Date
1 - 17 of 17
ADMIN: Yahoogroup Changes
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Paul Hillman
Jeff, I found a Yahoo phone # but it said "Too busy to answer your call" and hung up. For me, this is quite a nice Yahoo-mess that they've gotten me/ (us) into to.
Paul Hillman --- In stmfc@..., <chris_hillman@...> wrote: Thanks Jeff, but I tried all of that. The "Purple" buttons seem quite logical in their suggested functions but they don't fully work. The "New Topic" window doesn't provide any space to type a message, but allows a "Topic" input .
I did the photo process as you said, but it doesn't work.
I of course went to YAHOO "Help" but coudn't find a solution, that's why I wrote to this group.
Does YAHOO have a phone number? I can't find one.
Thanks, Paul Hillman
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Paul Hillman
Thanks Jeff, but I tried all of that. The "Purple" buttons seem quite logical in their suggested functions but they don't fully work. The "New Topic" window doesn't provide any space to type a message, but allows a "Topic" input.
I did the photo process as you said, but it doesn't work.
I of course went to YAHOO "Help" but coudn't find a solution, that's why I wrote to this group.
Does YAHOO have a phone number? I can't find one.
Thanks, Paul Hillman --- In stmfc@..., <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote: Paul,
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Aley, Jeff A
Paul,
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I saw the recent discussions here about the new Yahoo formats, but hadn't tried to post anything in the new system. Then I tried to post some photos to 2 different groups and I can't do it. I also couldn't post a new message to this group but was able to get thru as a reply to an existing post.
I click on "Photos" and it connects to the albums. Then I click on an album and it goes into the album. Then I click on "Add Photos" and a window comes up saying, "New Album", which I don't want to do or add. Then when I click on the "Cancel" it won't exit the screen, locks up the whole page, and I can only get outta there by clicking back into "Home" or "Mail" from my top-of-screen "Address Bar".
I don't think there's anything wrong with my computer (Windows 7). Am I doing something wrong or is YAHOO goofing-up? (Dumb question???)
Also, Mike Brock, you must be quite ecstatic that the UP Big Boy 4014 is going to run again. I've seen the 4-6-6-4 running thru here in Houston, TX. Can't wait to see the Big Boy come thru here 500 feet from my house.
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Paul Hillman
I saw the recent discussions here about the new Yahoo formats, but hadn't tried to post anything in the new system. Then I tried to post some photos to 2 different groups and I can't do it. I also couldn't post a new message to this group but was able to get thru as a reply to an existing post.
I click on "Photos" and it connects to the albums. Then I click on an album and it goes into the album. Then I click on "Add Photos" and a window comes up saying, "New Album", which I don't want to do or add. Then when I click on the "Cancel" it won't exit the screen, locks up the whole page, and I can only get outta there by clicking back into "Home" or "Mail" from my top-of-screen "Address Bar".
I don't think there's anything wrong with my computer (Windows 7). Am I doing something wrong or is YAHOO goofing-up? (Dumb question???)
Also, Mike Brock, you must be quite ecstatic that the UP Big Boy 4014 is going to run again. I've seen the 4-6-6-4 running thru here in Houston, TX. Can't wait to see the Big Boy come thru here 500 feet from my house.
Thanks for any help, Paul Hillman |
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George Courtney
I am reply to the Yahoo complaints board that with this move they are becoming the new JC Penney's. I say that in all sincerity. George Courtney
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--- In stmfc@..., <Lake_Muskoka@...> wrote:
As it appears after being sent thru my ISP and pulled into Outlook 2013 on my PC. You should clear your cache and try it again (on the odd chance you were still using the page in your cache that still had the old code). Dave Nelson -----Original Message----- From: STMFC@... [mailto: STMFC@... ] On Behalf Of pullmanboss@... Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 6:34 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] RE: Re: ADMIN: Yahoogroup Changes I am also sending this from the STMFC web site. I received an email from Yahoo earlier today saying they had fixed the line break problem with replies. This a test, putting two line feeds here<> I have done nothing with the quoted text, I presume it will appear below, with, if everything is fixed, Tim's line breaks intact. Single line feed here<> If they haven't fixed the problem (replying from the web page), all this text will be run together. If that's the case, I'll delete this message as soon as I see it. For what it's worth, I cannot reply only to Tim, so that remains an issue. Three line breaks, then my name<> Tom Madden --- In STMFC@... , < stmfc@... > wrote: I am sending this message from the Yahoo web site as an experiment, to see how it looks. I installed this FIREFOX PLUGIN that Jim Cook shared on the MFCL -- it reverts Yahoo groups to their old appearance. http://ehibbert.org.uk/extension/install.html Regards, Tim O'Connor ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Dave Nelson
As it appears after being sent thru my ISP and pulled into Outlook 2013 on my PC.
