Skipper, you've raised some good points; echoing some of Yuca a little while ago (re mobile 'phones).  I only wish I could provide you with an answer.  Maybe FNB will drop in soon and comment.  Woofboxer is also up to speed on this, I think.

I see what you mean. Quotation not working
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Messages don't seem to work anymore

I have emailed FNB asking what the outlook for the Forum is and if there are any timescales for things to get back to normal. He has previously made it clear that the current situation is a stopgap.

There’s nothing to stop anyone from roping in old members, but personally I shall wait until all the functions are restored and the place is a going concern.

A week has now passed and the administrator has not even considered it necessary to comment on these matters. Of course, nothing has changed and I don't think that will happen anytime soon. Hope dies last and I'll definitely stop by again, but for now I'm gone. Not that anyone cares.

Skipper I only use a mobile phone to use this site and don't appear to have problems apart from the messages and quotes and photos. I feel the site needs a critical mass of uses to justify an update so I think you should stick around.

I know we all want more features back, but hey - the forum is here. There's some interest and diversity. At this point, I'll take what I can get. I'd rather be here than in the wild realms of FB. Hopefully we'll get some upgrade but if not... we're still chatting.  I could put pics up at my Pinterest and link to them if I get motivated enough.  Ivy style, a forum, us - it's kind of out of time anyway.  If I can find interesting stuff to post or read it here, I'm happy. Anything else is just 'gravy' as people used to say.

I'm sympathetic to both perspectives. I can't resist enjoying what we have - after all we are able to chat here. I imagine FNB has lots of demands on his time, and maybe he would have to pay to upgrade the forum.

On the other hand, an upgrade would make such a massive difference, specifically: the ability to quote previous posts, to post images, to post links and to read the forum on a phone. Without those features I can understand why someone might feel like it's not worth investing their time in interacting here.

Of course, with improvements come more problems: as the forum grows more people will post inappropriate content and there will be issues to resolve. Hopefully more of the moderators will reappear so Woof is not left to solve it all solo and/or new moderators will be appointed. Also it's quite possible that with an upgrade there won't actually be any new posters. I doubt that though. Forums in general are not as popular as they were but there is still a demand for them, and certainly no ivy forum has appeared to replace this one. (Perhaps replacements for The Wardrobe exist.) Hence we are having this very conversation.

So please Mr FNB: if you can find the time and funds to upgrade the forum soon, you'll make a few harmless oddballs around the world happy.

A forum where you can't quote makes dialogue almost impossible.

Skipper - and anyone else thinking of quitting:

'You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies'.

A quip.

Good news, Woof, but I hope it's not too 'different'.  I'd hate to see anything along the lines of 'DressedWell'.  I'd also hate it to be some kind of informal extension of IG,  TRS made a good point about typing things out, the discipline of debate (or even disagreement).