Dang Mark!,
What haven't you thought  of in advance?
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Bob Bellizzi

Founder, Fuchs Friends ®
Founder & Executive Director, The Corneal Dystrophy Foundation

Hello Mark,

I've just tried out the new Bulk Actions feature at the link provided and it is going to be a real time-saver.

But . . . Can the Bulk Action option be toggled on and off? I cannot find any where to do that but I may be overlooking something since I'm fairly new to Groups.io & to beta.

Regards,

Paul M.
CostaRicaLiving Owner (A Priority Group)
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I'm a little slow at times, but I just realized that the suggested indented format is used for the Admin functions.  

So maybe the same basic logic would apply to subgroups.  The "Subgroups" tab would be a drop-down revealing the names of the subgroups.  Then when one is clicked on, the tabs for it would be revealed indented further.  So it would look like this when someone was on the home page of subgroup 1:



The advantage to this would be the user would see all the tabs available all the time, with just the additional subgroup tabs apparating when the subgroup is clicked on.

Peace,
Tom

I agree with this, just make the tab screen reader friendly! Though. :)

When you are in a subgroup, to return to the main group you have to go up to "Your Groups" in the header and click on the group from there.  For those who are reading this in the Beta group, this is not big deal...we have always done it this way.  But if you are a not-so-savvy new member of a group, it is a path that is not obvious.  When you are in the main group all navigation is from the tab bar on the left, and then all of a sudden you have to go up in the header.  This is not a hypothetical point of confusion, I'm dealing with it right now with new users.

I have a suggestion which I believe will help in the overall user-friendliness of the site.  It involved 2 changes:

1 - "stick" a tab at the top called "Main Home" which will always be there and take folks to the main group's home page.

2 - Indent the tabs for the subgroup.

It would look like this:



I believe this would go a long way in making the site navigation, especially for the new user, much more intuitive.

Peace,
Tom

On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 07:45 PM, Shal Farley wrote:

It puts up a Verify Delete dialog box that cites the number of topics selected and asks if you want to delete them. It has Cancel and Yes buttons.

Shal; thanks for that.

Chris

The bulk feature was very easy to use.   I just used the bulk actions for changing a newly added group's email privileges to being on moderation as a new member so I can see how they post. It did one page at a time which was great!!!! Then I went back to view the list to set those members who didn't have to be on Moderation giving them a check, and changed their settings by bulk to being able to post.     It worked really well. Much better then the Y group where you had to check each member's row individually.   I also changed everyone using the bulk to individual mail.   The bulk feature is a great one to have.   Ilene

Chris,

With nothing "selected" the function buttons are effectively greyed
out, but it isn't all that clear when something /has/ been selected
for action; the change in the appearance of the 4 new buttons is
fairly minimal.

Agreed.

* Being cautious I didn't put this to the test but can we assume that
the /Delete/ function requires confirmation before deletion actually
occurs, much as it does now?

It does.

It puts up a Verify Delete dialog box that cites the number of topics selected and asks if you want to delete them. It has Cancel and Yes buttons.

Shal

Mark; further to the above fix I have had a cautious "play" with the (potential) new capability and would offer the observation below.

With nothing "selected" the function buttons are effectively greyed out, but it isn't all that clear when something has been selected for action; the change in the appearance of the 4 new buttons is fairly minimal.

Would it be possible for the buttons to actually change colour when a selection is made, with the Delete button being red to minimise the risk of mishaps?* Different colours for the other three (Merge, Hashtags and More) might also be helpful.

* Being cautious I didn't put this to the test but can we assume that the Delete function requires confirmation before deletion actually occurs, much as it does now?

Chris

Michael,

Which are you saying:

I'm saying

The time zone specified in the event.

When you create/edit an event you specify its Timezone along with its other attributes.

If the event were not a real, but a virtual gathering (with no
physical address), ...

The calendar events don't include a setting for that. Apparently members will have to translate the time to their local timezone if they are somewhere outside the timezone of the event.

Shal

On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 04:02 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote:

There are some alignment issues with the action buttons. They seem to think they're constrained to a middle column despite being on their own row. 

 

This should be fixed now.

That's much better! Is it envisaged that this will become the standard "Moderators' View" or will it be user selectable along the lines of "Normal / Advanced"?

Chris.
PS: Have a good holiday!

It would seem to make sense to log deletions of pending messages as well as rejections.
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J

 

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what Time Zone will determine the time of the event(s) reported in the
email Reminder?

Which are you saying:

The time zone specified in the event.

Is this determined by the physical address (Town and State, or Zip Code) of the event?

OR

Which may default to the timezone of the person who created the event,

Is this the timezone of the person who created the event?

but it is in any case not the timezone of the receiving subscriber.

If the event were not a real, but a virtual gathering (with no physical address), set up in Eastern Time by an Eastern Time Zone member in an Eastern Time Zone group, but the subscriber is in the Mountain Time Zone that is default set to Pacific Time Zone, what Time Zone time is in the Reminder sent by the Calendar then?

Have a great time Mark - and do give yourself a break!
Ginny
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Michael,

what Time Zone will determine the time of the event(s) reported in the
email Reminder?

The time zone specified in the event.

Which may default to the timezone of the person who created the event, but it is in any case not the timezone of the receiving subscriber.

Shal