Site Issues, Updates, Changes, and Feedback Thread

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Guys, two quick updates about the site.

 

1. I just removed analytics tracking code for the entire site. 

 

2. There are major site upgrades coming. We need to stay current in order to obtain support in a crunch, so we will have to upgrade soon. I will try to keep the front end changes to a minimum and enable only the features that improve the site experience. Just an FYI for now. 

[bobfa]

20 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Hi Guys, two quick updates about the site.

 

1. I just removed analytics tracking code for the entire site. 

 

2. There are major site upgrades coming. We need to stay current in order to obtain support in a crunch, so we will have to upgrade soon. I will try to keep the front end changes to a minimum and enable only the features that improve the site experience. Just an FYI for now. 

I know that people will complain, but let it rip.  Go with the latest, move fast.  We NEED you here!  Look at Google they will rip your underwear right off of you when you are not looking.    

[bluesman]

43 minutes ago, bobfa said:

Look at Google they will rip your underwear right off of you when you are not looking.    

So that’s where it went! 

[NOMBEDES]

Just wait until IOS 14 (or whatever they call it) is released for Apple products.  DACs will die, SONUS, BlueSound and other streamers will not be able to find your music and people will bitch.  Just like the last time.   And the time before.

[rickca]

5 hours ago, NOMBEDES said:

Just wait until IOS 14 (or whatever they call it) is released for Apple products.  DACs will die, SONUS, BlueSound and other streamers will not be able to find your music and people will bitch.  Just like the last time.   And the time before.

Funny I just read an article from a financial analyst predicting that Apple will buy Sonos.

[NOMBEDES]

20 hours ago, rickca said:

Funny I just read an article from a financial analyst predicting that Apple will buy Sonos.

 

 

Could be a good direction for Apple, might nudge them toward better audio support!

[bluesman]

45 minutes ago, NOMBEDES said:

 

 

Could be a good direction for Apple, might nudge them toward better audio support!

Then again, the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree..........

[jcn3]

@The Computer Audiophile -- i would love to see the "ignore" thread button have a bit more teeth to it.  currently, the thread keeps showing up in the list of threads in a sub-forum and it causes a given sub-forum to show unread threads (bold in the list of sub-forums) even if the only one that is unread was ignored.

 

it would be great if ignored threads could be treated like ignored users -- when you click on your handle, it would appear in the list of options under settings (like ignored users does) and be managed there.  otherwise, it appears nowhere else.

 

not sure if possible, but thought i'd bring it up.

[The Computer Audiophile]

On 6/25/2020 at 1:49 PM, jcn3 said:

@The Computer Audiophile -- i would love to see the "ignore" thread button have a bit more teeth to it.  currently, the thread keeps showing up in the list of threads in a sub-forum and it causes a given sub-forum to show unread threads (bold in the list of sub-forums) even if the only one that is unread was ignored.

 

it would be great if ignored threads could be treated like ignored users -- when you click on your handle, it would appear in the list of options under settings (like ignored users does) and be managed there.  otherwise, it appears nowhere else.

 

not sure if possible, but thought i'd bring it up.

Thanks for the feedback. I’m with you on this. 

[Abtr]

There seems to be no way to get a list of all of my own content/posts. The search function appears to be not working at all..

[One and a half]

The Activity screen has dried up...'nothing to show' ?

[The Computer Audiophile]

Check now guys. 

[mourip]

4 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Check now guys. 

Looks good now. Thanks!

[The Computer Audiophile]

I’m planning on updating the site Monday. This will be both behind the scenes and the user interface we all use. There will be a little down time due to the nature of the update. 
 

I believe all major functionality will survive the upgrade and I hope other aspects will improve.
 

I never upgrade just to upgrade and prefer not to make changes without benefits for everyone. 
 

Your patience is much appreciated. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Guys, the update is pretty much done. I expect some issues as is usual with this stuff. 

 

Please let me know what problems you see or functionality that seems to be missing since the upgrade. 

 

I may need to reboot the servers a couple times to do some behind the scenes stuff, but that shouldn't take more than a minute each time.

 

Thanks for your patience. 

[rando]

It sucks Chris.  Everything sucks.  The formatting, the entirety of changes you made.  

 

Seriously though, not sure I like a number of things.  Most prominently is the missing button to return to top of page. Going to check a PM or switch to another part of the site was heavily impacted.  

 

"My Clubs" panel is an eyesore.  

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, rando said:

It sucks Chris.  Everything sucks.  The formatting, the entirety of changes you made.  

 

Seriously though, not sure I like a number of things.  Most prominently is the missing button to return to top of page. 

 

"My Clubs" panel is an eyesore.  

I'm working on the return to top of page button and removing the my clubs panel. I'm with you.

[bobfa]

I never saw a top of the page button!  I want that please...  Otherwise basics seem to work.  

 

[rando]

Thanks.  

 

Club panel is your call, it's your site after all.

 

Overall the site seems very responsive.  Almost too much so.  I received two notifications simultaneously and thought I was clicking on yours.  Only to discover there was a second I was taken to.  Which caused a few seconds of confusion.  You might need to do some tweaking.  Though I doubt this will happen often, it happened immediately.

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, rando said:

Thanks.  

 

Club panel is your call, it's your site after all.

 

Overall the site seems very responsive.  Almost too much so.  I received two notifications simultaneously and thought I was clicking on yours.  Only to discover there was a second which caused a few seconds of confusion.  You might need to do some tweaking.  Though I doubt this will happen often, it happened immediately.

The Club panel bugs me too. Do you only see it on the main clubs page?

[rando]

It's gone now, but was present on every post of yours. 

 

In the last few minutes it disappeared along with dead space underneath the bookmark/quote buttons in excess of three times their height.

[austinpop]

@The Computer Audiophile

 

I like the new look! Change is good, and this is refreshing.

 

I do notice that when I click on any of my unread topics it takes me to the first post, not first unread. Still indexing, perhaps?

[austinpop]

Streams are showing duplicate entries like this:

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 minutes ago, austinpop said:

Streams are showing duplicate entries like this:

 

Send me a link to that activity stream. Is it a custom one or standard?

 

 

[ray-dude]

 

Chris, I get the motivations for summarizing notification emails (...) but any chance for premium subscribers to get the full contents?  I mainly keep up with conversations through email, and click through when I have something to contribute.  Alas, I'm having to click through on pretty much every notification (which isn't going to happen)