Published on 12, July, 2020
Please add any that occur with you.
Thanks.
Just to recap:
1. Messages not working for some people.
2. IDs (such as mine) disappearing.
3. Posts not displaying fully (per the 'messages not working' thread)
4. My inability now to upload image files.
Where I used to be able to search for the file now I'm only given a URL option.
In fact, I just tested this. I can add an image file to this thread, but not to the 'messages' thread.
5. Generally posts going into moderation unnecessarily.
Would it be goid to have a signature block on each post, so people can add a little detail about themselves?
I have great difficulty in remembering names, so some small prompt about who the poster is would be great.
Also want a bookmark thread/reply feature to be added, not a "turn reply notifications on" for threads so the notifications get too full and overwhelming in a couple of days, just a nice quiet bookmarked thread tab in the top right under our user avatar, so if someone wrote a long reply you can bookmark it and shut the pc down and read it another day without having to copy the url into a word document or bookmark it in browser filling up the browser bookmarks (which are already a nightmare to sort).
Yes if someone can get to talk to the mods, please ask if they know to get in touch with to update and do site maintenance because there's a lot of features on these forums that are unreliable, outright broken, or just plain missing entirely.
1. Diamond noticed half my post was missing or rather invisible (I could see it posted on my end) see: https://community.autism.org.uk/f/miscellaneous-and-chat/31831/stranded-on-a-desert-island/293347#2933472. Also periodically I get logged out for no reason, it's not too bad unless it happens when I'm writing a reply to someone then after I sign back in what I already wrote without posting yet is lost. Not even saved as a draft like how it sometimes saves itself on some kind of clipboard on site.
3. Just realised there is a 3rd, even when I do upload from a url it insists (opens the box) to upload from PC instead.4. Also see below for features that seemed to have should have been available but have never worked since I signed up.
This Forum is long overdue a fresh user interface and coding I think as it seems to be the same now as it was 10 years ago, just nowadays it is very buggy. Maybe it's also something the IT folks can finally throw in a mute/block user and a mute word filter for individual users buttons (standard features everywhere but here) and enable/re-enable blogs and groups when they do it.
Issues that I have intermittently experienced consist of:
1. Sometimes only given the URL option when I want to upload images from my desktop PC to forum discussions.
2. Intermittent issues with the Quote function.
3. Unable to view messages accompanying Friend Requests.
4. When receiving incoming private messages in the past, there would sometimes be chunks of text missing from within a conversation, which would only be visible when I next signed in and scrolled back through that previous private chat.
Kerri-Mod
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Chloe Mod
cannot adjust font size without editing in the source code (or am i missing something?).
Read messages appearing as unread.
Notifications selected not appearing in the manner chosen
Uploading files (laptop said the image size was too big but this didn't appear on tablet) the "upload image" wasn't a clear button or hyperlink
In general, the message function doesn't leave much room to read what's been written. Don't they know we are autistic and so communication is often mini essays..! I can't cut & paste text without the screen jumbling up and down.
That is a really annoying bug. Then have to explain and rewrite what you originally put.
When I get a PM the message is blank. In my notifications a little text is there but once clicked and on to the messages it's gone, just a blank page.
Any friend request I’ve ever received has been accompanied by a short or longer message which vaporises on contact. My first message to that person is then to apologise for having been unable to read what they said and reassure that I’ll see any regular messages. But it would be nice to see those initial words that someone put thought into when reaching out.
Love this forum and community and really appreciate all that the mods do, so I hope I’m not sounding too whingey. It’s just a ‘please can this be sorted?’ And more in hope than expectation.
I’ve noticed I can’t use the quote option when quoting from someone else’s message.
Had edited post going into moderation unnecessary.
Couldn't sign in with my updated email address and started again.
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