Why Is Answerbank So Unuser Friendly And Less Simple Than Years Ago?

Theland | 23:12 Sat 30th Sep 2017 | Editor's Blog

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Answerbank is now only a shadow of its former self, and if the idea is to get advertisers in, then the old format has to be better.
Whose silly idea was it to ignore the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?"

Has Any Member Of The Community Had Problems With Access To https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk In The Last 24 Hours?

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Buenchico

Which particular bit don't you like?

If you're using a PC, simply pressing Ctrl and - together twice will change the display to 80%, making the site much friendlier on the eye.

Most other problems (that were present when the new format was adopted) now seem to have been ironed out. (OK, there are still issues for people with visual handicaps, who use screenreaders, but I'm guessing that you're not one of them, Theland). So, what's your problem?

Theland

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Not as easy to use as previously. Am on an old I pad

jno

it's certainly quite slow to load on an iPad, slower than other websites.

Peter Pedant

o great control shift + enlarges
and yes I find 200% necessary nowadays
thx Chris

I think a lot of the botching on AB is that the usual suspects have the usual things to say -day after day
prior to June 2016 - do you remember the new Brexit thread every day ?
nothing new was said and there must have been more than a hundred.
o those were the days !

Theland

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Like trying to read a new map with different symbols.

jno

there is some repetition now and again, PP, it's true. You get the call-and-response effect of an old time revival meeting

Theland

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I would like to see the avatar of the original poster, to draw my attention to it.

TonyV

I noticed change but decided I needed to live with it if I would still wanted to contribute

hc4361

I can see the avatar of the OP, also the OPs posts are a different shade in the thread

Old_Geezer

'View All Categories' could change to, well, view all the categories (including the sub ones, as used to be the case). When looking for a forum one doesn't wish to have to guess which sub category it is.

bhg481

sub-categoties are now too fiddly to get at - I've given up looking at them.

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