Old PP or New PP - Weigh In All

[D Ink Man]

So fellow peoples of Print Planet; what you think? Do you like the old version of Print Planet or the new? Remember, change is hard. So, you may want to wait a bit longer after navigation efforts to comment.

My only beef is no new e-mail notifications to your subscribed posts and replies. But consider, I love beef. Especially tenderloin and sirloin.

I'm getting used. And... for this old codger that is some accomplishment.

Ink on paper however, still is the best. Few on this forum will disagree with that thought.

Keep plugging!!

D Ink Man

 

[gordo]

If it helps Paul White (the admin) to keep the forum going then I've no complaints.

 

[aqazi81]

Uploading or attaching a file is easier now also advanced editor toggle button is good. notifications as emails are a bit annoying as well as clearing a notification.

 

[PDL]

I do miss seeing the name of the forum to which each post is on in the Recent Threads list. Else wise the site seems very quick and responsive.

 

[mwc]

Forum is more responsive now, I don't notice Chrome hanging up as it was in recent weeks. Showing the forum name in recent threads would be nice to have back.
In addition (this was my way of working the forum before the upgrade....I would check the 'What's new' area and catch up on threads with new items that I was interested in, kept pressing the What's New to get an updated list, then when I was done I would press the 'Mark all Forums Read' link on the 'What's new" area to reset all the topics...knowing that any threads would only show up when new items were posted.
NOW - the 'What's New' option shows all the threads, bold for new items, and the 'Mark all as read option' is missing (although I can get to it via the 'Print Planet Forums' Tab -->Mark Channels as Read)
A little more cumbersome to navigate, but again this is just the way I HAD be doing things....but so far I can't see any easier way...YET?

 

[prwhite]

I too share your observations / complaints. The programmers are working on returning some of the former features to this new platform. At this point I don't know how successful this will be, but keep up your comments and suggestions. If we had had our "druthers" we would have stayed on the previous platform, but that was not an option, as it was no longer supported and the previous page design was also no longer supported.

This new design that you are looking at had to be custom created by the programmers to look like our previous version. I know it looks like the other one, but that was the intention. The upside is that this new PrintPlanet platform has security that the former one did not have. To the extent that it's possible to bring back lost features, we will.

D Ink Man should be getting notifications on any new threads on this platform. Like signatures, some of the Member preferences didn't seem to make it to the new version.

 

[gig0]

My only issue is the font. It looks as though it's condensed and a little more difficult to read longer posts ...or maybe I'm just getting old. :/

 

[gordo]

In the past, when we got a "Like" the site used to give the name of the person who clicked the like button. That feature appears to be gone :-(

 

[aqazi81]

no location showing under profile name....

 

[gordo]

Searching for old posts doesn't work.

 

[dabob]

I'm not finding "view first unread" (as I recall it) that was handy for keeping up with multipage threads . ..

 

[prwhite]

This may help identifying new posts: if there are new posts, they show up in "New Topics" directly under "PrintPlanet Forums". New Topics can also be accessed from the Forum page and when you hit refresh, those that have been read will disappear.

Regarding the "Search" function, we have to re-index the database – the former index was Lost in Translation. The re-indexing will be worked on over the weekend.

 

[D Ink Man]

In the past, when we got a "Like" the site used to give the name of the person who clicked the like button. That feature appears to be gone :-(

I don't like that.

 

[gordo]

I don't like that.

You don't like being identified when you "Like" a post or you don't like that the feature is gone?

 

[D Ink Man]

You don't like being identified when you "Like" a post or you don't like that the feature is gone?

I like that.

 

[prepressdork]

I do miss seeing the name of the forum to which each post is on in the Recent Threads list. Else wise the site seems very quick and responsive.

I agree. This was helpful!

 

[slush11]

Really dislike that we have to manually get rid of notifications. Also-I don't know if anything has been done about the issue with Chrome, but I haven't noticed any difference. I still need to click to a different tab and then back to PP for it to load.

 

[dabob]

I also liked the likes given/likes received feature . . . I can't seem to find it now

 

[Schnicklefritz]

My only issue is the font. It looks as though it's condensed and a little more difficult to read longer posts ...or maybe I'm just getting old. :/

Right. The font could be a point size bigger and maybe medium face instead of light to help out deteriorating eyesight like mine.

 

[gordo]

When I enter tags for a posting they don't show up in the posting.