new PM system is inefficient

[THUGSROOK]

please change it back ~ its really bad

 

[Jason Clark]

No, but thanks for the feedback. Maybe try providing constructive criticism, these kinds of posts are useless and pointless.

 

[Spicedaddy]

hadn't noticed yet, but you're right it was much better before.

 

[THUGSROOK]

one word ~ inefficient

it was fine the way it was

 

[Jason Clark]

It's not changing back, so if there are things you want to see different ask.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Zuni
No, but thanks for the feedback. Maybe try providing constructive criticism, these kinds of posts are useless and pointless.

THUGSROOK, you have just been p0wn3d!!!

 

[bunker]

I actually like it. I can create my own folders to stash them in now. Easier to fly through and delete them as well.

The only thing I miss (or maybe I just haven't seen it) is the abillity to be able to delete them based on the date.

 

[Jason Clark]

Bunker,we'll investigate throwing that back in

 

[narzy]

it is going to take a bit of getting used to, one thing I wish is that if you clicked on eather the name or the folder Icon that it opened the PM associated with it. also I wish there were a way to view only new PM's and have a selection on if you want to only view new PM's when you visit your PM box, and beable then to go into your PM archives.

one other thing that would be nifty is if PM's were auto sorted into username folders so you can delete everything from a user in one quick swipe.

I haven't played with it enough to know if there is already a way to do this so I will investigate and post more feedback.

over all the update is decent, there are likes and dislikes.

 

[THUGSROOK]

we now have to click more to see what we saw before by default ~ inefficient

wanna see the full list? (old style) gotta hit all :|
wanna see the buddy list? gotta click that too now :|

 

[Jason Clark]

We're working on deletion by date etc now, thanks narz.

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
wanna see the full list? (old style) gotta hit all :|

I think that "all" should be the default for the message listing. I think it looks neater that way.


: ) Amanda

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: ohtwell

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
wanna see the full list? (old style) gotta hit all :|

I think that "all" should be the default for the message listing. I think it looks neater that way.


: ) Amanda

agreed, yes please ~ all as default?

 

[narzy]

ok I figured out how to sort by user name and delete by username, so X that one off any list.

also I got my archive feature, I just created a folder called archive and moved all read PM's into that folder.

see with a little investimagatin you can get things to do what you want .

 

[Jason Clark]

It doesn't make sense to have only new pms show in the pm inbox, thats why there are folders so you move them out if you want to keep them or wipe then up to you. The new system is similar to an e-mail type system.

 

[Jason Clark]

The message listing is all when you first load it, it's all pms you have that are in the inbox.

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: Zuni
Bunker,we'll investigate throwing that back in

Thanks Zuni

 

[narzy]

right'O

found a bug, every forum notifier I get in my PM box says that I posted a reply in the thread I subscribed to, and not that actual person who posted the reply.

ex...for your post Zuni I got a PM that contained the text
"narzy has posted a reply to the thread entitled new PM system is horrible!.
You can view it at: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=42&threadid=1019449 "

 

[THUGSROOK]

oh wait ~ the coffee is working now ~ the difference is the inbox.....

why does it have old msgs?
the old way only had new msgs there?

(thats the difference ~ sorry for being grumpy, i hate change)

 

[narzy]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
oh wait ~ the coffee is working now ~ the difference is the inbox.....

why does it have old msgs?
the old way only had new msgs there?

(thats the difference ~ sorry for being grumpy, i hate change)

Answer: now its much more like an E-mail box / program.

 

[crypticlogin]

Did the thread subscription PMs break during the upgrade? I started and subscribed to a thread yesterday afternoon and got the PM for the one reply, but there were some replies today that didn't get a PM. Or are subscription notifications handled differently now?

edit: Never mind, I just subscribed to some random OT thread and got a response.

 

[GeoffS]

hmmm... where does the total show up so I know I'm getting too close to the limit of PMs?

Geoff

 

[Ryan]

Zuni, I noticed that if you go into your private messages folder and try to delete all of your "sent" message, once i select all of the messages and hit delete, and get prompted "Are you sure you want to delete these messages", and I click yes, but after that I get a "Page Cannot Be Displayed" error.

 

[jpetermann]

I agree, it will take some getting used to... I do not think it is quite as efficient, but I may learn with time. I also had all my subscriptions messed up...I have not gotten a notification since the change. Also, I miss being able to click "done" with the PM and it goes away on its own. That was handy and more efficient in my opinion.

PJ

 

[amnesiac]

I really, really like the new setup. Much more efficient, especially with the headers and the new "send PM to:" functions.