Yahoo Message Number: 94175 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/94175)
Hi All
I've decided to try the board again. This new, well not so new now, format was so frustrating to me - this RV Board went from my favorite and first site to go to, to now sometimes not even weekly visits. I kept thinking as bad as this format seemed to be, it would be altered/improved on shortly. But still seems as disjointed as it was right after the change, minus the first week or so of bugs.
That being said, am I missing something? Is this boards format better based upon a specific browser? If I were to pay the money to drop the adds from my Yahoo Email account, would it help the format on the User Groups they host too?
Am I still correct that 'search' is next to nothing, other then post thread ID? How about reading threads, they same topic does not always seem to flow together, with hunks of responses not connected?
Any tips on making this less frustrating, are welcomed.
I became so appreciative of this boards knowledge base, and just seemingly decent people. Very little of the sometimes mean spirited back and forth between members you can find on other forums. I do look at the pictures still, and database too. But it is the day to day reading and responding where I can help, that sure needs improvement.
If this was a paid to join site, I would have gone elsewhere. That being said, if Yahoo feels they need more revenue then the adds generate to cover the network and servers needed for User Groups, I personally would be willing to pay a small yearly fee that covered all User Groups. But, they would sure need to do some real improvements to ask for funds. And by the way, I have sent my thoughts to Yahoo on both this, and the Yahoo Mail changes too.
Enough rambling, but sure hope I've missed something, and some of you will tell me to 'Just go up and...'.
Best to all, be safe, have fun,
Smitty
Yahoo Message Number: 94179 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/94179)
Smitty,
Glad to see you back.
I run Chrome browser and have installed https://adblockplus.org (https://adblockplus.org)
I used to use Firefox with AdBlock Plus. In both cases. With each browser. I get absolutely no advertising on this board or any other site. It is free. I recommend it.
George in Birmingham
'03 Magna 6298
Yahoo Message Number: 94196 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/94196)
Thanks George! I installed Adblockplus and instantly the adds are gone on the Yahoo Groups. It says it works for Facebook as well....that would be great, too.
Tammy
Affinity 6611
Yahoo Message Number: 94198 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/94198)
Smitty,
On Chrome and my MAC...if you are in "conversations" on a specific Yahoo group page you should see "search conversations" at the top of the page right next to the Yahoo Group logo. From there you should be able to search as in the old Yahoo Groups pages. I had to have someone point it out to me.
Tammy
Affinity
6611
Yahoo Message Number: 94208 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/94208)
Hi George - Thanks for the welcome back!
I changed to Chrome, and moved my favorites over too. I added Adblock. Getting used to it now, but like it more then what I saw before...
Thanks,
Smitty
04 Allure 31017
Yahoo Message Number: 94209 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/94209)
Thanks Tammy,
Now on Chrome, with Addblock added. I see a full new bar on top, that for some reason was not visible on my Explorer.
It is great to see the Search Groups, as I just could not believe that the newer Yahoo User Group format would removed such an important feature. All I could see before, was a search by message number...
Still getting used to navigating in Chrome, but like the format better now.
Best to all. Hope this 'old dawg' learning 'new techniques' - does not get fleas! Smitty
04 Allure 31017