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 Author: M.Boss View Messages Posted By M.Boss
 Posted: Apr 11, 2017 21:51
 Subject: Please announce website changes to the Forum
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M.Boss (99)

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Just today the Orders Received and Orders Placed layouts were changed, with no
announcement from Admins. I am suggesting that Admins make a forum announcement
when implementing major changes such as the ones today. The announcement would
serve as a place to give feedback to and discuss the changes being made. While
the roadmap is a good feature, no one checks it everyday to see if any new features
have been implemented. The Admin announcements would alert everyone to the new
changes being made, and if they were announced a day or two in advance with a
preview, we could give our thoughts about the coming changes, and not have things
change so unexpectedly. Bug fixes would not need to be announced, just the improvements
and new features.

Thanks for your consideration,
M.Boss
 Author: MathBuilder View Messages Posted By MathBuilder
 Posted: Apr 11, 2017 22:47
 Subject: Re: Please announce website changes to the Forum
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MathBuilder (589)

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In Suggestions, M.Boss writes:
  Just today the Orders Received and Orders Placed layouts were changed, with no
announcement from Admins. I am suggesting that Admins make a forum announcement
when implementing major changes such as the ones today. The announcement would
serve as a place to give feedback to and discuss the changes being made. While
the roadmap is a good feature, no one checks it everyday to see if any new features
have been implemented. The Admin announcements would alert everyone to the new
changes being made, and if they were announced a day or two in advance with a
preview, we could give our thoughts about the coming changes, and not have things
change so unexpectedly. Bug fixes would not need to be announced, just the "improvements"
and new features.

Thanks for your consideration,
M.Boss

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 Author: JayBeeOnline View Messages Posted By JayBeeOnline
 Posted: Apr 12, 2017 02:19
 Subject: Re: Please announce website changes to the Forum
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JayBeeOnline (191)

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Why? Nothing has changed, except the layout. The functionality is given...



In Suggestions, M.Boss writes:
  Just today the Orders Received and Orders Placed layouts were changed, with no
announcement from Admins. I am suggesting that Admins make a forum announcement
when implementing major changes such as the ones today. The announcement would
serve as a place to give feedback to and discuss the changes being made. While
the roadmap is a good feature, no one checks it everyday to see if any new features
have been implemented. The Admin announcements would alert everyone to the new
changes being made, and if they were announced a day or two in advance with a
preview, we could give our thoughts about the coming changes, and not have things
change so unexpectedly. Bug fixes would not need to be announced, just the improvements
and new features.

Thanks for your consideration,
M.Boss
 Author: gekolego View Messages Posted By gekolego
 Posted: Apr 12, 2017 04:07
 Subject: Re: Please announce website changes to the Forum
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gekolego (1510)

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This maybe is thought to be a minor change but I am afraid to say that I am not
very happy about the new layout. It does not improve anything but needs a lot
more screen area, so on medium sized screens (tablets, notebooks) one has to
scroll around to see the entire page (with 20 orders per page). BTW the 'View
Old Layout' is useless for it switches to the new one as soon as I do anything
on the site.
 Author: phillwright View Messages Posted By phillwright
 Posted: Apr 15, 2017 06:22
 Subject: Re: Please announce website changes to the Forum
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phillwright (9965)

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In Suggestions, gekolego writes:
  This maybe is thought to be a minor change but I am afraid to say that I am not
very happy about the new layout. It does not improve anything but needs a lot
more screen area, so on medium sized screens (tablets, notebooks) one has to
scroll around to see the entire page (with 20 orders per page). BTW the 'View
Old Layout' is useless for it switches to the new one as soon as I do anything
on the site.

Totally agree, I hate the new layout, its not user friendly, and I want to use
the Classic Layout, but every time I move pages, it goes back to the new style.
AAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!

SORT IT OUT BRICKLINK!!!

As the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
 Author: Brick.Door View Messages Posted By Brick.Door
 Posted: Apr 12, 2017 09:34
 Subject: Re: Please announce website changes to the Forum
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Brick.Door (7500)

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I think an email would be be better - very few users check the messages on a
daily basis.

I'm sure the message boards saw a huge uptick in views yesterday when everyone
suddenly saw that there had been some changes made and wanted to know what they
were.