Dear friends,
You should now notice a "reply" option next to every comment. If you'd like to reply directly to that comment, rather than chipping on the thread in general, click "reply" and enter your thoughts. You'll then appear as an indented comment immediately below the one you were drawn to.
Brad continues working on the text for converting tickers to fund names; that is, you begin typing FMAGX and "Fidelity Magellan" will appear on-screen. And Falcon's Eye, too, if we can get it integrated.
Finally, if you haven't done so, do take a minute to click on a board member's name. It'll bring up his or her homepage on the site. From there you can send that person, or a set of people, a private message. You can find every post the person's made, every thread he or she has begun, and even live a quick hello!
Let us know what you think, and thanks.
David
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On the other hand, I know that, along with all the time and effort you have put into this, you are also paying out-of-pocket yourself to have this site set up and improved. So I strongly believe that any further improvements should wait until (or if) you get enough donations from MFO subscribers to pay for any additional enhancements. I'm just forever grateful that you have taken on this immense task to keep this great Forum going. THANK YOU, DAVID!
Anyhoo, I'm off to figure out where to put my spare change before April 15, now April 18.
I think a quote button would be a addition.
It could post at the end with a header in "In reply to post ... by ...." and which is a link and if you click on the link it would take you to original post if you like.
However, I looked at the Vanilla addons and the ReplyTo addon makes a tree. Also since David said "Right now, your comment appears at the end of the list." it sounds like the addon will change that.
This indented view is what people from FA is used to. They will like it.
Hi Investor- I completely agree that it is redundant to keep reproducing the entire post for each and every reply. But we can easily cut and paste for a point-by-point response.
Regards- OJ
Looking up posts by a specific person is a very cool feature. I probably won't use the inbox/messaging feature much, but it seems useful. Better than posting e-mail addresses in the message board.
I'm excited for the insta-magical ticker to fund name feature.
"Don't let the haters bother you."
>>>>>HATERS ???
"There are advantages and disadvantages to the new site. We are all very grateful for all the hard work ya'll have put in."
>>>>>Yes, there are; and yes we do
Regards,
catch
Just saying that posters who are saying we should revert back to the FA format should give it a chance for a little while first. I wasn't enamored with the FA format the first time I visited the site. And then it took some getting used to. Truth be told, I wasn't too sure about the MFO site at first either. But DS and team have been very receptive to comments and have been improving the site. So, my little quip really should have read something like this: Let's try to limit our feedback to constructive criticism only, because lots of hard work (for no financial gain) has been put in by the MFO team and they are continuing to try to make improvements (seemingly for the sole purpose of making us happy).
All the best,
BY