iHub - UX Feedback

[doinit]

how do I make it stay in classic view ?????

[chris6789]

CLassic is the only way to go its so much cleaner and easier to read

[goodietime]

Can you make Classic the normal view? Not sure why you thought you had to tinker with/improve it??

[DTGoody]

Do not like the new format at all, and I have to keep switching back to the old.

[BubbaInSC]

Beta version of full view . don't like it. IMO, harder to follow.

[IH Admin [Meghan] (former)]

Are you meaning using an emoji tracker for reactions or just in general posts, similar to how phones keep track of what emoji you’ve used recently in text messages and what not?

[dances with stocks]

Classic better

[Guzzi62]

I hope the classic will stay as default, easier to skim though.

[foxi]

- The site's Switch to Classic mode reverts back to Full View in approximately 10 minutes. (I'm using an updated chromium desktop browser)

- I'm not a fan of Full View hyphenating random words in random places. This is more apparent on mobile but also happens on desktop

[foxi]

+ In Full View, the See More link with an inline rollout of a post's full text is pretty useful.

- In Full View it's harder to spot important posts without a ton of scrolling.

- Lots of members start their posts with a quote, and both the quote and the response is cut off in Full View. If reading a post requires a click either way, I'd rather be able to sample the whole list in one glance (ie Classic View) vs lots of scrolling.

- On an ihub board, often the collective data point is more valuable than the discussion details. If that makes sense. In Classic view we can tell at a glance what members are generally talking about, how active the board is, etc. Getting to this information as fast as possible, with the fewest clicks possible, is most useful.

[Dough Theory]

Classic is much better in my opinion.

[Milk Duds]

In Classic View I use the "clicked link" color to determine if I've already read a post.

In Full View I don't see any way of differentiating a post I read from a post I haven't read.
This makes Full View useless.

I go away and come back multiple times a day, and also over multiple days.
Are you expecting people to just re-read posts they've already read for no reason?

[Hole shot King]

sucks !

[Homebrew]

Yes. Classic. New is too "busy". I use "batch view" when I want to see entire posts in a stream.

[Fred Kadiddlehopper]

FWIW, I strongly prefer the classic.

[1vman]

Hi Tom , i like the classic format best

[Hole shot King]

simple... it sucks ,what the hell are you people thinking

[doinit]

no I do not like it,,, entirely to much change

[INV4]

I like classic view... but it's nice to have the full view option as well.

[IH Admin [Meghan] (former)]

Keep it civil here, please.

[fink]

I agree. I'll stick with the classic. This new format is horrible.
Classic Worked great on my iPhone. Not the mobile app. I didn't like that. Tools were not available.
I'm not sure what a desk top is anymore.

[ergo sum]

So it’s all about the ‘see more’ I see. I’ll tell noip.

[Zorax]

Technically, members free or otherwise had an ability just a couple of years ago to pick certain parts of the page's colors using the codes like fffr33ff for whatever color that could mean in a limited way. I was able to change background white to gray or whatever. I'm not going to identify it, but one or two pages have remained with my profile colors unchanged. They are out of the way hardly ever used pages. Sometimes I just go to the pages for nostalgia and give my eyes a break just to lovingly gaze.<--- edit reads better.

[getmoreshares]

I prefer the CLASSIC format-- with a DESKTOP

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

Well, you don't unfurl it. Unfurling is a combined effort between IH and Twitter. I'll look at getting that to work better tomorrow.

[ergo sum]

Yes ergo my question how does one ‘unfurl’ it?

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

I think you're probably seeing it not completely unfurled. When it's complete, you see the tweet as it's presented on Twitter and clicking it will take you to the tweet on Twitter.

[IH Admin [Meghan] (former)]

I’ve been hoping for Dark Mode for a while now.

[BestFishes]

my vote is for classic view. public reply is strange, maybe improve this feature of beta version.

[frrol]

Classic view is much easier to read and use. I hope they keep it.

[Zorax]

I seriously doubt any change here is insidious. Does a site have to drag people into something kinda sorta? Sure. Your explanation is good enough for me and I won't be ignorant until the next time I forget you already told us.

And example was my 'whine' that they took away my ability to change the background something other than wielders white flash. Which I had set to a cool relaxing slate gray. That wasn't insidious, that was probably a sacrifice for upgrades, I don't know. I'm not hardass against change, but I've strongly advocated for allowing 'choice' if humanly possible.

The plus is we still have choice for now. And that's seriously the only thing that I would fight for. Choice. I overreact because I've had so many things pulled out from under me, website feature and navigation, video game graphic cards, car parts, hallway rugs and perfectly working 4 year old washers working til a small part broke and like your yahoo, they tell me that's no longer available cause the model was discontinued. Camera's and phones are the worst. So, yea, paranoia. Keep allowing choice if possible and a lot of whining will go away.

Speaking of whine, I think I need some real wine.

[ergo sum]

Why not the post? Or how does one get to the actual post?

[BOREALIS]

NO

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

You should consider subscribing since you're getting health benefits from us too.

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

Clicking on the tweet is supposed to take you to that tweet on Twitter. Is it doing something else?

