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Author Topic: Technical Issues with Kiva.org Website  (Read 134531 times)
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« Reply To This #1570 on: February 09, 2012, 12:09:19 PM »

I agree with Diane, please reverse it so we can see all lenders on any given loan. 

I don't mind clicking to see the teams but please don't limit the lenders.

Charmaine

I agree with Diane, Charmaine, and all others who have expressed this opinion.

Please leave all the lenders visible.    Yes

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« Reply To This #1571 on: February 09, 2012, 01:58:20 PM »

Maybe Kiva heard us.  On the loans I am pulling up now I am seeing all lenders again, like this

Showing 73 of 73 lenders to this borrower     More ↓

Maybe we are supposed to click "More ↓" on expiring loans, to get even more lenders than there currently are on the loan...   Tongue
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« Reply To This #1572 on: February 09, 2012, 02:25:06 PM »

I see that now, too, David!  I hope it sticks.

When you click the "More ↓" now, "Showing 73 of 73 lenders to this borrower" changes to "73 lenders to this borrower".  Leftover wording I suppose (and leftover sneaky-down-arrow).

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« Reply To This #1573 on: February 09, 2012, 04:23:09 PM »

One thing I noticed for the first time today was that if I comment on a loan update, nobody can see it (except if they go to add a comment themselves).  I swear that didn't used to be the case.  Does anybody happen to know if it was or not?  This particular case was a Spanish update for a loan in Ecuador that I'm on. The borrower had experienced a delay in making one of her repayments because she'd gotten sick.  I wanted to provide a quick translation in English for the benefit of my fellow lenders.  It's a bit annoying that the comment doesn't seem to be visible except if someone decides to add a comment themselves.  I'm wondering whether it's a bug or deliberate and, if it is deliberate, who then are the comments meant for? The MFIs?
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« Reply To This #1574 on: February 09, 2012, 07:21:11 PM »

Yeah, as far as I remember you could see other peoples comments whether or not you made a comment.  I used to post some translations too.  I don't know why they would take that capability away...

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And- I think they should show all the lenders also - or at least way more than 15.  If they have to limit it, maybe 40-60 would be a better number.  Although I also do a quick scroll down loans to see if I'm already on there, so I like having all the lenders directly visible.  But if they are going to limit it, it should at least affect fewer loans. Listing 40 lenders would cover loans up to $1,000, or 60 would be up to $1,500.
I still haven't gotten used to having to click for the repayment schedule, although to me that is less of an issue, because there aren't people involved.
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« Reply To This #1575 on: Yesterday at 02:01:29 AM »

I don't mind seeing only 15 lenders, but if all are shown (too much scrolling on large loans when all are shown), I would also like to see all teams.
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« Reply To This #1576 on: Yesterday at 06:07:21 AM »

Thank goodness you seem to recall comments being visible too charity.  I was starting to wonder whether I wasn't going mad!  I started off convinced that they used to be visible but then wasn't quite so sure.  By late last night I was starting to think maybe they had never been visible after all.  I suspect they probably stopped displaying when Kiva created those 'loan updates' and 'repayment schedule' tabs up above the borrowers' photographs.  Ah well, I guess in future if I see any such loan updates I'll just do a quick check to see if there are any Kiva friends I recognize and message them directly.

Oh FWIW, I really like seeing all the lender photos.
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« Reply To This #1577 on: Yesterday at 04:10:07 PM »

I don't mind seeing only 15 lenders, but if all are shown (too much scrolling on large loans when all are shown), I would also like to see all teams.

Now that the payment schedule has been put on a separate page, there really isn't any reason to go to the bottom of the basic loan page, unless you want to see the lenders.  So I don't think the "too much scrolling" objection really applies any more.  I would rather see all of the lenders displayed; I agree with Diane's rationales on this.
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« Reply To This #1578 on: Today at 05:18:56 PM »

Maybe it is my firewalls on my work computer but I no longer can see ANY LENDERS and no longer see the TEAMS. I really miss both. Sigh. I don't even get a "more" arrow. There is a small notation of letters bb aa where they used to be. Nothing else and no way to see anything else. It used to work fine.
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« Reply To This #1579 on: Today at 07:43:25 PM »

Maybe it is my firewalls on my work computer but I no longer can see ANY LENDERS and no longer see the TEAMS. I really miss both. Sigh. I don't even get a "more" arrow. There is a small notation of letters bb aa where they used to be. Nothing else and no way to see anything else. It used to work fine.

I saw exactly the same thing last night when accessing the Kiva site using my smartphone.  I don't see it on my home computer, though.

--Diane.
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