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Still having to log in everytime I open IE.
This is the only forum/board it happens with so I am thinking it's not an IE issue. b. |
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Originally Posted by ViewAskewbian
You know, it is like I always say: once something becomes vastly popular and more people hop onto the proverbial bandwagon said something begins to suck. I recall when this place was ad free and a very enjoyable place to visit, the other forum especially. This was before the SUB-FORUM madness. IMO, the Other Forum still isn't fun despite certain implementations to make it so. The community feel of the forum, the small town'ness that attracted me to it in 2001, has been broken down slowly and this last step of the CHANGE is a big one. It is now like a MAJOR city in here with advertising and assholes all over the place. It seems that a lot of threads now break out into some silly argument and each night I am seeing scantly clad women in ads (okay, so maybe that last one isn't such a big deal :p).
Anyway, just my two as a dude that's been here for awhile. As I said, things had been breaking down slowly but this change is like a wreaking ball to the forum and all these little pieces left reminding me how this place once ways, how it could be, are hidden by the new condo being built on the lot and all the crap that comes with it. Ebb and flow is the old line Geoff has used in the past but on viewing the site today I have to say there has been FAR TOO MUCH FLOW and the river it has created is polluted. One just needs to see the post difference in the WHAT WE LIKE and WHAT WE DON’T LIKE threads to know that. There are a number of posters and people I look forward to seeing here. And with the ignore feature undone there appear to be some more I do not. :lol: We control how good or bad this place is. If we try ideas and they do not get the support we figure they should, than that is a sign this place may not be what we want. But for those of us here it is dependant upon us. |
Originally Posted by ViewAskewbian
You know, it is like I always say: once something becomes vastly popular and more people hop onto the proverbial bandwagon said something begins to suck. I recall when this place was ad free and a very enjoyable place to visit, the other forum especially. This was before the SUB-FORUM madness. IMO, the Other Forum still isn't fun despite certain implementations to make it so. The community feel of the forum, the small town'ness that attracted me to it in 2001, has been broken down slowly and this last step of the CHANGE is a big one. It is now like a MAJOR city in here with advertising and assholes all over the place. It seems that a lot of threads now break out into some silly argument and each night I am seeing scantly clad women in ads (okay, so maybe that last one isn't such a big deal :p).
Anyway, just my two as a dude that's been here for awhile. As I said, things had been breaking down slowly but this change is like a wreaking ball to the forum and all these little pieces left reminding me how this place once ways, how it could be, are hidden by the new condo being built on the lot and all the crap that comes with it. Ebb and flow is the old line Geoff has used in the past but on viewing the site today I have to say there has been FAR TOO MUCH FLOW and the river it has created is polluted. One just needs to see the post difference in the WHAT WE LIKE and WHAT WE DON’T LIKE threads to know that. There are a number of posters and people I look forward to seeing here. And with the ignore feature undone there appear to be some more I do not. :lol: We control how good or bad this place is. If we try ideas and they do not get the support we figure they should, than that is a sign this place may not be what we want. But for those of us here, it is only dependant upon us. |
Originally Posted by Groucho
Initial reaction upon logging in this morning: too "busy."
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/images/.../forum_old.gif I know they are the default ones, so I am hoping we can change them, because I think they look kinda cheesy. But, I must say kudos to Geoff. The upgrade went off with a (large) hitch! He works really hard to give us something essentially for free. :thumbsup: |
Wow, I HATE the blue bars between the posts and the ad under the first post. I gotta get used to the new smilies.
Also, wasn't there a seperator line between our post and our sigs? |
any way to make the site go back to the 'look' it used to have? or is it more complicated then just changing a skin.
it doesn't feel like dvdtalk anymore :( |
I agree with most of the complaints and problems here, and I'll add one of my own.
It would be nice to have some separation between the post and the signature. There used to be some sort of underscore that divided the two, now they just run into each other and is a bit confusing. |
this thread should probably be locked..since its just a suggestion thread..
so everything can go in the *official* one http://dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=399058 |
Originally Posted by FinkPish
I agree with most of the complaints and problems here, and I'll add one of my own.
It would be nice to have some separation between the post and the signature. There used to be some sort of underscore that divided the two, now they just run into each other and is a bit confusing. |
Originally Posted by Brain Stew
There was, until a couple of minutes ago. I'm sure Geoff is in the middle of playing with some settings.
yea.. i thought there was seperation too as soon as i saw it disappear.. i rushed in here to whine :D |
And now, it's back.
