I am impressed ...

[ChrisGreaves]

(1) That we no longer have that few-seconds pause after "Submit" until the post appears (or we laboriously click on "View" or similar)
and
(2) "Your posts" has not come up with an SQL error.

Yet

Thanks!
Chris

[HansV]

(1) That's a feature of the new version.
(2) I've seen SQL Errors a couple of times since the update...

[ChrisGreaves]

(2) I've seen SQL Errors a couple of times since the update...

Boy!
You really know how to depress a guy, don't you, Hans?
Cheers
Chris

[ChrisGreaves]

(3) That the link "Light Relief" works.

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In the older software it would not show me the four sub-forums; in this incarnation it does show me the four sub-forums.

Cheers
Chris

[stuck]

...In the older software it would not show me the four sub-forums; in this incarnation it does show me the four sub-forums...

Umm, I'm sure an Admin will correct me if I'm wrong but that option existed before the upgrade, at least it did if you were using the subsilver2 theme.

Ken

[ChrisGreaves]

that option existed before the upgrade, at least it did if you were using the subsilver2 theme.

Hi Ken. I know the option was there, but clicking on "Light relief" didn't work for me. I think it took me up one level to "Board Index".

It may have been the scheme I was using, but the link did not work on either of my laptops.
I didn't complain (for once!) because it was just as easy to click on a "Scuttlebut" forum link in New Posts".
Cheers
Chris

[stuck]

Actually I think this version is more sophisticated the old version. In the old version you just got a list of all threads in the subsections. Now, above the list of all threads, you get a header block that lists the individual subsections.

Ken

[HansV]

I agree with Ken that the "breadcrumb" links worked in the older version too.

[ChrisGreaves]

I agree with Ken that the "breadcrumb" links worked in the older version too.

[grumpily] OK. Probably I was wrong; but I know I tried it and it didn't do what I expected [/grumpily]
Cheers
Chris

[John Gray]

That confirms my view that Chris is one of the grumpenprolerariat...

[ChrisGreaves]

That confirms my view that Chris is one of the grumpenprolerariat...

[ChrisGreaves]

OK then, while I'm on a roll (and being wrong!) how about this:-

I seem to recall that the old software notifications included the text content of the post that triggered the email alert.
I think this because back in the days (last April) when I checked email on my phone, I could read the notification and see the first (of possibly several) responses to my post or someone else's post.
In my case this was especially helpful because I would see the first response to my new thread, and this was very helpful when I posted a question that generated a short response (Me: "Can I do this ..."; Hans: No you can not!" )

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This is what I see in Thunderbird when I check mail.

And while I am at it, clicking on that first link seems NOT to take me to "[If you want to view] the newest post made since your last visit, click the following link:", but to the top of the page.

Of course this may be a quirk of my usual quirky setup here at The Landfall Garden House.

Thanks
Chris

[HansV]

Hi Chris, this is indeed a change. phpBB3.3 doesn't include the text of posts in notifications.

A problem with including the text was that users would reply to the email instead of visiting the forum and replying there. The email reply would end up in the admins' inbox...

[ChrisGreaves]

Hi Chris, this is indeed a change. phpBB3.3 doesn't include the text of posts in notifications.

Thanks, Hans, for the confirmation. I sometimes think my memory is, er, er, going

A problem with including the text was that users would reply to the email instead of visiting the forum and replying there. The email reply would end up in the admins' inbox...

Two more mysteries solved
(1) Why so few people were responding to my replies and
(2) How you get to respond to so many posts

Cheers
Chris