New forum Style

Not very often, and mainly to whinge!

G

I don't like it. The colour scheme of the old forum was much more restful for the eyes. As George says in an earlier posting "it's not broke, so....". And yes, it would be nice to see where the poster is based. Furthermore when adding a comment the comment box shoots out of sight (on my PC whatever) and I have scroll down again only to be told I have an error when I have not even started. And even more when one previews it shoots to the top of the page and there is a need to scroll down again.

Typo? "Check this box to recieve notifications" see below.

Sorry to be so negative, but I've spent the last ten years doing s/w QA.

Progress??

Howard

Although I quite like the forum main page, I don't find the new approach to be as intuitive as the old forum. Little things such as spotting the latest thread updates, etc.

I'm not as concerned as others about the 550px issue although I agree that a photography forum should allow something a bit bigger. Perhaps the Gallery will prove to be a better approach - it does load very quickly which is a positive thing.

When I decided to 'add a comment' (rather than 'post a reply') I wasn't logged in. I'm sure the old system used to take you to the login screen if this was the case whereas the new just gave me a message to the effect that I must be logged to add a comment. Not very efficient.

I'm sure we'll all get used to the new system in a short time but I am also a member of the 'if it ain't broke, why fix it' school. Although it obviously has been fixed to maximise the advertising opportunities. C'est la vie.

Chris

So, can anyone tell me what type of new sorting system is now being used? I open up General Chat and in place of a neat list in date order, topics now seem to be arranged in quite randomly

Steve

It makes me wonder how you lot ever switched to digital cameras. "If it ain't broke don't fix it"? Well film wasn't broke, nor was the *ist D yet many of you now are proud owners of K10D or K20Ds.

I like it. Yes there are still bugs in the system, but I'm sure they will be ironed out in the coming days.

I'm not sure what you meant then. I assumed you meant Private Messages, and I wrote "top right of the right hand column" (above the adverts). What were you saying about over fifties?

Not wanting to go off topic here, but as one of the early adopters, and writing about it in the magazines back in 1995 I was staggered by the lack of adopting to the new format. Yes in the early days of 320x160 resolution it was disappointing to see poor results but I could see a future and it was exciting. It was incredible to hear all the negativity. And even seven years later in 2002 I still recall people at Focus on Imaging complaining about digital and saying how they would never shift! Hopefully it won't take that long for people to get used to the changes here

Agreed.

I have just realised that I no longer come from anywhere

Ok so now the messages have re-sorted into correct order

If anyone started off as a forum newbie, they will be a forum veteran by the end of this particular thread

Peter,

There were/are enormous advantages to shooting digital over film. But apart from the fact that you can now show more ads, there are no advantages (that I can see) to the new forum, and several disadvantages.

We'll get used to it, and the fact that it is under your control means that over time it might actually end up being better. But I think that point is some way off, and I am not confident that you will see a return on your investment. Re-inventing the wheel is not generally very profitable.

By the way, one advantage of the redesign is that the rest of the site is now more visible and accessible. Over time, we may begin to appreciate that.

Apart from the picture size issue, which it seems is the biggest concern for most people, I think you should revisit the first page. It's a LOT less easy to see what's going on, and partly that's due to the reduced width.

Since most people have monitors capable of displaying more than the max width you have set the site to, perhaps you could make this dynamic. Having paid more money for a larger screen, it's disappointing to have a third of it wasted.

G

I'm not sure what you meant then. I assumed you meant Private Messages, and I wrote "top right of the right hand column" (above the adverts). What were you saying about over fifties? [/quote]Left hand/right hand? Same thing, just in a different place.

I meant messages like this one, but of course I must learn to call them "comments".

G

Oops.... I'll have to check my Firefox options...

How soon John? It hasn't appeared yet.

I see that competitions now need approval. So are we limited to 09:00 - 17:00 now? Pants.

Competitions should go up straight away. Moderation is one thing, pre-approval?

Hi Peter,
Sure, at the end everyone gets used to it.And already I see some major improvements compared to the "Old" site. But.......do you honestly believe a max content of 550 pix (On a Camera/Photo related forum)is the future? Everything at the present day and age seems about bigger sensors, more pixels, bigger files. It seems to be the future in Dslr country.In case you didn't noticed it. The same goes for LCD screens, TV's etc.....
Am I missing something here? Please explain how the design staff came to that decision.
Martin.