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Then click edit, select the broken content, and press Control + V. BAM, your post is ready to be edited.
makes it hard to take anything you say seriously. These kinds of melodramatic comments cause you to lose all credibility -- even if and when you have something valid to communicate.
If you can't stand the new TechRepublic that much then I'd suggest you take a break and come back when you can approach it with a clear head and less emotion.
If you can't stand the new TechRepublic that much then I'd suggest you take a break and come back when you can approach it with a clear head and less emotion.
A default in my preferences for 'all' would be extremely helpful. As it is now, I have to choose 'all' for every thread I view, every time I view it.
It's in the settings somewhere, I stumbled on it by accident, so I can't recall how to get there to share. 
J.Ja
J.Ja
It's in your Community Preferences, there are only options to choose 25,50,100 and no option for All.
Its driving me nuts, too, so I'm pushing to get it fixed as soon as possible.
Its driving me nuts, too, so I'm pushing to get it fixed as soon as possible.
I've set my default view to "Expanded", but I'm viewing this thread in collapsed mode. There's a "Show" option on the page, but no "Expand" option.
It should be, considering the monstrosity of a search box placed at the top of the lists.
Suggestion: retain the search form on the results page. Srsly, come on.
Suggestion: retain the search form on the results page. Srsly, come on.
We're rolling out a google powered search solution in a couple weeks.
what do you mean by "retain the search form on the result page"? the form remains in the top right. Are you suggesting it should be somewhere else on the page? thanks for your feedback.
what do you mean by "retain the search form on the result page"? the form remains in the top right. Are you suggesting it should be somewhere else on the page? thanks for your feedback.
At the time, once search results were displayed, there was no search terms entry box on the page. I see there is one at the page bottom now.
I would guess that it was just odd behavior during the initial shakedown.
I would guess that it was just odd behavior during the initial shakedown.
Everything is *SO* *BIG*.
It looks like someone with a small monitor and high resolution took their glasses off and then resized everything so they could still see it. It makes it very difficult to get a bird's-eye view of the content all at once.
At 1280x1024, the size of the buttons and panels makes it impossible to view any page without having to scroll around. This would be hopelessly counter-productive on my iPhone.
You want a clean layout? Condense the objects and provide white space between them. Lots of visual separation. Right now, there's just too much stuff everywhere. And the eye is drawn more to the rightmost "other stuff" column than the article.
Also, my biggest complaint ever about the article comments was that you had to click each and every one to read it. I'd prefer at least a couple levels of comments preloaded. If not expanded, then tucked away in an invisible DIV with a clickable expander. If not that, then AJAX-loaded. Reloading the entire page is a huge waste and makes for cumbersome reading.
At least before, though, you could see the hierarchy between comments. Now the comment tables are too bulky to take in. I can't tell who started a thread because the original poster is about 1000 pixels north of the replies.
Can we start over?
It looks like someone with a small monitor and high resolution took their glasses off and then resized everything so they could still see it. It makes it very difficult to get a bird's-eye view of the content all at once.
At 1280x1024, the size of the buttons and panels makes it impossible to view any page without having to scroll around. This would be hopelessly counter-productive on my iPhone.
You want a clean layout? Condense the objects and provide white space between them. Lots of visual separation. Right now, there's just too much stuff everywhere. And the eye is drawn more to the rightmost "other stuff" column than the article.
Also, my biggest complaint ever about the article comments was that you had to click each and every one to read it. I'd prefer at least a couple levels of comments preloaded. If not expanded, then tucked away in an invisible DIV with a clickable expander. If not that, then AJAX-loaded. Reloading the entire page is a huge waste and makes for cumbersome reading.
At least before, though, you could see the hierarchy between comments. Now the comment tables are too bulky to take in. I can't tell who started a thread because the original poster is about 1000 pixels north of the replies.
Can we start over?
You are scorlling down poorly contrasted test and links in a thread and keep seeing teh big blue block of nothing. Power Users, cool and all but does it need to be one o fthe most dominant blocks on the page? A tiny blue list ina text box would be just fine and less intrusive, actually, while I initially liked that they retained a colour scheme, the more I see it the uglier and mroe useless it all is.
