WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PERSONAL MENU NOW, THANKS FREE REPUBLIC AND THERE LIES THE KEY

PERSONAL MENU ^ | 3/30/2002 | TLBSHOW

[TLBSHOW]

They key to the new Free Republic is your pesonal menu. Just click on your name and you will be there. Then explore your personal menu page and links to find all the answers to the New Free Republic web site design.

So go to where your name is on the far right side up corner and click. That is the key to finding your way around this fantastic web site. It is easy. A Welcome is stretched across the world.

TLBSHOW

[Howlin]

Latest Post page
Topics (uppper right hand corner)
Scroll way down and click on Breaking News

When the Breaking News page opens, scroll down on the left side and find where it says "You are not subscribed to this forum,(under the graphic) click here to subscribe

Click on Subscribe

That should work. it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

You can retrieve articles by keyword!

[Blueflag]

Nope. does not display that option. But thanks for trying.

I'll come back in a freakin week when this is sorted out.

Who did the usability testing on this???

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

The new format is terrible.

[prisoner6]

It's pretty easy really. Start over first of all. Go to the main screen and click latest posts or latest articles. This is the MAIN screen at www.freerepublic.com

That should take you to the forums.

Look at the top of your screen in the blue area. Click "topics" and that should take you to a screen listing all the topics...breaking news...etcetera.

Click on the title of the topic and after the new screen loads look to the left of your screen. It >should< give you an option to subscribe to whatever particular topic you are in.

It was confusing to me at first because of the light white text on the blue-gray menu running down the left side coupled to my really poor eyes.

After I figured it out I was back to normal within a few seconds! Breaking and Front Page news are back where I had them!

Incredibly user configurable! Best thing since ...I forget who.. wrote a program that put A BANNER ACROSS OUR DESKTOP or broswer LETTING US SEE THE LATEST POSTS OR ARTICLES(!)...(HINT, HINT TO J.R. AND J.R.)

Good Lord that was a LONG time ago!

Just ask or email me if you still have trouble.

Oh, I should point out the server has gone down a couple of times as everyone checks in with comments about the new forum. At least it has for me...

All that said I can still see why the new format will be confusing and possibly a turn-off to newbies or people uncomfortable with computers. And while I'm on broadband I can also see the beautiful flag graphic prisoner6

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Exactly. iF it aint broke, don't fix it.

[prisoner6]

Sorry...interrupted by birthday party for my 19 year old daughter.

All that said I can still see why the new format will be confusing and possibly a turn-off to newbies or people uncomfortable with computers. And while I'm on broadband I can also see the beautiful flag graphic

being a real bandwidth hog and distracting to boot.

prisoner6

[TLBSHOW]

Try again. If Edison had given up?

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

What if I want to subscribe to ALL topics? I'd rather get them all and then unsubscribe to ones that I don't really want.

In fact, why would I want anything other than "Breaking News" of "Front Page News" to show up like they used to? That is precisely what those categories are for.

Or what if a new "Hot Topic" (currently Anthrax-related) springs up? Will I be made aware of it without having to check "Topics" every hour?

ps. As software puke, I am sympathetic to the resistance to user interface changes...

[ncdrumr]

That is the key to finding your way around this fantastic web site. It is easy.

If it's so easy, why do we need a million threads telling us how to use the new site? I realize it's still a work in progress, but as a GUI usability analyst, I find the new site "user-unfriendly" and wonder how much user testing was performed before being released. It should be so easy to use that we don't need instructions. Just my 2 cents.

[Howlin]

That's an option; one word of warning: the order in which you subscribe to them is the way they show up on your sidebar.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

that's an option What is an option?

[hole_n_one]

That's an option; one word of warning: the order in which you subscribe to them is the way they show up on your sidebar.

They don't remain as such..........the order gets repositioned according to which one has had the latest activity.....that one is in turn placed first within the listings.

I subscribe to two forums, and then I simply link those, along with the rest of the forums I wish to access, via my browser's tool bar...........

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks for trying to help these often ill-tempered folk... I love the new format, and I figured out how to set it up exactly the way I like! Better than before, classy looks and great new features.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From another thread some one asked why was there not a thread:

Please try the beta site and give us feedback on it as it may become the new site"

There was a running thread with almost that exact title for quite some time prior to today!

Click here

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From another thread some one asked why was there not a thread titled:

Please try the beta site and give us feedback on it as it may become the new site"

There was a running thread with almost that exact title for quite some time prior to today!

Click here

[TLBSHOW]

I Love the opition of having Your Opinions and Questions on my sidebar. It is excellent feature. If I have a question now I can look there first to see if it is already a thread and can find the answer fast plus freepers have some of the best opinions around.

[Dallas]

I disagree.....the old format was a lot more functional.

I haven't found a practical use for most the features that are now being offered.

I have games on my cellular phone, but I sure as hell don't play them. There is such a thing as getting too cute...

[formerDem]

Overheard:

Uh, how come all them states is listed down the right side?

I don't know. Oh, wait. We're in California.

How'd we get here?

I don't know.

You've got the map.

Yes, I know I have the map. I think you missed a turn back there.

I can't drive and look at the map at the same time.

I don't like maps......I'd rather use landmarks. Are you sure we're on the right road? This doesn't look familiar at all.

[TLBSHOW]

I suggest everyone get hooked to road runner.