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#1 cardholder

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Posted 2011-12-22 01:04:54

I think it will take time to get used to.


For now it has the look of an ugly new girlfriend - you want to like it but you are not convinced !

#2 Jdietz

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Posted 2011-12-22 01:07:07

Your two line post is surrounded by about 15 ads (I may have lost count). So it seems there is even less space for content now.

#3 madjbs

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Posted 2011-12-22 01:26:11

Horrible, and so many ads it's ridiculous.

Who's in charge of your marketing? Ad overload does nothing for your sponsors, its just plain greedy.

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Posted 2011-12-22 01:42:41

Yeah the extra adds suck ass I won't ever click on any of them.

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Posted 2011-12-22 01:59:03

Yep, I have to agree...more ads make me not want to click them....The font seems bigger which is a plus for me---but I guess there is a reason to change it all.

I always believed in the old "why fix it---if it ain't broke."

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:03:39

Deleted because the software didn't confirm the first post.

Growing pains?

Edited by just_another_guy, 2011-12-22 02:08:33.


#7 george

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:05:09

It's exact the same amount of ads as in previous version. The skin is a bit more clean, so ads may be more visible, not sure.

Hang on there and we will tweak and fix.

#8 jombom

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:23:41

Minus --- not easy to switch between forums --- somebody mentioned already.
Plus ---- the stupid header telling me there were 1000 replies since diddly splat is gone.

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:29:47

View Postjombom, on 2011-12-22 02:23:41, said:

Minus --- not easy to switch between forums --- somebody mentioned already.
Plus ---- the stupid header telling me there were 1000 replies since diddly splat is gone.


Agree - the ability to switch to another forum from the drop down menu bottom right has gone.

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:39:03

View Postcardholder, on 2011-12-22 02:29:47, said:

View Postjombom, on 2011-12-22 02:23:41, said:

Minus --- not easy to switch between forums --- somebody mentioned already.
Plus ---- the stupid header telling me there were 1000 replies since diddly splat is gone.


Agree - the ability to switch to another forum from the drop down menu bottom right has gone.

I guess a little template bit got missing, I have opened a support ticket. Will follow up 2morrow.

#11 Thaddeus

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:40:53

This is just bloody awful.

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:46:10

A few problems with the new look I've just noticed:
1. Animated gifs used for profile pictures in posts seem to be incorrectly displayed. Just a frozen image or nothing in some cases.
2. Searching for content from a poster seems to return results missing posts dated after March 2011 ie all my most recent posts are not found via a search. So search seems to be broken.

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:56:50

Did you pay good money for this improvement George?....... you got shafted.

Why change something that works?

The last version was nice columns, you could see instantly if a thread was news or general or isaan or phuket or whatever, you could also see if it was popular or not and if you had contributed to it or not.

This is one step forward and three steps back.... and it doesn't even have the redeeming quality of looking better..

#14 DavidHouston

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Posted 2011-12-22 02:57:35

George,

I can't seem to find a way to post "private messages".  Archived messages seem to be included in a "conversation" section, but I can't find a way to send new private messages to a poster.

Thanks.

#15 farang000999

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:02:38

These changes take getting used to.

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:04:38

View Postmadjbs, on 2011-12-22 01:26:11, said:

Horrible, and so many ads it's ridiculous.

Who's in charge of your marketing? Ad overload does nothing for your sponsors, its just plain greedy.

  not  pleasing to the eye ,
  gives me a frkng headache .

#17 george

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:05:16

View PostDavidHouston, on 2011-12-22 02:57:35, said:

George,

I can't seem to find a way to post "private messages".  Archived messages seem to be included in a "conversation" section, but I can't find a way to send new private messages to a poster.

Thanks.

PM section has not been changed, we have had this functionality for over a year. Not sure I understand the issue though.

#18 DavidHouston

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:11:13

George,

I still can't seem to find the PM button.  That button used to be on the left side, under the picture of the poster and the number of posts.  My buttons seem to have disappeared.  I am using Chrome.  Let me try Explorer.

I can't find the button on Explorer either.

Edited by DavidHouston, 2011-12-22 03:13:13.


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Posted 2011-12-22 03:14:30

View Postelliss, on 2011-12-22 03:04:38, said:

not  pleasing to the eye ,
gives me a frkng headache .

Agreed. I'm fiddling with the contrast/brightness but it's making my eyes ache. It's too stark.

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:16:37

View PostSimonD, on 2011-12-22 03:14:30, said:

View Postelliss, on 2011-12-22 03:04:38, said:

not  pleasing to the eye ,
gives me a frkng headache .

Agreed. I'm fiddling with the contrast/brightness but it's making my eyes ache. It's too stark.

Same here, webmaster will fix tomorrow!

#21 smokie36

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:17:03

View PostSimonD, on 2011-12-22 03:14:30, said:

View Postelliss, on 2011-12-22 03:04:38, said:

not  pleasing to the eye ,
gives me a frkng headache .

Agreed. I'm fiddling with the contrast/brightness but it's making my eyes ache. It's too stark.

I also agree. Using Chrome. Ouch.

#22 Beetlejuice

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:18:22

Hate it.

My animated avatar is no longer animated and the whole thing is painful for the eyes.

I can only explain it as white space, loud, sort of none personal and blank with no character or features. It doesn’t come across as individual posts, but rather hits you in the face as one big chunk and non descriptive.

Why couldn’t we have been given the chance to either use the new format or revert back to the classic view?

#23 george

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:19:12

View Postsmokie36, on 2011-12-22 03:17:03, said:

View PostSimonD, on 2011-12-22 03:14:30, said:

View Postelliss, on 2011-12-22 03:04:38, said:

not  pleasing to the eye ,
gives me a frkng headache .

Agreed. I'm fiddling with the contrast/brightness but it's making my eyes ache. It's too stark.

I also agree. Using Chrome. Ouch.

Yes, will be adjusted, just too bright!

#24 smokie36

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:20:31

My Edit function is not working.

#25 hands22

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Posted 2011-12-22 03:23:18

Agreed.....not easy on the eyes.

The fonts are clean but with no 'bars' to highlight the different topics (and they are many), navigating the forum and looking for a topic is a little difficult. Compared to the earlier template, this is rather 'unfriendly' to use.

Btw....is there a need to put a 'hot' button to some of the topics?

Edited by hands22, 2011-12-22 03:26:14.




 


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