03-12-2020, 01:43 PM
During my working career I held several management positions in which I was the recipient of complaints from fellow employees. I had a policy of "Don't complain...Communicate". In other words, anyone who brought up a problem should be prepared with a potential solution to the problem.
This new forum has been a source of great frustration to all of us. People are basically resistant to change but tend to be more accepting if the changes are positive. Many of the changes in our new system are NOT positive and make it difficult if not impossible to enjoy the potential improvements. It is gratifying that some of the glitches have been addressed and corrected. But there are a few that are still major hurdles...at least for me.,.and others I am sure.
Since the powers that be seem to be open to suggestions and change, I suggest a "suggestion box". We have to realize that there are limits to what can be done "after the fact". But hopefully we can get some relief where changes are possible. Here is my short list of grievances:
1. REPLIES. It is a pain to have to keep rereading all of the previous replies on each new reply. Do not quote previous posts unless the QUOTE button is clicked.
2. REPLIES. It is also a pain to have to scroll down to the bottom to find the most recent post on a thread. Much better to make it a reverse order...last post first.
3. NOTIFICATIONS. Our former forum automatically emailed notifications whenever there was a reply to one of our posts...or if we had a PM waiting for us. Since some of these things have an element of timing, notifications are helpful. Shouldn't have to worry about subscribing or not.
4. FILE ATTACHMENTS. The standards and appearance of posted pictures seem to change. Clarify this situation. Also, this system does not recognize PDF files for attachment and will not accept them. There is a lot of info to be shared besides just pictures and eliminating PDF files reduces the informational potential of the forum.
Anybody else have suggestions?
This new forum has been a source of great frustration to all of us. People are basically resistant to change but tend to be more accepting if the changes are positive. Many of the changes in our new system are NOT positive and make it difficult if not impossible to enjoy the potential improvements. It is gratifying that some of the glitches have been addressed and corrected. But there are a few that are still major hurdles...at least for me.,.and others I am sure.
Since the powers that be seem to be open to suggestions and change, I suggest a "suggestion box". We have to realize that there are limits to what can be done "after the fact". But hopefully we can get some relief where changes are possible. Here is my short list of grievances:
1. REPLIES. It is a pain to have to keep rereading all of the previous replies on each new reply. Do not quote previous posts unless the QUOTE button is clicked.
2. REPLIES. It is also a pain to have to scroll down to the bottom to find the most recent post on a thread. Much better to make it a reverse order...last post first.
3. NOTIFICATIONS. Our former forum automatically emailed notifications whenever there was a reply to one of our posts...or if we had a PM waiting for us. Since some of these things have an element of timing, notifications are helpful. Shouldn't have to worry about subscribing or not.
4. FILE ATTACHMENTS. The standards and appearance of posted pictures seem to change. Clarify this situation. Also, this system does not recognize PDF files for attachment and will not accept them. There is a lot of info to be shared besides just pictures and eliminating PDF files reduces the informational potential of the forum.
Anybody else have suggestions?