I did a tour of the new Agingcare website and I don't think I like it.
First and most important, my head got cut off in the profile picture, only the torso is showing. That's not very nice. At all. Looks are very important, even to a polar bear. It took me a long time to pose for that picture. haha
Second, when I see an interesting question or discussion, and don't have any relevant answer or comment to add, but would like to read what others have to say, I can just click "Follow" and that tread will appear on my Follow list. The new Agingcare website doesn't have it. Why? That feature is very useful for a newbie like me.
Third, I prefer the large blue font type of the old site. Much easier to read. The new site has light smaller font size on a light blue background. Not as easy to read.
Whoever in charge of Agingcare website, can you fix the above?
Thanks
I take short breaks throughout the day and pop onto this site using my phone.
I really need to try the new site again. :(
If AC was trying to make the site more user friendly on mobile devices, they fail miserably. Perhaps it is better on the latest iPhone, but I don't have the money to spend on an expensive iPhone just to read AC.
If anything is better, it is the advertisement on the site. The ads seem to be bigger and get in the way.
Some of them are years old, and although they might be helpful, they were before my time here.
It would be nice if posting dates could be added to the search hits so we can sort through and pick the latest ones.
Thanks for any consideration on this request.
Hard to get use to because I would have a long answer already and when I go to Post Comment it says I need to sign-in. I couldn't sign-in while I had an answer waiting in the answer box. Poo. The link wouldn't work. Then I would need to go back to "Ask A Question" for it to sign me in. i don't know how many times I had forgotten to highlight what I had written to save it so I could post it properly.
Old habits are hard to break, especially at my age :0
I don't have to sign in on the old site each time, but I have to do that every time i click on the link to go to the new site while already logged in on the old site. Wish I didn't have to do that. It is annoying.
open the site in a new tab and log in there, then when you go back to your original tab and when you post the comment you will be logged in. Voila!
If that is the long view of what AC is geared to become, I’m off.
And polar, I cannot look at your avatar without thinking “bear dating site” Foto. Tinder for bears.
The baby bear is soooo cute and charming.
Then I noticed I wasn't logged into the site. So when I did that and went back to the post in question, there were the 17 answers. Was this a hiccup in the software or the norm as I use to be always logged in.... now the software logs me out when I leave the website.
Now it makes me wonder if someone using the website forums for the first time and who forgets to sign in, thinks no one had answered their question. So they sign in and posts the question all over again.
I was so looking forward to getting a new selection of "Hugs".
Maybe...hopefully... perhaps ... Agingcare people reconsidered and decided to leave well enough alone. I for one prefer the current site and format.
Gershun will leave you a popcorn trail if you cannot find your way back to the classic site.
I know, they are allowing all the good people on the new site, and the bad ones stay here.
I'm automatically signed in when open AgingCare, so I don't know how it works if you aren't signed in.
I LOVE being able to sort questions by newest first, oldest first, or by most helpful. It is surprising how helpful that is!
I like that the search feature is visible at the top of the page and not hidden in a menu.
Once upon a time serif fonts (the classic format) were considered easiest to read. New research suggests the sans serif fonts (new format) are generally easiest to read on screen. I find the new format font clean and easy to read. Mine doesn't have a blue background, though.
There is a "follow" button on each question post.
I don't access AC from my smart phone, so I don't know how that works.
I was pleased to be able to move my profile picture around, to get what I wanted in the circle. PolarBear, that is the fix for your headless bear!
I'm not sure I understand what the complain is about advertising. Could someone point out a specific example?
Thanks for your recent comments and questions regarding the move toward the new AgingCare. We are on track to transition to the new site soon, and as we go we have been making updates to include your feedback. We anticipated making the full transition to the new site this week, so we disabled the "toggle" to the preview site. Many of you have requested we bring it back, so we are working right now on reinstating that feature while we finish the transition. Each week ends with updates to address issues you all have found. It is really important to continue to let us know if you find any "bugs" related to our updates. Until the toggle can be pushed back into production the new site is alive and well at
https://preview.agingcare.com
See you there soon ;-)
This time Gershun, can I have real butter on my popcorn trail?
AgingCareCM,
Did the tech people forget to change back the "return to classic website?"
Help me, I am lost, but in a beautiful sea green and turquoise format. Maybe I will stay here.
However, I really really need to "unfollow" a few threads, or conversations, and the unfollow function was not working any longer on the classic site.