Posted on 03/30/2002 3:20:35 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Just got home a little while ago and have been trying to catch up on reading all the complaints about our new face lift. Well, this particular email caught my eye and thought I'd post it to see if we can lighten up the atmosphere just a bit (I got a chuckle out of it anyway).
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who does the Quote of the Day thingy ?
this one is IT !
Thanks so much for the new format. I had looked at the "beta" site when it was still being developed, and I have to admit, I wasn't sure. But when I came into work tonight, logged on, and had a look at the "new Look", I have to admit, I love it!
It took me a minute to find out where everything was, but once I familiarized myself with it, everything was fine. My browser STILL doesn't load all of the pictures that people post on the threads, but I will log that as a personal problem and move on.
Again, thanks to you & John for the new look, and a question- are you hiring? I just got laid off!
RR
I know how hard it is for me to get around in a new program. And this is a new program. When I was born, computers were nonexistent.
I think a lot of people complaining are also protecting. And I think Jim and John understand this.
Then there are folks who are calling people whiners, et cetera. It's not good.
My personal opinion is this new change should have been a tad bit slower, but then, hey, I don't do software . . .
I was a bit shocked by the new pages myself, but not totally. I did see the beta and looked at it a few times so I knew it was coming.
I think that the initial shock of something drastically new has fired people up a bit, but I beleive that in the long run, it will be better. Hopefully, you and John will tally up the complaints and find that there are really only a few major issues that need to be dealt with.
For the record, I like the new look but I'm used to changes. I don't know where everything is yet, but I'll find what I need. Heck, I didn't even know all the features in the last version; I generally just went to "Latest Posts" and carried on from there.
Keep up the good work and please resolve the major issues so that people can get back to freepin' again. :^)
If you did, you wouldn't talk to me.
And I didn't say people don't know "what their talking about". I said they didn't know what they were "doing".
There's a difference.
To: HairOfTheDogThat would be RJayneJ.
Or a "Hold this reply till morning" button to see if perhaps in the morning light we will see that we have over-reacted!
who does the Quote of the Day thingy ?
this one is IT !
41 posted on 3/30/02 5:05 PM Pacific by old blue beemer
See http://bulldogbulletin.lhhosting.com/page3.htmBTW, Hair, you seem to be correct. Improvements have been happening all day. All may yet be well.
I knew we could count on you Jim. It has been a scary day, kinda like going home and discovering all your stuff has been stolen and somebody else's stuff is there in it's place. That said:
Y'all have a blessed and beautiful Easter!
Just got home a little while ago and have been trying to catch up on reading all the complaints about our new face lift. Well, this particular email caught my eye and thought I'd post it to see if we can lighten up the atmosphere just a bit (I got a chuckle out of it anyway).Aye, aye, Captain! All may yet be well. This morning was quite a shock to the system, but FReepers are SURVIVORS.
Subject: FREE Non Surgical Face Lift in a Bottle!-- snip --
-- snip --"By the way, we will be working over the weekend and the next few days, to try to make the new FR face lift a little less shocking. It will all be back to (almost) normal soon.
Hang in there.
Have received thousands of comments, emails and FRmail complaints and compliments today (running about 10 to 1 in the complaint department).
Will not be able to answer all (or even most), but we will do what we can to make things better.Thanks,
Jim
Like they used to say about the pioneers who risked their lives to cross the Oregon Trail:
"The cowards never started, thw WEAK died along the way. Only the STRONG survived."The many grateful hard-core FReepers here will make this new BETA format work. You can COUNT on it!
His calm acceptance of this apparently necessary change in our beloved forum provides a rather stark contrast to a few of the LESS THAN positive threads posted today:
This new design makes me....
Posted on 3/30/02 9:48 AM Pacific by smith288
I'm LEAVING Because of This New Format!!!
Posted on 3/30/02 5:00 PM Pacific by Texaggie79How do I get the sidebars back!?!?!?!? THIS STINKS!
Posted on 3/30/02 11:12 AM Pacific by stuck_in_new_orleansFreeRepublic Re-Design
Posted on 3/30/02 10:13 AM Pacific by rs79bm
This is awful!
Posted on 3/30/02 2:02 AM Pacific by Nogbad
She loves this website. I guess as long as she likes it- I'm trying to raise another conservative daughter and this website is the way to do it.
All parents should have this site as their start-up page and you slowly hook them into reading it.
But I am happy, even now that everything is REALLY BIG!
You see, I come here for fun, and I can still find it here!, no matter what font it is in...
Also AOL3.0 [16 bit] uses an old version of IE under the shell, which shows links in the underlined format.
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