This is awful!

30 March 2002 | Me

[Nogbad]

No, this is awful!
I don't know where anything is anymore!
Where are the sidebars?
I used to go straight to them
to find out
what was going on.

[TexKat]

Happy Easter to you and your family also,nopardons.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Been on for 15 minutes now and this sucks! The old format you could read the threads much easier and quicker.

Nothing ever seems to improve.

[Joe Hadenuf]

I agree. This SUCKS !!!

[RonDog]

I can sympathize with your concerns about WebTV. It come as somwhat of a surprise to the techno-snobs on this thread how many solid, hard-core salt-of-the-earth FReepers use WebTV to access this forum.

I often do.

Also, the snide comments by the "read the manual" folks here remind me of the story about the man who just bought a new suit.

On his way home, he notice that one sleeve was longer than the other, so he went back to the store to express his concern. The salesman said, "No problem. What you need to do is hunch your shoulder up a little on that side, and the sleeves will line up."

Sure enough, that solved the problem, and he started back home, until he discovered that one of the pant legs was longer than the other. Back at the store, the ever-helpful salesman said, "Here's what you need to do. Just shift your hips a little bit as you walk, and the pant legs will line up properly."

That advice seemed to work, too, so he started for home AGAIN, only to find that the collar of his new suit would not stay down, so back he went.

Naturally, the suit salesman had the answer. "What you need to do is lean your head to that side, and it will hold the collar in place," he siad.

So off went the owner of the new suit, shuffling down the street, with one shoulder hitched up to straighten out the sleeves, one hip higher than the other to adjust the pant legs, and his head bent down to keep his collar in place - when he was passed my two women coming the other way down the street past him.

"Aw, look at the poor cripple," said the one woman.

"Yes, replied the other, "but LOOK HOW WELL HIS SUIT FITS HIM!!!"

I feel a little like the guy with the new suit. Seems like designing a USER-FRIENDLY interface would be preferable to teaching the old-timers how to "work around" significant design defects. Sorry, JohnRob.

[Keith in Iowa]

APPLAUSE!!! APPLAUSE!!! Standing Ovation!!!

[nopardons]

Don't like what I have to say ? Nobody is holding a gun to your head, and forcing you to read them.

I've been here almost 4 years ( longer than you have ); never had a problem with the many changes, and didn't complain .

I'm not the only " webbie ", and some have also compained, and many have thanked for my 2 cents worth, since they don't want to / like to post.

I was replying to a snotty post ( wherein I was told to go buy a computer ) , when I talked about not using my husband's computer, nor wanting to order him out of his study, so that I could use it. If that seems a bit stange to you, then I am sorry that you have no manners, no respect for others, and are so rude.

No, the original, and even this fixed format is hard on " webbies " as it overloads the unit, and slows it down so much, making it incompatable. The unit shuts off. This " fix " is better, but still not what it has been. It's better than it was, so, that's a step in the right direction. If no one had complained, it wouldn't have been fixed. Simple, really, but all you care about, is complaining about me. LOL

Perhaps , it is you, who should log off, and sleep on it.:-)

[nopardons]

Thank you, thank you , so much, for your kind words, and the VERY funny story . Both helped greatly ! I have been lambasted , for being a " webbie ", by the computer elitists and it's sad that that's they way they feel.

I've been here for a rather long while, brought in qa large number of memnbers, through the years, supported this site, and have helped many other " webbies " learn how to navigate and contribute.

From what I have seen, many computer people, are also having a problem with the loading speed. They weren't told to get a better ISP , nor denigrated for their method of accessing FR.

While the " tweakings " and fixings are , thus far, a big improvement, and I thank John Robinson for that, if no one had complained, nothing would have been done.

[Dajjal]

This format is worse than before!!!!

[RonDog]

From Complaining Customers are Good for Business:

by Bob Leduc

"Remember the Coca Cola marketing disaster a few years ago?
They tried to switch Coke drinkers to New Coke. It didn't work. Fortunately, the company quickly recognized the problem and had the resources to recover fast. Their follow up research revealed that only 1 unhappy customer in 50 takes time to complain. The other 49 just quietly switch brands..."

THIS is my concern. WHO KNOWS how many lurkers and newbies will leave in frustration.

Fortunately, we have a lot of veteran FReepers who are not afraid to SQUAWK when there is a problem.
And, perhaps even MORE fortunately, John Robinson seems to be a fast learner! ;)

[TexKat]

I made my donation. I have the right to voice my opinion. If you wish someone to leave,then you go right ahead. Really, I never knew you were here to begin with.<Happy Easter to you.

[Keith in Iowa]

How 'bout a little Cheese with your whine....

[TexKat]

I do not care for cheese, swine, nor Iowa.

[Minuteman23]

Cute dog. Cute bird. Appropriate. ;)

Check your mail when you return.

[bob mccabe]

This new forum is not very user friendly, just because something can be done does not make it the right thing to do……it’s to busy and requires constant user attention. I liked this place best when I could just come here to relax and read.
Please administrators; either a right side bar of a left, having both is a curse. Well I guess I’ll have to experiment with the options and see if I can get that old FR look back……this serves me right for not complaining about the right side bar during its debut.

[pt17]

Yup, the so-called "whiners" and "complainers" are one of the best/most important signals/resources an enterprise can have because they're often the tip of the iceberg that can sink your boat. The youngsters who've never had to run a business or organization don't understand this, often because their ego gets in the way.

[Zviadist]

Don't make a big deal out of it. It's the new Vatican II version of FreeRepublic.

Good one. Goes with the lower threshold for excommunication, I suppose.

[SunnyUsa]

"Their follow up research revealed that only 1 unhappy customer in 50 takes time to complain. The other 49 just quietly switch brands..."

This is true of so many different types of businesses...Why spend your time or money somewhere especially if it seems like they business doesn't really care whether their customers like things or not.

I still think the site looks amateurish...especially the main page.. It has the look of the yahoo clubs/delta forums.. Even the graphic, I love the red/white&blue but I don't like the cartoonish look to the page.

This will be a positive for alot of us because in a way we probably many of us will spend alot less time here, (getting things done)

In the end the Robinson's will be able to tell if this was a success or not, they'll have the number of hits/activity/$$ etc....

[DaughterofEve]

Is this working on web tv yet? I need a heads up so I can help my mother with it.

[spectre]

I'm not exactly sure what "this" is - but if you mean the forum, yes. WEBTV is working very well on the new format.

[DaughterofEve]

No, I meant this complex dance step I was working on...can you see it on the new sidebars? : )