Express if you like or do not like the new version of the site

Thanks David, i guess we'll just have to wait and see...

Try some of the other Themes - many of them have less green than the default theme for V3

Any addition , alteration , redaction or any other modification that alters any iteration of " V3 " constitutes a NEW version  and it's pointless to "name" it . When management decides they are "done" with their offering design , it will be time enough for users / members to decide whether to remain or bail .                                                                                                                                   Repetitious listing of " failed " site features among a dissatisfied  group that need to consider other ways to satisfactorily "connect" ,  determines  a negative attitude .                                                                 Those members that support "V3" are either happy with the site offering or don't care as they "deal" with it , since they are now conspicuously absent from this forum and membership continues to rise.                                                                                                                                   Perhaps many have found , as I , that  by changing their ISP,  browser , resetting  security systems and/or utilizing a dual-processor , they have addressed ALL previously listed site complaints .                                                                                                                                   ................no problems , speed of key-stroke action and function of features is great .                If you don't have these benefits , then perhaps a reassessment is due , since "tomorrow" is another advancing technological day where designers are finding ways of adding features to offer more functional and sophisticated site content .                                                                                     Financial return is a capitalist expectation  .  You've still got time to " smell the roses "

v2 speed versus v3?  Don't really care.  My issue continues to be with rubbish organization.  Daily Puzzle is under Share?  The exit from the game screen is a pawn piece in the upper left hand corner? Forums are under Share and not Forums? wait there are Forums that are nothing and then Forums under Share?  Chess kid is under share and not under Learn? Why isn't the Daily puzzle with Tactics?  It is just kinda all over the place

The things you mention, while not good, are minor to the real problems in design and philosphy.

Get V3 basically right, and then look after the cosmetics, I say.

Logging in today to a myriad of Threads from disgruntled Members trying to play chess and unable to. The whole Help and Support Forum comprises Threads about games not loading.

Why can't chess.com put a message on people's Home page or something to alert everyone that there's a Site problem?

Even call it Site Maintenance and save some face...

Surely not a Scotsman looking for a free drink?

He is looking for a drink for a friend. G-man has foresworn the demon C2H5O.

merely reporting an ongoing problem... believe it or not, despite my nationality, coffee is my poison...

I'll drink to that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3MqmV47Lq8

And a bonus offering vaguely on topic. A sort of musical version of Bishop's creepy crawly picture of yeasterday. Very clever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ykl2tJwZM

French anyone? https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/impossible-de-jouer-depuis-deux-jours-quel-est-le-probleme

Erik's explanation for chess.com not working on iPad & iPhone:

This is a crazy issue, but here is the explanation:

The reason that some iOS devices are unable to connect to live chess games is because of a limit in 32bit devices which cannot handle gameIDs above 2,147,483,647. So, literally, once we hit more than 2 billion games, older iOS devices fail to interpret that number! This was obviously an unforeseen bug that was nearly impossible to anticipate and we apologize for the frustration. We are currently working on a fix and should have it resolved within 48 hours.

Thanks!

Erik

"nearly impossible to anticipate"

Really?  After almost 2 years of beta testing?

That bug was easy to anticipate. The fact that it was not forseen, shows incompetence of site developers. 

I doubt its limited to 32bit O.S. limitations.  More likely, it is a type-definition issue.

An "int" (IT-speak for integer) may be probably defined as a 2-byte (16-bits, or 16 spaces that can be either 0 or 1) variable in the code chess.com uses for apps and whatnot.  This has maximum values of -32,768 to 32,767.

A "long" is twice the length of a typical "integer" variable, using 4 bytes (or 32 bits).  In the integer world, a variable of this type can contain any value from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. 

The problem with Erik's explanation is that he is confessing that the Development team are using "signed" variables, i.e., they can accomodate negative values.  Why would you consider a -2,147,483,000 counter for a variable such as "GameID"---a variable that only ever counts posititve numbers??  An unsigned variable of the same data-length (4 bytes, 32-bits) ditches the +/- signage and just counts WHOLE numbers, 0 to 4,294,967,295.

So hamerkop is at least partly correct in stating the developers are showing some level of incompetence.  

Also, if it really were the case of a 32-bit versus 64-bit design issue, it would not be limited to just a few iPhones.  iOS is quite common across a number of devices.  Any device (iPad, iPhone) using the same App would have this issue.  I'm a bit surprised this is not apparent in the Android version as well, though the code-base is sufficiently different that it may be the Android Dev team is more competent than the iOS team.

Oh my!  I want to paraphrase the old school song...  'the wheels on the bus, fly off, fly off'

What Spacebux said makes more sense than what Eric said.