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Good morning
I don't have any problems with speed of loading and now I have been on a few times and am getting used to the forum style it is fine. Overall I do like this more than the old version, I love the new features in the Networking and Home section and I find it more friendly as well as being in keeping with professional networking sites.
I think you have done a great job bringing this over Susan, thank you.
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susan silva
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Thanks for the kind remarks Cathy. Behind the scenes everyone at DeskDemon worked very hard to get this done. It was a pretty big and complicated project. Now the hard part is getting people to actively participate in the new areas, but that is another post in itself!
Time for this west coast editor to get some sleep!
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Half of me likes this and the other half doesn't.  It's more in line with other forums (which I like) and i really like the topic summary shown at the bottom when you are replying as sometimes you could forget what other posters had said. It's growing on me. Not sure how this will turn out on the forum as the preview facility doesn't seem to be working, teething problems I expect.
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Cathy S
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Hi Val
The preview works for me - but it isn't where you might expect though it shows above the editing pane ...
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Thanks, Marie. Your suggestion to use the Mark Read function worked great. I took the time (and it was a lot of time!) to do that this morning. This afternoon, it showed which forums had new posts since the last log-on.
The font is so small I am squinting to read it. I probably wouldn't care about the colors as long as the font size was readable. But then again, that is usually my complaint with computer programmers - everything is so tiny it gives me a headache to read it. Have the same problem here at work.
One other thing I've noticed is that in the old DD forum when you clicked on a thread, it would take you right to the newest posts that you had not read. Now it takes you to the top of the forum and you have to scroll down to the bottom to find the ones you haven't read.
Like I said, I usually just go with the flow. Had no problems or complaints when the website was updated. But the change in the forums was pretty drastic and did cause a lot of time-consuming searching.
I have to say too that the reason I come to DD is for help and suggestions on work-related issues. It almost seems to me that this focus is being lost along the way. I hope I am very wrong. I realize that I will only use the features I want to use, and that is fine. I just hope the main purpose of the board isn't being diluted.
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I agree slow to load pages - and I'm having patience issues the older I get.
I would also like to see a button to clear all the selections that are checked in the profile settings.
What a long list of items!
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susan silva
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Spitfire, what in your opinion is diluting the board? Besides look, which has nothing to do with the content nothing has changed at all. As for the post on "friends" it is your choice to create friendships or not. It is a business networking choice. Some will take to it, others wont. I personally will invite people and use that network to find cover stories, just ask opinions on topics and maybe bounce ideas back on those who do want to be "friends." If someone I invite, turns me down, I respect their privacy.
I too I think the font is a bit small, and will see if they can raise it at least one font size. I can't help but wonder if the background wasn't so dark gray would the whole board look cleaner. I will ask them to test that, but we are still working on a few projects that have priority over tweaking the board.
To answer your issue on getting to the latest post, on the right side there is a icon that looks like a document. It will take you directly to the last post.
Atlantaz3, I ask about that, they maybe able to program that in.
Hopefully a few of these answers will make it a life a bit easier for now.
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For those who want to mark all posts as "read", I noticed there was a button on the bottom of the main index page to mark all posts as read. One click did it for me.
Also I like this size much better for reading. I increased it in the post but this would be a better standard for most of us.
The only thing I don't particularly care for is the blank space on the side for those of us who chose not to load a picture. I'm finding it distracting, but that's just me. Other than that, I still think it's a great improvement.
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dettu
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Susan, is there a way to increase the font size as Laura did in her post? I mean is there some way for users to read in a comfortable font size? My eyeballs aren't as young as my heart... 
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diamondlady
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When you are posting, you can go up to the above icons to find font size and change it. I'm not sure if they will change the font to a more eye appealing font, on a permanent basis but you can change it.
There are all kinds of function keys at the top of your posting area. Along with icons, etc for facial expressions. I don't like the white and grey coloring of the forums, so if you can change that to something else, it would be easier yet on the eyes to read.
Otherwise, there are more otpions than what we had before and that is a good thing.
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msmarieh
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From the forum thread listing, there are three ways (at least) to enter the thread.
1) You can click on the name of the thread. That will take you to the first post.
2) You can click the NEW icon immediately after the thread title. That will take you to the first new post since your last visit.
3) As Susan suggested, you can click the small document icon in the right hand column, which will take you to the last post in the thread.
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I'm with Dettu -- I'm having an AWFUL time with the very small print. Granted, my eyes are worst than most, (I've worn glasses since I was 10) but this is actually bordering on painful..... I can adjust my own posts, but what about others?
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gee4
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I know I'm probably repeating myself but rather than reply to individual queries DD, wouldn't it be easier to produce a user guide?
I've done it before in a previous job and it's so much more helpful and useful than itty bitty bits n pieces on a message board.
Please consider it for existing and future users on this revamped site.
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susan silva
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It is more a matter of time it takes to create a user guide. We do have some instructions on the Content part of the Dnet http://www.deskdemon.com/dnet/browse_pages.php?s=&type=11 and will be adding more soon. I created a video with audio, but my microphone was horrible and the file way to big. BUT.. we are working on a few ideas, give us a bit of time... |
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adminforyou
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My main complaint is that this site is not easy to read as the size of the fonts is extremely small. The next complaint is that when you are reading posts when you get to the newest one and press previous it goes to the very first post of the discussion in 2000 or whenever it was started. I am also disappointed in that the posts are not highlighted in red so that you know what you have read and it does not go to the newer posts when you go to that post. Sorry, I still like the former design much better! With this one I have a constatr "Error on page"
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