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EarlG

(22,540 posts) Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:24 AM Jul 2022

Heads up: You may experience temporary issues with forums on DU

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Announcements group).

As part of our ongoing DU4 project we are currently working on some behind-the-scenes updates. These updates should not affect anything major, but may cause some temporary issues with the way forums are listed. If any issues do occur, we'll do our best to revert them promptly. But if you notice anything unusual happening, such as forum names going missing for a short period of time, it's not you -- it's us.

(I've heard that there may also be some issues with media not loading in Twitter embeds today. Please note that this is NOT related to anything that we're doing, but is either a user issue or a problem at Twitter's end.)

Thanks for your patience while we continue to work on updates to DU. We'll have more DU4 news coming soon.

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Heads up: You may experience temporary issues with forums on DU (Original Post) EarlG Jul 2022 OP

Dear EarlG BlueGreenLady Jul 2022 #1

Yes, this will be an option on DU4 EarlG Jul 2022 #4

HooRay!! BlueGreenLady Jul 2022 #6

Thank you for the heads up Yonnie3 Jul 2022 #2

I've been here since DU.1 and every incarnation has been an improvement Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #11

Yes Yonnie3 Jul 2022 #12

I joined in early 2003 and it's been an essential part of my education! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #13

Thx for the heads up, EarlG! SheltieLover Jul 2022 #3

Speaking of forums dweller Jul 2022 #5

Well... I'm looking to reduce the number of forums on DU4, not increase them EarlG Jul 2022 #7

Got Nuthin' :: Just Sayin' :: Thank You' :: (N/T) wyn borkins Jul 2022 #8

"it's not you -- it's us." Oh no, DU is breaking up with me. FSogol Jul 2022 #9

So much awesomeness... ultralite001 Jul 2022 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #14

BlueGreenLady

(2,871 posts)

1. Dear EarlG

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:29 AM

Jul 2022

Would it be possible for DU to have a dark mode for night viewing on DU. The bright white background is hard on my old eyes. I will understand if this is not an option.
Thanks, BGL

EarlG

(22,540 posts)

4. Yes, this will be an option on DU4

Reply to BlueGreenLady (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:34 AM

Jul 2022

Unfortunately we still don't have a time frame for when DU4 will be ready to launch, but a "Night Mode" option is in the works and will be included.

(We also plan to have a "Day/Night" option that automatically switches between Default Mode and Night Mode every day at a time of your choosing.)

BlueGreenLady

(2,871 posts)

6. HooRay!!

Reply to EarlG (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:36 AM

Jul 2022

Thank you so much for making this an option. I'm sure it required a bunch of computer wizardry which I much admire and wholely lack.

Yonnie3

(18,112 posts)

2. Thank you for the heads up

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:31 AM

Jul 2022

I'm looking forward to DU4. The concepts that you have shared for DU4 are good.

Rhiannon12866

(222,205 posts)

11. I've been here since DU.1 and every incarnation has been an improvement

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 10:36 PM

Jul 2022

On an already amazingly user-friendly site!

Yonnie3

(18,112 posts)

12. Yes

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #11)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 10:45 PM

Jul 2022

My partner has been on since 2004. I looked around for quite a few years before I made an account for myself.

Rhiannon12866

(222,205 posts)

13. I joined in early 2003 and it's been an essential part of my education!

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #12)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 10:50 PM

Jul 2022

I'd always voted, mostly for Democrats, but that was about it. I'd fall asleep when my grandparents turned on the Sunday political shows. But I'm in New York and 9/11 scared me witless and woke me up! So now I watch almost nothing but news and worked on my former congressman's political campaigns. Not to mention that I'm here on DU every day, it's the place I learn the most.

SheltieLover

(59,610 posts)

3. Thx for the heads up, EarlG!

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:32 AM

Jul 2022

dweller

(25,052 posts)

5. Speaking of forums

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:35 AM

Jul 2022

Would it be possible to add a TOONS forum where JHB and anyone posting Toons could put them, and making it easier to find them ?
It could go under Entertainment…

tia

✌🏻

EarlG

(22,540 posts)

7. Well... I'm looking to reduce the number of forums on DU4, not increase them

Reply to dweller (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 5, 2022, 11:47 AM

Jul 2022

BUT... we are also updating the Subscriptions function, so as well as subscribing to forums, you'll finally be able to subscribe to people.

This means that you would be able to subscribe directly to JHB, so whenever he posts his Toons thread you would get a notification. This functionality is already up and running on our test version of DU4.