click on the blue button you are taken to the last post in that thread.

4 hours ago, Strawberry field said:

 

Not fixed for me yet but I'm sure you are right. They will get there in the end 😉

 

[Onelung]

Sorry, I'm being dim - what blue button? 

[Strawberry field]

The blue bullet button on the first page where you choose which thread to read. It's on the left in front of the thread title.

[terrierjohn]

30 minutes ago, Strawberry field said:

The blue bullet button on the first page where you choose which thread to read. It's on the left in front of the thread title.

I think the blue button is only relevant when you use a search feature if, like me, you browse a forum at a time then there is no blue button.  Incidentally SF have you found a way to search "unread" content from a specific forum, when I try this I get posts from the entire CC forum, I find it easier to browse each separate fora I want, mainly P&O and RCI, then I can easily see unread posts because the thread is in bold. 

Whoops just found it, will now try to view the unread content via this method.

Edited October 19, 2018 by terrierjohn

[Presto2]

On ‎10‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 9:22 AM, janny444 said:

Hi....so we now have this Improved and so called updated website ....but is it? I thought the " old & outdated" worked very well....easy to use....simple to navigate etc.

This one isn't as clear format...text rather pale and small and somehow just not as informative as to who has last posted on a thread.

 

A possibility could be that I am of an older generation so just don't get the advantages  of this website  over the old style so can someone who is far more " techo" than me please explain the advantages. I can see that it more be easier to add files & photos etc but for me I prefer something that is initially easier to use .

As you can probably guess I am of the mindset " if it ain't broke don't fix it....especially when it worked wonderfully well ....for me

 

TOTALLY agree. I thought it was me and have just been saying to hubby that the font isn't very clear and that the blue text is very washed out and not very user / eye friendly. I feel like I am squinting and keep checking the brightness...

[P&O SUE]

It's not toooo bad but very disappointed I can't use the app now :( Thought my phone update was to blame but at least I know now why I can't get in! Would be good if there was a message rather than just saying "wrong password" ! I'm glad I didn't change it now!

[tartanexile81]

Not keen on it so far either. 'Ive had problems with signatures (see mine below), reading lists and quotes where all the sub-text seems to be displayed. Don't like the front either. Have been able to use the app but keeps losing my login details

Edited October 20, 2018 by tartanexile81

[happy v]

On 10/19/2018 at 5:07 PM, Strawberry field said:

The blue bullet button on the first page where you choose which thread to read. It's on the left in front of the thread title.

Thanks, that's very handy.

I'm not too keen, but the blue button does help......and it is very white!

[janny444]

Hi....I started this thread with the hope that someone could perhaps tell me the advantages of this new updated website over the " old fashioned" style of website. Up to yet there doesn't seem to be any but there must be some....surely.

I for one don't come onto CC as much now because....for me...it is not as " user friendly". Before I was looking a few times a day now it is once a day....if that.

Ah well....we will become used to it....we have no choice... but I long for the old style website