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  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 4,692
    edited January 2021
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    is there a way to have the old screen on the phone? It takes a lot of scrolling to see posts
    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • CLamb
    CLamb Member Posts: 281
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    The categories menu entries change to show mouseover and mousedown but there is no indication of the currently active category. It would be nice if it were highlighted in some way.
  • ratio
    ratio Member Posts: 3,626
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    I think the "mark all read" button has been mentioned already.

    With the desktop view on mobile (Android, Firefox 84.1.4), a topic will be marked as read (grey text) when hitting the back arrow after reading, the same action with the desktop on Win 10 (84.0 64 bit, but it looks like it wants to update, <sigh>) needs a manual reload to get the grey text—when just going backwards the title of the just-read topic is still orange. IIRC this had been ongoing with the previous version too.

    Again, with the desktop view on mobile, in landscape view, when I go back to a previously-read topic, the first few lines of the first unread comment are hidden under the title bar. Switching to portrait & back moves it to where it is visible; loading it in portrait mode works right.

    Oh, I don't see a "save draft" button either.

  • Erin Holohan Haskell
    Erin Holohan Haskell Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 2,284
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    Sorry @GW, we can't bring back the old screen to mobile devices.

    @CLamb, I'll check to see if we can make the active category more apparent.

    @ratio, @STEVEusaPA, @Garry Smith, unfortunately our forum software provider has discontinued the Mark All Viewed feature. I will share your comments with them to see if they can bring it back in future updates.

    @ratio, we'll investigate the other things you've mentioned. Thanks for the additional info on your devices.
    President
    HeatingHelp.com
    CLambGW
  • luketheplumber
    luketheplumber Member Posts: 149
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    One thing that I just realized was the Thank You button is missing. What happened to it, how can I thank you all now?
    That was probably my favorite and most used button.
    I just earned my GED and am looking for a apprenticeship with one of these steam gurus on this site!
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,526
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    You can type Thank you. 
    Retired and loving it.
    luketheplumber
  • luketheplumber
    luketheplumber Member Posts: 149
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    @DanHolohan
    Thank You
    I overall love the new design, I gave it a go on my phone and its so much easier to use than ever before. The Thank You button is the only thing that I will miss.
    I just earned my GED and am looking for a apprenticeship with one of these steam gurus on this site!
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,526
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    Thank you, Luke. I went through a bunch of upgrades when I owned this site. They each involved a huge amount of work on the back end and a lot of expense. I know from experience that you can never please everyone 100% of the time but I did the best I could with my team back then. I know that Erin is now doing the same now with her team. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and kind words. 
    Retired and loving it.
    luketheplumber
  • neilc
    neilc Member Posts: 2,703
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    might I be picky , , , ?
    when returning to threads to continue reading new comments,
    system lands me right at the top line of the new comment, not showing the post's name header,
    and I have to page up to see who I am reading,
    this is on a windows 10 laptop, Edge browser(and others firefox, etc),
    # iampicky
    big fan regardless




    known to beat dead horses
  • CLamb
    CLamb Member Posts: 281
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    I'd like to add to what @neilc said. This happens on Windows 7 Firefox as well. The comment aligns with the top of the window whereas it should align with the bottom of the header.
  • Erin Holohan Haskell
    Erin Holohan Haskell Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 2,284
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    I see what you mean here. We'll look into this. Thanks!
    President
    HeatingHelp.com
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,506
    edited January 2021
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    Come back..."Mark All Viewed"...we miss/need you :)
    Don't know if this was mentioned, but on an iPad, landscape, the ads on the right overlap the text of the threads.
    steve
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,061
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    I get the overlap on desktop and also Ipad.
    And smellchecokr semms gonge....is ttat part of the walll or in my computor issuesss?
  • neilc
    neilc Member Posts: 2,703
    edited February 2021
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    neilc said:

    might I be picky , , , ?
    when returning to threads to continue reading new comments,
    system lands me right at the top line of the new comment, not showing the post's name header,
    and I have to page up to see who I am reading,
    this is on a windows 10 laptop, Edge browser(and others firefox, etc),
    # iampicky
    big fan regardless

    Erin, webmaster, hi,
    Let me start with, I'm not complaining,
    It looks like someone tried something to get the user name to show as one returns to read new posts,
    but maybe you coded in the wrong direction,
    Now the 1st line of the new comment, and the user name label, are both hidden, and still require paging up,
    I'll be quiet now.
    neil

    known to beat dead horses
  • Erin Holohan Haskell
    Erin Holohan Haskell Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 2,284
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    Thanks, @neilc. We're working on it!
    President
    HeatingHelp.com

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