Hi Everybody, First let me repeat what I have said before. It's going to create anger and hurt feelings.
------- THIS FORUM BELONGS IN THE GARBAGE CAN ------
No amount of tweaking is going to turn it into a decent forum. At the very least, the design should be turned over to the crew who designed the Corel site
This forum is the kind of result one would get if an automobile company let their advertisements be created by engineers, managers, programmers, accountants or top level executives. (It is well known that advertisement agencies get ulcers when a top executive tries to tell them how to design an ad.)
Now for the most horrible of the problems.
THERE IS NO INDICATOR TO SHOW WHETHER A NEW POST HAS BEEN ADDED TO A THREAD SINCE I LAST OPENED IT-------------- NOTHING -------- ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.--------
I like to browse most of the threads. However, I don't like to keep opening the same damn thread that has absolutely no new posts for the last month.
What the hell am I supposed to do. Keep opening the same threads for months on end. Yet that is what I am forced to do to keep in touch with users of the CorelDraw suite.
---------- IT'S GOTTEN TO BE TORTURE ---------
Do something about it. Otherwise, I am going to smash the monitor with a hammer.
Phil
Phil1923 said:I like to browse most of the threads. However, I don't like to keep opening the same damn thread that has absolutely no new posts for the last month.
1. I'm also finding it really hard to participate in this new forum.
2. I "think" I'm getting all new posts across many forums I've subscribed to, but not sure. The reason: I'm not really seeing much participation here anymore. I'm guessing there are about 100,000 subscribers, and it seems like about 5 posts a day. If I'm right, that's pathetic.
3. rich text formatting should be the default.
4. inserting links: they should open "new window" by default.
5. Seems to be a lot of concern about the site being "smart phone friendly." Why? Coreldraw users are people that sit at computers - generally working for a living - instead of wandering around aimlessly like the zombies that our populace has become. When pro users are away from their main systems, how helpful can they really be? How do newbs learn to use coreldraw looking at their phones at the mall and without access to coreldraw?
So.. the functionality is brutal. Did Adobe pay someone to come up with this site in order to demoralize CorelDRAW users?
This site needs an overhaul to be fast, clear, obvious, instant, and easy.
Jeff Harrison said:I'm guessing there are about 100,000 subscribers, and it seems like about 5 posts a day. If I'm right, that's pathetic.
Or maybe it means we have 99,995 satisfied customers [:O]
I agree, the participation does seem to be lower than expected and I hope that other participants will come back when some of these problems are fixed.
Jeff Harrison said:3. rich text formatting should be the default.
Rich text should certainly be configurable as default editor (there is already an option for it in settings, but it is not being respected). Or, the rich text link should be moved to the previous screen to avoid the unnecessary two-stage requirement we currently have.
Jeff Harrison said:4. inserting links: they should open "new window" by default
Agreed again.
It's a general problem with many forums, they settle down to much. What I think is needed is bringing more software from Corel reachable in the menu. And make the same with all forums. Like the one for painter, Wordperfect and so on. To create an awareness of where to find each forums.
Facebook ain't good for traditional forums.
Mobile. I totally disagree on the critique. I am currently having lunch. Chicken Szechuan at a restaurant. These days I log in and try to help out when time permits, basically when I have lunch or coffee breaks sitting by myself. When on the computer I try to not log on anywhere. I manage that 50-99% of the time.
You guys might sit more at one and the same desk. Me I move around. So because of that I am now more able to participate again. Due to mobile compatibility.