This is awful!

30 March 2002 | Me

[Artie_Kay]

"You have a great site and I for one appreciate the upgrades and improvements you've made."

I remember you. You used to put the apple on the teachers desk, eh?

Glad you like the change....I wish I did!

[Pistias]

Slow loading--looks nice, but unwieldy...perhaps a My Preferences option for the bandwidth-impaired?

[Quilla]

Good Morning,

Click on topics and suscribe to 'Breaking News' and any other heading you'd like to appear in your sidebar. I have used the beta version all week and am already used to it. Just have a bit of patience, I think you'll like it. Good Luck!

[Petronski]

I agree completely:

I vote "no" too....I liked the sidebars with breaking news and headlines....I don't have alot of time to read before going to work, and it was nice to be able to glance down the titles and pick and choose what interested me....this is terrible!

[Drew68]

How do you find someone in the forum? It doesn't appear you can do that anymore. That was a very important feature.

Does anyone know?

[ArneFufkin]

I do Jimmy, but let's break down this McDonald's soft drink scam .... all beverages, over an 8-10 minute period are indistinguishable ... yes, there is a subtle taste difference between Coke and Sprite. Is it Sprite, or Cherry Coke? Hmmm. Look, they say it's Coke, but they could be buying cases of generic cola over at Sam's Club. And that RC Cola is way past it's ninth life .... where the hell is Rivero when we need a conspiracy? The dirty little consumer research secret is that we all love the taste of wax.

[leadpenny]

It was March 3, 1983 for me.

I'll bite?

[John Farson]

Calm Down!

You can have Breaking News in your side bar if you want it. You can have any type of news you want there. Take some time to get used to the new layout.

While I'm not exactly thrilled with the design, there are some nice new features.

[pt17]

I don't want a pretty face, I want information. I don't want slow-loading pretty graphics, I want information. White space does increase readership, I want the white space back. There's too much wasted screen real estate.

This isn't a question of not liking change, it is a question of not liking unnecessary and less-than-desirable change.

[fred flinch]

THIS MUST BE AN EARLY APRIL FOOL JOKE, LETS HOPE SO!

[nopardons]

I've been here , lurker and member for almost 4 years; just a few months shy of.

This hurts my eyes terribly, is giveng me a migrain, takes FOREVER to load, looks like garbage, and is no longer of any use. It is NOT compatable with WebTV . I doubt that I'd like it much better, on a computer, and I am NOT going to use one.

This is NOT FR anymore. It is something that has all kinds of fancy / useless bells, whistles, patriotic geegaws, and hurts the eyes. Computer geeks and suckups may claim to like it ; but, THIS is NOT what FR was supposed to be all about.

[Quilla]

Click on 'search' and in red type at top of page you will see 'find user click here'.

[Timesink]

EVIL IS UPON US! At least let us choose between the old and new formats! I can't find anything any more!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"And there's no "Find in Forum" link"

I just found it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/finduser

[nopardons]

Yeah, wasn't is NICE of them to ask ? (/sarcsm)

It's much, much MUCH worse than combing through old neswpapers. This has now become about 98 % more bother , than it's worth.

If FR had looked and worked like this, 4 years ago, I wouldn't have bothered with it.

[Ken H]

Since you put it that way... I agree!

I like the old system. I can still remember it as if it were here yesterday.

In any event, this controversy might be the thing that pushes CFR off the front page at FR.

The replies are coming in fast and furious!

[ArneFufkin]

Click anyone's screen name, and when you get to their personal page ... see if you can slime a peeping Tom cheap shot of course ... but there's a place you can type in another screen name. You can see where they posted last.

If you are looking for some software where you know exactly where every other individual is at all times ... hey they're having Mossad tryouts at the community center on Saturday. The only entry requirement - your positive attitude!

[ArneFufkin]

C'mon ...

[nopardons]

I will NOT ever " like " it ! IT STINKS ! IT LOADS INCREDIBLLY SLOWLY ! IT HURTS MY EYES AND IS GIVING ME A MIGRAINE ! DID I MENTION THAT IT STINKS ?

[wireplay]

Sorry, I like it and it seems to actually load faster for me and yes, I am on dial-up. The WebTV stuff will need to be fixed though since so many people use it.

Any time you change things people have issues. Just be patient and let the powers that be respond to these problems. I would venture that FR does not have a full QA lab and focus group testing. Let these hard-working guys have some credit for a nice looking site.