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Forum Change

TealTrinket
TealTrinket Posts: 22 Member
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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We are reviewing feedback as it comes in and will take it into consideration as we continue to iterate the update to the Community forums.

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  • LazyBlondeChef
    LazyBlondeChef Posts: 2,809 Member
    I have to agree it looks pretty bad on desktop using the latest version of Firefox. Why is everything so huge? I've had to go to 80% just to view it.
  • pkctts1
    pkctts1 Posts: 229 Member
    edited November 2021
    I’m finding it much easier to read. Thanks.
  • LazyBlondeChef
    LazyBlondeChef Posts: 2,809 Member
    I've switched to if it's better in Safari and it is slightly but it won't let me edit. And everything is still huge. Rendering overlays things.
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,107 Member
    trying to post but getting "Whoops! There was an error."
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,977 Member
    Frankly, it's awful. Not only is the layout worse than before, but I can't search to find my must recent posts (things I don't care enough about to bookmark, but want to be able to get to).
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,977 Member
    Also - the ONE request I've seen multiple times... people asking that the Disagree and Hug options below a post be switched... wasn't touched. I don't really care, but the thought was an accidental Hug is nicer to see than an accidental Disagree (which you can do unintentionally when scrolling through posts on your phone). This specific request wasn't addressed but things no one asked for were? And it's even harder to deal with on my phone than it is on the computer. If I had been considering Premium, you just guaranteed I stay with the free option.
  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,143 Member
    Hate this new layout/format.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,437 Member
    Looks like "navigation" to the Home page and the FOOD diary is gone? I'm assuming you already know that, but it's a pretty big deal.

    W10, Firefox
  • s1im62
    s1im62 Posts: 31,452 Member
    edited November 2021
    The bookmarks list is a bit bulky now, particularly on my phone. I used to see about a dozen or more items when I looked at the list and so could scroll though quickly. Now only about three fit on the screen, and it seems cluttered.
  • LazyBlondeChef
    LazyBlondeChef Posts: 2,809 Member

    The food diary is still there. Click on the enormous blue myfitnesspal at the top menu bar and it will take you to the non community feature.

  • s1im62
    s1im62 Posts: 31,452 Member

    Using spoilers around media links doesn't seem to work anymore. If there's a way to do it it is not anything like the old way.

    Used to be like this:

    [spoiler]Text or link to toggle by the spoiler button.[/spoiler].

    But it doesn't work now. The paragraph formatting interface works to make spoilers for text, but doesn't seem to support the media links when inserted using the 'Insert Media' button.

  • Betty
    Betty Posts: 8,881 MFP Staff

    Thanks for the heads up! I'll have the team take a look at this and file a bug ticket with our forum provider.

  • Fuzzipeg
    Fuzzipeg Posts: 2,301 Member

    Forum provider means more to mfp than members!?

  • s1im62
    s1im62 Posts: 31,452 Member

    Thanks @Betty for the update. I worked in SW development for over 30 years, and know the headaches of trying to update software that used technology that the vendor no longer supports, and then dealing with user complaints about how it doesn't work like the old releases!

    Not that I'm going to refrain from griping about things that seem problematic for users. 💢

    Now that I'm old and retired, I feel totally empowered to act like an end-user! 🤣

    On the plus side, I do like the plethora of emojis that are now easily accessible. 👍️

  • Betty
    Betty Posts: 8,881 MFP Staff

    Apologies, to further explain, our forums are hosted by a company that specializes in forums. MyFitnessPal developers don't actually work on the forums, our forum provider does. They maintain the health of our forums and provide us with updates and new features that we are then able to use in our forums. We made the switch to a forum provider back in 2014.

  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member

    It looks good to me. It keeps my eyes focused, and it even makes different posts more distinct. That's my own preference, though. You may want to add a poll for it.

  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,977 Member

    What happened to the search function? If I wanted to check back in on something I'd posted (or sometime else) I could search by my name and see everything I'd posted. That appears to be gone. It is really hard to navigate the site now - especially on my phone. Good news - I think I just fed up a lot of time I'd been spending on mfp.

  • Betty
    Betty Posts: 8,881 MFP Staff

    Thanks for the feedback @amusedmonkey. We'll definitely mull over some of the feedback in this thread and come up with some surveys or polls for some future changes.

  • s1im62
    s1im62 Posts: 31,452 Member

    Yes, I've often used the search function within a discussion. If it isn't made available in the new interface I'll certainly miss it.

    I did try the top-level search function. It has some good filter features, but it doesn't seem to provide a way to easily limit my search to posts in a particular discussion, and it's not as conveniently accessible for a quick check when I don't want to navigate outside the current discussion.

  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member

    I don't know if this is by design or a bug, but when I quoted your post earlier it replaced the image with a non-clickable link.

  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,292 Member

    I dont like the avatar pics being so much smaller- harder to see who wrote a post.


    Also seems no way of seeing threads I marked with yellow star before - I can see all notifications but each marked thread.


    at least we have way more smileys - that's one good thing 🤪🤩😎

  • s1im62
    s1im62 Posts: 31,452 Member
    edited November 2021

    The yellow stars were for bookmarked threads/discussions @paperpudding. I was not seeing those at first, but then found that these are still there (on the far right-hand side of the discussions list) but now look like a bookmark instead of a star. It appears as a black outline for threads you have not bookmarked, and is solid blue for those you have bookmarked, like so:


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