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Yeah! I guess some people know how to get things done around here!
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i dont like how my browser seems to keep locking up on the 25th time I hit the same "report this post to mod" button. :down:
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I think it's shit and looks like ass now. Unless this forum can now fix my grammar it's pretty useless. The reason for the change looks to be so they could add that ad under the first post.
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i think the only thing that I don't like is the ad's right below the first post, but it looks like that's getting looked into. So it's all good here. The new smileys are OK. I like how you can add MSN Messenger now in your profile instead of just AOL and Yahoo, since I never use those. The quick reply is pretty handy and can see my self using that quite a bit.
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quick reply has been here for a long time
the nice addition to quick reply is the option to manually turn off your signature.. so you dont have to include it in every post this is very nice for when you post many times in the same thread |
Everything is a little too big and colorful for me. But i'll get used to it. I kinda liked the simplicity of the old one.
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Right now it just seems different. I am sure that I will get adjusted to the forum switch in a few weeks, I always do with other message boards. Well, back to lurking!
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Its a nice look, but a little bit too busy. I'm sure we'll get use to it. -smile-
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The old one wasn't broken.
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Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
The old one wasn't broken.
along with all software and all things computers.. you have to upgrade from time to time.. are you still using your windows 95 machine? Im sure there are new features you will enjoy with the new version.. |
^^So true, hell it even took me a while to get used to the new DVDTalk logo when Geoff switched it a few years back. :)
I see our sig lines are back and the bar colors between posts are much nicer :up: |
Originally Posted by twikoff
yet people kept posting asking for an upgrade
along with all software and all things computers.. you have to upgrade from time to time.. are you still using your windows 95 machine? Im sure there are new features you will enjoy with the new version.. |
Yeah, I hate to hop on the negativity train, but I'm having a hard time finding much of anything to like about the change. I'm sure some things will reveal themselves as great features over time, but right now, it's just really annoying.
das |
Originally Posted by B.A.
the blue bars between posts need to go.
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This doesn't work at all on my Commodore 64. :(
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Forum logged me out twice now and I haven't closed my browser or navigated away from the site.
Also - there's a somewhat neat feature where you point to a thread title and it displays the text of the first post, but it only works 1 out of 10 times. It's neat except that it doesn't work all the time and also because it obscures the other thread titles when it does work. |
Ive been in since early early this morning and havent been kicked out yet
and the mouse over has worked every time for me so far... not sure if its something different with our setup |
Originally Posted by twikoff
yet people kept posting asking for an upgrade.
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Originally Posted by Trigger
Forum logged me out twice now and I haven't closed my browser or navigated away from the site.
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Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
I remember posting about premium services, but I don't recall asking for a general upgrade.
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=392927 |
Originally Posted by twikoff
scroll down.. this is the more recent post asking
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=392927
Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
What's new with that?
Also, why fix what isn't broken? |
I posted: "people don't like change" or something like that.
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Anybody want to predict what time (EST) that it will be when twikoff makes his 1000th post today? I'll say 7:12 pm.
It's getting hard to wade through all the posts to be able to pick out what this thread was about. |
maybe i am alone in this but the site is running hellishly slow for me. i am running safari on a G5 mac and it's frequently taking at least a minute for each page to load. sometimes it's better, but being on dial up, i hope this isn't permanant. i may have to try firefox instead and see if it does better.
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I can understand the need to upgrade, as I believe there are new security features in vB3. That said, since this is a complaining thread, I'd like to ditch the almost purple-ish color scheme and revert to what we had before. Also the usernames are too large, and I'm not a fan of the beveled buttons (I like the old flat ones). And yes, change scares me. :)
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Originally Posted by twikoff
is it just me.. or is everything just so damn big
<waiting for first adult reply> |
Originally Posted by X
Anybody want to predict what time (EST) that it will be when twikoff makes his 1000th post today? I'll say 7:12 pm.
It's getting hard to wade through all the posts to be able to pick out what this thread was about. do I get to vote??!?! 112 votes in the last 7+ hours.. and you want me to try and hit 1000 in the next 4 hours thats a tall order.. but Ill see what i can do |
Originally Posted by kevin75
maybe i am alone in this but the site is running hellishly slow for me. i am running safari on a G5 mac and it's frequently taking at least a minute for each page to load. sometimes it's better, but being on dial up, i hope this isn't permanant. i may have to try firefox instead and see if it does better.
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