Phase 2 Forum Maintenance Complete

@taungfox wrote:

…….. I need to add to “The Appy Corner” and
…….. question that I want to add to “It’s My Life”……..

I did finally find “The Appy Corner”, but by then all my puff had gone and I did not actually put the posts on.

You ask for feedback on the new site. Well it is good and obviously a lot of thought has gone into it. I agree us
grizzled old veterans will get used to it, but I worry about new posters and people on their initial contact. We do
not want it in anyway to appear as a site designed by Medicos and full of medicalese. I remember that
after being told of it at the MD conference it took over a month of “lurking” before I plucked up courage
to actually do a light-hearted post.

In the past we have noted that so many people do just a few posts to get answers to a certain question
or worry but then are never seen again. What keeps our “Old Faithfuls” coming back? With
me it is the people I know and trust. I want to see how AMG is getting on testing her latest gizmo, how
far up Sarah’s drive the snow is, read Dovito’s latest poem, is Chagrin’s exoskeleton still chafing in unfortunate places,
how are Woogy and Gwen, news from Ranald’s latest Troll Hunt, what is happening with Foxy’s new wooden leg? After
a friendly chat with our peeps, then I might check out the latest news on Exon-Skipping. Then back
to see what people are reading, music they are playing, the pet photos and Cassini’s two brilliant
threads “What Did You Do Today” and “Usernames”.

It will be difficult to get the balance right. But I do feel people should at lease initially be
able to see on the main page our “cosy” threads :- “Chat and Chill”, “It’s My Life” and “Hints and Tips”

I think I may have been using the site wrongly for years. I sign in and immediately check on the
right, the list of latest posts. If I see one I go there to that section to view. If we cannot
see the fun bits it might be a it of a backward step.

Sorry for being rebellious and disloyal and it might not seem like it but I am
still pleased with your efforts. Every step in the right….etc.

My problem is that I usually access the Talk MD site on one of the mobile devices that
are always on a lanyard around my neck. Then if I see anything that I want to
comment on or add to I fire up the main computer to sign in.

Since the changes, what I can see without actually signing in, is now a lot less
than before. Today I cannot see some of the threads and sub-folders till I actually log in.

Dare I suggest that most prospective new users will lurk around before daring to sign
up. They will not see “Chat and Chill” and “Hints and Tips” and not realise what
a fun-packed, whacky bunch of funsters we are on Talk MD.