Damn, this forum is fast

scottgreenstone

Apr 16, 2015 at 10:14am

I am really liking the mobile app

Just kidding

Tom_Reingold

Apr 16, 2015 at 10:54am Edited

I haven't tried it on my little gadgets yet.

Overall, I'm impressed with how well the site works.

new207040

Apr 16, 2015 at 12:23pm

and the search function works fantastic ! entered my search term and found the answer -- no more unnecessary duplicate posts for the same old questions !

joanne

Apr 16, 2015 at 12:37pm

I miss some things, but know they're being worked. Overall, this learning experience is fun - at this end!

I do hope Jamie and Dave are managing to get some sleep...

sac

Apr 16, 2015 at 12:42pm

joanne said:
I miss some things, but know they're being worked. Overall, this learning experience is fun - at this end!
I do hope Jamie and Dave are managing to get some sleep...

I guess being in opposite time zones may help with that. (Dave IS still in Hong Kong, right?)

PeggyC

Apr 16, 2015 at 1:04pm

I've also noticed this site moves VERY fast indeed. Nice!

Sac, I thought they also worked on different tasks. But I don't care! *happy grin* I'm finding workarounds for most things, with the iPad (the desktop is more frustrating because the mouse is sticky, and there are other problems).

joanne

Apr 16, 2015 at 9:17pm

Oooh, neat change, fellas! Swapping the tabs at top. Very nice.

ParticleMan

Apr 17, 2015 at 6:35am

I'm guessing it was the small number of people on it. it's definitely slowing down (though not slow by any stretch of the imagination).

tom

Apr 17, 2015 at 6:56am Edited

There are some issues with the Chrome browser on Android.

I can log in, but I don't seem to be logged in. Commenting isn't visible at the end of threads. When I pull down the "hamburger" menu, I see the link to sign in, but clicking it sends me to my profile page, where I can modify my settings, change my avatar, etc. But when I go back to the threads, there is still no commenting even though I'm obviously logged in as myself.
There's no indication of threads that I've read, or what has been updated.

The navigation doesn't make sense either. "Home" sends me to my profile page instead of the discussions. From there, the "Home" button at the top of the page does nothing. There's no apparent way to get back other than to resort to my browser bookmark or the "Recommended Communities" link.

You can't find a list of categories, though that was an issue with the old forum as well I think.

On other pages, there's no functional difference in the breadcrumb navigation between "Home" and "Forums."

dave

Apr 17, 2015 at 7:06am

Things will evolve to make more sense. Can't speak to the Android issue, but am noting it.

scottgreenstone

Apr 17, 2015 at 8:17am

@dave - the signing in thing is happening across all of my devices, Android, Chromebook and Windows. Just to help you understand the intricacies cheese

joanne

Apr 17, 2015 at 1:12pm

One thing I really like and really appreciate is the sizing: in any of the 'home' screens, regardless of the number of lines I've selected or the orientation of my screen, I'm unlikely to misclick a thread because it's too small on the iPad.

Thank you for that!

joanne

Apr 17, 2015 at 2:39pm

One thing I'm not too happy about: everything is clear and efficient, I can't waste as much time here as I used to. Even without blocking categories. Drats! Foiled again! cheese

rhw

Apr 17, 2015 at 2:51pm

How do you navigate from here to other parts of MOL?

joanne

Apr 17, 2015 at 4:25pm

Go back up top and click on Home or Forums, or use the Categories listings on your left-hand side.

sac

Apr 17, 2015 at 4:28pm Edited

I thought rhw meant the part of MOL outside of the forums ... like the businesses, calendar, etc.

joanne

Apr 17, 2015 at 4:41pm

Ah. I'm not sure if they're here yet.

sac

Apr 17, 2015 at 4:46pm

That's what I thought.

joan_crystal

Apr 18, 2015 at 1:57am

A separate bookmark for maplewoodonline.com works for me.

tom

Apr 18, 2015 at 6:30am

The native android browser works. I'm using it to post this. It's just Chrome that's wack.

dave said:
Things will evolve to make more sense. Can't speak to the Android issue, but am noting it.

tpb

Apr 18, 2015 at 7:45am Edited

Is there a way to set change the default setting from "20 rows" to "50 rows"? I have to do it every time I access the new site... :-(

ramzzoinksus

Apr 20, 2015 at 6:19am

This morning it is slow and glitchy.

ridski

Apr 20, 2015 at 6:51am

ramzzoinksus said:
This morning it is slow and glitchy.

It's depressed by all this rain.

jimmurphy

Apr 20, 2015 at 6:52am

Using chrome on a desktop and I keep getting signed out and need to sign back in. Is there a way to navigate back to the discussions page to avoid this?

krnl

Apr 20, 2015 at 7:13am

ridski said:

ramzzoinksus said:
This morning it is slow and glitchy.
It's depressed by all this rain.

Same here.

FC_

Apr 20, 2015 at 7:45am

I'm on Safari, and so far the Home and Forums tabs yield identical results -- is that the case for others as well? Also, on Safari, I'm having to sign in every time, which is no big deal.

cody

Apr 20, 2015 at 7:54am

I've noticed it is slower today and less responsive - I'm thinking that jamie and his team might be doing some tuning or making changes. I'd rather have it accessible even if slow than have the site unavailable while they fine-tune.

But I go back to the days when if you wanted to change a program you gave a deck of punchcards to the operations people, went out for dinner and maybe, a few hours later, found out if your changes had worked (or not)! So, this is good.