The layout makes very poor use of screen real estate when viewing a topic. The ads in the right colum, which take up about a third of the screen, only go down so far, maybe one or two posts. The rest of that column is blank, which means that the posts get scrunched over to the left and require more scrolling, just to leave room for all that blank space.
If there must be ads, why not put them up at the top, so the screen can be used more efficiently? Or, re-write the display code so that first few posts share column space with the ads, but once you scroll below the ads, then the blank space is given back for posts, and that window gets wider.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I don't see our old friend the 'Search' button anywhere.
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It's directly below your profile on the right side of the page.
Tom
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Nope, too many ads. Not bad though for software.
Cut and copy does work for me.
Nice looking website.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
I like the new look of the site ... It is running alittle slow on my end and I had to logout and then log back in to reply .... It will take awhile to get around the site .... good job
Updated site looks good, seems to work alright too. Nice job crew! Just had to drop in and post to see if it still will work with old system I'm using here at work.
Updated site looks good, seems to work alright too. Nice job crew!
Just had to drop in and post to see if it still will work with old system I'm using here at work.
fiatfan I don't like the fact that the thread titles don't change color after you read them. Tom
I don't like the fact that the thread titles don't change color after you read them.
Did a little testing - they change colors, but it is not obvious at first - threads you haven't read have grey paper sheets in the icon. Threads you have visited have white paper sheets in the icon. Kinda opposite of "normal" - where links you have visited get darker. But at least - there is a visual clue there if you know what to look for.
I am still looking for "my topics" or similar functionality.
Edit: finally found "my topics" - button labelled "more options" beneath post list - can filter the list of posts to just show threads you have participated in, or hide threads you have already read or other options.
Smile, Stein
Can't say that I'm a fan of the ads to the right taking up so much space.
I had a lot of problems regaining my user name also. The system wouldn't reconize my password. Fianlly got that solved.
They say change is good. I guess it'll take some time to get use to the new site.
Bill
So far it looks good to me. If you are using IE7 with the zoom feature, at least on my PC 150% zoom shoves all the ads off on the right side of the screen and leaves the entire screen width for the forum text. It works really well in this aspect for me.
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I partially agree with above, I can libve with the ads, but they are WAY to far over. The Forum should take priority, not ads.
-Morgan
Without a doubt, a change for the worse. No way to know which threads have new posts since I last read them (the color coding was nice). No easy way to jump to the last post in a thread. Can't sneak a peek at work anymore due to ads. Old version looked somewhat like corporate web page from distance. New layout reduces number of threads listed per page, and amount of information per page. On the good side, will probably spend more time modeling due to frustrations with this forum. just my thoughts, Fred W
edit: Auto-formatting of posts is apparently missing, at least with the IE7 that I am using. Have to insert HTML tags for paragraphs and the like now.
edit2: After posting, jumps you to first page and top of thread instead of end where your post is.
steinjr Did a little testing - they change colors, but it is not obvious at first - threads you haven't read have grey paper sheets in the icon. Threads you have visited have white paper sheets in the icon. Kinda opposite of "normal" - where links you have visited get darker. But at least - there is a visual clue there if you know what to look for. Smile, Stein
Thank you!
I like it.Thanks.
Russell
Whoever designed the "new look" should be fired.
Home page is cluttered as heck, and very user-unfriendly.
Forums are harder to follow and more cluttered as well.
Oh, well, who cares about usability anyway?
Mark P.
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Wooooowwww! Like it! And it's easy to figure out.
I think I got it right. Welcome back everyone.
Den.
Testing 1,2,3... The site is kind of bloated on the graphics but I do like everything handy.
Peter
One more test. It does seem to be slow.
I miss them also.
I'm reserving judgement on the new look until I have used it awhile. But, wow it sure is different.
Enjoy
Paul
Whoa! I got lost in the woods and it took me six hours to get here. I still can't find the restroom. You all have a good day. Hear?
Lee
Overall, the site has a more modern feel, with the big difference being the use of darker Web 2.0 style gradients and drop shadows.
The organization feels better, although all the ad buttons and mini-dialogs on the right do make the page look pretty busy. As long as we don't get dancing girls or animated critters in the ads on the right we should be good!
All-in-all, a nice upgrade Bergie and gang - congrats!
Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon
I dont like the new layout at all, but then I dont own it.
Too much wasted space, between the big clump on the right and the name block on the left there sure aint much room left to type in.
Its VERY hard on the eyes.
I think there will a bit of tweeking in the weeks to come
Have fun with your trains
Yup, works fine for me. I like some of the features that may help some folks get answers to their questions even if the post falls off the first or second page.
Rick Keil
vsmithI dont like the new layout at all, but then I dont own it. Too much wasted space, between the big clump on the right and the name block on the left there sure aint much room left to type in. Its VERY hard on the eyes. I think there will a bit of tweeking in the weeks to come
I agree 100%! Change for the sake of change is seldom an improvement. And what I see here is not even close to an improvement. Hard to read and just full of wasted space. I agree they should fire who ever did this (Hope that is not you Bergie....) Hopefully somebody at Kalmbach will make some changes to redo this abomination. The worst thing is that when you reply, you find yourself way back at the begining of the thread. That is a pain!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
No complaints here. I like it.
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Cool, looks great , I like, nice job.
Of course the old folks are having a cow.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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Now, now, I'm an Old Folks, and I'm not having a cow, LOL!
But I just tried to post a photo from my Photobucket account to see if that still worked the same way, and it threw me completely out of the Forum. Is there going to be a new trick to this--AGAIN????
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!