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If the loading time problem isn't solved, there's no advantage for me, nor anyone else effected , to " hang around " here. I've grown accustoed to the interchange ; however, as far as getting news is concerned, the lag time is such a problem, that as things stand now, there'll be at least three new suicide bomb attacks, in Israel, before I manage to get back to the forum page, to find out , as I'm waiting for it to load. I can get the news faster, on the radio or T.V., or Drudge now .

The other major problem, is that the added bells and whistles ( pagger , etc. ) are incompatable with WebTV and simply DO NOT WORK ! I can't use the insructions to " subscribe " to TOPICS ... there are NONE that show , as is stated in the side bar. I have automatically been " given " highighted topics , one of which I DO NOT WANT , and there is no way to remove it.

The top of the screen, on the news forum page, is sliced in twain, so that I can only see the bottom most portion. The font size, in the side bars and on top ( no, I have NO way of fixing that ) is almost illegable.

If any more damned bells and whistles are to be added, NO I 'll NOT be " pleased " by them , as they, and the majority of the prior ones have been, will be UNUSABLE !

I can learn new things . I can't " learn" / get used to something that I am almost entirely being shut out of.

Well, there are alot of members of this forum who are using Web TV, me included.

I'm still shaking my head wondering how ALL these changes came about without incorporating a "spell check" into the system? It would have made a difference. Oh well, I'll still have to keep my dictionary next to the keyboard :~)

This is the first day of the new format. Are you being a little pre-emptive with your decision not to 'hang around?' (At the risk of being presumptuous, I wouldn't want to be married to you -- at least not for the first tentative week or two... :)

I may not be a computer wiz, but I imagine the lag time problem takes more than a couple of hours to solve. They are no doubt at least beginning work (if only mentally) on it now. Enough people have complained that I believe their attention has been focused in that direction.

The WebTV/page slicing things have been a major complaint as well. And I am sure that they, too, are going to be addressed.

As for your other complaints, which are simply a matter of personal preference, rather than major inconvenience, don't you believe you can make accommodations in that regard?

You will not be 'shut out' of this forum. Your complaints are common enough that they will be addressed, given the appropriate time frame.

Patience is a virtue. Hang in there, huh?