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Dr. Nailbender
Joined: 7-19-2006
City: Daytona Beach
State: Florida
Posts: 18629
What Sucks???
3/31/2008 1:04 PM
Alright, I know, the message board is EXTREMELY slow! However, simply stating it sucks is NOT feedback, it means nothing to the tech folks who need to iron out issues.

So, what do you like and dislike. Do you like the chat with web cam capabilities? Do you like having a "My Friends" page? Please tell me what you like and do not like about the new community.

Your feedback matters.

Doc.
sleestak
Joined: 8-14-2006
City: Stairway to Heaven
State: Alabama
Posts: 434
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3/31/2008 1:20 PM

Did I miss something in the "preferences" page, or can we not see the lastest post first?  That's one thing that I would like to see is the most recent post be at the top of a particular thread.  If I missed something, let me know and I will go back and fix it.

Also, on the old threads, you could tell if you had read the latest post to a certain thread.  Is there any way to see that with the new system?

frizzy
Joined: 2-25-2007
State: Washington
Posts: 3992
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3/31/2008 1:32 PM
I like the new look. I like the idea of the groups since you have all (sprint cars for example) pictures, videos, blogs and forums in one place. I like being able to block annoying posters. I like the "dashboard" idea. The photo gallery seems much more improved. I'm not a chat room person....... but that is cool for those that are into that. And who knows... maybe I'll get into the chat thing... :p

I don't like:
1. Not being able to tell which threads have new posts in 'em since I last visited.
2. the loss of the smilies.
3. Signatures.... 'cause they kinda give posters a personality.
4. that you have to scroll back up to the top to go to the next page in a multiple page thread.
5. posting pics isn't intuitive.
6. The sprint car fans would like to have some contests with cash prizes in the sprint car group..... LOL...
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jlb
Joined: 7-21-2006
City: East-Gate of Moria
Posts: 30865
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3/31/2008 1:35 PM
Dittos to what frizzy said.

The chat forum is an excellent way to talk during raceday.
Post counts.
I'm getting ready to make a thread about how to post pictures. It's much more involved now than it was on the old site, when all that was needed was the link to the picture enclosed in the img tags.

jlb
Joined: 7-21-2006
City: East-Gate of Moria
Posts: 30865
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3/31/2008 1:36 PM
Marking PM's as read does not work. Everytime I log in I am told that I have 5 new messages. All of them have been read and marked as read.



wtf_mate
Joined: 3-31-2008
Posts: 2064
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3/31/2008 1:52 PM
This is tony AKA Meteoraz. I can't sign on at all under my Meteoraz name so I made this one. I tried on both IE and Mozilla, I've tried killing all cookies, I've tried resetting my password and even with the new password it doesn't let me on.

Any suggestions?

If not I'll come back in a couple days and see if things are a little more ironed out. what a mess ^,,^
AmyPartIII
Joined: 12-26-2007
Posts: 93
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3/31/2008 4:32 PM
My wishlist/areas I see for improvement:

- I'd like to have the more intuitive/more user friendly bb code or html code for inserting pictures back

- I'd like time stamps back on each post - you can see when a thread was started, but not when each post was made.  Which makes me feel stupid if I'm responding to someone about something that may have happened an hour ago, a day ago or a week ago.  And for the most part, I like to avoid feeling stupid if possible.

- I know you know the board is slow, but it's more than just slow - it's basically unusable.  I'm on a T-1 right now, and the page times out half the time.  I can't imagine what it's like on dial-up.

I could take or leave signatures.  And even smilies - if pictures were easier to post in threads.
Dr. Nailbender
Joined: 7-19-2006
City: Daytona Beach
State: Florida
Posts: 18629
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3/31/2008 4:56 PM
AmyPartIII wrote:
My wishlist/areas I see for improvement:

- I'd like to have the more intuitive/more user friendly bb code or html code for inserting pictures back

- I'd like time stamps back on each post - you can see when a thread was started, but not when each post was made.  Which makes me feel stupid if I'm responding to someone about something that may have happened an hour ago, a day ago or a week ago.  And for the most part, I like to avoid feeling stupid if possible.

- I know you know the board is slow, but it's more than just slow - it's basically unusable.  I'm on a T-1 right now, and the page times out half the time.  I can't imagine what it's like on dial-up.

I could take or leave signatures.  And even smilies - if pictures were easier to post in threads.
 

I appreciate your feedback. All of the enhancements you've mentioned above have already been sent to the administer. Our number 1 priority is SPEED. I too use a T1 and am having some heavy delays. I assure you that the problem will be handled. What I've been told is "short term pain for long term gain."

I am as impatient as anyone and the slowness of the community is aggravating. I hope you decide to hang in there!

Doc.
 
CosmicMaskedAvenger
Joined: 7-21-2006
City: 20smoke's Biggest Fan
State: Nunavut
Posts: 22590
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3/31/2008 5:17 PM
Honestly, because of the speed issue, I haven't tried or looked at much.


However, I will say generally...

I am indifferent to storing pictures, pm,  a blog,  or what I can store or put on a website.

I like avatars, smilies, and the chat feature might be nice, but none of those are deal breakers.

Ditto for easily posting pictures on threads.



I am sure you guys will get the speed issue worked out eventually.


Question:  do these guys doing this have a well working website somewhere we can look at and get an idea of what we have to look forward to?
Bill
Joined: 7-21-2006
Posts: 33900
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3/31/2008 7:14 PM
CosmicMaskedAvenger wrote: