I don't know how to use the new amiga.org! :-o

[F0LLETT]

I'm sorry but I just can't work this site out. Soneone said once that amiga.org had to go CSS to avoid modern hacking techniques but I find the result impossible! It all looks nice but I just can't work out how to do anything on it.

One thing is searching; I went to search here when I was on another machine (unlogged in) and was presented with a question.  As I wasn't logged in I understood it though it did seem extreme as other sites let you use their search engine without passing a phrase test. But today I was logged in and it still asks me a question! What the?! As a user why aren't I allow to freely search?

Another thing is tracking down my own threads. On other sites there is uusally a button I can press and I can get a list of my recent threads and posts. but here I am totally lost. There doesn't seem to be an account section where all this info is printed on one page. What is the standard way of doing this?

Finally trying to reply to posts has got me beat. I have used other modern CSS forums and usually you can drag select a section and press the Quote button. but here I see no such thing! The Quick Reply doesn't work for me as the "@User" isn't pasted in. And using "Quote message in reply?" didn't paste any quote in either. The other Quote just quotes the whole message forcing me to copy and paste quote codes by hand. Now this doesn't seem very modern!

I looked on site for instructions but none could tell me how to do normal stuff and reply to people. There were no examples. How on earth do I reply to a post and be able to quote and respond to different sections of text? It's got me beat! :-?

I agree with the search function. I was logged in and it still asked me a dumb question like "who is the CTO of Amiga Inc." I was'nt sure, what it was. Never heard of a CTO before. So I typed Bill Mcewan, obviously I was spelling it wrong (didnt know at time). It refused to give me a another question, so I was stuck, lol.

[F0LLETT]

Well, I liked the old a.org and I like the new one.

Aside from that, I think the old axiom about a bad tradesman blaming his tools is true...

If I can't find something on here or can't see how to do something, I either ask nicely (as the op did) or keep looking until I learn...

Feeding trolls is fun though :-)

lol, I wasnt complaining as such.
However making logged in users answer a question they might not know just to search site is crazy. Now if I wasnt logged in or a guest I would say fair enough.

Im sorry if you think searching the internet to get the answer to a question just to be able to search here (when logged in) is acceptable, then your nuts, .

[F0LLETT]

:-)

Follet, I hadn't even read your post, must have posted at the same time.

I concur though, I'm nuts !

lol, no probs. I have to ask though, why is it with my name.
I seem to have a missing T, is everyone blind to the extra T, .
Same thing happens with mail comming to my house.

On topic;

We are all nuts, Amiga NUTS!!!!!.

[F0LLETT]

i'm on a variety of forums and for the most part they all use this basic template....so when amiga org changed over it felt like Old Home Week for me.

basically you can find what you need from your profile page (things like a list of your posts and so on). it's way better organized than the old forum.

frankly

Spose its what your used to, cant please everyone, .
So changes can annoy some people but make others happy.

[F0LLETT]

I explained this in another thread, which subsequently got deleted, but it asks you a question,even when logged in, because bots can be logged in too.

Is it really so friggin hard to take 5 seconds to answer a basic question that any Amiga user should already know?  Spelling aside, that is.

I just cannot believe there is so much whining over such a simplistic feature.  It's like dealing with a bunch of 3 year olds who didn't get to slide down the slide at McDonalds.  Man up for God's sake and just enjoy.

Wayne

Ouch!!!!

If you read my later reply, I explained why I commented on it.