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Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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MissMaryMoo   Ireland
Joined 5 months
Swollenpiggy:
The drop down menu is completely pointless and a awful addition. Makes me not want to chat at all and should be removed.


Completely agree, I find it really annoying as I'm on my mobile phone too. It's putting me right off chatting at all.
1 day

Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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FF Team   United Kingdom
Joined 6 years
administrator
Swollenpiggy:
The drop down menu is completely pointless and a awful addition. Makes me not want to chat at all and should be removed.

Dria:
I agree, having to click to see people's details seems daft when you could see them at glance before.


This change was made to allow more detailed information about why users are in chat, which couldn’t be fully displayed in the previous row format.

We’re making these updates gradually, so it might not be immediately obvious why certain changes have been made. The reason for the smaller, incremental updates is to avoid introducing too many features at once. This approach helps us catch and fix any bugs or usability issues more easily and allows us to improve things step by step without risking any major disruptions to the chat.

We do appreciate all feedback, so thanks for all and any constructive criticism provided which will help us to improve the chat.

c00kie
FF Team
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Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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CarlettoFX   Italy
Joined 1 year
Swollenpiggy:
The drop down menu is completely pointless and a awful addition. Makes me not want to chat at all and should be removed.

Dria:
I agree, having to click to see people's details seems daft when you could see them at glance before.

FF Team:
This change was made to allow more detailed information about why users are in chat, which couldn’t be fully displayed in the previous row format.

We’re making these updates gradually, so it might not be immediately obvious why certain changes have been made. The reason for the smaller, incremental updates is to avoid introducing too many features at once. This approach helps us catch and fix any bugs or usability issues more easily and allows us to improve things step by step without risking any major disruptions to the chat.

We do appreciate all feedback, so thanks for all and any constructive criticism provided which will help us to improve the chat.

c00kie
FF Team


I personally agree with the two users comments before, what about putting only the new "more detailed information about why users are in chat" in the drop down menu, while keeping basic information always visible as before? This would preserve good usability while letting you add new features, what do you think?
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Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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Dria   United Kingdom
Joined 5 months
Swollenpiggy:
The drop down menu is completely pointless and a awful addition. Makes me not want to chat at all and should be removed.

Dria:
I agree, having to click to see people's details seems daft when you could see them at glance before.

FF Team:
This change was made to allow more detailed information about why users are in chat, which couldn’t be fully displayed in the previous row format.

We’re making these updates gradually, so it might not be immediately obvious why certain changes have been made. The reason for the smaller, incremental updates is to avoid introducing too many features at once. This approach helps us catch and fix any bugs or usability issues more easily and allows us to improve things step by step without risking any major disruptions to the chat.

We do appreciate all feedback, so thanks for all and any constructive criticism provided which will help us to improve the chat.

c00kie
FF Team

CarlettoFX:
I personally agree with the two users comments before, what about putting only the new "more detailed information about why users are in chat" in the drop down menu, while keeping basic information always visible as before? This would preserve good usability while letting you add new features, what do you think?

This would be better. I don't even know what it says or how to change the section that tells people why I'm in chat so I'd imagine it's not even accurate.
12 hours

Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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MissMaryMoo   Ireland
Joined 5 months
Swollenpiggy:
The drop down menu is completely pointless and a awful addition. Makes me not want to chat at all and should be removed.

Dria:
I agree, having to click to see people's details seems daft when you could see them at glance before.

FF Team:
This change was made to allow more detailed information about why users are in chat, which couldn’t be fully displayed in the previous row format.

We’re making these updates gradually, so it might not be immediately obvious why certain changes have been made. The reason for the smaller, incremental updates is to avoid introducing too many features at once. This approach helps us catch and fix any bugs or usability issues more easily and allows us to improve things step by step without risking any major disruptions to the chat.

We do appreciate all feedback, so thanks for all and any constructive criticism provided which will help us to improve the chat.

c00kie
FF Team

CarlettoFX:
I personally agree with the two users comments before, what about putting only the new "more detailed information about why users are in chat" in the drop down menu, while keeping basic information always visible as before? This would preserve good usability while letting you add new features, what do you think?

Dria:
This would be better. I don't even know what it says or how to change the section that tells people why I'm in chat so I'd imagine it's not even accurate.


In the drop down menu for my profile on the chat it says I'm into RP. I'm not, at all.
12 hours

Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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FeedeeLoverSheffield   United Kingdom
Joined 1 year
Swollenpiggy:
The drop down menu is completely pointless and a awful addition. Makes me not want to chat at all and should be removed.

Dria:
I agree, having to click to see people's details seems daft when you could see them at glance before.

FF Team:
This change was made to allow more detailed information about why users are in chat, which couldn’t be fully displayed in the previous row format.

We’re making these updates gradually, so it might not be immediately obvious why certain changes have been made. The reason for the smaller, incremental updates is to avoid introducing too many features at once. This approach helps us catch and fix any bugs or usability issues more easily and allows us to improve things step by step without risking any major disruptions to the chat.