FUGLY describes it well. If I had designed it, I'd be cleaning out my desk and collecting holiday pay right before it went live; run before they find our what you were paid to come up with!
FUGLY describes it well. If I had designed it, I'd be cleaning out my desk and collecting holiday pay right before it went live; run before they find our what you were paid to come up with!
lots of good points here. we'll work on refining the layout over next quarter or two. It's a big site, this will take time. The list of post launch features and tweaks is huge. we'll keep coming back to you all to get feedback on what's most important.
We're working to improve the speed and loading of comments, including the use of ajax where it makes sense.
in the next several months we'll be rolling out some mobile versions of the site as well. stay tuned.
We're working to improve the speed and loading of comments, including the use of ajax where it makes sense.
in the next several months we'll be rolling out some mobile versions of the site as well. stay tuned.
Well, like most everyone else, I do not like the larger font and the spread out information on the pages.
I check for new downloads every Saturday. Checking today I noticed a few things:
1. I can no longer tell what articles I have already downloaded.
2. The list of view all defaults to date order, but starts with a November 11th 2010 article. And, does not include the articles I downloaded this past Saturday.
3. When I click on the link to sort by date, I get a 404 error.
4. How come the content type pull-down does not have an All option?
5. The update did not fix the ability to download articles that I have links for and had reported as not downloading such as:
http://www.techrepublic.com/downloads/10-chrome-extensions-that-enhance-online-security/1832559
On the plus side, my bookmarks to old articles do work.
I don't like having to click through multiple pages to review all the posts on long discussion threads.
Do we really need a column inch of text to preview posts and articles?
Personally, I would prefer to return to one of the pre 2005 site layouts with more plain text and less graphics.
Chas
I check for new downloads every Saturday. Checking today I noticed a few things:
1. I can no longer tell what articles I have already downloaded.
2. The list of view all defaults to date order, but starts with a November 11th 2010 article. And, does not include the articles I downloaded this past Saturday.
3. When I click on the link to sort by date, I get a 404 error.
4. How come the content type pull-down does not have an All option?
5. The update did not fix the ability to download articles that I have links for and had reported as not downloading such as:
http://www.techrepublic.com/downloads/10-chrome-extensions-that-enhance-online-security/1832559
On the plus side, my bookmarks to old articles do work.
I don't like having to click through multiple pages to review all the posts on long discussion threads.
Do we really need a column inch of text to preview posts and articles?
Personally, I would prefer to return to one of the pre 2005 site layouts with more plain text and less graphics.
Chas
The layout before the last was awesome, the only problem that site has was peopl eposting in teh wrong forums but that happens anyway and here they'd just be completey lost anyway. Maybe that's the idea, make it a maze nobody wants to navigate, get clicks and plenty of page loads as people click about aimlessly but you don't have forums to moderate anymore!
I received 2 Alerts emails today.
The first one for the Q&A section was fine and the link worked and took me right to the question.
The second for this thread had only one clickable link, and it ended up as a blank (white) page.
This was a text only email. I was able to copy and paste a link. But, it took a very long time to load the page.
Chas
The first one for the Q&A section was fine and the link worked and took me right to the question.
The second for this thread had only one clickable link, and it ended up as a blank (white) page.
This was a text only email. I was able to copy and paste a link. But, it took a very long time to load the page.
Chas
Another oddity, when you look at the top level of the discussion thread, and it shows the top rated and newest posts, you can't do a right click on them to get the "Open in New Tab" or "Open in New Window" options. This makes me leave that view, making it hard for me to spawn off a bunch of new tabs to read the new comments.
J.Ja
J.Ja
instead of right click > open link in new tab
a single middle "Wheel" click will force a new tab or window (depending on settings)
a single middle "Wheel" click will force a new tab or window (depending on settings)
Thankfully, it's only for the two posts at the top. But I *have* noticed the same thing in a number of other parts that have an AJAX behavior, the right click menu is butchered.
