topic Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards in Technical Issues

Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

twyngwyn — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 04:09:35 GMT

If you think of anything else, please cut and paste dot points & add your own:

1) unable to upload pics

2) unable to have a conversation or discussion as the reply is not time sensitive and replies are all over the place

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

katistrophik — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 04:39:34 GMT

I can post pics in here, not sure for sellers if that's what you meant and if you go to the far RHS at the top of any thread/group you want to follow you can Float it so it stays pinned for you.

You can sort newest to oldest and unless you are replying on a really old thread that can't be bumped your post should fall into place under the one you answered like this one will

I don't like the format, but I doubt it's going to change.

edited to say: Your post is a great idea, and I will no doubt be back with some bullet points LOL

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

not_for_sale — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 04:46:43 GMT

I just attempted to copy and paste a pic and it worked fine, although a bit slow. Also, while I haven't tried it, the "expand toolbar" at far right opens and "insert video" is an option.

The first thing I had to learn was to make sure I was posting in Community Spirit.

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

katistrophik — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 04:59:24 GMT

Twyn I owe you an apology - the date thing on the boards IS frustrating, just realised what you meant. It shows the time you replied but puts in the latest time order, so my answer to a poster would be placed above that post as my answer came minutes later ??????

CONFUSED ------ Change order by clicking on the thread oldest to newest - that sorted out the time problem.

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

twyngwyn — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 06:19:56 GMT

OK....can someone please post a pic of anything on here?

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

padi*0409 — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 06:27:47 GMT

With a group that I'm in pics can be posted, as can saved screenshots and emojis etc, but it seems that in the general boards those abilities have disappeared into cyberspace. Not sure if it can be done in Community Spirit since I rarely venture there.

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

imastawka — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:27:15 GMT

@twyngwyn wrote:
OK....can someone please post a pic of anything on here?

Challenge accepted.

Just a C & P from the net.

But no way to import a photo or anything from your hard drive.

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

countessalmirena — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:45:43 GMT

imastawka, I was able to screenshot and crop and copy this image from my hard drive.

However, I had it open in my image editing software and copied it from that, rather than trying to copy a file in a folder on my computer. I'll give that a go.

Hmm. It looks as though that does work. Is the emoticon above rendering properly for you?

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

katistrophik — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:36:47 GMT

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

eburtonlab — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:25:13 GMT

The icon for inserting a picture does seem to be missing from the posting options.

However, you should still be able to paste a screenshot directly into your post as above.

If you are using Windows 10, try using the Windows key-Shift-S to open the screenshot utility. Use the cursor to select an area of the screen to copy to your clipboard. Then paste the image directly into your post using Control-V.

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

montynonuts — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:08:28 GMT

😀The camera is back

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

twyngwyn — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:10:08 GMT

Yeah....1 thing fixed 😁

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

countessalmirena — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:10:11 GMT

Viewing the boards on my iPhone is unpleasant.

So much room is taken up with the blue banner – it’s about half of the entire screen.

The other half is empty whiteness and a completely unnecessary board picture. It takes up space without purpose. (Each board and sub-board has such a picture.)

This resembles a whiteboard presentation for toddlers.

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

countessalmirena — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:11:58 GMT

In addition, the post options are not available. This is what I see on my iPhone:

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

imastawka — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 02:22:22 GMT

@eburtonlab wrote:
The icon for inserting a picture does seem to be missing from the posting options.

However, you should still be able to paste a screenshot directly into your post as above.

If you are using Windows 10, try using the Windows key-Shift-S to open the screenshot utility. Use the cursor to select an area of the screen to copy to your clipboard. Then paste the image directly into your post using Control-V.

Apparently the above pic is when you click on the 3 dots - WHICH I DON'T HAVE

Seriously, I can't work like this - can't add pics, can't even do a smiley FGS

Also, you get in to the reply box and there's no way of knowing what the thread title is.

Or is that just me as well?

There's also no view numbers for individual posts.

edit: Yes, I've re-booted. Yes, I've signed out and back in.

Cookies and cache are cleared regularly.

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

padi*0409 — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 03:04:05 GMT

I'm on Win10 using Firefox Stawks and the three dots come up for me OK - maybe I'm speshul!!!

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

twyngwyn — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:48:49 GMT

I'm on Windows 10 and using Chrome and the camera is back for me

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

countessalmirena — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:07:04 GMT

imastawka, is this what you are seeing?

That is what I see on Firefox on my iPhone. No dots. No camera. No golden ticket to a chocoalte factory.

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

eburtonlab — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:20:35 GMT

It looks like the board software has been recently updated.

On a desktop browser (Firefox) using a Windows 10 machine, here is what I currently see when composing this reply:

If I expand the menu using the three dots, here is what I see now:

When using a mobile browser, the full complement of options does not appear, even in desktop mode. It looks like the options begin to appear, including the three dot option, but that quickly goes away:

Re: Things that DO NOT work on these new boards

imastawka — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:27:03 GMT

I now have the 3 dots, and I feel slightly sheepish now.

I have my computer set at 125% because of sight problems.

I took it back to 1110% and the 3 dots magically appeared.

So while I need it at 125% to read, when replying I have to re-set to 110%

I've also found a work-around for finding the last page of a long thread

I look at notifications and click on the thread I'm looking for- makes life a little easier.