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This may help some of you with this new site.............

Shorty2U — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:19:05 GMT

If you can sign in to Firefox or Google Chrome on Qs new site here, this website looks much better. In Internet Explorer its all zig zag and a mess. So if you have been seeing zig zag try a different browser. Hope this helps some.

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SuiGeneris — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:27:51 GMT

Thanks for posting this Shorty! I hope it will help all those with display problems.

I have always used Mozilla Firefox, because I was told it was the most secure of all the browsers, so when I first ventured on here yesterday, I had no display problems whatsoever.

The only "Preferences" options I changed were the "Privacy" settings. Instead of the default settings, I permanently selected the ones for "No one" in all the categories. I didn't want my email address showing accidentally if QVC changed their default settings.

My only problems with the board right now are the "Gamers" threads and the lack of an option to "Read last post" on a thread. I used to use that one all the time on the old board.

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Marlea Lee — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:49:30 GMT

Before you open a thread, if you click on the "time" of last post on the right of the unopened thread right above the last poster's name, this will take you to the last post in the thread.

For example, before opening this thread you will see my nic on the right as the last poster and something like "3 minutes ago" Just click on the "3 minutes ago" and your at the last post.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:50:27 GMT

@Shorty2U wrote:
If you can sign in to Firefox or Google Chrome on Qs new site here, this website looks much better. In Internet Explorer its all zig zag and a mess. So if you have been seeing zig zag try a different browser. Hope this helps some.

Here's a weird thing for me - an anomaly I might say - Yesterday morning, on my Win7 computer upstairs in my office, the board was all jumbled using IE. Later in the morning I was downstairs on my Win8 computer and I tried IE again, and it was perfectly good.

So I just figured - ok, good deal. They fixed it. Then, this morning up in my office, I went to the board on IE (same IE11 as I have on the Win8 computer, BTW) and it was all jumbled up again.

So, I use Google Chrome on my Win7 computer, but I can go ahead and use IE11 on this Win8 computer with nary a problem.

I can't figure out what's different, as they both have the same version of IE.

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dooBdoo — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:18:55 GMT

Marlea Lee wrote:
Before you open a thread, if you click on the "time" of last post on the right of the unopened thread right above the last poster's name, this will take you to the last post in the thread.

For example, before opening this thread you will see my nic on the right as the last poster and something like "3 minutes ago" Just click on the "3 minutes ago" and your at the last post.

Just wanted to highlight @Marlea Lee's instructions to go directly to the last reply on a thread.

Thanks, @Shorty2U, for posting the IE tip.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:52:39 GMT

@Marlea Lee wrote:
Before you open a thread, if you click on the "time" of last post on the right of the unopened thread right above the last poster's name, this will take you to the last post in the thread.

For example, before opening this thread you will see my nic on the right as the last poster and something like "3 minutes ago" Just click on the "3 minutes ago" and your at the last post.

One good thing they did with this change was to bring back the feature where, if you've already been on a thread, the next time you click on that thread it takes you to the last post you had already seen. BUT, you need to set that in your 'Preferences'.

That was one thing that a lot of us really missed from one of the board changes they made and I'm super glad it's back.

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dooBdoo — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:56:16 GMT

chickenbutt wrote:
Shorty2U wrote:
If you can sign in to Firefox or Google Chrome on Qs new site here, this website looks much better. In Internet Explorer its all zig zag and a mess. So if you have been seeing zig zag try a different browser. Hope this helps some.

Here's a weird thing for me - an anomaly I might say - Yesterday morning, on my Win7 computer upstairs in my office, the board was all jumbled using IE.   Later in the morning I was downstairs on my Win8 computer and I tried IE again, and it was perfectly good.

So I just figured - ok, good deal. They fixed it. Then, this morning up in my office, I went to the board on IE (same IE11 as I have on the Win8 computer, BTW) and it was all jumbled up again.

So, I use Google Chrome on my Win7 computer, but I can go ahead and use IE11 on this Win8 computer with nary a problem.

I can't figure out what's different, as they both have the same version of IE.

@chickenbutt, Did you clear cookies, cache, etc., then close and relaunch the browser on both computers before trying to use the Q forums? This website is particularly sensitive to that, especially every time they make any changes, even small ones we're not aware of.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:58:09 GMT

Hey dooB - I hadn't done that but, earlier this morning just before I signed off of that computer, I did a cleaning so I'll check tomorrow to see if it still looks jumbled up in IE. Thanks for the advice! You're always so helpful and I, for one, appreciate that.

Plus, you're nice and that doesn't hurt. I like nice people!

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maryebrown — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:58:26 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
@Shorty2U wrote:
If you can sign in to Firefox or Google Chrome on Qs new site here, this website looks much better. In Internet Explorer its all zig zag and a mess. So if you have been seeing zig zag try a different browser. Hope this helps some.

Here's a weird thing for me - an anomaly I might say - Yesterday morning, on my Win7 computer upstairs in my office, the board was all jumbled using IE.   Later in the morning I was downstairs on my Win8 computer and I tried IE again, and it was perfectly good.

So I just figured - ok, good deal. They fixed it. Then, this morning up in my office, I went to the board on IE (same IE11 as I have on the Win8 computer, BTW) and it was all jumbled up again.

So, I use Google Chrome on my Win7 computer, but I can go ahead and use IE11 on this Win8 computer with nary a problem.

I can't figure out what's different, as they both have the same version of IE.

