Recent features

Richard: It looks much sharper with the icons under the "byline". I think the icons look more tidy, and less intrusive, than the old Like / Unlike wording.

I'll mourn the lost of the first few "teaser" names in the old "Like List" though ...

Whilst not "slow" to click on I can't imagine that in practice I will ever bother

 

Is "Start a conversation useful in the Author Panel on the left? It is available if you click on the Avatar, and as it is uncommon (i.e. the ratio of newly started conversations to actual posts will be tiny) personally I would prefer that the clutter was reduced. It just adds height to the messages (well, where people write short messages!!) and I expect other things will jockey for position in that panel in the future.

If the MOOD image doesn't have a fixed amount of space I would prefer that "No mood" was a blank - 1x1 transparent GIF or somesuch. If people add a Mood then it will show (although I think the novelty will wear off quickly, as it seems to just be a gimmick to me and more suited to a site more strongly typed as a social network forum)

 

as for start convo link, I agree it seems a tad redundant

as for the mood, I will look into it

 

And there needs to be a vote before anyone else is allowed to use the Angelic mood

 

There's a killing to be there shiney.

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Its the old "Entrance free, exit £5" dodge !!

 

After the site was down for a certain period, here I am, and it's flashing and popping with new 'tools' and 'extras'...

I'd subscribe to Kristen's opinions about the rating icons toolbar (and the 'list' breakown, which I'd not press for sure). The same goes for the 'mood' animation.
It's taking space...
It's in the headline position of a member's profile summary (and, while you expect it to be charged with meaning, it's of total irrelevance to both gardening and member-specific information).

 

That's what I'd prefer. I only changed my Mood because I didn't think 'No Mood' looked good (not that the Moods I choose probably look any better).

P.S. I've only just noticed if you highlight text in a post a 'Quote ME !' button appears, making selective quoting much easier. Is this an upgrade or something that's been there previously?

 

upgrade

for selective quoting

 

Good find

 

And as I hoped, it can be used to select various bits from one or more posts and they will keep being added to your draft post. Very useful.

 

On the whole I'm loving the new features....but the site has definitely slowed down for me or at least there are longer delays when I click on some buttons??

That's only a minor gripe, Good stuff though

 

Have you cleaned your cache, Bilbo, since the site upgrades? May or may not help but worth a try

 

Nice idea to have topical icons for each individual forum heading on the forum index...but there needs to be a grey "forum - read" icon too. Right now I cannot tell if I have been to a forum area or no...so it's a bit messy.

Steve...