rootsweb message boards disaster

the GUI of then new message boards is hopeless

you cannot even see the whole title of each message any more

and you cannot see a list of postings by one user

Steve Hayes...

It's par for the course -- "new and improved" versions of software usually
have reduced functionality.

on the other hand I am able to amalgamate my older accounts and see my
subcriptions but not my notifications

Hugh W

SCraig...

Tell me about it. The Ancestry message boards were never much but this is
absurd.

Hugh Watkins...

actually it is getting better
they have fixed a number of things already and more are scheduled

and

and

Update on the Message Board Updates

We want to thank you for all of the feedback we have received through
the boards, blog comments, and “Send Feedback” links. We regret that we
cannot respond to all comments individually so please know that we are
listening.

The message board team has been very busy this week reading your
feedback and fixing bugs. We have also spent a lot of our time planning
and developing adjustments to the boards based on that feedback.

Our first priority in this post-launch period is to fix anything things
that are broken (also known as “bugs”). Often when new code is launched
and/or a database is updated (both happened with this board update),
there are bugs that are not caught during the QA process or things that
don’t work correctly when the code goes live.

One bug with the “Last Post” column that caused a lot confusion was
fixed Wednesday. The Last Post column was displaying the incorrect date
and this made threads on a board appear to be sorted in random order,
rather than by order of the most recent reply or new thread.

The column is now displaying correctly and threads with the most recent
replies (and new threads) are at the top of the list. This makes it easy
to locate the newest messages and replies posted to the board. Because
threads are sorted by “last post” you don’t need to use a separate
“date”-type view to be sure you see replies made to old messages along
with the new messages.

Other bugs we have fixed or have been working on include:

* My Alerts, My Favorites, and “Boards I Admin” which are
displaying in incorrect order.
* Board Information-related bugs.
* URL’s within a message not displaying as a link.
* “Author” field Advanced Search searching incorrectly.
* Reported Firefox and Netscape browser-related bugs.
* And more…

After fixing bugs, our second priority is to evaluate your feedback to
help us plan and develop adjustments to the boards. Below is a list of
some of the adjustments we have been working on.

Note: Some adjustments have already been applied to the boards and some
are still in the planning and development stages:

* Adding a link to view all of an author’s messages.
* Updating the My Favorites page with category information (to help
clear up confusion over which “General” board is which), and a drop-down
to view more favorites per page,
* Displaying the full subject line.
* Changing the link color of the threads you have clicked on.
* Adding “next thread” navigation.
* Adding the ability to sort threads by “classification” type.
* And more…

The message board team is working hard to make the necessary bug fixes
and planning and development of adjustments takes time. We appreciate
your kindness and patience during this process.

<< light at the end of the tunnel

Hugh W

melsonr...

I agree. Shall those of us who are sufficiently displeased dump
on'em?

Surly Ol' Bob

Hugh Watkins...

the same accounts work on both front ends

ancestry took over in about 2001

are there any beter message boards ?

plese give an url

Hugh W