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Post by speedstox12 on Feb 21, 2013 0:26:43 GMT -8
There was a Posted message yesterday my a member on Midget Car Panorama - one of the few who seems able to get through!!! - and at the end of the message commneted they had to end it because the type face was so mall and it was hurting their eyes reading it! It said at the end of the message: "What I cannot do, is write anymore in this stupid little font - it is giving me eyestrain and a headache." midgetcarpanorama.proboards.com/
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Post by haflinger121 on Feb 21, 2013 3:36:39 GMT -8
Go on Terry, you tell 'em! I am fed up to the back teeth with reading all this utter crap and excuse making on here. Pro Boards need to recognise that they've made a huge error with this new version of their forums. They need to stop trying to justify it and just admit it was a dumb idea. While they're at it, they can also admit it was stupid not to have some way of reverting back to v4. It seems like basic common sense to me to have a 'restore point' when making such a major change which either may not go well, or not be appreciated by users. In this case it seems to be both. The main purpose of software designers and programme writers is to make computers easy to use for those of us who just about know how to use a keyboard and mouse but not much more. We shouldn't get the blame (which is what seems to be going on here) for your mistakes.
And I do not want to hear the excuse again about 'it was upgrade or die' either by the way. There had to be a better way than this! And no, I'm not bothered how long you've been working on it or how many man hours would be wasted. It took a while to build the Spruce Goose too but that doesn't mean it was any good.
I'll also bring up another thing nobody seems to have mentioned up to now; how come we're suddenly unable to post any more photos (or even look at the ones we already have in enlarged format) without having to pay for it?
And how come I'm able to write this reply in a sensibly sized font, yet you can't arrange for this to happen within a forum reply?
Our admin has asked if we should try to move our forum somewhere else. I think you know how I'll be voting. Thanks for ruining something that was good and worked for us, Pro Boards, really appreciate it.
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Post by speedstox12 on Feb 21, 2013 4:50:59 GMT -8
Well halflinger: I think that just about sums up the opinion of those on Midget Car Panorama who try to administer it. Your view that Proboards have started something they cannot cope with appears valid to me: especially in regard to reverting - and staying ther in v4. As I often say on here "Updates always seem to run smoothly with Yahoo! - and when they were asked to revert a change they made it happened fairly quickly". I think the switch from v to v5 is something that Proboards are finding impossible to contend with. Just look at all the other Posts about things that are goibg wrong. As also said on here" "If it's not broke don't mend it!" Sadly, Proboards did with v4 to v5.
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Post by Michael on Feb 21, 2013 10:21:41 GMT -8
Hi,
ProBoards v5 is still in Beta, as indicated by the message you are presented with before your admin clicked the upgrade button. The official release of ProBoards v5 is the 29th of April.
If anyone would like help with a specific problem, please create a new thread. I would love to help you solve any issue that you have, just let me know what you would like to accomplish.
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Post by Martyn Dale on Feb 21, 2013 11:14:54 GMT -8
I just want to add a couple of points to this thread before it starts to fall down the page.
If there are bugs, we will be fixing them. Bugs by their very nature are things that are not working as intended.
Similarly, if things do not feel intuitive to users, we want to address those issues too. It does not make sense from a business standpoint to offer something that cant be used. If we get feedback about issues, and a suggestion of how to improve things, we are happy to look into it.
With that said, on both counts, please be civil, don't start arguments or start ranting or posting "me too"s . Additionally, if you want something fixed or changed, please also state how you think it can be improved. If you only state something is bad without saying how it is bad, it is very difficult to make any kind of attempt at a resolution.
As has already been noted in this thread, the software is still in beta and required going through 2 separate stages to upgrade. Betas by definition, are incomplete software, we are not claiming that it is perfect. We do however intend that the closer we get to the release date, the more that will be fixed. This is why we are not forcing users to use v5 yet, and why people can opt to stay with v4 until at least the end of this year.
If you do have issues, please create a new thread explaining your issue/concern/suggestions and we will address them.
I saw on 1 of the pages link a mention of clicking reply in the quick reply box losing the message. This should not be the case. The correct functionality is that the message is copied to the full reply page. That is in fact how I posted this message. I tested the reply button, and then posted from the full reply page, with my post in tact. If anyone else is experiencing that issue described, please make a thread too.
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