PinPics - New Format / Big Site Changes!

[Sithathoriunet]

Why do you suppose they did a live launch of the site before they had done any beta testing/bug checks and before half the features were ready to be deployed?

They keep saying in the forum that it was beta tested and none of these issues came up. Apparently all the problems have taken them by surprise.
My only guess is that the testers weren't actual users/pin traders, so they didn't know what was missing.

 

[Ajk]

Agree with others. No real improvement over what we already had and completely wrecked initially. I think it’s a combination of being owned by non-pin traders (regardless of what they claim) who don’t know what is needed in a pin trading system and a complete lack of appropriate testing. Hopefully it at least gets back to what it was. It as previously stated, this will help the other systems out there grow.

 

[Ajk]

They keep saying in the forum that it was beta tested and none of these issues came up. Apparently all the problems have taken them by surprise.
My only guess is that the testers weren't actual users/pin traders, so they didn't know what was missing.

Definitely that. But also they only did the most minimal confirmation that things worked technically, not usefully. Like I can send a message and the other person receives it, but not if it’s understandable, can be found on the list, I can know who I sent to, etc. And the apostrophe issue is DB management 101. You need to escape them when working with SQL. That’s really basic code stuff (and quickly caught if you are doing real testing. )

 

[echoharmony]

You folks are hitting the nail on the head. Why launch when it clearly wasn't ready to go live? Seems to lazy to me, like they want us to find and report all the bugs instead of doing it themselves.

 

[jadeites-lady]

I can't get into my account.
I tried the password re-set, it said to contact admin.
I contacted admin.

I guess cuz sis is banned, I don't get an account anymore?

 

[Sithathoriunet]

The grail feature is live with two levels! One thumb up or two thumbs up. And it remembered what I had marked as grails before the change over! Yay!

 

[noone]

The grail feature is live with two levels! One thumb up or two thumbs up. And it remembered what I had marked as grails before the change over! Yay!

Okay.... this..... is.... Argh

1) The pins don't show up in grid as having been marked grail, you don't seem to see it unless you click each pin.
2) Assuming you do click its the tinyest mark i can imagine. And thumbs are associated with "likes" in social media usually on comments or okay pins but not "Grail" which is like gotta have! (Crown = rare jewels) Please make the icon bigger
3) Should be visible from the grid view and pins marked grail should be able to show at the top of the collection.
4) Please bring back checkboxes for want, own etc toggles are visually complicated compared to a simple check box

End of rant of my useless opinions....

edit- now that its stars I am uncertain is 2 stars more wanted than one star or the other way around? I do like the starts much better than the thumbs though

 

[Sithathoriunet]

Just noticed that the Grail designation has changed from thumbs up to stars, and there's a clock icon next to them. Anyone have any idea what that's for?

 

[Sithathoriunet]

Nevermind, it appears to remove grail stars. Why we couldn't just tap the stars again to unmark them I don't know.

 

[bcol]

I finally got my page back. Part of my problem was that answers to my emails were getting sent back as spam. Not their fault. Now, did anyone get trade assist back? I went to my profile and each time I check the box, it brings me back to the same page.

 

[Sithathoriunet]

I finally got my page back. Part of my problem was that answers to my emails were getting sent back as spam. Not their fault. Now, did anyone get trade assist back? I went to my profile and each time I check the box, it brings me back to the same page.

It did that to me. But then after I logged out and logged back in, it showed that my trade assist was on.

 

[bcol]

It did that to me. But then after I logged out and logged back in, it showed that my trade assist was on.

Thanks for the info. I tried it after your post, but it didn't work for me. I guess I'll logout for a while and see if that helps.

 

[TheMickeyMouseRules]

Thanks for the info. I tried it after your post, but it didn't work for me. I guess I'll logout for a while and see if that helps.

The full accounts compare feature still is gone (from what I can tell.) But for any specific pin I 'want' or 'trade' if I am in the specific pin listing, the trade assist for that pin works. The visuals on the "who has this pin" or "who is trading this pin" page are not good. It is difficult to see, but clicking on the link on the pin listing will give you any users you match with to trade or gain your pin.

Is this not working for you bcol?

 

[bcol]

I guess I was looking for the link that matches all the pins that can be traded for a particular pin instead of having to scroll down each and click on each pin on their list. Am I not saying this right? It was the they want / you want matches.