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Feature Suggestions and Ideas

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Statistical Reporting
MFP has an unprecedented collection of data relating to healthy eating and exercise. Why are you all not mining it into statistical reports? For instance, you could provide the average macros and aver…
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Started by HorseFly
Dec 10, 2021
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Have a "what's in your fridge" option
It is annoying to have to scan a barcode every time when preparing food. It would be great if it was possible to store your food shopping in a "fridge" section of the app. When you are preparing food …
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Started by Ffrancwr
Dec 8, 2021
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cookidoo thermomix gateway
What it be possible to import receipts/food data from the Cookidoo app ?
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Started by ml439
Dec 6, 2021
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import all active calories from apple watch to “exercise”
Not everything record as active calories is a workout, and I prefer the most accurate calorie counting possible. This app is very close to perfect, I would love to start using it again.
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Started by leelatickoo
Dec 3, 2021
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Allow us to view pals profiles
Seems simple enough. I click on a pal to go to their profile without getting an application error every single time... Something to think about.. Thanks alot MFP.
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Started by gwhizeh
Dec 2, 2021
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Make Quick Links Available at Group Level
Please make the Quick links (e.g. Groups, My Groups, Bookmarks, etc.) available at the group level. For example, if I am in the Biggest Loser Monthly Challenge group I have to enter one of the discuss…
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Started by DaffyGirl88
Dec 2, 2021
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Feature Parity: Search for food by UPC on Website/App Without scanning barcode
On many occasion, I've found myself at work or home, using the website to log my food. Nine times out of ten, it's easy, straightforward, but sometimes, especially with community-powered databases, I …
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Started by anthonyloprimo
Nov 29, 2021
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Better visibility of 'post under review' notices
On mobiles the notice for a post being delayed until it has been reviewed is not very noticeable. It is small and appears at the bottom of the screen. Making it more visible (like move to top or red c…
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Started by s1im62
Nov 28, 2021
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Search titles only?
Ever since the update, I can't figure out how to properly search for things. If I want to search for say, cornbread, but only want to search in subject lines/titles, how do I do it? The old system let…
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Started by chris89topher
Nov 28, 2021
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Stretching
I've started a personalized exercise routine that includes cardio, strength and stretching. I can track the first 2 easily, but MFP has no stretching section (like yoga). I have to use Notes. I apprec…
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3 comments
Started by dafrabu
Most recent by AnnPT77
Nov 27, 2021
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Tiny bugs noted in the new forums
Just thought this could be a place for people to list small bugs noticed in the new forums. Not major issues, but little things. For instance, in the iOS app, the “Notification Preferences” page is ty…
In Review
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19 comments
Started by Cheesy567
Most recent by I2k4
Nov 22, 2021
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Poster's name cut off in first new response
Would it be possible to include the first new responder's name along with their post when viewing new responses? Right now the first "new response" has the poster's name cut off so I have to scroll up…
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Started by TX_Bluebonnet
Nov 21, 2021
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Allow members who participate in a Challenge Group to edit their posts at any time
Our group is a team competition and one part of it has each member track their weight over a 9 week period. Group leaders then transfer this info to a spreadsheet. It would be a lot easier if each mem…
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Started by dilberta
Nov 20, 2021
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Discussion Search Option
Previously there was the capability to search within a discussion and with the update that capability is gone. In Challenge Discussions we frequently copy, add to the previous status and repost to sho…
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Started by shanaber
Nov 19, 2021
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Why not possible to register low carb diets like 2:5 or 1:1 or a day of fast ?
There are diets that are founded in research and science but if you try to register f.ex. one day of fast, myfitnesspal raises their big brother/mother finger and tells you: "You are not eating enough…
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2 comments
Started by pbekkerh
Most recent by Lietchi
Nov 19, 2021
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Mobile App
Here's an idea: get rid of those useless boxes on the mobile app for serving size and number of servings. You can't read the entire serving size without clicking on it and opening that full display. W…
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1 comments
Started by smokingpigbbq
Most recent by smokingpigbbq
Nov 18, 2021
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Reactions
Like many others, I read a LOT here. While "like," "hug," and "disagree" are helpful sometimes, there are two emojis/expressions missing that would so much more accurately convey my feeling/reaction: …
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Started by Cindy01Louisiana
Most recent by SuzySunshine99
Nov 18, 2021
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Show date thread was started (restore this feature from the old boards)
Before the update, the boards would show both the user that started the thread and the most recent comment, both dated/timestamped. Now, it still shows those usernames, but only the most recent commen…
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4 comments
Started by goal06082021
Most recent by Betty
Nov 16, 2021
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Restore top bar navigation aligned to MFP Home
The new layout essentially extracts Community out of MFP. I can't toggle between Community back to my Food Diary and have to have separate browser tabs to check community and update my food diary (com…
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18 comments
Started by brisingr86
Most recent by pacsnc6
Nov 16, 2021
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Where to begin...
I truly try not to complain. I do. I figure I am in your playground, and I can play here or not. I've been here forever and a day and seen more changes and owners and whatnot than many have, and just …
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4 comments
Started by callsitlikeiseeit
Most recent by snowflake954
Nov 15, 2021
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How to avoid new paragraph (double spacing) when hitting return in Rich Editor
@Betty I thought I would bring this to your attention, in case you are unaware of this. I was reading documentation on the Rich Editor and found info on how to avoid starting a new paragraph when hitt…
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1 comments
Started by frankwbrown
Most recent by Betty
Nov 15, 2021
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Page layout all wrong in Chrome browser
@Betty, @Nova, @durden I use the Google Chrome browser. In the Google Chrome browser, the sidebar content appears not to the right but at the very bottom of the page. The first image below is an examp…
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Started by frankwbrown
Most recent by Betty
Nov 15, 2021
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Temp workaround for how to [un]bookmark discussions for Groups
@Betty, FYI regarding this bug: Unable to bookmark Discussion in Groups: OPEN - Bookmarking or un-bookmarking a discussion in a group results in an error message. While that bug is being fixed, there …
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Started by frankwbrown
Most recent by Betty
Nov 15, 2021
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Easy way to find bookmarked items
I used to be able to see the number of new comments for each Community item I had bookmarked. Now I have to scroll Notifications and see every single one. I can't even figure out how to go to my bookm…
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131 views
8 comments
Started by cschmitz110515
Most recent by dawnbgethealthy
Nov 13, 2021
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Tracker
Tracker to be a signature
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5 comments
Started by melanieclark777
Most recent by amusedmonkey
Nov 13, 2021
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What Help discussions are needed?
How to Use the Forum Editor - If there is documentation elsewhere on how to use the editor, this would provide a link to that documentation. If there isn't, then each comment posted in this discussion…
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4 comments
Started by frankwbrown
Most recent by frankwbrown
Nov 12, 2021
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Spoiler support for media links
In the old interface I could put the [spoiler][/spoiler] tags around a media URL or pasted image and it would be inside a spoiler so that display of the media/image could be toggled on/off. I used thi…
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Started by s1im62
Most recent by Betty
Nov 12, 2021
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Alert/Warning when not replying to the latest post in a discussion
This mainly impacts the 'Fun and Games' discussions, where users are playing games in which their new post is usually based on the most recent prior post. In other forums it probably doesn't matter as…
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In Review
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4 comments
Started by s1im62
Most recent by s1im62
Nov 12, 2021
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Forum Change
Please undo your recent forum changes. It looks awful and cheap, and is so much harder to navigate. Or at least give us an option to use the old layout instead.
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102 comments
Started by TealTrinket
Most recent by Hollis100
Nov 10, 2021
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