Eric Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Alright, the latest forum update is finished, and you'll probably notice the change in the navigation at the top. If you're looking for unread topics and things like that, check out the Activity tab. All of that has been consolidated into a more powerful "Activity Streams" feature. There have been some changes to the editor too. Quoting selected text is a big one. There are a pile of other changes, so post here to me know if you have any questions. If you notice any weirdness immediately after the upgrade (specifically, the editor buttons have the wrong icons), make sure to clear your browser cache. In Chrome click the "Hamburger" icon at the top-right choose Settings click History on the left side click Clear browsing data... button uncheck everything but Cached images and files click Clear browsing data button In other browsers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Looks good, Eric. I like the features and options in the activity feed section. As far as editing, I've had trouble editing since the last upgrade because of a red paragraph break that would appear. That seems to be gone now, at least I hope it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Eric is always looking for ways to make this a better forum. I saw this as an opportunity to show appreciation by clicking on the "Donations" button during this slow period of the year. Maybe others will take a similar view. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 11 hours ago, jklcpa said: As far as editing, I've had trouble editing since the last upgrade because of a red paragraph break that would appear. That seems to be gone now, at least I hope it is. Yes, that red line is gone now. When editing your post, quotes can be reliably clicked/dragged to move them around. When you hover over a quote, you'll see a little 4-arrow handle appear in the top-left corner of the quote. The editor has changed quite a bit under the hood; it feels less flaky, and is much faster to load. There used to be a bit of lag when adding a reply while waiting for the editor to load, and now it should be almost instantaneous. The difference is even more noticeable on mobile devices. I really like being able to highlight some text in a post, and quote it directly from there. Member mentions have been added... just type @ and follow with a few characters of a member name. Example: Thank you @JohnH for another donation 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Those quote and edit functions are very nice and welcome changes. Once again, thanks for taking good care of us! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 You're very welcome. And thank you @Eric for your attention to this valuable resource & all you continue to do to improve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 3 minutes ago, JohnH said: And thank you @Eric for your attention to this valuable resource & all you continue to do to improve it. Holy smokes, that feature is magical. I allowed Chrome to show notifications for the site, and I got an immediate browser popup (bottom-right corner) when you mentioned my name. I'm not sure what the browser support is for notifications like that, though. I'd be curios to know if Firefox and IE users got a prompt for whether to Allow or Block notifications from the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 24 minutes ago, Eric said: Holy smokes, that feature is magical. I allowed Chrome to show notifications for the site, and I got an immediate browser popup (bottom-right corner) when you mentioned my name. I'm not sure what the browser support is for notifications like that, though. I'd be curios to know if Firefox and IE users got a prompt for whether to Allow or Block notifications from the site. Would these come through if I didn't have a tab opened up to the site or only if one mentions my name? I received a popup in the upper left at the address bar after the upgrade asking if I wanted to receive the notifications. I declined it initially after seeing other FF users say that it was annoying, but I could see that it might be helpful to turn it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 I was wondering the same thing. I'm going to close my forum tab... feel free to mention me and I'll let you know if I get it. I definitely wouldn't enable it on many websites, because I can definitely see how it could get obnoxious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) @Eric , lemme know. I can't figure out how to turn it back on now. lol Will have to work on that. ETA - Looks like that is an add-on in Firefox and that would probably be annoying as the forum gets busier over the coming months. I'm on frequently enough so I'm skipping that for now. Edited November 9, 2015 by jklcpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 I didn't see a notification, but as soon as I closed the tab, I promptly forgot about it, haha. I do believe that it should work without the tab open, though, and it should work in Chrome on Desktop and Android devices. I imagine Firefox's implementation is similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 I was on my PC and iPhone during the day, but when I signed in on my Mac this evening, it popped up a question asking me if I wanted to allow notifications from the forum. Don't know enough about computers to know how that all relates @Eric, but just thought I'd let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail in Virginia Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 I use FireFox and I got the notification when I signed on to the site today. I accepted it for this site. If I get notifications when I am not on this site, I will let you know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 40 minutes ago, Gail in Virginia said: I use FireFox and I got the notification when I signed on to the site today. I accepted it for this site. If I get notifications when I am not on this site, I will let you know. @Gail in Virginia , thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail in Virginia Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 I wasn't on very long yesterday, but I did not get a notification once I moved away from ATX even though I okay-ed notifications. Maybe there is a delay, and the fact that I wasn't on very long had a bearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 I found how to change my settings back to allow the desktop notifications. For anyone else using Firefox that is interested: to turn these on or off, or to see the settings for any of the plug-ins for a particular site, right click on a blank section of the page and choose "view page info" and then select "permissions" at the top. Scroll down to see the selections with this one being under "show notifications". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Hudson Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 On 11/9/2015, 10:46:23, Eric said: Holy smokes, that feature is magical. I allowed Chrome to show notifications for the site, and I got an immediate browser popup (bottom-right corner) when you mentioned my name. I'm not sure what the browser support is for notifications like that, though. I'd be curios to know if Firefox and IE users got a prompt for whether to Allow or Block notifications from the site. Silk on kindle fire asked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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