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Post by Martin on Oct 6, 2011 14:34:08 GMT
What do you think of the new ACOUSTIClife forum?
It's early days, but for me it will take some getting used to.
It's quicker, and MIGHT eventually have more functionality, but at the moment I preferred the old format (if it could have been fixed).
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 6, 2011 14:38:47 GMT
I MUCH preferred the old format, even when it wasn't working properly! Mind you, the new one still isn't doing all it should. Irrelevant to me now as I've banned my IP address whilst trying slay dragons as a test to see if my superpowers had been transferred to the new format. Hopefully jethro will take pity on me soon! Keith
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Post by Martin on Oct 6, 2011 14:53:13 GMT
I wouldn't count on it. Jethro needs young, slick, cool operators in his team, not befuddled folkies who ban themselves while trying to send pms... ;D
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 6, 2011 14:55:12 GMT
Well, I always said you should have had superpowers too! ;D Keith
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Post by Martin on Oct 6, 2011 14:56:19 GMT
Thanks, but I'm neither young, nor cool, and the only slick I have comes from my many hair products...
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 6, 2011 14:56:40 GMT
Jethro has rescued me from exile. Yay! keith
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Post by Martin on Oct 6, 2011 15:05:08 GMT
Cancel the 'Free Ocarolan' t-shirts then? I'll spend the lolly on a ticker tape parade and too much fizzy pop
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 6, 2011 15:08:34 GMT
No, sell the T-shirts!
Yes, a celebratory drinky is in order I think. I really felt bereft for an hour or so then! Keith
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Post by Akquarius on Oct 6, 2011 15:56:20 GMT
Will take us a while to get used to the new design. But in about a year we'll probably have forgotten about the old one.
Let's relax and see what's in it for us.
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Post by Martin on Oct 7, 2011 11:41:56 GMT
I'd like to think that, Bernd, but I really dislike the new forum, and what's more, it's now down again Another thing I don't like about it - most of us read from left to right, so the old forum, and this one, it's easy to see who's posting what. On the new forum, that info's on the right hand side, so I've got to flick over to that side to see who it is , then flick back to read the message - sounds simple, but in reality it's annoying and wearying. I know the username is at the tops of the posts, but it's small and blue and can be hard to discern. How's that for a rant?
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Post by Akquarius on Oct 7, 2011 19:10:28 GMT
Hm. I didn't notice at first, but of course you're right.
I have witnessed so many layout changes that I don't pay too much attention to that. Still, I can very well accept that there are a lot of friends who are annoyed with things different / things lost.
But let me put it that way: if you were a newbee to the forum, would the design be bad enough to keep you away from AcousticLife ?
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Post by Martin on Oct 9, 2011 14:01:23 GMT
No, it probably wouldn't put me off as a newbie, although the spammers certainly would.
But you're right - I'm letting relatively minor things annoy me about it just beacuse I liked the old layout.
It was much better than many other boards I frequent - if it had been faster and had the bugs fixed, it would have been a clearer, more attractive place to visit than the new one, but I'm happy to make the best of it.
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Post by Akquarius on Oct 9, 2011 15:20:14 GMT
I guess the forum is still under construction and will be for the next few weeks. When everything runs smoothly there will be a load of possibilities to make the place more "homely". Just have a look at these: themebot.com/free-website-templates/phpbb-stylesEspecially layouts like the ones used for the FWS Ymas site or the Green Mylon on page 2 could be interesting. But, as I said, Jethro has lots of work to do now to get the place running and we all have to get used to the new functions. And there are quite a lot of them which the old forum did not have.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2011 19:01:03 GMT
This place seems surprisingly pleasant to be in. Nice interface, no spam.
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Post by Martin on Oct 9, 2011 19:23:21 GMT
I like the interface here too - clear, uncluttered and easy on the eye.
Simple, yeah sure, but what do we really need?
A place to converse and post the occasion photo, soundfile or vid.
That's it.
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