I'm surprised a non subscriber can have a profile and post messages. :shock:

OUCH!!!!!! :shock:
eileenkny

And then there is the U-Tube video where the spoiled teenager is given a BMW for her birthday, and then has a temper tantrum that it is the wrong color... stop complaining about what you don't like - this is an amazing enterprise involving over 30,000 subscribers. I think they should cut out all of the hand piecing stuff!!! Oh, also the fabric dying and machine embroidery. Then it would be more perfect....FOR ME!!

I do not know if it is because I do not pay for the service and am not a paying member ( free) but VIEW LAST POST feature does not work for me. I come here every other day... I can see people have started new thread but I can not find them unless I hunt through each category. ( I have notified the PTB many times about the problem. I have gone through all their suggestions.... I am totally frustrated. )

Believe me on dial up that takes too much time. I would love to have other options but where I live there are none. WiFi comes next year.... hope is on the horizon.

I am not sure I will join and pay even then because I am not too happy with the free service. I think it will depend on the quality of the programs. I plan to buy the DVD versions to check it out. We will see.

Baby steps. It takes awhile to learn anything new.
I just discovered that the forum goes beyong Alex, Ricky and thread LOL
The hints you've given helped and once I got the hang of it, I was able to find specific categories that have made my quilting life easier...especially when a fellow ..hmm...what are we? New dayers!? took the time to send me personal and detailed replies.
We will each take what we need ..and cyber life is constantly mutating..so it will grow in it's own way...and we'll all determine the form it takes.
The whole concept that we have input as well as Ricki and Alex just blows me away. This is exciting.
Roses

Personally, I'm aware of all the tips and shortcuts, and I DO use them. I know I can hit "last viewed" and then scroll down to that topic. I know many of you are fine with the way things are - and that's okay! I also that know clicking on two, three, or four links to get to where you want to go is not strenuous, nor is it all that time consuming, but I myself would prefer to see the current topics at the top of the first page. It's just my preference, and since the subject was opened for discussion, I threw in my two-cents worth.

As with many things in this age of technology, there are a host of hints and tricks to help make things easier than they are. I just think it would be nice to keep it simple in the first place and not have to create an array of 'fixes' and shortcuts (which aren't really shortcuts at all). Again, this is just my humble opinion.

The other way to see new posts is to look on the main forum page, any topic with a new post, has their little icon as orange instead of white. That shows you which categories, and which topics in a category have new posts in them, so you don't have to open each one.

Also, each one lists what day, time and the posters name of the last post, so you can check that date to see which ones have something after the last time you visited, if you can remember the date anyway.

I like the way this forum is set up, and I prefer it over some of the other message boards I have dealt with.

Diane

QuilterLynn wrote:
That's exactly what I do. It saves time and gives me current postings. If I have a new post to put out there, then I go back to perusing the topics to see where it would best fit. Other than that, I always use "View New Posts Since Last Visit" when I check out the forum.

Yes, the "View New Posts Since Last Visit" is the Major MAJOR time saver of the whole site! I use it every visit!

I think we all go through different patterns in using the site. I love everything it has to offer, and sign on several times every day. But the two weeks of the month that I work 50 to 60 hours, I don't participate in chatting or posting as much. I think that Spring time is another reason for sure that everything seems slower. We are not avid garderners, but we do spend a lot of time outside during May each year getting the yard and flower beds ready for the summer.

Life happens in so many ways to each one of us, but it is a wonderful thing to have this place to come and share and experience this new adventure. As for myself, I don't find the message boards difficult to navigate at all.

You all do realize that you can simply click on "view new posts since last visit" and not have to hunt for them?

The Wandering Quilter's Life in a Box!

I have said all of what you said several months ago and thanks for stating it once again. I also find this format quite user friendly once you learn the little tricks as you said.

So those of you who find it cumbersome, try these tricks. You can check for new posts in just a minute or two. Hope this helps!!

Lynn-Houston

I know that it is difficult to get used to a new format but this forum is actually quite user friendly.

When you first open the forum if you look on the upper right hand corner there is a choice of New Posts Since Last Visit. If you click on that it will bring up each new post listed, most recent first. If more than one person posted to a specific topic I think it will list each post. If you then click on the note paper next to the person's name on the far right, instead of the topic itself it will take you to that last post and you can scroll backwards if you want to older posts on the same topic.

So you have the option of looking at only the newest posts this way, or searching for a specific topic if you want to look something up you remembered reading about 3 weeks ago.

Hope this helps your navigating problems. )

This was my first quilting forum and I have joined a couple more since this one. I find the different forums seem to have different "personalities".
This one seems more structured and formal. I like it. I also like the ones that are more informal and chatty. There seems to be good info and helpful folks on all of them. I've also found, in my limited experience, that a few people on each forum do most of the posting. For me, the chat rooms are an interesting entertainment add-on. Fun when I'm in the mood. I'm sure the personality of this forum will evolve as time goes on. All this stuff is pretty new to me so I'm looking forward to seeing how everything pans out. I know I like it alot!
Sherry