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You should clear your cache and try it again (on the odd chance you were still using the page in your cache that still had the old code). Dave Nelson -----Original Message-----
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of pullmanboss@... Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 6:34 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] RE: Re: ADMIN: Yahoogroup Changes I am also sending this from the STMFC web site. I received an email from Yahoo earlier today saying they had fixed the line break problem with replies. This a test, putting two line feeds here<> I have done nothing with the quoted text, I presume it will appear below, with, if everything is fixed, Tim's line breaks intact. Single line feed here<> If they haven't fixed the problem (replying from the web page), all this text will be run together. If that's the case, I'll delete this message as soon as I see it. For what it's worth, I cannot reply only to Tim, so that remains an issue. Three line breaks, then my name<> Tom Madden --- In STMFC@..., <stmfc@...> wrote: I am sending this message from the Yahoo web site as an experiment, to see how it looks. I installed this FIREFOX PLUGIN that Jim Cook shared on the MFCL -- it reverts Yahoo groups to their old appearance. http://ehibbert.org.uk/extension/install.html Regards, Tim O'Connor ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Tom Madden
Yeah, they obviously haven't fixed anything. I had to leave the message up because I gave feedback based on the "we fixed it" email from Yahoo and put a link to the post in my feedback. Now I'm not finding any way to delete it, and my ability to delete posts on the Passenger Car List, which I own, also seems to have gone away. When Yahoo switched me to Neo, a little trash can icon that would pop up on every Passenger Car List post when I'd float the cursor over it.
Progress is our most important problem.... Tom Madden, replying from my Yahoo email account ________________________________ From: Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, September 2, 2013 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] RE: Re: ADMIN: Yahoogroup Changes Tom, I get the same thing as Michael on Comcast using Chrome. Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantm ent ----- Original Message ----- Hi Tom, The text is still a mess. This what I received using Thunderbird E-mail. Michael |
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Kenneth Montero
Tom,
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I got the same mess as Michael, Scott and Tim on Comcast using Firefox. Ken Montero ----- Original Message -----
From: pullmanboss@... To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday, September 2, 2013 9:34:29 PM Subject: [STMFC] RE: Re: ADMIN: Yahoogroup Changes I am also sending this from the STMFC web site. I received an email from Yahoo earlier today saying they had fixed the line break problem with replies. This a test, putting two line feeds here<> I have done nothing with the quoted text, I presume it will appear below, with, if everything is fixed, Tim's line breaks intact. Single line feed here<> If they haven't fixed the problem (replying from the web page), all this text will be run together. If that's the case, I'll delete this message as soon as I see it. For what it's worth, I cannot reply only to Tim, so that remains an issue. Three line breaks, then my name<> Tom Madden --- In STMFC@... , < stmfc@... > wrote: I am sending this message from the Yahoo web site as an experiment, to see how it looks. I installed this FIREFOX PLUGIN that Jim Cook shared on the MFCL -- it reverts Yahoo groups to their old appearance. http://ehibbert.org.uk/extension/install.html Regards, Tim O'Connor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Tom, all mixed up. Did you install the plug-in (and restart your browser)?
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At 9/2/2013 09:34 PM Monday, you wrote:
I am also sending this from the STMFC web site. I received an email from Yahoo earlier today saying they had fixed the line break problem with replies. This a test, putting two line feeds here<> I have done nothing with the quoted text, I presume it will appear below, with, if everything is fixed, Tim's line breaks intact. Single line feed here<> If they haven't fixed the problem (replying from the web page), all this text will be run together. If that's the case, I'll delete this message as soon as I see it. For what it's worth, I cannot reply only to Tim, so that remains an issue. Three line breaks, then my name<> Tom Madden |
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Scott H. Haycock
Tom,
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I get the same thing as Michael on Comcast using Chrome. Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantm ent ----- Original Message -----
Hi Tom, The text is still a mess. This what I received using Thunderbird E-mail. Michael [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Michael Watnoski
Hi Tom,
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The text is still a mess. This what I received using Thunderbird E-mail. Michael On 9/2/2013 9:34 PM, pullmanboss@... wrote:
I am also sending this from the STMFC web site. I received an email from Yahoo earlier today saying they had fixed the line break problem with replies. This a test, putting two line feeds here<> I have done nothing with the quoted text, I presume it will appear below, with, if everything is fixed, Tim's line breaks intact. Single line feed here<> If they haven't fixed the problem (replying from the web page), all this text will be run together. If that's the case, I'll delete this message as soon as I see it. For what it's worth, I cannot reply only to Tim, so that remains an issue. Three line breaks, then my name<> Tom Madden |
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Tom Madden
I am also sending this from the STMFC web site. I received an email from Yahoo earlier today saying they had fixed the line break problem with replies. This a test, putting two line feeds here<> I have done nothing with the quoted text, I presume it will appear below, with, if everything is fixed, Tim's line breaks intact. Single line feed here<> If they haven't fixed the problem (replying from the web page), all this text will be run together. If that's the case, I'll delete this message as soon as I see it. For what it's worth, I cannot reply only to Tim, so that remains an issue. Three line breaks, then my name<> Tom Madden
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--- In STMFC@..., <stmfc@...> wrote:
I am sending this message from the Yahoo web site as an experiment, to see how it looks. I installed this FIREFOX PLUGIN that Jim Cook shared on the MFCL -- it reverts Yahoo groups to their old appearance. http://ehibbert.org.uk/extension/install.html Regards, Tim O'Connor |
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I am sending this message from the Yahoo web site as an experiment, to see how it looks. I installed this FIREFOX PLUGIN that Jim Cook shared on the MFCL -- it reverts Yahoo groups to their old appearance.