CB, I have Win7 too...and I'm using Mozilla/Firefox. It works okay but it is so s-l-o-w. I'm gonna try using my Kindle tonight to see if it's any better. Even my reading glasses doesn't help reading the posts. After a half hour I start getting a headache.

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Marlea Lee — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:59:55 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
@Marlea Lee wrote:
Before you open a thread, if you click on the "time" of last post on the right of the unopened thread right above the last poster's name, this will take you to the last post in the thread.

For example, before opening this thread you will see my nic on the right as the last poster and something like "3 minutes ago" Just click on the "3 minutes ago" and your at the last post.

One good thing they did with this change was to bring back the feature where, if you've already been on a thread, the next time you click on that thread it takes you to the last post you had already seen. BUT, you need to set that in your 'Preferences'.

That was one thing that a lot of us really missed from one of the board changes they made and I'm super glad it's back.

YES!!!! I am happy to see this feature is back too! So far, using Firefox on a laptop computer, this new forum looks a lot like the old forum so no complaints from me.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:03:25 GMT

Mary - It works pretty well on Google Chrome. It's as fast as this particular website ever is, anyway. Same on IE if you can use it. Right now I'm on my Win8 computer, using IE, and it's as fast as ever.

It never hurts to have two or three different browsers installed on your computers.

I especially like this because I can be logged into two of my email addresses at the same time, one on IE and one on Chrome. I use one email address just for bills, another for this ID, and another that has been my ID elsewhere for 15 years. Choices are always good, eh?

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chickenbutt — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:10:16 GMT

Marlea - Yeah, after I figured out a bunch of changes to make in 'Preferences' yesterday I was pretty pleased. It made it look and operate as well as I could imagine. I wish more people would look around, make changes, and see that it's not as bad as they thought when they first got here.

Having that feature back with going directly to the last post you previously saw was HUGE for me.

There are only two things, at this point, that I really wish they would put back from the previous board. But there are definitely more than two improvements that I am enjoying.

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JGalt — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:10:24 GMT

Would someone tell me how to find my own posts so I can go back to see if someone answered a question? Of course, I'll never again find this thread so I don't know why I'm asking a question.

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dooBdoo — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:11:41 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Hey dooB - I hadn't done that but, earlier this morning just before I signed off of that computer, I did a cleaning so I'll check tomorrow to see if it still looks jumbled up in IE. Thanks for the advice! You're always so helpful and I, for one, appreciate that.

Plus, you're nice and that doesn't hurt. I like nice people!

Thanks, chickie! Right back atcha!

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morganjen — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:13:11 GMT

I'm not seeing the "time" listed on an unopened thread. All have non-clicklable dates.

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dooBdoo — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:16:00 GMT

jGalt wrote:
Would someone tell me how to find my own posts so I can go back to see if someone answered a question? Of course, I'll never again find this thread so I don't know why I'm asking a question.

@JGalt, I'm thinking it might work to start adding your nickname as a "Tag" when you add a post, and then you can click on that tag or do a search for it and see your recent comments. I need to give it a try and see if it will work.

I think it's ridiculous that they've omitted that as a standard option here, though. We shouldn't have to jump through these hoops to find our recent posts.

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Marlea Lee — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:21:14 GMT

@morganjen wrote:
I'm not seeing the "time" listed on an unopened thread. All have non-clicklable dates.

Sounds as if not all browsers have been tweaked yet to have this and other functions, morganjen. On Firefox using a Windows laptop this works. Hopefully in time iPads, Macs, and all other Windows and Android browsers will be included to have this function.

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NickNack1 — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:38:48 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
@Marlea Lee wrote:
Before you open a thread, if you click on the "time" of last post on the right of the unopened thread right above the last poster's name, this will take you to the last post in the thread.

For example, before opening this thread you will see my nic on the right as the last poster and something like "3 minutes ago" Just click on the "3 minutes ago" and your at the last post.

One good thing they did with this change was to bring back the feature where, if you've already been on a thread, the next time you click on that thread it takes you to the last post you had already seen. BUT, you need to set that in your 'Preferences'.

That was one thing that a lot of us really missed from one of the board changes they made and I'm super glad it's back.

Yes, I love this! I thought that was the default setting. I don't remember changing mine to do that. To me, it's so much easier to start where I left off than to go to the end and read backwards to get to where I left off.

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GingerPeach — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:42:51 GMT

It's really great that posters are giving each other tips.

But don't you all think it ought to have been the responsibility of QVC to provide directions and tips and a lot more information ahead of time, instead of trying to soothe us by saying they are "working hard' to give us a "better" experience?

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Adelina — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:52:52 GMT

@dooBdoo wrote:
@JGalt wrote:
Would someone tell me how to find my own posts so I can go back to see if someone answered a question? Of course, I'll never again find this thread so I don't know why I'm asking a question.

@JGalt, I'm thinking it might work to start adding your nickname as a "Tag" when you add a post, and then you can click on that tag or do a search for it and see your recent comments. I need to give it a try and see if it will work.

I think it's ridiculous that they've omitted that as a standard option here, though. We shouldn't have to jump through these hoops to find our recent posts.

@JGalt and @dooBdoo, a number of posters have also recommended to type your nic in the search bar, selecting the "User" option (rather than Community). I tried it and all my recent posts came up, not just the ones I started.

Also, I have started a tag called My Activity, if anyone wants to tag more on this topic.