SUGGESTION BOX

[dubob]

During my working career I held several management positions in which I was the recipient of complaints from fellow employees. I had a policy of "Don't complain...Communicate". In other words, anyone who brought up a problem should be prepared with a potential solution to the problem.

This new forum has been a source of great frustration to all of us. People are basically resistant to change but tend to be more accepting if the changes are positive. Many of the changes in our new system are NOT positive and make it difficult if not impossible to enjoy the potential improvements. It is gratifying that some of the glitches have been addressed and corrected. But there are a few that are still major hurdles...at least for me.,.and others I am sure.

Since the powers that be seem to be open to suggestions and change, I suggest a "suggestion box". We have to realize that there are limits to what can be done "after the fact". But hopefully we can get some relief where changes are possible. Here is my short list of grievances:

1. REPLIES. It is a pain to have to keep rereading all of the previous replies on each new reply. Do not quote previous posts unless the QUOTE button is clicked. I 100% agree with this.

2. REPLIES. It is also a pain to have to scroll down to the bottom to find the most recent post on a thread. Much better to make it a reverse order...last post first. I would suggest that it should be an option for each member. Allow the default to be set by the user.

3. NOTIFICATIONS. Our former forum automatically emailed notifications whenever there was a reply to one of our posts...or if we had a PM waiting for us. Since some of these things have an element of timing, notifications are helpful. Shouldn't have to worry about subscribing or not. I don't know about the PM notification, but I have already set the notification default in my 'User CP' file to "Subscribe and receive email notification of new replies." So for me, it is automatic.

4. FILE ATTACHMENTS. The standards and appearance of posted pictures seem to change. Clarify this situation. Also, this system does not recognize PDF files for attachment and will not accept them. There is a lot of info to be shared besides just pictures and eliminating PDF files reduces the informational potential of the forum. Again, I 100% agree; PDF files should be allowed as the PDF format is a universal format that all devices can access with a free app.

Anybody else have suggestions?

I also would encourage the owners of this site to provide a 'SUGGESTION BOX'. And, just like you suggested (and I learned in my military service), a suggestion is worthless without a proposed solution. And for what it's worth, the proposed solution doesn't have to include the software code to make it happen. Just define the problem as you see it, and suggest an alternative process or approach. For example: Problem - Notification of replies to my posts aren't currently automatic. Solution - Allow me, as a user, to select a permanent default setting that makes it automatic without me having to select it with every post.