http://ehibbert.org.uk/extension/install.html Regards, Tim O'Connor |
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Tim, How do you download photos in the new format?It's quite horrible -- 1. Find the album that you want to see 2. Choose the photo order (I use Latest First) 3. Click on the photo Here's where it gets fun 4. In FIREFOX, which I use, open the Tools pull down tab 5. Click on Page Info 6. In the popup, click on Media 7. Scroll down the list of URL's for graphic images on the page -- there will be MANY!! If you click on any URL link the Media Preview shows you the image. Yahoo uses a naming style that gives you a clue -- I am looking at the Jim Kinkaid collection on MFCL, and he names the picture files with the reporting marks of the freight car. Here are the URL's for CGW 7102 -- note that the /tn/ name means "thumbnail" and /or/ means "original". http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/195297/tn/529263233/name/CGW+7102.jpg http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/195297/or/529263233/name/CGW+7102.jpg ( Note that the above URL's may not work for you as you read this email. I do not know how permanent or long-lived individual URL's are in Yahoo.) 8. When you have found the image you want, the Page Info popup has a "Save As" button. Click that button while the image is in the Media Preview pane, and you can save it as a file on your hard drive. 9. Close the Page Info popup. 10. Hit the Back button to take you back to the album to select the next photo. Now, wasn't that fun and easy? Mr. Kinkaid loaded over 3,000 freight car images in the MFCL photos area, and I have to repeat Steps 3 through 10 for EVERY ONE of them. Tim O'Connor |
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Tim, How do you download photos in the new format? I have a fast connection, but half the time the photos don't even load completely and the photos are pixelated. Complete PITA. Nate --- In stmfc@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote: The photos section is much slower and more difficult to use.
It's especially more difficult to download images! Ugh. I know it's not STMFC's fault but I wish they'd let people CHOOSE. Tim O'Connor >Well, I have taken a look at Yahoogroup's feed back results and I can report >that the current vote in favor of RETURNING to the pre NEO format is 27024 >to return. Yahoo responds with: > >"Today we launched our first update to the Groups experience in several >years and while these changes are an important step to building a more >modern Groups experience, we recognize that this is a considerable change. >We are listening to all of the community feedback and we are actively >measuring user feedback so we can continuously make improvements." > >More "modern"? Now, that in itself is rather discouraging. Who knows, we may >have to communicate via some sort of "Rap" format soon. Whoever wrote that >surely has a well paid position waiting for them in the higher areas of the >US Govt [ if you'll pardon a brief venture into the world of politics ]. I >mean, making "improvements IS the problem after all, not the solution. Sigh. > >Several other negative suggestions received thousands of votes as well. In >every case, Yahoo responds with some form of "We're working to fix the >problem some day." Yes, it is amazingly user unfriendly. At times Yahoo >seems to imply that the new format is better than the previous because they >say it is. They also seem surprised to discover that some aspect of the >"new, modern" system doesn't work. > >I would not hold out hope that Yahoo will return to the previous format >because I sense that $$ have been spent generating the new format and, thus, >someone, somewhere will be in trouble if we users don't embrace the new >format. > >Even the feedback format seems strange. All we see is the number of votes >apparently in favor of a suggestion. > >I am actually not complaining too much because the NEO boys have not found >me yet...apparently. > >Mike Brock >STMFC Owner <?> |
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The photos section is much slower and more difficult to use.
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It's especially more difficult to download images! Ugh. I know it's not STMFC's fault but I wish they'd let people CHOOSE. Tim O'Connor Well, I have taken a look at Yahoogroup's feed back results and I can report |
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Well, I have taken a look at Yahoogroup's feed back results and I can report that the current vote in favor of RETURNING to the pre NEO format is 27024 to return. Yahoo responds with:
"Today we launched our first update to the Groups experience in several years and while these changes are an important step to building a more modern Groups experience, we recognize that this is a considerable change. We are listening to all of the community feedback and we are actively measuring user feedback so we can continuously make improvements." More "modern"? Now, that in itself is rather discouraging. Who knows, we may have to communicate via some sort of "Rap" format soon. Whoever wrote that surely has a well paid position waiting for them in the higher areas of the US Govt [ if you'll pardon a brief venture into the world of politics ]. I mean, making "improvements IS the problem after all, not the solution. Sigh. Several other negative suggestions received thousands of votes as well. In every case, Yahoo responds with some form of "We're working to fix the problem some day." Yes, it is amazingly user unfriendly. At times Yahoo seems to imply that the new format is better than the previous because they say it is. They also seem surprised to discover that some aspect of the "new, modern" system doesn't work. I would not hold out hope that Yahoo will return to the previous format because I sense that $$ have been spent generating the new format and, thus, someone, somewhere will be in trouble if we users don't embrace the new format. Even the feedback format seems strange. All we see is the number of votes apparently in favor of a suggestion. I am actually not complaining too much because the NEO boys have not found me yet...apparently. Mike Brock STMFC Owner <?> |
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