Apr 25, 2019 08:37:55 PM by Michael S
To put it bluntly, the way the information is laid out is...ridiculous.
Let's start with an example (just grabbing a random recent one I replied to):
The information layout is a mess. Why would (the proverbial) you make someone look at the bottom of the entry to see who actually made the original post, yet keep the section info at the top? Why would you have the profile picture of whoever replied last as the image, instead of whoever started the topic? This makes it look really strange when members or staff reply to several topics at once, because you see the same image all the way down the list.
Why not present the information in a much more logical format, like this?
This is much, much easier to parse when glancing over it.
This has been bugging me for weeks, and I can't be the only one. I have no idea if the way it is currently is a stock configuration, or if it was an intentional choice, but it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Hopefully a staff member will see this and show it to whoever is in charge of the forum software.
Apr 26, 2019 05:17:46 PM by Kathy T
If I'm not mistaken. I think I remember that it USED to be presented this way. Maybe not exactly but the OP picture would be by their post, Then a year or more ago it was changed to this format/layout.
Apr 26, 2019 05:46:14 PM by Mary W
Kathy, you are correct! There was lots of flak when it changed but it didn't change back.
Apr 27, 2019 07:44:51 AM by Jennifer M
yeah Kathy is correct and I hate the new layout too but they said something about people asking for it this way so now we have to deal with what a few chromosomally overloaded smooth brained freelancers thought was a good idea. The internet just isn't sending their best.
Apr 27, 2019 09:53:33 AM by Phyllis G
I hate the current format every bit as much today as I did the day they changed it. I cannot recall every hearing anybody ever say they prefer it this way.
Apr 27, 2019 06:21:21 PM by Jennifer M
Phyllis G wrote:I hate the current format every bit as much today as I did the day they changed it. I cannot recall every hearing anybody ever say they prefer it this way.
uh oh. Maybe it was the mods that wanted it and not requests from freelancers. If so, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease mods I bend the knee. Don't hurt me Lena I swear I mean nothing by my post. I swear my fealty to the darth overloards of the great Upwork.
I kinda imagine Lena as the evil beast from Krull that sends her minions to zap you with their pitchfork lasers. She probably hasn't even seen Krull, and this is the biggest tragedy.
Apr 27, 2019 11:02:57 PM by Richard W
This was just one of the "improvements" that were inflicted on the forum about a year ago.
I think the best you can hope for with Upwork is "two steps forward, one step back".