This is going to annoy me
FIT_Goat
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I can't figure out how to make the groups show up on the page with the rest of the forums, like it used to be. This wouldn't be the end of the world if the group page showed the most recent discussion title, but it doesn't. That means there's no easy way to tell, at a glance, when there's new content.
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Yeah, I noticed that, too. The "My Discussions" seems to only be threads started by me, and I'm not entirely sure that it includes posts in groups. I don't envy the MFP crew right now. I expect a lot of backlash for this for a while...0
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What. Have. They. DONE!
How am I supposed to keep up with my threads now? Poo.0 -
On the upside, active external links in the forums, now! \o/0
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True. FYI, if you want to follow a thread, either click the star beside it in each forum or at the top of the thread's page. I just figured that out.
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baconslave wrote: »True. FYI, if you want to follow a thread, either click the star beside it in each forum or at the top of the thread's page. I just figured that out.
I think that's only half working. My "bookmarks" thing at the top of the page doesn't have the threads I've bookmarked already.![:\](https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
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This sucks!!! I hate that I have to go searching for you guys.0
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Me too. I think it will cut my interest in the forums in future. All I have figured out is that you have to click on Community, then Groups, then click on each one of your groups to see what is happening. I want them back on the main Community page.
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not liking this either0
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I don't care for it either.0
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I don't mind clicking on "Group", but I hate the fact that it doesn't show a snipit of the latest thread!!!!! Not really impressed with the changes!!!!!
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Yes. The stupid, it burns. They've got a post up on the help pages re: changes to discussions, different phases, bear with them, but that doesn't make it better.0
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oyadancing wrote: »Yes. The stupid, it burns. They've got a post up on the help pages re: changes to discussions, different phases, bear with them, but that doesn't make it better.
Someone on my Twitter feed had a good saying/quote thing -- UI is like a joke, if you have to explain it, it's not very good.
That said, at least now, I'm less likely to look at the posts on the main forums. That's good, because they're usually a train wreck.0 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »oyadancing wrote: »Yes. The stupid, it burns. They've got a post up on the help pages re: changes to discussions, different phases, bear with them, but that doesn't make it better.
Someone on my Twitter feed had a good saying/quote thing -- UI is like a joke, if you have to explain it, it's not very good.
That said, at least now, I'm less likely to look at the posts on the main forums. That's good, because they're usually a train wreck.
That's spot on. The thing that bugs the most is you don't know if there's new posts in a group til you enter the group!0 -
Frob, glad you ask the question! I tried to get on the low carb forums the other day and thought something was wrong with my computer
I decided to try it again tonight and clicked on my "groups" and then on the low carb groups (I know! I'm a bit dense when it comes to tech!!) and bwelah! here you guys are. What a relief, all I was seeing was calorie counting forums-eek! it made me shudder!! 0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Dragonwolf wrote: »oyadancing wrote: »Yes. The stupid, it burns. They've got a post up on the help pages re: changes to discussions, different phases, bear with them, but that doesn't make it better.
Someone on my Twitter feed had a good saying/quote thing -- UI is like a joke, if you have to explain it, it's not very good.
That said, at least now, I'm less likely to look at the posts on the main forums. That's good, because they're usually a train wreck.
That's spot on. The thing that bugs the most is you don't know if there's new posts in a group til you enter the group!
:grimacing: That drives me UP. THE. WALL.0 -
BS;baconslave wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Dragonwolf wrote: »oyadancing wrote: »Yes. The stupid, it burns. They've got a post up on the help pages re: changes to discussions, different phases, bear with them, but that doesn't make it better.
Someone on my Twitter feed had a good saying/quote thing -- UI is like a joke, if you have to explain it, it's not very good.
That said, at least now, I'm less likely to look at the posts on the main forums. That's good, because they're usually a train wreck.
That's spot on. The thing that bugs the most is you don't know if there's new posts in a group til you enter the group!
:grimacing: That drives me UP. THE. WALL.
Couldn't agree more.
But.....despite the "bugs" and feature changes/omissions/etc, MFP really does deserve credit for pulling off a major software change in a timely manner and with, relatively few "hiccups". Folks will always have "issues" with changes, especially when they are familiar with the old and the new requires a learning curve.
Whether it's an "upgrade" or not and whether any one individual considers the changes to be beneficial or not worth the effort is each person's call and under the best of circumstances likely to be something close to a 50/50 split.
I wouldn't argue that the initial response is probably well below that 50% but it does appear that they are at least listening, aware of the shortcomings, and have an actual plan to bring additional features online in a scheduled fashion.
I'm the furthest from a "company man" that one can possibly get but at the same time recognize the magnitude of the undertaking and all things considered they did a much better job of making the switch than many others.
According to the most recent update,
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10004455/forum-updates#latest
they are aware of the bookmarks/notifications issues, and,
the "my groups, my discussions" issue is "in the works".
I don't use the mobile version so not sure of the impact there but as far as the desktop side goes, fixing the above "should" alleviate many of the concerns - we'll just have to wait and see and hope it happens sooner rather than later.
They really did drop the ball (IMO) on informing new users and the tech "challenged" on making the transition though (especially as it relates to the Groups (but groups have always been viewed as something of a stepchild far as I can tell).
Absolutely no excuse for the difficulty many encountered finding their groups after the switch or using the new "features". A quick look at group attendance, even to date, should have told them something was wrong and even if they didn't anticipate it, it's never too late to post a FAQ or simple links to get folks back - sooner would have been better.
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I moderated a large forum that went through an overhaul. It's a big task, and the comments can be brutal. That said, I hope they figure out how to smooth out some of these rough edges quickly. This is frustrating.0
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I don't think they did a bad job at all with the conversion. I like the new system a lot. It's just the missing groups that drives me crazy.
I do like that the spam reduction is working. Although, it has moved to the groups (go look through the newest groups sometime and you'll see it). I'm not sure how to report a group itself as spam.0
