Time to roll back to previous forum?

young thomas replied on 15/12/2016 08:54

Posted on 15/12/2016 08:54

it  looks like CC is performing its 'user acceptance' testing of the new forum in the live environment, ie we are testing it (and pointing out the myriad faults) in full public gaze...

this is (or should be) very embarrassing for those concerned, as all this 'testing' (and that is whats being done) should have been completed in a parallel testing environment, and have had a group of 'real' users giving it a damn good stress test for a good while....

im afraid what we have in full view is not fit for purpose and i suggest the CC eats Humble Pie and reverts to the previous forum so that all this work on the new forum can be completed where it should always have been....in private....

attempting to fire fight is always difficult, especially where so many users are bombarding the IT team with so many faults.....repairing these in real time will be difficult and will put the team under more time pressure, time that can be measured by everyone on the forum.

do this in the test environment and roll it out again when its functionality is properly understood and there is a decent team of experienced users helping to test it and sign it off properly....

whichever decision the club makes, i wish them luck, but they have put themselves between a rock and a hard place.....

however, sometimes, we have to admit we got it wrong, big up and get it sorted.....in private.

IanH replied on 18/12/2016 17:33

Posted on 18/12/2016 17:33

Totally agree with BB in his original post.

Even the most ardent CC supporter can only really say that the new forum is no worse than the old one.......the one that was (justly) heavily criticised. Is that the best they could aim for?

A more realistic assessment is that it's worse in so many ways.

Go back to the old one and try again with the new one......

statusMoty1 replied on 18/12/2016 19:05

Posted on 18/12/2016 17:33 by IanH

Totally agree with BB in his original post.

Even the most ardent CC supporter can only really say that the new forum is no worse than the old one.......the one that was (justly) heavily criticised. Is that the best they could aim for?

A more realistic assessment is that it's worse in so many ways.

Go back to the old one and try again with the new one......

Posted on 18/12/2016 19:05

Well I have tried but to no avail, I do not like it at all....and really I have tried...I don't think the format is user friendly, I do not like the headings page, everything just seems a faff, the list goes on, to be honest I have give up pretty quickly each night not enjoying it much at all...that's just me though, I have plenty of other things to keep me occupied on my I pad.  

Jood replied on 18/12/2016 19:53

Posted on 18/12/2016 19:53

Sadly I am also disappointed with the new website. I used to enjoy a browse through Club Together to keep up to date with various topics, and post from time to time but now I don't find it very user friendly at all. I think it's unlikely I'll come on here very often from now. AND I'd only just got one red star! 😬

DEBSC replied on 19/12/2016 15:40

Posted on 18/12/2016 17:33 by IanH

Totally agree with BB in his original post.

Even the most ardent CC supporter can only really say that the new forum is no worse than the old one.......the one that was (justly) heavily criticised. Is that the best they could aim for?

A more realistic assessment is that it's worse in so many ways.

Go back to the old one and try again with the new one when you've got it right........about 2 or 3 years, based on past performance?

Posted on 19/12/2016 15:40

 Well I have written this twice and both times it has just disappeared from my screen! Try again.

Yes please, please go back to the old site while this one gets sorted don't  care how long it takes nothing can be worse than this! 

On the other hand i have just needed to phone the CC and spoke to a charming and most helpful lady. Customer Service at its best. Maybe we should all just give up and revert to times before the internet and phone for all our needs. Think that is what it is coming to with this new site.

Wherenext replied on 19/12/2016 15:48

Posted on 19/12/2016 15:48

Don't worry. The Club will announce very shortly that, a la COTY, the launch of the new website has been a roaring success. We will then be castigated as re-moaners ( or am I thinking of something else).undecided

KeefySher replied on 19/12/2016 16:00

Posted on 19/12/2016 15:48 by Wherenext

Don't worry. The Club will announce very shortly that, a la COTY, the launch of the new website has been a roaring success. We will then be castigated as re-moaners ( or am I thinking of something else).undecided

Posted on 19/12/2016 16:00

I think you mean a rip roaring, as in rip the back off a caravan due to being stupid and attempting too steep a hill. The new website has been a steep learning curve for users/fee paying members tongue-out

See, a pattern of behaviour.

How much was the wedgwood? tongue-out

Kennine replied on 19/12/2016 18:45

Posted on 19/12/2016 18:45

Not good is it...  But remember, nobody at Grimstead Towers is going to admit to being the person who specified the requirements for this new Website. Or to come out and defend their choices.

It's obvious that senior management were happy to put their new software into the public domain and it must be slightly disconcerting for them to read that very few CC customers think it is a modern "state of the art"  advert for the products the CC has to offer.

 

 Cheers..........................K

KeefySher replied on 19/12/2016 19:01

Posted on 19/12/2016 19:01

As replied to your prior use of 'state of the art', the new fangled website is 'straight from the ark'.

Not the best window to the world for the CC is it? Particularly consider how tech savvy the membership is despite the demography tongue-out

 

 

Boff replied on 20/12/2016 09:27

Posted on 20/12/2016 09:27

I want you all to be honest here.

A few weeks ago would imagined that they would be missing the outstanding usability and flexibility of the old forum?

replied on 20/12/2016 09:33

Posted on 20/12/2016 09:33

I am pretty sure that the forum will -  eventually - be an improvement. I just hope that the main website can be sorted to give as much info as previously available

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