Under the old format, whenever I would click on the Trains forum, I would see all of my Friends recent activity, so it was easy to stalk them - - - LOL
Under the new format, that feature is no longer available. Now, I have to click on each Friend’s screen name to see what they have been up to.
Another set back with the new format.
Rich
On the up side, now the rest of us know who’s been stalking us all these years…[(-D]
And those of us who bother to actually read the help page know how the essentially same functionality is implemented in the new version 
Smile,
Stein
I don’t do “status” updates…[:O]
Stein,
With all due respect, it is not the same.
Under the old format, the entire list of all Friends recent posts were right there as the website came up.
Under the new format, you have to click on an individual Friend’s screen name to see the recent activity of only that specific Friend.
That is hardly the same functionality.
Rich
Pick a friend. See that thing labelled “follow” on top of his page? Click on it. Repeat for a few other friends.
Wait a bit. Go to the start page (http://cs.trains.com/) look at the recent activity part of the page. Select tab “people”. Whaddayaknow - there you have the posts from people you follow on the same page.
Described on the help page. Which you did read, didn’t you?
Yes - you will possibly have to go to all the bother of clicking follow once for each person you want to “stalk”.
The friends thingy you can use to spam your friends with facebook like status updates.
Smile,
Stein
Rich, check out http://cs.trains.com/p/help.aspx#interactions7 the people tab on the main forum entry page then gives you direct access to all friends and folks you are following in one place. Seems to allow you to stalk folks without them even knowing that you are a friend!!
Rich are you watching me? I promise I’m not a slacker. LOL
Hey, Slack, me thinks thou doth protest too much. Get to work on that layout.
Stalker Rich
Well, I’ll be darned. Thanks Simon.
Rich
Help Page? We don’t need no stinkin’ Help Page !
LOL
Of course, I didn’t read it. If you ask my wife, she will tell you that it is one of my greatest faults - - - - never reading the instruction sheet.
Thanks, Stein. I luv ya man.
Rich
Stalker Rich,
" I know nothing’…
Cheers
Frank
I spent a lot of years in the computer programming/systems design field, first for Santa Fe and then the Federal Reserve, and in that time I taught a lot of classes to new users. Let me assure you that the majority of those who I trained did not “read the manual” or anything else. They came to class assuming that somehow I was going to teach them by cramming a pill down their throat.
This is a common problem with people who were/are learning to use a computer but lack a lot of the basic training and skills needed to navigate the wide world. Any time a user (in this case MR) makes a major change to a forum or any other computer driven application, they can count on a lot of people being confused, no matter how much they try to “make it user friendly”. Just a fact of life.
The good news is in time the system will “settle down”, the users will learn the new buzz words and how to find something and all will be well in railroad land. Then comes the next change…
Bob
Amen, Bob…
Cheers,
Frank
But can it also be admitted that writing a truly useful technical manual – or a truly useful website “help” page – is a skill not necessarily possessed by all persons who do those things for a living? We can add kit instructions to the list while we’re at it.
Dave Nelson
Absolutely!!! And then there are those whose comprehension is such that after they read an informative manual they are still in LaLa land.
Bob
Frank,
Be careful. I am watching you. [(-D]
Rich