We do appreciate all feedback, so thanks for all and any constructive criticism provided which will help us to improve the chat.

c00kie
FF Team

CarlettoFX:
I personally agree with the two users comments before, what about putting only the new "more detailed information about why users are in chat" in the drop down menu, while keeping basic information always visible as before? This would preserve good usability while letting you add new features, what do you think?

Dria:
This would be better. I don't even know what it says or how to change the section that tells people why I'm in chat so I'd imagine it's not even accurate.

MissMaryMoo:
In the drop down menu for my profile on the chat it says I'm into RP. I'm not, at all.


You need to go into the settings in chat and unselected it in there. It's not obvious at all you need to do so
12 hours

Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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MissMaryMoo   Ireland
Joined 5 months
Swollenpiggy:
The drop down menu is completely pointless and a awful addition. Makes me not want to chat at all and should be removed.

Dria:
I agree, having to click to see people's details seems daft when you could see them at glance before.

FF Team:
This change was made to allow more detailed information about why users are in chat, which couldn’t be fully displayed in the previous row format.

We’re making these updates gradually, so it might not be immediately obvious why certain changes have been made. The reason for the smaller, incremental updates is to avoid introducing too many features at once. This approach helps us catch and fix any bugs or usability issues more easily and allows us to improve things step by step without risking any major disruptions to the chat.

We do appreciate all feedback, so thanks for all and any constructive criticism provided which will help us to improve the chat.

c00kie
FF Team

CarlettoFX:
I personally agree with the two users comments before, what about putting only the new "more detailed information about why users are in chat" in the drop down menu, while keeping basic information always visible as before? This would preserve good usability while letting you add new features, what do you think?

Dria:
This would be better. I don't even know what it says or how to change the section that tells people why I'm in chat so I'd imagine it's not even accurate.

MissMaryMoo:
In the drop down menu for my profile on the chat it says I'm into RP. I'm not, at all.

FeedeeLoverSheffield:
You need to go into the settings in chat and unselected it in there. It's not obvious at all you need to do so


Done, thank you for that! 🙂
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Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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FF Team   United Kingdom
Joined 6 years
administrator
Swollenpiggy:
The drop down menu is completely pointless and a awful addition. Makes me not want to chat at all and should be removed.

Dria:
I agree, having to click to see people's details seems daft when you could see them at glance before.

FF Team:
This change was made to allow more detailed information about why users are in chat, which couldn’t be fully displayed in the previous row format.

We’re making these updates gradually, so it might not be immediately obvious why certain changes have been made. The reason for the smaller, incremental updates is to avoid introducing too many features at once. This approach helps us catch and fix any bugs or usability issues more easily and allows us to improve things step by step without risking any major disruptions to the chat.

We do appreciate all feedback, so thanks for all and any constructive criticism provided which will help us to improve the chat.

c00kie
FF Team

CarlettoFX:
I personally agree with the two users comments before, what about putting only the new "more detailed information about why users are in chat" in the drop down menu, while keeping basic information always visible as before? This would preserve good usability while letting you add new features, what do you think?


With today’s update, the reasoning behind the change should be clearer. In the chat user list, the dropdown now displays relevant information about the user and why they’re in the chat. To maintain functional consistency, the same dropdown behavior has been added to the general user list. Eventually, this will be replaced with a pop-up box rather than simply expanding the list.

We’ve also removed the functionality where clicking on a user’s avatar takes you to their profile, as it was reported that users were unintentionally navigating away from the chat by clicking it.

As we're rolling out incremental updates, new features are being introduced gradually. Please do explore and experiment with these features in the meantime. Once all the updates are in place, we’ll publish a comprehensive post outlining all the new features and how to make the most of them.

Most of these settings will be available in your chat settings for customization. Plus, we’ve got a few more fun updates on the way so stay tuned!

Cheers!
10 hours

Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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FF Team   United Kingdom
Joined 6 years
administrator
MissMaryMoo:
In the drop down menu for my profile on the chat it says I'm into RP. I'm not, at all.

FeedeeLoverSheffield:
You need to go into the settings in chat and unselected it in there. It's not obvious at all you need to do so

MissMaryMoo:
Done, thank you for that! 🙂


Just to add to this... Your chat settings are stored using cookies, so they’ll be remembered between sessions. However, if you clear your cookies and cache on your browser, you’ll need to double check and reapply your chat settings as they may be reset.

Cheers!
c00kie
FF Team
10 hours

Chat update 27/01/2025 - report bugs here

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ASwedishEscapade   Sweden
Joined 3 years
By moving all user details into this drop-down box you've esentially made the User tab impossible to throw a glance at and know which users align with your interests/preferences. Now the only information you glean from users are their profile pic and username. Unless you manually open each and every users' drop-down box.

And what happens when you fat-finger this 10x10 pixel button? You open a new chat with that user. What a swell design choice considering the nature of this website. smiley

On top of this you've removed the only fast way to reach a user's profile i.e via clicking their avatar in general chat. And in my case FFs profile search is completely broken. So I can't even open the profiles of chat users to understand who they are and what they want.

A new user (or cleaned cookies) who jumps into gen chat is bombarded by users joining/leaving chat. This is a bad idea and you should have that option disabled by default, not enabled.
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