Forum Upgrade Issues and Downtime 12/28/23

As for the poll, I use cell phone at work or elsewhere, and laptop at home. Probably the cell slightly more frequently.

Re the poll, I use all three. I've had text inputting issues on my phone in the past; it'll be interesting to see if they disappear with this update. I never tried to figure out if they were caused by the phone or the software.

The site looks brilliant. Nice update. Couple of bugs I've noticed:

• 'Recent Threads' under 'Recent' drop down menu seems to be broken when not logged in (the formatting is way off). It looks ok when logged in.
• 'Activate light style' and 'Activate dark style' do exactly the opposite. You may want to switch the descriptions.

When I insert a word into text that I've typed into a post, and use autofill to insert the word, the last letter drops off of the word. It happened in a post a few minutes ago as well as in this one. I'm using an Android tablet. Not sure if it's the tablet or the new software, but it's never happened before with any software on the tablet.

Otherwise, the new layout is quite nice!

Cassius

I just posted a new poem in the Epicurean poetry thread, and it all came out right. I suspect the glitch was just part of the transition to the new format.

Another thing I'm noticing is that when I click on a link to a post in the Unread Posts list, it takes me to the top of the page that contains the unread post. Prior to the update it would go directly to the post, which is much more convenient when the threads get long. This is on an Android tablet; not sure about other devices.

Yes Godfrey , that is really irritating! Mobile and Desktop.

Re the poll: I use a laptop, never a notebook and seldom a cellphone (just for a quick look, never to participate).

Regarding polls...it's a learning experience still for me...I should have included an option for multiple ways of accessing the forum (also I wanted to find out if my hunch was true, that most people use cellphones).

The forum appearance and experience is different when using cellphone compared to tablet or laptop. I think it is much better now for cellphone since the upgrade, because the various tool icons are more visable and user friendly.

Depending on the type of device used, perhaps we still need to compare and contrast between multiple device types to determine if something is missing or could be improved.

Cassius I'd like to request that we add back in "Posts" on each person's profile page, which appeared before but is now missing (I used this a lot to navigate to something I had posted within the last few days/week).