Discussion Group to be down today 330pm-530pm EST.

[Joe Perches]

In short, we are upgrading the forum software to a new version with added functionality.

Thanks.  Overall, it looks very clean.  A few trivial UI comments below:

1. Is much more mobile and tablet friendly as the need for scrolling is minimized.

There is quite a bit of wasted vertical whitespace near the page top on small and large screens.
Showing date is probably not useful and could be eliminated.
The search bar and button are redundant, the search button could be removed.
Calendar could be on the same line as search.  Calendar could be just an icon

Search and Calendar  could/should probably be put into the red stripe along with
Home/Tags/Members/Feature/Contributions and used only on a separate screens.
For mobile devices, the search/calendar features would then be put into the triple dash menu.

Changing the introductory vertical would allow quicker visibility to the first few threads titles.

All the color rectangular block buttons are oversized.

[Colin Macqueen]

Ach Gentlemen,


Karma. Karma. What will this reflect? And will it get you in the end?!


Cheers Colin

[Brent Hutto]

I think the most surprising thing out of the change to the forum has been learning how many people still use PCs.

Yes, there are millions of us drones still tethered to a Windows machine not only for 8 hours/day in the office but we frequently need that at home for off-hours connecting to the office. Alas.

[George Pazin]

I think the most surprising thing out of the change to the forum has been learning how many people still use PCs.

We're not all overpaid academics...

[Jason Thurman]

Clinical looking, huh? You can always count on GCA guys to complain that the presentation isn't "rugged" enough.


The Ignore List has been added to my Buddy List!

[Ronald Montesano]

Speaking of you, how do you block someone? I so hope I don't have to spell your name.

You're gonna miss me when I'm gone.
When I'm gone, when I'm goh-oh-oh-one
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone.

[Ronald Montesano]

Ronald,

I'm running Chrome (Version 43.0.2357.124 m) on Windows 7 and it works fine without the red bar obscuring the gray bar.  You could try updating your version of Chrome.  The red bar will obscure the gray bar if you make your window too narrow (maybe less than 1000 pixels wide?)

B...I updated last night and rebooted, and as you say, the problem vanished! Thank you for your suggestion.

[Colin Macqueen]

I cannot see, when logged in, the wee buttons which allowed one to email or PM an individual? Can these be replaced?


This is the case on my iMac, my MacBook and my iPad which are all running Safari version 5.1.10.


Maybe this is karma for blethering too much with some others!!


And seriously what is this karma button about?  Is it a like/dislike a thread thingymejig or what?


Cheers Colin

[Ronald Montesano]

I cannot see, when logged in, the wee buttons which allowed one to email or PM an individual? Can these be replaced?
This is the case on my iMac, my MacBook and my iPad which are all running Safari version 5.1.10.

Left-Click or Mac-Click the name of the person you want to pm. A drop-down/out menu appears and you can PM.

[Jason Lietaer]

New format looks great Ran.  Thanks