Comments on: Updates On Our Updates

By: Dr. J DeWeese

Dr. J DeWeese — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:29:20 +0000

I think for the most part the spell check and caps lock check are helpful. In those ways the new format is nicely improved. However, in the old format, when you searched the web to verify a website address, etc for an aswer you could just close the open page, now you have to hit the back tab. This causes the information previously entered to be deleted. I usually add my website addressesd towards the end of my answers, so this has become an irritant. You might consider changing back to the old search method.

By: annabelle

annabelle — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:08:37 +0000

I like the new format better. Concise and less time needed to preview your answer. Anyway, what I would like to ask has no bearing to your new format. It concerns reports of violations which do not actually constitute violations. Can’t Yahoo do a thorough check on reports before effecting a decision and then, sometimes, reversing their decisions after an appeal has been approved?

Thank you and Congratulations to the great change to make Yahoo Answers a better forum for everyone.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:21:22 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Lai, we need more of it so we can ensure our updates are indeed offering the community the tools it needs to make your knowledge-sharing activities in Answers a more enjoyable and easier experience.

By: lai

lai — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:30:23 +0000

I was answering in Words and Wordplay this morning and my YA shifted back to the old format. Now it’s back to the new one. Maybe it was just a glitch.

Kudos on your updating YA.

And yeah, just a suggestion. The Spell Checker is kind of off still, as the old one was. It can’t recognize some valid words (I checked, the word is in dictionary.com) and also noun possessives (i.e. YA’s). Maybe you can improve on this?

Cheerios!