Upgraded forums notice

[Patrick Connor]

16 minutes ago, garrettm30 said:

I noticed that the star next to threads I have participated in are missing in some cases, though present in others. Could this be a case of some index just still in the process of being updated, or is it an issue?

not sure, I will keep an eye out

[walt.farrell]

35 minutes ago, garrettm30 said:

I noticed that the star next to threads I have participated in are missing in some cases, though present in others. Could this be a case of some index just still in the process of being updated, or is it an issue?

I have not noticed that (but I'll watch, too).

Just to be sure: Have you checked the misbehaving threads, to make sure it isn't just a case of  duplicate topics posted by the same user, where you've participated in one topic but not the other? That has caught me a few times in the past.

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, garrettm30 said:

Edit: I see that reputation is still visible when hovering over a user.

That’s better than nothing, but it isn’t much use to those who are viewing the forums on a mobile device.

[Alfred]

6 hours ago, Pšenda said:

I think it would be very beneficial if the user could add some posts to their bookmark list.

 

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Click the "..." icon for the post. Depending on your browser, right-click on Share, or click-and-hold, and choose the appropriate "add bookmark", "add to reading list", etc. link.

@Pšenda seems to be suggesting a publicly accessible list:

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For example, if it is a contribution with an interesting procedure, with important information, or with a frequently asked problem, which could be easily and quickly referred to. The advantage of these forum bookmarks over local ones in the browser would be that they could be used to gain a reputation and benefits for other users. The user (for example, a novice) could easily read posts that have been marked as valuable and beneficial by other users, where he will find interesting information about applications and workflows that would otherwise be lost in the depths of the forum.

This sounds like a good way of providing a useful reference thread without duplicating the content of the posts in question.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, garrettm30 said:

I have to say that I really miss the reputation count. It was a nice quantification in numeric terms (is that a redundancy?) of the community’s estimation on the positive contribution of a user to the community.

I consider it to be just a very rough indicator of how helpful other users think a particular user has been, nothing more.

[garrettm30]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Just to be sure: Have you checked the misbehaving threads, to make sure it isn't just a case of  duplicate topics posted by the same user, where you've participated in one topic but not the other? That has caught me a few times in the past.

I click on the thread next to where I expect the star to be, and when that thread opens, I find I have commented. Does that answer your question?

Here is the thread where I noticed it:

 

[Joachim_L]

What I miss after the upgrade to see what other users are viewing right now. It was interesting for me to see what the moderators were looking at. Mostly these were interesting topics helping me from time to time. Or maybe I am just a stalker? 🤔

[Komatös]

22 hours ago, thomaso said:

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• Signing out in my standard forums browser (Cliqz /~mozilla) does not work, even if signed out it is "Loading…" as soon I enter the text field.

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I would recommend uninstalling the Cliqz plugin and setting Startpage as your search engine and homepage.

The development of Cliqz was discontinued in May 2020.

[walt.farrell]

I think that, for the first time ever, I've hit my daily limit on the number of reactions I can add.

Have I just added a lot today, or has something changed in the allowed number or in my account settings?

[Patrick Connor]

3 hours ago, Joachim_L said:

What I miss after the upgrade to see what other users are viewing right now. It was interesting for me to see what the moderators were looking at. Mostly these were interesting topics helping me from time to time. Or maybe I am just a stalker? 🤔

No longer there when you hover but I still see it on a users profile. Not something I can easily put back though 

[Patrick Connor]

6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I think that, for the first time ever, I've hit my daily limit on the number of reactions I can add.

Have I just added a lot today, or has something changed in the allowed number or in my account settings?

It was set to 20.... seems low. I have changed it to 50 for all advanced members (more than 500 posts). Try now 

[garrettm30]

1 minute ago, Patrick Connor said:

(and unlimited for you as a moderator)

Walt's a mod? I didn't know that (makes sense though). But why doesn't he have the red "Moderators" label under his name?

[Patrick Connor]

sorry I thought I was replying to @Dan C (who's post is hidden in this thread). Mods communicate with hidden replies where needed

[Joachim_L]

3 minutes ago, garrettm30 said:

But why doesn't he have the red "Moderators" label under his name?

It is connected to the number of posts. 20000 == Moderator, 40000 == Labelled Moderator.

[Patrick Connor]

Advanced members is a (hidden but important) group that you get automatic promotion to, when yu post more than 500 times. It adds to your posting abilities, like a larger attachment limit and longer editing times

[Patrick Connor]

2 minutes ago, Joachim_L said:

It is connected to the number of posts. 20000 == Moderator, 40000 == Labelled Moderator.

It really isn't

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said:

It was set to 20.... seems low. I have changed it to 50 for all advanced members (more than 500 posts). Try now 

Thanks.

[walt.farrell]

Sometimes, images that I paste into a forum post do not show up immediately, but only after I submit. They seem to have uploaded, they just don't display right away. This has happened once using Safari on my iPad, and once using Firefox on Windows.

If this were to happen when a topic needs multiple images with text between them in specific locations, it would be very annoying.

ps: Thanks for enabling the Member Titles, for those of us who have set them.

[R C-R]

3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

ps: Thanks for enabling the Member Titles, for those of us who have set them.

That isn't happening for me.

[walt.farrell]

Also, but this is not new with the forum update: Sometimes I get one of my own posts (replies) showing up in the Unread Posts feed. Like this one:

[Pšenda]

10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks for enabling the Member Titles

Somehow I would expect the "title" to be at the beginning of the post as it was before, not at the bottom.

[walt.farrell]

1 minute ago, Pšenda said:

Somehow I would expect the "title" to be at the beginning of the post as it was before, not at the bottom.

The Topic title is still at the top.

11 minutes ago, R C-R said:

That isn't happening for me.

I see this, but perhaps Patrick is running some experiments? It only shows titles that a user (who has that capability) has set manually.

[Old Bruce]

Here on Mac with Safari.

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I see this, but perhaps Patrick is running some experiments? It only shows titles that a user (who has that capability) has set manually.

I have manually set my Member Title to "Good news, everyone!" but this is all I see on the left:

I am using Safari on my Mac but I get the same results using Firefox.

 

[walt.farrell]

30 minutes ago, Hens said:

One thing that's bugging me is that this button/link in the header doesn't go to All Activity anymore but to Unread Content.

It has always gone to Unread Content for me, and I have regularly used it for that since I've been using these forums.

Edit: There's a "Content View Behavior" that is part of Account Settings for your forum account. Perhaps that has changed for you?