J.Ja
J.Ja
I know, it may look like i hate the new site. I don't. I like many of the ideas it represents, but there are a lot of implementation details that I think were not done quite right. In the spirit of giving credit where credit is due, let's list some of the GOOD things about the new design:
* Bigger fonts. Yes, less content appears on the screen. That can be fixed by widening the center column. But with the bigger fonts, it's a LOT easier to read, especially for vision impaired (a good part of the population.
* The collapsible areas. A number of areas that are less important are collapsible, giving the opportunity to get some pixels back.
* AJAX in some appropriate areas. Like the contact forms, nice touch.
* Improved search. The search is much improved. Not what I think it needs to be in some areas (I've posted separately on search issues), but it is much improved.
* Dropping the ".com.com". That always annoyed me.
* If you are someone who is willing to use Gravatar, it *is* a good system. I understand why folks don't like it (look at the Top 100 "Power Users", a very small minority of them have Gravatar images, so clearly it's not widespread in use already), but at the same time, I do like it as a system.
* Code formats slightly better. The code formatting is not what's needed, but it is still better than what we had a week ago.
* Voting on comments, burying comments: much needed, and much appreciated.
* RSS feeds to monitor discussions is more obvious.
* When the main navigation areas get all of the content imported, they will be potentially much better than what was there before.
* Author disclosures: this is very important, and welcome.
* Identification of "staff" on avatars.
* Focus on the the users. While the "Power Users" box may be a bit too over the top, it's a nice thought and representative of the thought process that went into the site.
Anyone else care to share the GOOD things they see in the new design?
J.Ja
* Bigger fonts. Yes, less content appears on the screen. That can be fixed by widening the center column. But with the bigger fonts, it's a LOT easier to read, especially for vision impaired (a good part of the population.
* The collapsible areas. A number of areas that are less important are collapsible, giving the opportunity to get some pixels back.
* AJAX in some appropriate areas. Like the contact forms, nice touch.
* Improved search. The search is much improved. Not what I think it needs to be in some areas (I've posted separately on search issues), but it is much improved.
* Dropping the ".com.com". That always annoyed me.
* If you are someone who is willing to use Gravatar, it *is* a good system. I understand why folks don't like it (look at the Top 100 "Power Users", a very small minority of them have Gravatar images, so clearly it's not widespread in use already), but at the same time, I do like it as a system.
* Code formats slightly better. The code formatting is not what's needed, but it is still better than what we had a week ago.
* Voting on comments, burying comments: much needed, and much appreciated.
* RSS feeds to monitor discussions is more obvious.
* When the main navigation areas get all of the content imported, they will be potentially much better than what was there before.
* Author disclosures: this is very important, and welcome.
* Identification of "staff" on avatars.
* Focus on the the users. While the "Power Users" box may be a bit too over the top, it's a nice thought and representative of the thought process that went into the site.
Anyone else care to share the GOOD things they see in the new design?
J.Ja
Also, Replies now open within the discussion, directly under the post being commented on, instead of in a separate page.
Peer messaging appears to be limited to mutual Contacts, although I haven't had any official confirmation of that yet.
Peer messaging appears to be limited to mutual Contacts, although I haven't had any official confirmation of that yet.
According to Jason, this will be addressed in User Preferences.
Check out https://spreadsheets1.google.com/ccc?hl=en&hl=en&key=tyt9_mAgySTdvb1ot3cL2Wg&authkey=CJmbw7sB#gid=2 for better information. Look on the Bugs sheet- Line 26.
Check out https://spreadsheets1.google.com/ccc?hl=en&hl=en&key=tyt9_mAgySTdvb1ot3cL2Wg&authkey=CJmbw7sB#gid=2 for better information. Look on the Bugs sheet- Line 26.
Larger fonts, YES! I was always having to CTRL/+ the previous format. Haven't had to with the new.
Definitely like the voting on comments.
Thoroughly appreciate that the color scheme is not obnoxious.
Whether I'm in Discussions or Q&A, the Water Cooler shows on the opening page. Nice.
