Bugs & Problems With The New Platform

[Lothiriel]

I show that I have 1 new message. But I have been all over my PM's looked at all that show and have read all. It still says I have 1 new ??? I know this is nothing major but hey it is still a bugg.

Could it be in the trash?

 

[Toast n Jelly]

I don't know if this is fixed yet but this is the second time that I've been able to post so I'd better take advantage in case I can't later and give you my experience with bugs.
I've been logged in but have had only guest status without the capability to post or use any of the features. I still can't hover over the brown links and get a list drop down and many other features are still not available to me but being on here and posting is a step up! Thanks and hope to catch up to you all.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I show that I have 1 new message. But I have been all over my PM's looked at all that show and have read all. It still says I have 1 new ??? I know this is nothing major but hey it is still a bugg.

It's a rolling conversation, so if it's a reply to a message it won't show as new until you choose the drop down box that says Select and choose unread.

It's confused me a few times too.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Could it be in the trash?

Yes some how got there by mistake. That solved it . Thank you to all the mods and others who are working to make this new site and work out the bugs you folks are great.

 

[202roosterlane]

Quote:
Well that's true, I just like to keep it cleaned up and organized.

 

[hemet dennis]

Well that's true, I just like to keep it cleaned up and organized.

Well there has been a few times I wished I had saved a PM. So now i wont have that problem.

 

[Imp]

Quote: The conversion seems to have eaten a few of my PMs, at least 1 with an address. Guess I'll have to go look in the trash.

Not the first time Imp's been in the trash.

 

[TwoCrows]

On the right side of the page you'll see the box that says "Something missing?" Click on "Add Item" and I think you should be able to add the peepers you use and write a review when you're done.


Hope this helps!

Nope. That only leads you to a search bar that has you type in a particular item number to items already listed. I want to be able to add to this list and it seems to be locked up.

 

[buckabucka]

I'm looking for chicken tractor ideas, but when I go to the learning center and click on chicken tractors, I get a system error message.
I tried taking a screen shot so I could demonstrate what happens, but I cannot "browse my computer" to get the photo. I've copied the photo, but cannot paste it here.
Does anyone know if these are IPad issues?
I guess I should move to another computer and test these things out.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hate to keep beating a dead horse, but the stuff on the right is STILL making my computer VERRRRY SLOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW to load a page --- any page!!

I do NOT mind the ads and reviews on the right side of the page ---- it is just that the page load time is frankly a minute or longer in many cases!!!!!

With the old format, my browser had the ads in the cache so that they loaded quickly after the first viewing. Not this time. The ads load new EACH time, which makes it VERY SLOOOOWWWWW EACH TIME!!!!!

It is like pulling teeth to browse posts and read casually. Regular pictures that ppl post up are loading fine, but the toolbar on the right hangs the page every time!!!

I really believe there was a _radical_ lack of consideration and ARROGANCE displayed by management with this change. No one ever polled members as to what we wanted or asked whether or not fast page load times were important.

Yes, you needed a bigger server. Cool. Then upgrade hardware to suit current traffic levels..

Yes, you needed some upgrades. OK - then make limited upgrades that are compatible with older computers and slower rural connections!!!!!

Your client base is not office workers in corporate office parks with high-speed connections and the latest computers. Many of us have older computers and lack the funds or desire to continuously upgrade them to suit OTHERS" technologocial whims!!!!

I get the feeling that quite a few peeps have already LEFT the site (because the pages WON"T load on their machines).

And, those of us with slightly better equipment but still not brand new $1500 computers who are expreiencing extremely SLOOOOOOWWWWWWW page load times have just about HAD IT!!!

So long..........

Seriously?

First off, we are well aware of the speed issues members are having. How many times can we say it's TOP priority? Try playing with your account details, you may be able to turn off the carousel on the home page (not sure if everyone has this option or not). It may help with loading pages.

As for the part in red above, this change was considered and planned for almost a year. So for you to say there was a lack of consideration for members is completely off base. Nifty has gone through a TON of work to make this move possible, and as easy on our members as possible. This move was necessary and he chose the best option out there. There have been many requests over the years for features that are now available here - so member requests were certainly taken into consideration.

Most of us moderators are on older computers with slow internet and are not experiencing slow page loads. It's difficult to track down whether it's computer related or site related.

Many of us moderators have been on BYC as long or longer than you would put into a job in the past week. Most of us haven't even had time to talk chicken, it's just about fielding questions and trying to help members through learning the new system.