With respect, my reason for starting this thread wasn't to lure anyone away from this forum, just to make known an alternative. For what it's worth I (and many others) are here as a result of an invitation posted by you on the old BBC forum.....we haven't moved the goalposts.
As I have said previously, this forum is unique and would be difficult to relocate elsewhere.
I hope my response didn't seem unduly harsh. For the record, we greatly value the contribution that you and all of the other users make to the forum. I hope you'll stick with us!
Can someone please explain why this Forum had to change just because it had been running in the same format for 5 years. I joined just six months ago and have had no problems with it - friendly members, was notified when others added to my threads, easy to find topics etc. etc. & a whole lot more features that made using this site a pleasure - quick & easy, but now I find it faceless, time consuming and frustrating to say the least.
Most newspapers / magazines / websites have periodic design refreshes. It's amazing how quickly things can date. Digital technology changes very rapidly and websites that were very 'up to the minute' a few years back can seem very old-fashioned now.
Any business / brand that undertakes design changes doesn't do so lightly - an established brand with a loyal user base has a lot at stake. We're in the process of refreshing gardenersworld.com - a great deal of thought and care has gone into that, but unfortunately we've haven't got the forum part of that process quite right.
We'll fix it for you as quickly as we possibly can. The next stage of that will be released to the site over the next week. We'll be monitoring your feeback very closely and we'll take note of everything that everybody says. Unlike magazines and newspapers there isn't a finished product with websites, which are constantly evolving and changing.
We're very lucky in having a really knowledgeable and diverse membership - it might not seem like it at the moment, but we are doing our best to deliver the best forum for everyone that we possibly can.
Trust me 5 years is a life time in technology....and to be honest, even I could see that some aspects needed updating.
I bank online with one of the major banks and they too have changed their website to accommodate portable devices and it looks very much like this format....it doesn't really please me and me old desktop, but I'm getting used to it.
Daniel - thank you for your open and honest response. It does help to learn why things have changed & to hear you say that things have perhaps not gone quite as planned.
I am optimistic that the forum will again work much as the regular users want it to and (as Plant Pauper said) it's only because it's been such a great forum / community that we all care so much. ?
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Hello Hazel - there won't be any imminent changes to the 'Settings' area - (although that's only because we haven't got around to it yet!) Rest assured that any changes we make will be take into account the negative response we've received to the recent design changes. We've learnt our lesson!
And many thanks, Topbird - it's good to know you value the forum so much.
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Hi, Daniel
With respect, my reason for starting this thread wasn't to lure anyone away from this forum, just to make known an alternative. For what it's worth I (and many others) are here as a result of an invitation posted by you on the old BBC forum.....we haven't moved the goalposts.
As I have said previously, this forum is unique and would be difficult to relocate elsewhere.
Good luck with addressing the present problems.
Hello David,
Thank you for that.
I hope my response didn't seem unduly harsh. For the record, we greatly value the contribution that you and all of the other users make to the forum. I hope you'll stick with us!
Daniel
Thanks, Verdun.
Can someone please explain why this Forum had to change just because it had been running in the same format for 5 years. I joined just six months ago and have had no problems with it - friendly members, was notified when others added to my threads, easy to find topics etc. etc. & a whole lot more features that made using this site a pleasure - quick & easy, but now I find it faceless, time consuming and frustrating to say the least.
Hello Guernsey Donkey2,
Most newspapers / magazines / websites have periodic design refreshes. It's amazing how quickly things can date. Digital technology changes very rapidly and websites that were very 'up to the minute' a few years back can seem very old-fashioned now.
Any business / brand that undertakes design changes doesn't do so lightly - an established brand with a loyal user base has a lot at stake. We're in the process of refreshing gardenersworld.com - a great deal of thought and care has gone into that, but unfortunately we've haven't got the forum part of that process quite right.
We'll fix it for you as quickly as we possibly can. The next stage of that will be released to the site over the next week. We'll be monitoring your feeback very closely and we'll take note of everything that everybody says. Unlike magazines and newspapers there isn't a finished product with websites, which are constantly evolving and changing.
We're very lucky in having a really knowledgeable and diverse membership - it might not seem like it at the moment, but we are doing our best to deliver the best forum for everyone that we possibly can.
More changes on the way!
Best,
Daniel Haynes
Editor, gardenersworld.com
Hi, GD
Trust me 5 years is a life time in technology....and to be honest, even I could see that some aspects needed updating.
I bank online with one of the major banks and they too have changed their website to accommodate portable devices and it looks very much like this format....it doesn't really please me and me old desktop, but I'm getting used to it.
Daniel - thank you for your open and honest response. It does help to learn why things have changed & to hear you say that things have perhaps not gone quite as planned.
I am optimistic that the forum will again work much as the regular users want it to and (as Plant Pauper said) it's only because it's been such a great forum / community that we all care so much. ?
Hello Hazel - there won't be any imminent changes to the 'Settings' area - (although that's only because we haven't got around to it yet!) Rest assured that any changes we make will be take into account the negative response we've received to the recent design changes. We've learnt our lesson!
And many thanks, Topbird - it's good to know you value the forum so much.
We'll get there very soon, I hope!
Daniel