[IH Admin [Shelly]]

Lol - you can keep imagining walking this road that we really and truly are not going down. I promise! I might be "diplomatic" as someone put it earlier, BUT I am pretty much a straight shooter. If I was aware that this was destined to be a permanent and irrevocable change, I'd be saying that. And there's not a bone in my body that believes all the communications and discussions I've been privy to have been "shielding" me from a hard fact that it's going to be this way or the highway. I mean, there's not that many of us left. I trust these ppl - there is no way, that as long as people currently running this site and making decisions are going to unilaterally decide Full View is the only option. It's just not happening at least any time soon. Could it happen in the future, sure, but I just don't see it occurring in what I consider "the near future".

When you talk about "forcing" this. Reconsider that term. Yes, we have "pushed" this to all Users. They don't want it, that's cool. There's some unexpected glitches but nothing sinister in this. It's not like the ability to switch was buried in 15 different steps to get the Classic view back. Hit a button and toggle it. That simple.

I mean, really, from a business standpoint there's absolutely no reason, that I can fathom, to take away Classic view any time soon. It works well, people like it and there's really no harm in keeping it.

Yes, absolutely there seems to be some sort of glitch with this roll out affecting some people. We'll figure it out.

I think you may have been one of the people back in the day who really appreciated previous "skins" that iHub offered. If not you, my bad. But basically, that was an obscure feature (when I started) but that people swore by. As I remember it, that feature was there for a very long time for those that wanted it, but eventually we stopped supporting it. But, I mean - that was years.

A silly but perfect example. Prob 30 years ago I got an email address through my ISP .bellsouth. I think they were bought out by AT&T and then maybe yahoo took a piece I don't know. But after 25ish years, I was having huge problems with the way I was receiving emails and there were always glitches. I couldn't find any help on Yahoo! mail FAQ and finally understood that I needed to pay! yahoo some sort of advanced troubleshooting fee for email (fuzzy memory - but the gist). Pissed me off and I stewed for months about it. lol FINALLY I decided to suck it up and pay. Come to find out, I couldn't even pay! Yahoo for support - they no longer supported that platform. lol

My long rambling point, do I assume Classic will eventually go away? Yes. Will it be within our lifetime? ha - who knows? But, you can continue to insist that this is some sort of nefarious plan/design...it's just not.

[ergo sum]

Just use the new view for this thread. Look at the post I am replying to and touch the area inside the twitter part of that post. I am using an iPad right now. When I do that I end up on twitter.com.

[fuagf]

Nothing but the truth as i know it, ma'am.

[Zorax]

Actually, I've been trying it on and off since you did the intro of sorts days ago to see if I can hack it before crying and whining about it.
I know it annoys the crap out of you all, but crying and whining about it made me feel better. Won't solve a thing, but my sinuses cleared up a little.

[IH Admin [Meghan] (former)]

Thanks!

[Zorax]

Would you consider letting that switch choice button live in the 'main menu' drop down thingie as well?

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

Yes, although you'll be in the last batch that gets shifted to Full View to try it.

[Zorax]

By changing it to classic view, does that mean it stays your default view even through future log ins if needed?
This site seems to be one of the very few that I keep 'logged in' active. I normally don't like doing that.

[Zorax]

So, as I commented the other week's, actions speak louder than words and forcing EVERYONE automatically to ironically a 'full' view which is actually a abbreviated mobile view on desktop is supposed to be progressive?
I apologize for writing so crass but batch slamming total membership on a new 'ux' format doesn't seem happily volunteering by members.
And a hunt for the switch button isn't that confidence conductive either.

This line tells me all I need to know.
"Going forward, most new development will be for Full View" The site calls it classic for a reason, it's passe soon to be fazed out no matter the boiler plate talk admin is forced to keep saying. Classic will be renamed legacy, and then depreciated because, well, it can't be helped, "we're behind the times".

I will never use mobile anything ever, I hate the concept of vertical everything crap and why does this site insist on dragging people kicking and screaming into something new they have no intention of using or PAYING for.

You all gotta do what you all gotta do to stay competitive. I get that. This is not aimed at Admin, because you guys are clearly the messengers who have to take this flack up front. I'm sorry to you two that's left that have to deal with this.

That is all.

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

It's located here.

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

Hmmm... Twitter unfurling seems iffy on FullView. We'll look at that. Works great in the sidebar.

[IH Geek [Meatloaf]]

Can you give me a post to look at? Something like this? What part are you clicking on?

I’m 55 years clean and sober today by the grace of God! I’ve done this one day at a time, and for anyone out there struggling YOU CAN TOO! pic.twitter.com/iQvYKW2VkR

— Danny Trejo (@officialDannyT) August 23, 2023

[Daniel Plainview]

Where is classic view on my screen located

[100lbStriper]

lol !!! like i tell my wife, one woman is more than enough for any man unless his head aint screwed on straight. so one adm is enough for me and your it, cool ? but thx for the heads up on meghan........

oh and yes ! please get it back to classic, just tell them take their time, dont sweat it !

[ergo sum]

So if I see a post has part of a twitter link in the little window when I touch that area I get sent to twitter, I don’t get sent to the actual post,