Wilco Wingco Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 How do I get the search to work???. If I search Flair Kite I get every topis with Flair in the heading???. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Williams Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Just put "Flair Kite" in quotes like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo Moon Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) New site? No video preview thumbnail. No chance to preview the post? OK so posting YouTube vids is easier, but at least there was a preview before. Definitely NOT an improvement. Edited February 13, 2021 by Bonzo Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil McCavity Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 The icon with the page and magnifying glass at the end of the top far right in the reply box is the 'Preview' button. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Bonzo Moon said: New site? No video preview thumbnail. No chance to preview the post? OK so posting YouTube vids is easier, but at least there was a preview before. Definitely NOT an improvement. Bonzo I thought the same as you initially, but then I realised that it isn't needed because what you are typing becomes a preview in REAL TIME. A big improvement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 59 minutes ago, Phil McCavity said: The icon with the page and magnifying glass at the end of the top far right in the reply box is the 'Preview' button. I do like the option of preview choice of tablet or ‘phone - nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 That's clever. Thanks PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeQ Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Not liking it sorry. Fonts too big and too much real estate used. Lots of whitespace. Cheers mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeQ Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) Yep ... definitely not doing it for me on an iPad. Not good. Feels 'too busy'. Attached is an example of old tech Barton CL site. Not in your face and you can see most of it in one screen. lol ... new site feels too 'millennial' to me! Edited February 13, 2021 by MikeQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) A 1990's style forum front page with a minimal number of fora related to a very specialised area of aeromodelling is quite unlike the broader church of RCM&E which has a much larger number of fora, which means it would not be practical to see even all of the fora on a single page without scrolling. Since by far the most popular means of viewing this site seems to be via the Latest Posts view, the appearance of the forum listing would seem to be of secondary importance. Edited February 13, 2021 by leccyflyer missing word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 So when I click on the bell to see notifications how do I then cancel them? Also noted that I `joined` in 2016; it was a long time before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, Martin McIntosh said: So when I click on the bell to see notifications how do I then cancel them? Also noted that I `joined` in 2016; it was a long time before that. Click on the bell. Then click on the unread notification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Not sure i understand the complaints (?) about it being worse on a phone than the old one. My experience is that it renders and looks much better on my phone and tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I have of course done that but cannot make the notification disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Neither can I Martin. I assume no one can and we will end up with a very long list that we never look at. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Martin, I’ve tried deleting the notifications list but can’t. Have you tried tapping on the bell, notifications?settings then unchecking the box. That would mean you stop getting them. Which is probably not what you want to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Grey text - prefer black as grey is harder on the eyes. Large ads - Someone has to pay for our forum so can live with them Double spacing - waste of space most of the time Virtually all pictures a minimum of 1/2 screen with some full - more to scroll through (someone reading a large build thread will sue for RSI) 10 screen scrolls to cover home page main topic menu (then more in each sub topic)- serious waste of space and tedious Max 4 one line posts to a page - wasted space to scroll through Possibly make the name, avatar, details smaller on the left, that would reduce the white frame size on a one liner increasing the number per page Likes: Summary removal - Good Darker background- Good No photo album required - do like that Straight to last read - do like that New look - like that (but not the wasted space) Can't help feeling it's 2 steps forward and 1 1/2 backwards, it's just all that wasted space to continuously scroll through ??? Moan over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Just compared my PC view to smartphone & tablet. On the PC 1/3 of the 27" screen is wasted grey border, however that wasted area is not present on a smartphone or tablet. A 1/2 screen picture is also less in your face on a SM/T compared to on my PC and if the functionality is better then that's an improvement for them but can't help feeling it's not a win - win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 This is not a dislike, more of a suggestion. It has been pointed out by many, that photo's take up a massive amount of screen space, which results in a lot of scrolling whilst reading threads. Would it be possible, instead of seeing the photos at full size that they appear as smaller thumbnails, allowing text and thumbnail to be viewed at the same time? This is often quite handy when the text is explaining what's going on in the photo. Clicking on the photos could then reveal a full sized view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin McIntosh Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I cannot help but think that this site has not been tested by any of the actual users, i.e. ordinary modellers. Tweaks such as making uploading pics much faster needed to be done but otherwise I had no problems with the old one other than that a thread search could have been much better. It clearly is still not so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Martin McIntosh said: I cannot help but think that this site has not been tested by any of the actual users, i.e. ordinary modellers. Tweaks such as making uploading pics much faster needed to be done but otherwise I had no problems with the old one other than that a thread search could have been much better. It clearly is still not so. Other than the ability to search within post content? Seems vastly more powerful to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bott - Moderator Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Martin, as has been explained before, the old forum software had become unsupportable, no changes could be made and as time passed there was more and more chance of there being security issues. We're now in the very fortunate position of having the vast majority of historical data preserved and a modern, maintainable forum. The alternative would probably have been a clean slate with no posts, pictures or registered members saved. As for the search box, it's vastly superior, especially if you use the drop down to adjust search parameters as you wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 We have to work with what we’ve got. The more users tap on stuff and explore the easier it will become. Thanks to all the Mods et al for putting up with us. ?✈️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Ballinger Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I actually posted yesterday that I thought the search facility was really good. I had tried a few simple searches and all seemed good. I tried searching for a specific string I knew existed in an old post of mine. I typed in “Longest scarf” and it duly returned the correct post. I should have tested further , it was not finding the exact phrase, it just so happened that was the only post where longest and scarf occurred in the same post. I can not now work out if there exists some syntax that allows an exact phrase to be matched. It looks like quoting should do the job but it doesn’t. Hopefully this can be elaborated on in due course. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blandford Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Ace: When needing a new line, hold the shift key down while hitting return. Then you get single line spacing. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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