I decided to dip my toe in the site again, to see what has changed.
I see that Read/Unread bold formatting is still flaky - identical threads are formatted differently depending on whether you're in Overview, All Content, or Discussions.
It appears that you still have to select each sub-category (Mathcad Usage, Algebra & Geometry, etc.) to determine what is new since last login, other than a small list of the most-recent posts.
I see that the sub-category question is becoming moot (probably for the above reason) since the users post the majority of content in Mathcad Usage.
I also note that the search feature is lacking functionality, or is simply flawed. I was curious to see when the last Tom Gutman post was, so I tried searching under his name. In the Search box at the top-right, I entered Tom Gutman, sorted by date, and the latest post that shows up on my list is dated Apr. 23, 2010. By contrast, if I select Tom Gutman's avatar (after a people search) and hit the tab for his stuff I get a different list of "Recent Content." Annoyingly, the list is not and cannot be rearranged by date (huh?) It wasn't clear why the list was sorted the way it is. Surprisingly, though, if I look somewhere in the middle of the list I see at least one post dated Sept. 1, 2010. Why does the first search miss that one? Why is it buried partway down the displayed list?
As an aside, I view Tom's absence a loss to the Mathcad community and a sad commentary on the structure of the forum. It's not like the guy wasn't smart enough to figure out how the site works,
- Guy
