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
It was there, but hidden in secret replies a few posts prior.
Confusing. Too much like a facebook function. Not in favor of this.
Prefer simplicity, sequential posts in order of reply.
1) The "WHAT'S ON MY MIND" feature ( on our wall/news feed ) to be returned.
2) The ability to delete a post or private message (that we have authored) to another member on their wall. Not even "editing" is available.
ETA: I just thought: it could be that there is a setting to make Hugs private and I'm just not aware of this setting. Ack. Head full of cold meds and I'm on AC more than usual the past few days and noticing a few weird things that appear to be glitches... but who knows. Overall, the site is functioning, and I'm thankful for it.
Some users set their profiles to stricter privacy settings.
Some won't even allow you to post at all on their wall.
Others want posts to them private.
AC can answer your question, but I believe it has to do with "settings".
If you want to test this out, I am going to adjust my setting to much less privacy-give me a minute.....take it for a spin, post to me a non-private message.
Fun, huh?
Sorry you are a sickie-wickie today.
Today, we both have way too much time on our hands.
I will be changing back to privacy once you post on my wall....
I can't find the main page for questions and discussions - only my news feed
This one is on me, I didn't post instructions on the day of the update. So sorry.
None of the functions or links were removed. The "new" menu is a return to the 3 horizontal lines and the same menu choices as the "classic" AgingCare site. Use the 3 lines (the hamburger) to open access to:
a. Ask a Question- direct link to the forum
b. Find Care- direct link to find all senior care options
c. Find In-Home Care- direct link to find in-home care in your area
d. Find Assisted Living- direct link to find assisted living in your area
e. Care Guides- direct link to download free care guides
f. Caregiving Topics- direct link to the topic page of all content organized by subject
A return to the horizontal lines allowed for the space to add some direct links to the header when using other devices.
If you are using a tablet or desktop device from left to right:
a. 3 horizontal lines "hamburger" opens the drop down menu
b. AgingCare logo is always a link to return to the home page
c. Find Care is a direct link to find all senior care options
d. Forum- direct link to Caregiver Forum
e. Care Topics- direct link to the topic page
f. Search Icon- opens a search field for searching AgingCare (this field is inside the menu on mobile)
g. Your Avatar- direct link to all of your profile functions
Again, my apologies for not posting the heads up sooner. -Kim
Im not sure when it happened because I haven’t been lurking here much but the site does look different on my phone also.
When I open the site my newsfeed is the first thing that comes up. There’s no questions that need answers or the row of bubbles that were below that. Newsfeed only.
Someone, Glad maybe, mentioned something showing between “find care” and avatar. On my phone there is nothing there.
I found it.
One thing I find interesting about the privacy settings, though, is that as far as I can tell, there's no way to discern what a user's privacy settings are set to, except by experimentation. If you can't click through on the "Likes" or "Votes" links on someone's profile, the user has them disabled, but you can't tell until you click them.
I understand why someone would want to have private messages, however I think that a user's activity on the forum should be public knowledge. I think it helps to give a better picture of someone's caregiving situation and general personality, and these things are important when doling out advice to otherwise strangers online.
As far as privacy concerns go, I suppose there will always be that one person who stalks someone else online, but that could be reported, and in general I think the collective here is very good about not tolerating any bullying.
I just think there are many more good reasons to keep activity public than there are good reasons to allow it to be private. This is just my opinion and you know what they say about those... ha.
I am not seeing a search bar function in the menu
I see the various find topics but no way to type in my own search words
on my iPhone it is in the hamburger menu, but I do not use the iPhone for this site
Is anyone else having trouble knowing if their post hast gone through or not? Lately I will hit post comment but the post doesn't show up unless I refresh the whole page, of course it it didn't go through properly I've then lost it.
(it is a p-i-t-a)
Oh, I just realized there is a box in the banner between the question and discussion groups too.
I wonder how many no longer post because of the new website?
I know I miss several listed
(I have to add that the whole idea of listing top members makes me feel a little bit queasy)