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08/18/2011 at 9:24 pm #1732428
I’m whining because I don’t know what else to do. The “Feedback” feature on the site is completely useless.
Why does groundspeak continue to roll out useless changes that not only make the geocaching experience more frustrating but constantly take the site down. I see today that logs on the cache page no longer include the date. What is up with that!?
The only change I care about right now is getting the favorites data elements added to the GPX files. And they don’t seem to be making any progress on that or have any intention to. I have “voted” for that feature but the status does not change.
Is there any way to get a voice to communicate these frustrations? Because otherwise all I can do is whine and that accomplishes nothing.
Oh – I also couldn’t update my profile today because it kept crashing the app
Grrr!
08/18/2011 at 9:38 pm #1952232You bring the whine and I’ll bring the cheese…….the update today: not worth it
08/19/2011 at 12:25 am #1952233It may not help, GMO, but it makes you feel better… I’ve been whining in three different threads about some of the stupid new stuff. Most notable is the Facebook-like replacement for log dates. What was wrong with a nice, precise date? “About 2 months ago” is just pointless.
Don’t even get me started on challenges.I have to admit that I kinda like the photos on the logs, but at what cost?
08/19/2011 at 1:09 am #1952234@Team Black-Cat wrote:
What was wrong with a nice, precise date? “About 2 months ago” is just pointless.
I agree 100% with this comment. I can see 5 minutes ago, 2 hours ago, 18 hours ago & yesterday, but anything over 24-48 hours should just tell me when it was (maybe a compromise).
@Team Black-Cat wrote:
I have to admit that I kinda like the photos on the logs, but at what cost?
I disagree on this one. I don’t mind the name / count, but the photo is overkill considering many logs are short (and we won’t go here). When the picture is 5 times taller than the log it’s overkill in my opinion. If I’m curious what the cacher looks like, I can just click their name. FB is social media, this isn’t. Maybe just show me photos for my friends?
08/19/2011 at 1:14 am #1952235@GetMeOutdoors wrote:
The only change I care about right now is getting the favorites data elements added to the GPX files. And they don’t seem to be making any progress on that or have any intention to. I have “voted” for that feature but the status does not change.
I’d love to see this one also.
The other change I’d like to see is totals (found, unfound, notes, etc.) included in the GPX file. There is some real value from this.
I’ve seen some features make it that were highly rated, some appear from nowhere, highly rated that go nowhere, low rated that make it, etc. It seems they want our opinion, but could really care less in the end (really just a feel good thing).
I’d also like to see them open up the API to the rest of us programmers in the general population. I know TBC and I both have some ideas in our back pocket about what this could bring. GC.com could even charge for this service (lots of different models) and it would really bring value to the site and draw more people. Apparently they just don’t understand the value of the information gold mine they’re sitting on.
08/19/2011 at 2:47 am #1952236Wow what the hell with the dates?? I use those dates as a personal record of when we did each cache. It’s sad to see that our recent 16+ days 14 states vacation of specific spots we visited on specific dates is all erased for some generic stamp. Not to mention all those great memory caches reduced to nothing more than a blip on the screen. Hey, I bet it’s much easier for people to backlog caches now. There’s no date to attach to the log – just a generic stamp that’ll say a year or two ago – how do you verify that?????.
Adding mindless and pointless challenges that have nothing to do with geocaching? Why don’t they just get rid of the rule that one needs to actually find and sign the log book on a regular cache then too.
If this is what geocaching is de-evolving into – a facebook knockoff, I think I may be archiving all my caches and deleting our accounts. This isn’t fun anymore and like facebook, sucks.
08/19/2011 at 3:57 am #1952237I noticed the real date appears if you click into the log via the “View Log” link.
08/19/2011 at 4:33 am #1952238The dates also appear in “Your Profile” logs.
08/19/2011 at 12:33 pm #1952239That is pretty frustrating as a cache owner. Sometimes we need to see when something was found, especially to judge if something needs maintenance. 🙁
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
08/19/2011 at 2:34 pm #1952240Thanks, guys. At least I know I’m not alone here 🙂
The challenges thing was so obscure to me that I didn’t even care to look into it. You’ve confirmed that it’s not worth it.
Thanks for advocating for us, Brian! If you do find an effective way to communicate feedback, I’ll be glad to take advantage of it 🙂
A few other things I need to bring up – when using the new maps (you know, the production beta ones) after about 2 minutes of browsing about the map, the map suddenly forgets who I am and all caches display as unfound, even though the top of the page still says I’m logged in. I have to refresh the page and navigate back to where I was on the map to continue (for another couple minutes until I have to do it over again)
When previewing Pocket Queries on the map, it shows ALL caches that exists and puts a little anime sleeping bubble above the caches that exist in the query’s result set. There’s no option to view ONLY the caches in the query. And on top of that, it only works for about 5 minutes, then the bubbles disappear and there’s no way to get them back – until usually the next day when I go back and try. And there’s no way to use the old maps to view the PQ results.
These seem like essential functions to me. Shouldn’t they be focusing on getting these features solid?
08/19/2011 at 3:07 pm #1952241They have already announced that the dates are being returned.
08/19/2011 at 3:38 pm #1952242@Team Black-Cat wrote:
Don’t even get me started on challenges.
Been looking into it. I see what you mean. STUPID does not begin to describe it. At least there was a point to virtual – something to see or learn about. (Most of them anyway). All the ones I’ve look at have NOTHING to do with geocaching and are just plain nonsense.
I saw one that gave you credit if you adopted an animal.
Oh, I also didn’t see any that have more thumbs up votes than thumbs down votes. Isn’t that a message, groundspeak? Thanks for wasting time on useless non-geocaching related features instead of getting the maps to work.
Sorry, I’m usually not this snotty. Really! Brian, you be quiet.
08/19/2011 at 4:25 pm #1952243We left town for a couple days to hike and find caches. What in the world have they done? I do not see the point of the “challenges” (although we adopted an animal, so maybe I’d better hurry and get that icon! LOL) I just don’t see how these are any different than the old locationless, which were dumped because they didn’t really relate to geocaching.
I have never liked those beta maps and always just proceed to the oldies. I know change is inevitable, but why make change for the sake of change?
I’m guessing their intent is to appeal to an even broader group of people, which is fine, but let’s face it…no one activity will attract EVERYONE, nor should it try. Oh well. Not my sandbox to build, I just play in it, so I really shouldn’t complain.
08/19/2011 at 6:21 pm #1952244From Grounspeak concerning Log Dates:
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08/19/2011 at 6:25 pm #1952245@GetMeOutdoors wrote:
I saw one that gave you credit if you adopted an animal.
Really? I’m adopting a new bunny on Monday. I could get a smiley! 😆 🙄
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
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