on โ07-06-2017 11:22 PM
I think everyone here needs to be aware of what eBay is planning for the boards, and also have a look at what they've done to the US and UK boards.
on โ07-06-2017 11:33 PM
I was surprised at how long it took for anyone to see Michelle's thread.
It might get interesting in the morning.
on โ08-06-2017 12:20 AM
@padi*0409 wrote:I think everyone here needs to be aware of what eBay is planning for the boards, and also have a look at what they've done to the US and UK boards.
padi, I've looked around of the USA boards. Found this page
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Community-Platform-Feedback/bd-p/CommunityNews/page/3
which had a few threads on it. I looked at these ones which make for interesting reads in the context of eBay looking to introduce a USA style board format here in Australia:
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Community-Platform-Feedback/eBay-Boards-Going-Round-in-Design-Circles/m...
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Community-Platform-Feedback/WHEN-WILL-THE-quot-ENHANCEMENTS-quot-STOP-A...
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Community-Platform-Feedback/FIX-FOR-THIS-CHILDISH-MESS/m-p/26757005#M25...
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Community-Platform-Feedback/Instead-of-coming-out-with-version-2/m-p/26...
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Community-Platform-Feedback/Disenchantments-of-the-Community/m-p/267478...
plus us many more I have yet to peruse.
on โ08-06-2017 12:42 AM
Thanks for those links slr, I'd had a quick look at them after hearing about the changes, and I've got to say I'm not very impressed with the changes.
I think you could be right lyndal, could be like poking a hornet's nest with a stick...............................
โ08-06-2017 08:34 AM - edited โ08-06-2017 08:36 AM
OH GOODIE !!!! ..... so now I can have a candle and a heart in a box......I,m sure a 55 YO farmer will find a use for those....
Come to think of it ......I live in S.A. so the candle might come in handy.....
on โ08-06-2017 11:15 AM
I think they came out with version -1
โ08-06-2017 12:19 PM - edited โ08-06-2017 12:24 PM
sorry for my previous post. I wanted to show something but needed identical one line posts to make my point.
One of the reasons given for moving to a USA board layout is that it is mobile friendly. I'm going to have to disagree.
Take a look at the one line post from a USA board thread and my post shown side by side in screenshots from my samsung mobile. The one line post on the USA thread takes up my whole mobile screen, but my one line post with identical text takes up very little of my screen. My point is to show that the proposed move to a USA style layout WILL NOT be an improvement for members who use their mobiles to view and post on the Australian boards. Maybe their is a way to go to a mobile friendly view of the USA thread, but I couldn't find it. On the Australian boards their is a link at the bottom of the screen when viewing from a mobile that enables you to toggle between mobile and full view.
What is even worse is how the top of the thread shows on a mobile. I urge those members who use their mobile to view the boards to go to click on the link below while viewing from their mobile to see what I mean about how the top of the thread is presented in mobile view, then compare how the top of this thread is currently presented on our boards.
The more I look at how the USA boards are presented on screen, on both my iPad and my mobile, the more I dislike them . . . . . and I don't believe that time will make any difference to this feeling.
Maybe be my feelings about this are influenced by the fact that I don't do Facebook or twitter and am not used to how these sites appear onscreen. On the USA boards, when viewing the boards on a computer, much of the screen is blank space.
on โ08-06-2017 12:38 PM
@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:One of the reasons given for moving to a USA board layout is that it is mobile friendly. I'm going to have to disagree.
For anyone who was wondering where I got the idea that we are headed towards this USA format, this is a quote from michelleoz's announcement thread:
Eventually, weโll look at a โmakeoverโ of the platform which includes a responsive design for a better mobile experience, again similar to eBay.com.
on โ09-06-2017 10:24 PM
Apart from the layout of the US boards in general, this is what else I really hate.
There is no message posted count. No, I'm not patting myself on the back because I've posted thousands of messages, but if a new member can see at a glance the amount of posts another member has made, it can instill some confidence that the person answering their message has some experience. Especially when members like myself use a posting ID with 0 feedback.
There is no feedback number visible. Again, having a number there can instill some confidence to some members that the person responding to them knows what they're talking about. My 0 feedback has concerned a number of members, as it's hard to convince them that I have thousands of feedback on other accounts, so have an understanding of how things work.
The "titles", like explorer, adventurer, are childish. That is something I would expect from a kindergarten class. Just being logged in and doing nothing earnt me 5 "badges". Reminds me of "awards" that kids get at school. It doesn't matter how good or bad you are, everyone must get one at some point.
There is so much dead space on the right hand side. Surely something could be put in that dead space?
There is no indication that a message has been read. Here, an unread message will be in bold text. That goes for new unread messages, or old threads with new messages (bold blue text) and recent threads with new messages (bold red text). Once they are read, the text converts to red unbolded. When you're logged in, you can see at a glance which threads you need to click on.
It's difficult to add photos or smileys. I tried to add a smiley from my hard drive and got a square box with a pencil. I tried to add a picture, got the same thing. Cutting and pasting a picture adds it onto a new line of its own, so you can't add one mid sentence. What you get there is
which kind of causes you to lose the flow of your sentence.
I hate that every time you do something, the bell lights up with a message telling you what you've done. Leave my bell alone! I posted 2 replies to messages and the wretched thing lit up like a Christmas tree! Heaven help me if someone marks my reply as "helpful".
Which brings me to my last point. Helpful? Really? That's a crock.
What I do like about the layout of the US forums......NOTHING
on โ09-06-2017 10:39 PM
Brilliant post Tippy could you copy it to the "official" thread to let others that don't see it here be aware of it ?
Maybe even eBay's reps will take your views on board..................................one can only hope.