Expanded as a default is sweet. I hate clicking each post to open, and I didn't always like responding from Print/View All as it was difficult to find the next spot up the tree when the posting limit had been reached.
I like the option to cruise Unanswered Questions. Nice.
I haven't finished exploring yet. But I will post what I like in addition to what I don't like.
(ooh - I may not do a lot of editing until that's fixed
)
Definitely like the voting on comments.
Thoroughly appreciate that the color scheme is not obnoxious.
Whether I'm in Discussions or Q&A, the Water Cooler shows on the opening page. Nice.
Expanded as a default is sweet. I hate clicking each post to open, and I didn't always like responding from Print/View All as it was difficult to find the next spot up the tree when the posting limit had been reached.
I like the option to cruise Unanswered Questions. Nice.
I haven't finished exploring yet. But I will post what I like in addition to what I don't like.
(ooh - I may not do a lot of editing until that's fixed
)
being able to view posts that have been collapsed due to negative voting. 
it's our gift to users who can't wait for stuff to be moderated, or want to tune out the noise. you all can bury it or change your preferences to bury it faster.
you all can bury it or change your preferences to bury it faster.
some like big font, some like small, collapsed/expanded, potatoes, tomatoes, we're working on giving you all more control over how you consume the site. more to come!!
hot tip - changes to user ranking are coming, and those that are helping answer questions and contribute positively to the community will definitely get some points! so keep an eye on the unanswered questions!
hot tip - changes to user ranking are coming, and those that are helping answer questions and contribute positively to the community will definitely get some points! so keep an eye on the unanswered questions!
I set the view to expanded in preferences
I'd rather scroll for miles than open each comment individually
however, after a reply is posted the whole view collapses to the default titles only
I'd rather scroll for miles than open each comment individually
however, after a reply is posted the whole view collapses to the default titles only
Using FF. Once I fully disable NoScript (don't like having to do that, btw) the getting kicked out when I vote and collapsed after replying appears to have stopped.
Even though I'm logged in, I get "Permission denied" when I try to leave a comment.
(This one included).
I've now logged out and logged back in to see if works.
If you are reading this, then I guess it worked.
(This one included).
I've now logged out and logged back in to see if works.
If you are reading this, then I guess it worked.
and log back in. you should be fine. it's a known issue with changing domains and some changes to cookie handling. apologies.
links are not click-able
2 problems: getting easily at the download associated with a blog & The title or wording of pictures etc should be just below the picture not below all the thumb-nails
You say you got rid of a load of ad units, and yet, ironically, when I open the link to the article on the new site design all I could see was ad units, the title of the article near the bottom on on the left in a huge font and the first line of text. To read the article I had to ignore all the ad units and scroll down. Guess that will become instinctive soon enough 
Oh, and I had to take a few goes at posting this comment because it kept saying 'permission denied' in an ugly red box. Logging and and back in fixed the bug, but it was not a great first impression guys...!
Oh, and I had to take a few goes at posting this comment because it kept saying 'permission denied' in an ugly red box. Logging and and back in fixed the bug, but it was not a great first impression guys...!
going through My Account > contacts > I appear to have lost 90+ people..... (including YOU!)
How do we search for people?
(small list: on lunch, eating and typing.... )
GG
How do we search for people?
(small list: on lunch, eating and typing....
)GG
I was wondering why you counted me as a contact last week, but are not following me this week...
How you been, luv?
How you been, luv?
but it's been frantically frantic lately. Mainly home, but now work is ramping up again after the holidays.
I think I better send you an email.... I owe so many people catch up emails it just ain't funny anymore. I'll group email the "huggers" at the weekend.
(Promise)
GG
I think I better send you an email.... I owe so many people catch up emails it just ain't funny anymore. I'll group email the "huggers" at the weekend.
(Promise)
GG
I tried to pm some peeps I know are in My Contacts, but couldn't.
It is not there, when I click on the site.
It should be to the left of the URL.
It should be to the left of the URL.
Many blog posts state "This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic download". Unfortunately the links no longer work and you get dumped into a general downloads page with no workable method of finding the download you wanted.
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