Where is the number of replies indicator?

Set your view to be "Discussions" instead of "Overview" or "All Content" (and maybe "set as default")

Then, you will see an "(Updated)" tag next to the ones with new content.

And how do we see who has earned a lot of stars for good answers? This new version is much more complicated to navigate. :S

They aren't stars anymore, they are more like multicolor geometic bips. They are between your avatar image and name, just to the left of your post. There are more levels now too. People with very high totals get funky shapes for their bits.

So how does the new 'bip' system work? Can we not see any more the total number of posts and join date?

igmackenzie wrote:

So how does the new 'bip' system work? Can we not see any more the total number of posts and join date?

We can see those. I click on your user name and that takes me through to your profile:

https://discussions.apple.com/profile/igmackenzie

(I can't see what you would see when you're logged in, but I can see your total posts, point count, and join date.)

Here's my profile page:

https://discussions.apple.com/profile/b%20noir

Thanks, but what I meant was, we can no longer see the info in the user box in the thread like before.

I just discovered that, in addition to what b noir has pointed out, hovering your cursor over someone's screen name gives a little pop-up box with that person's level and number of points, though the join date isn't there.

🙂 Apologies for the nosy question, Sandra, but how many forum software changes have you been here for? I was around for the changeover from WebX to the previous version of Jive in November 2005, but I see you've been a member for longer than that.

(One odd sort of up-side to a forum software change ... getting to know folks from other parts of the forums as we congregate in threads here in feedback trying to work out what the heck is going on.)

b noir wrote:

(One odd sort of up-side to a forum software change ... getting to know folks from other parts of the forums as we congregate in threads here in feedback trying to work out what the heck is going on.)

So maybe that is what the "Communities" thing is really all about? 😉

Not a problem, b — I can't actually recall how many changes I've seen. I've been around since 2002, including one change where everyone lost all points. 😟 So I'd guess there have been at least three changes, but I'm not really sure. I hollered a bit yesterday about this one, but I'll get used to it. Eventually. 😉

@etresoft great tip! I was just wonder, is any thing lost by using the discussion tab instead of the overview tab?

I've been around since 2002, including one change where everyone lost all points.

I've heard talk of that one ... it must have caused some "Discussions" ...

This one seems to be a bit smoother in terms of the forum staying online than the changeover from WebX, at least.

I just noticed that I have to set this setting for each and every 'place'. :\ is there any way to set this on a global level?

Sandra Foster wrote:

I hollered a bit yesterday about this one, but I'll get used to it. Eventually. 😉

@Sandra and others ... so I hover my mouse over a screen name but don't get the add'l info ..... wondering what's up with that.

@Sandra ... I too am 'hoping' to get used to the new layout .... it's really kinda frustrating atm!! Grrr 🙂

Buz, you don't need to hover any longer, since now we get locations and levels/points right under the poster's name. 🙂 I'm still waiting for the number of replies (and the name of the most recent poster) to show up, but I tend to think that will come, too.