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New Format is Awful

James Fleahman
James Fleahman ✭
September 28, 2021 in Suggest an Idea

For Example: To "Enter" a geographical location I now must first choose from a format of 5 worldwide locations, and then "choose" the USA button, and then scroll through 50 more buttons (6 screens of 8 states each) to choose Ohio, and then scroll through 88 more buttons to choose "Wood County". With the previous version, I was able to just type in "Woods County, Ohio" to get my targeted geographical location. This is not an improvement.

On the records screen, if I choose the "data sheet" display option, only 7 of the 14 available columns are shown, meaning to see the all of the search results, a user must constantly click "left-to-right" and "right-to-left" to see the complete row of data. This is not an improvement.

I anticipate that a change back to the old format will occur or an option to choose the old format will be given. The only question is how much time it will take to do so.

Thanks for allowing my opinions.

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  • LDS Search Test
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    September 29, 2021

    I fully support this comment. Left-right, left-right. Was the designer using a 43 inch super ultra wide letterbox monitor ? Most of us can't fit the data within the viewable window.

    We are the users of the system, not the designers, the designers should be creating what we want to use, not what they want to design.

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