Posted on 03/30/2002 1:02:28 AM PST by 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.
The candyman can ... the candyman can.
I suppose I'll get used to it, but don't feel it's any kind of improvement.
Over all, it looks very nice!
News/Activism Latest
Campaign 2002
General Interest
News/Activism
Religion
VetsCoR
Can you change those? I could really care less about the religion one. Not sure if I would ever click the VetsCoR one.
I hope we can adjust to this and even like it after a while.
Candi
I hope someone out there can read this message, because I have no idea where it's going....
By clicking this link: Breaking News, and bookmarking the resulting page, we can get a quick page with nothing but breaking news on it.
Having made this discovery, I hereby retract my earlier whine.
VullChit! "New Coke" VullChit!
You know what chance we had -- THIS ONE. THE OLD FORMAT WAS REALLY GOOD, THIS ONE IS A CONTINUING AGGRAVATION!
People have an honest and good reason for NOT having had paid attention to the Beta testing -- in prior upgrades John Robinson had tried many many tweaks -- we saw that happening, we commented on while it was happening, but for all the various tweaks, most of us just came to ignore them because they were so many.
Personally I tried the beta. Once. It was to slow. I never tried it again -- it was too far from the mark.
That more people WEREN'T trying and sticking with the beta should have been a clue.
Please let the old FR format return!
Thanks. I now have "Breaking News" on my sidebar.
I don't know if FR should bother with the flag graphic underlay, though. It may be only 11.2 KB's, but I think the fact that another whole page is effectively loading over it is what's slowing page load time.
How about reducing server burden and network demand? What is wrong with you people?
Double Dittos!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In a related vein...You know, I just love classic rock. Rock when it was pure and simple and heart-felt with no bells and whistles getting in the way. I like modern rock much less because it is synthesized; humanly "perfected" in studios; performed with stage antics and overpowering light shows that -- to me -- detract from the main music. This is the same way I feel about the "good ol'" vs the "new" FR. Please help!
Of course it will. Has anyone here ever used a piece of software that they were able to navigate and use fluently instantaneously?
Calm down folks. It's the Robinson's party and this package is much better looking with nothing missing. You just have to spend some time and look for the features and use them.
Or is it all about instant gratification?
Every now and then, a pushy website will hijack my homepage, which is usually FreeRepublic. This morning, thought this had happened again.
As to the 'challenge,' why? It is starting to remind me of 'cnn.com,' with all the clutter and sidebars and polls and such, or the way the once-simple-and-elegant 'weather.com' was overnight turned into a useability nightmare. If it doesn't make the site easier to use, then why do it?
Let the tech-heads super-customize all the whistles and bells they want, but for a newbie, or a lurker, or an old-timer, there should be a CLASSIC VIEW option with NO flag graphic on the left side, NO poll question, etc.
Perhaps all the new "custom" features have significant benefit, but if they discourage visitors - both new and old - they are COUNTER-productive.
Please make http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/finduser MUCH easier to find, and return the ability to just CLICK ON a screen name, rather than forcing me to remember how to spell, for instance 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub - one of my favorites.
Holy cow, don't start that. You'll get Bush2000 and Dominic Harr going at it again.
Hmmm... Well I do wear Wooden Shoes Occasionally...
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