Its been claimed the beta testing/the new website has been running for 6months, I think its a load of hogwash. Personnel if other changes don#t start appearing shortly I would strongly recommend everyone just complain.
Depends who has been doing the Beta testing of course. They may have a specific use / need and simply did not consider the use / needs of others. Best way would have been to shadow exactly how users interacted with the old system and ensure that the new system did the same.
As I mentioned, the Companies House system is fantastic. I have no professional need to use the system but it gives anyone details of directors, all their current and past companies, links between companies, company accounts and other submitted documentation. A gold mine of information.
Perhaps the TC site will get better. As so little information is given on the website about the changes, it is impossible to know what is lost, missing or awaited, so it is reasonable to criticise that a function has been removed. If it is to be replaced 'soon' then they should tell people.
Just confirms my prejudice that the TC are not the brightest buttons on the uniform.
Use of 'terminal points' as a search function shows how little they understand the garbage data that they receive / hold / publish. A useful function potentially, to get a list of all bus routes registered from Hanley. But when you have to enter, separately, Hanley, Hanly (and many other mis-spellings), Hanley Bus Station, City Centre, City Centre Bus Station, City Centre Interchange, Lichfield street, Lidice way and so on, you hopefully get the picture!