GingerCandy Posted November 30, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Just venting about the new hoops to jump through to get to the boards/forum page. It seemed that the old way was easier, but old dogs can learn new tricks, I guess.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dread_pirate Posted November 30, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I just bookmarked the first page of the discussion boards and go to it directly. I haven't even been to the Home page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ell52 Posted November 30, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Just venting about the new hoops to jump through to get to the boards/forum page. It seemed that the old way was easier, but old dogs can learn new tricks, I guess.:confused: Just bookmark the CC forums homepage: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/index.php I haven't accessed the cc boards through the main homepage in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonbeam Posted November 30, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I bookmark my Control panel so I can easily get to subscribed threads and forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKman2495 Posted November 30, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I alos go directly to the boards. The one think I liked about the home page was the news headlines. Occasionally they would have something interesting. Now that is gone:( FWIW there is a poll asking what we think of it. So far (as of 11/30) it looks like about 7% like it about 42% are getting used to it about 2% have no idea it changed and about 49% do not like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNGALNG Posted November 30, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Change? We can't handle change! I'm an old dog still learning and will do so with this as well. Not a problem. Sit! Stay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormy53 Posted November 30, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I alos go directly to the boards. The one think I liked about the home page was the news headlines. Occasionally they would have something interesting. Now that is gone:(. I did the same as you. Used to check out the front page, but no more - now go directly to the boards. I wouldn't think that would be what they were trying to accomplish. IMHO it kind of looks like the "old" CC boards (guess I've been around too long!:rolleyes:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherryf Posted November 30, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I go directly to the boards page too. Google Chrome remembers my history, so I just type 'b' and it fills in the rest of the URL and I hit return. Gotta love technology! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potstech Posted November 30, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Why do they want to hide the boards? You would think as popular as they are they would have left them on the front page. Oh well some strange websites coming out these days and all they are doing is confusing people and causing them to go elsewhere. I too have a bookmark right to the forums page now. This will also cause poll results to drop as there is no need to go to the home page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anniesails Posted November 30, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 30, 2012 OMG I guess I didn't think about it, thanks for suggesting saving it to favorites. I too am an old dog but finally figured out the only constant is change so I don't fight it anymore. I am sure CC will not like us bypassing their Home Page but we have adapted :D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkNC Posted November 30, 2012 #11 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I just bookmarked the first page of the discussion boards and go to it directly. I haven't even been to the Home page! Thats what I do, I don't even know what changes the OP is refering to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billco Posted November 30, 2012 #12 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I like the new home page. Looks more up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highheel girl Posted November 30, 2012 #13 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Agree, out of all the tabs that could be made to stand out more I think Community Forum would be it. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDSue Posted December 1, 2012 #14 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I admit to being slightly annoyed that it took me two clicks instead of one to get to the boards. I had to search for a minute to figure out where the message boards were located now. I do think it looks nice though and might encourage some of us to look beyond the message boards sometimes:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted December 1, 2012 #15 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I just use this URL to get to the Cruise Critic Board. http://boards.cruisecritic.com Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebr.cruiser Posted December 1, 2012 #16 Share Posted December 1, 2012 OMG I guess I didn't think about it, thanks for suggesting saving it to favorites. I too am an old dog but finally figured out the only constant is change so I don't fight it anymore. I am sure CC will not like us bypassing their Home Page but we have adapted :D:D:D That.s what I do too; I hardly ever go to the home page, only once in a while. Maybe that's why they changed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefBoats Posted December 1, 2012 #17 Share Posted December 1, 2012 You can't stop progress. It took me about 15 seconds to find it on the new home page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted December 1, 2012 #18 Share Posted December 1, 2012 My concern is that our primary purpose is to ask and answer questions about cruising. for that you need forums. Granted, 'Boards' might not mean forums to everyone, but at least it was there. We members know the boards are there somewhere, we just had to look for them. But for a web surfer looking for a cruise forum, the home page now looks more like an online cruise/travel agency site. Finding the forums means clicking a lot of places, trial and error. I don't think Community is an intuitive place for those people to look. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin' Chick Posted December 1, 2012 #19 Share Posted December 1, 2012 At first I was mystified when I didn't see "boards" on the main page. I decided to try "Community" and saw "forum," clicked on that and got to the boards that way. Just one more step than usual, so no biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprinkles Posted December 1, 2012 #20 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I was wondering why no one had talked about this yet. Personally, I can't stand it - I'll have to ask DH to read this and help me figure out how to make a shortcut (and I'm actually young - just not computer smart). But I'm with Essiesmom, I meet alot of people on cruises that don't know about "our boards" and tell them about it. Not always someplace whith a pen in hand, but it's always been easy enough to tell them cruisecritic and boards right at the top. Now it would be cruisecritic, scroll down to community blah blah blah. Tammy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alonzo14 Posted December 1, 2012 #21 Share Posted December 1, 2012 My concern is that our primary purpose is to ask and answer questions about cruising. for that you need forums. Granted, 'Boards' might not mean forums to everyone, but at least it was there. We members know the boards are there somewhere, we just had to look for them. But for a web surfer looking for a cruise forum, the home page now looks more like an online cruise/travel agency site. Finding the forums means clicking a lot of places, trial and error. I don't think Community is an intuitive place for those people to look. EM I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycha Posted December 1, 2012 #22 Share Posted December 1, 2012 The new home page looks cleaner and neater.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevesan Posted December 1, 2012 #23 Share Posted December 1, 2012 We forget that it costs CC a ton of $$$ to support these forums and reviews. It makes financial sense for the home page to favor ads over us free riding forum devotees.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BballinQT24 Posted December 1, 2012 #24 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I thought the old home page was much more pleasing to the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highheel girl Posted December 1, 2012 #25 Share Posted December 1, 2012 You can't stop progress. It took me about 15 seconds to find it on the new home page. 15 seconds too long.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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