Time to roll back to previous forum?

No, Alison, I've not said that at all. The OP refers to reverting back to the existing forum platform which is what I agree with. I haven't said anything about not helping with suggestions or improvements, I don't know where you have got that from, and I haven't referred to the whole site so, I'm sorry but I don't know where you are coming from. Perhaps you should read my post again. What I'm saying is that the new forum should have been tested by end users before it went live and that the CC should now have the grace to take it down, get it fixed, with testing by end users, us the membership, then re-launch it. Meantime, as suggested by the OP, revert back to the original forum.

"........ Having said that, they are doing the right thing by listening to comments made on CT and making decisions based upon their wider experience of the system and deciding the way forward."

I started a thread in October 2013 asking what improvements people would like to see in the CT forum.  I can find my original post, but not the entire discussion.  I put forward 7 suggestions, but over a few days other people's suggestions soon took the number to over 20.

A club staff member (I can't remember who) even commented that the suggestions were very useful and would be passed on to the development team......  where from the action that followed I can only assume that they were binned,

 

...and you are surprised?

That comment would seem to subscribe to the idea that an iPhone with Safari is an 'uncommon' one then.

I could accept that some geek using an obscure incarnation of Linux with an equally obscure browser having problems, but the main software platforms not being properly supported is indicative of the builders of this website operating outside their comfort zone or level of competence.

Not everyone has access to the latest super duper technological innovations. Some of us don't even know the delights of fast broadband or 4G, or even 3G . We are on 2G in our area. We do have the right browsers and Google Chrome is proving to be successful at the moment.

CY I wasn't suggesting that an iPhone on safari is uncommon. My suggestion was that more testing with various browsers is needed - the commonly used ones first. 

On my laptop using Windows 10 and chrome the site zips along, the colours are ok and I'd say tweaks here and there were all that was needed

If I based my assessment on my iPhone experience I'd say it needs a rebuild. 

So testing on various platforms is needed to identify where changes need to be made and I've been trying to identify issues with different browsers in my posts. 

 

steve, i see nothing different in what you describe as the site spellchecker and what the ipad offes in every other application it supports.....imessage, email, etc....its always corrected spelling (offered alternatives) and inserted apostrophes, well it does on this old ipad2

i certainly dont see this as a CT function...

Apologies Jayess, it was the phrasing. We are in agreement that it should have been thoroughly tested on the major platforms before roll-out.

I don't know who's function it is BB but that aspect never worked properly on the old site. It did on other sites but not on CT. Some of the suggestions were truely staggering. That's on an iPad 3. Although I am doing this as a test on my iphone. Site seems to work well and easy to read, although not sure I like the sideways scrolling, although it is very fluid. Perhaps just a case of getting used to.

However, it is  different matter on a Sony Experia with an old Android OS. On that it is barely usable. So I can understand those with older Android devices saying they are experiencing problems. Although again, everything was easily readable.

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