do you like the new forums poll

[George Spellwin]

Re: What do you guys think of the new look on the forums?

Yeah I noticed that too. A lame ass attempt at getting people to buy plats if you ask me. I just lost respect for the guy running this place.

When google stopped providing us with a free search, all non-plats lost search entirely. The database is so huge that search can bring it to a crawl. We are still trying to decide what to do with non-Plat search. I hope you will consider a Platinum Membership - your support keeps us online.

 

[the elite addict]

I mustr admit, now that the project is complete, It isn't so bad.

 

[miplank]

Re: What do you guys think of the new look on the forums?

When google stopped providing us with a free search, all non-plats lost search entirely. The database is so huge that search can bring it to a crawl. We are still trying to decide what to do with non-Plat search. I hope you will consider a Platinum Membership - your support keeps us online.

I can see the 90 sec wait from a "business" perspective, but from a users prospective its a bit extreme.

20-30 sec should be suffice.

 

[George Spellwin]

Re: What do you guys think of the new look on the forums?

I can see the 90 sec wait from a "business" perspective, but from a users prospective its a bit extreme.

20-30 sec should be suffice.

Of course we need everyone to upgrade to a Platinum Membership, but the delay is not even about that. If everyone is searching at the smae time, given that the database has been build since 1996 and is huge, it slows the site too much to have no restriction on search.

 

[musclemom]

1. I agree with this one: The bottom scroll bar must be used to see the entire screen. The style needs to be 'liquid' at a less wide width. We'll get on this - I hate it too.

2. Could you be more specific?

3. We are still working on the profiles page. Take a look at the new page and let me know what you like and do not like.

Hello Mr. Architect:

1. Okay, vis a vis the width problem, thanks, I was beginning to think I'm crazy.

2. How do I describe "fagged up" Okay, any chance you can take a look at the way the old quote box looked side by side with the new one? For lack of a better word the old one was businesslike. In comparison, the new one looks cartoonish. I'd stick with the blacks and grey tone scale, and the word QUOTE doesn't need to be huge and in bright blue font and stand out over the original quoted person's name. I don't know how to say but to me, it looks cheesy.

3. Haven't had a chance to check the new profiles page.

BTW, have we established what those buttons on the bottom of every post?

Oh, finally (and this is just me being petty), I do miss the "guest" browsing feature for most recent posts ... I used to just drop in without signing on, scan through some posts and be forced to either sign on to respond to something interesting or get back to work. I used to get exposed to a LOT of advertising that way, too. I bet half the members never knew you had a banner for Zwinkies up there for a helluva long time

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

Hello Mr. Architect:

1. Okay, vis a vis the width problem, thanks, I was beginning to think I'm crazy.

2. How do I describe "fagged up" Okay, any chance you can take a look at the way the old quote box looked side by side with the new one? For lack of a better word the old one was businesslike. In comparison, the new one looks cartoonish. I'd stick with the blacks and grey tone scale, and the word QUOTE doesn't need to be huge and in bright blue font and stand out over the original quoted person's name. I don't know how to say but to me, it looks cheesy.

3. Haven't had a chance to check the new profiles page.

BTW, have we established what those buttons on the bottom of every post?

Oh, finally (and this is just me being petty), I do miss the "guest" browsing feature for most recent posts ... I used to just drop in without signing on, scan through some posts and be forced to either sign on to respond to something interesting or get back to work. I used to get exposed to a LOT of advertising that way, too. I bet half the members never knew you had a banner for Zwinkies up there for a helluva long time

I agree about the quote box. The colors make it hard to read (the text is too light of a gray) and the word Quote doesn't need to be there at all. Everyone knows its a quote because it says "originally posted by soandso". The word Quote is the most visible thing in the quote. It distracts from what is being quoted. (wow could I say the word quote more times in one post )

 

[conundrum]

I'm not really sure yet..my first instinct was no...but I think its growing on me

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

Same here, except for a few things like the quote box im actually starting to like it. It was just kind of a shock at first.

 

[George Spellwin]

Hello Mr. Architect:


BTW, have we established what those buttons on the bottom of every post?

This is a very cool new feature called social bookmarking. It allows you to share posts here with other people around the world who may not be members of EF.

For example, let's say Rick Collins decides to publish an article here about decriminalization of steroids. Those links allow that article to escape the confines of EF so the world will get access to it and we can make our point of view known.

Check out:
Digg / About Us
and
Digg - All News, Videos, & Images

 

[perryscoon]

i like it a lot better.