"This has been bugging me..."

[AB Editor]

Dear AnswerBank

Good Morning to you all.

Please note any further problems here please, we will compile them for the techies and have them work through them today.

Spare Ed

to get you started:

We need a "next" button as well as page numbers/lat page buttons.

[AB Editor]

Thanks Ummmm, we'll pass on your joy to the tech team.

Spare Ed

[Mortartube]

Hi AB Ed. I must admit I don't like the whole new thing. (Let's face it, you can't please everyone). Is it going to stay? I have seen posts suggesting it is only a try out. Is that true?

Also if it does stay in this format, is it possible to have a skin that looks like the previous incarnation as I find this one harsh on the eyes?

I agree with previous posts about using a larger font too. This font is very small and almost lost in a sea of orange.

[ummmm]

Has the colour changed much then? It looks pretty much the same to me....a few paler bits but that's all.

[JoolsTwo]

Just more of the orange I think ummmm.

[AB Editor]

I think we may tone down the colours a little bit and up the font soon.

Spare Ed

[Mamyalynne]

I can only agree with all that has been said, my main difficulty is the font size and I
do have a visual disability, so its interesting to hear that even people who do not are struggling.

I haven`t tried to start a thread as I don`t want the frustration if I discover I can`t.

M

[smudge]

Dot has covered most of what I'd have said - 'specially the spacing between each post! It's so hard to determine who's written what!!!! Very time consuming, 'specially inbetween chores & washing!

[rov1200]

Some of the symbols were wrong. A '?' was displayed instead of a £ (pound sign).
The questioner is not highlighted as before.
It would be useful if you could have more than the stipulated answers on 1 page.
Unsavory replies are not cleared quick enough

[JoolsTwo]

Are we going to lose the crossword section and have them all under the Quizzes & Puzzles heading as it used to be? It was much better like that.

[Gromit]

We seem to have lost the ability to enbolden, italicise and underline words.

Can we have it back please.

[smudge]

Oh & you can't automatically determine posts from the questionaire on their own threads.

[JoolsTwo]

I agee gromit.

[R1Geezer]

When following a link it used to open in another window now it doesn't and if the site you go to is one of those annoying ones that stop the "back" button working then you're stuffed. Please have links open in new window, thanks

[Big Jenny]

It's too wide. I hate all this scrolling from side to side to read a whole question.

[jake-the-peg]

I'm seeing incorrect numbers for responses to posts on occasion.

So for example a thread claims 4 responses and going in you find 2

Suggest your "techies" consider recruiting a QA specialist

[petal54]

does 1 use post an answer for post a question

[swedeheart]

Hi Eds. Colours: I love the apricot-on-gray in the topics panel, it's very easy on the eyes.

Most of my concerns have already been mentioned here in detail so I won't rehash, would just like to say that the present design really does put a strain on the brain. I'm sure it goes without saying that you'll soon change the font size in the typing field to the same font size as is used on the rest of the site. But could you also please please make the posts less wide. It's one of those things that wear eyes and brains out and makes you feel relief when you leave the site, you know, like when a ventilation system is turned off at the end of the day and you realise the sound has been bugging you all day... It's the same with wide texts, you may not be able to immediately detect where the strain's coming from but for most people it IS a strain.

[redman41]

Could you please add Refresh Button to Latest Posts Window like it was in AB1. Thanks

[craft1948]

Hi Ed......hope you are surviving.....here's my list of dislikes...
1. When typing an answer the text is too small.
2. You have to go to the top of the page to 'Post An Answer'......you could do this at top and bottom previously
3. I don't like the 'Latest Posts'......these are not the latest posts but appear to be the latest questions posted...previously it was the lastest posts be they questions or answers.
4. I also preferred it when the person who started the thread's answers were coloured so as to differentiate between their responses and the others.
Keep on trucking................

[redman41]

My Avatar has disappeared from my Profile Page. Is this an ongoing issue which needs sorting by your Tech Team or can I change Avatar in another way ?