New format...

I dont recall that frame now. I always need to co to My Workspace to see who is online...
However, there is the tab for 'posts from my contacts' to see who is posting and when...

of which I am aware. To all intents and appearances, TR just crashed, and when I came back to see if it was back up, my favorite convenience bit was missing. We're supposedly going to get something useful in that regard back, but you never know for certain around here. I kind of think it won't be another 'avatar box'. See the link to another Discussion re: this subject below.

You're right about that little 'My bit'. It was the little personal zone that was 'all mine'.

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-13416-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=267820

I dont see who I am logged in as :0
Oh No!!! and OM is right, my t-ups dont show :0
My Identity Is Lost!!! :( :( :(

but haven't tried to roam around ...

It's about time..the old format was getting stale...

HOW then, is TR gonna promote more contributors?

Also - without THAT blue box, there is no visual confirmation that your login has been 100% successful! ;)

is on the forums page.

I do like the overall scheme, however, I agree with Boxy..

w2ktechman with 222 thumbs.

Fortunately, I only have one 'identity' here, or I would be in deep stuff for not remembering who is who! :D :D :D

Say you step away from your computer and do not lock it, I could step in and change your account, without your password I cannot do that.

However, I could post as you.

and it doesn't happen all the time for me. Just 95% of the time, or so.

I don't know what it is, but it happens no matter what machine, OS, browser, or virtual machine I am using. Go figure.

It really isn't a big problem for me, just another oddity.

Are you sure you can tell us that it was a secret? Better delete these posts!

Well, that's another good reason no one knew. I always took site-outage warnings as an informal notice, anyway. It never seemed like an official, "Hey, guess what" that the admins plastered on the main page anyway. Unless I was missing something. I don't even know when Beth started doing that.

Cheers!

rather, I use Contacts. Posts from My Contacts seems scattered to me - I'd rather have the collection by people than time, or whatever criteria that uses.

Organizational difficulties in 'zee leetle gray cells', I suspect. ;)

was it at least fun :D

Not to worry -- this time!
Do Not let it happen Again though, or I'll have to send Mae your way (as if she would listen anyway) :^0

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-13416-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=267820&messageID=2536344

GG

I'm guessing few others used those links and that's why they went bye-bye. I haven't read the entire discussion yet so maybe a PTB has already shed some light.

Edited - I didn't notice any of the changes y'all are discussing. Apparently I focus on the text and visually ignore formatting, sidebars, and even (dare I say it?) advertising content. (There goes my membership.)

that's what I am doing. Doesn't do much for the 'personal touch' that the Contacts box added. Home-y, as seanferd put it. Miss the 'friendly faces'.

Hmmm... I just noticed that I replaced dancing Hobbes with Hobbes, and not the pink ribbon. Must fix that! How goes things on that front?

There have been MAJOR MAJOR changes to TR since I started coming here. Old features die, new features are added. I remember getting put right off by a few changes, and some other regulars just disappeared.

It's the way it goes I think, for the most part, the site is actually much better than before, I remember the first changes to everything being blue, it was ghastly and icky, but over time it wears on you.

Not to worry, I'm sure you'll get used to it. Before CONTACTS and stuff ,it was great, when they added it most people didn't care for it at all, but we got used to it. I think its a feature that is just not used enough, low click throughs equates to wasted real estate I guess and it is a business afterall.

P.S. I love th edarker colour scheme, everyone complained that the last one was too WinXP looking and I think it was bloated and slow due to all the indexing and lookups for the contacts, user info etc. Just too many links doing the same thing.

Yes it is a little more stripped down now, but seems to be more like the old TR except witha much more pleasant interface.

It used ot be an issue of a major site change every couple of weeks for a while when a groupd of us helped the staff testing a site layout overhaul.

It hasn't been changed in a while but I hate to say that I really do prefer it now and disagree with your missing features as being important ebough to slow the site for, but I guess I am getting used the the site development now. I was always teh first to bitch about teh slightest change, I think mainly I like the darker blues, far more professional looking.

It looks ok..but i agree with boxy, i liked the little "avatar box"..and used it a lot..am going to miss that
:(

You mean, like, with Constitutionally guaranteed firearms? The only thing I hunt is which channel is carrying the race this weekend.

Maybe jd could make a cake or something from them. Banana bread is made with overripe 'nanners, and many recipes use stale bread.

I guess that we need to 'persuade' (blackmail) Tammy into re-forming this elitist group :D
Then we need to give Tammy the ammo to 'persuade' (blackmail) everyone else at TR to co-operate :D

Ok, everyone, start emailing Tammy with 'the dirt' that has been collected on everyone at TR :D

:^0

because outsiders could see the post title in the discussion lists but couldn't access the discussion it's self.

Trying to remember who that was that we tormented by making the titles about him.... :D

use the PFMC.

I generally am not interetested in 90% of the windows "discussions", and it a blog/discussion is started about a topic I give a rats ass about, the people likely to either start it or contribute are in my list.

So it is one stop shopping of what is currently going on.

"One Amazing Writer".

You'll sleep tonite now, won't you?!

:x

GG

thaty everyone will know that it was photoshopped or Gimped :D

So the HAL unit is going to LOSE ITS STATUS, and there is nothing that it can do about it (should have had the maintenance :^) )

I remembered....

She reminded me of Kathy Bates. "I am your number one fan! oh, excuse me while I shatter your legs......."

She was freaken nuts.

keeping her crazy??? :^0

Playin games like that :)

But the more I think about it, there was a young pup that was causing problems about that time to, enjoying the posting of words he had heard on the playground....

nz something?

I remember OneAmazingWriter and all her alternate personalities. That was a massive thread. I was pretty sure that Max and the Dawg were going to have her for lunch.

But Dawg had a good reason and so did Max.

She HATED on us TRIs! HATED. Seriously HATED. She couldn't see what we were saying. That was kinda fun.

both Oz and gg. :D
and Hal9000

actually, that litle glitch was probably why they killed it. the discussions weren't hidden like they should have been.

I don;t know what you are talking about Jaqui. I could always read TRI posts, as could Colin I think.

Musta been torment I missed out on that's all, did you have a good time at it though?

all you gotta do is get off of a plane without a weapon :)

Then they just hand them out :D

Interesting theory, since you cannot board a plane with
weapons :0

Hmmm, schedule me for 3 flights next month :D

in DENIAL :^0

If Jaqui said it happened, it happened!!!

Must be those suppressed memories :0

you missed out on it Oz. :p

I know it was one or two long term members we tormented with the discussions showing, besides shellbot, tigger and stargazerer.

laid?

poor dawgit :(

]:)

Windows Interface. Not Bloody Likely in my lifetime. :p

Col

Very witty.

I have actually checked many thousands of people for weapons entering the Coliseum for hockey games and concerts.
Have followed those who are suspected of having weapons and have quite often had to apprehend people with weapons or all sorts.

It's not exactly a rarity only found in East L.A high schools.

The biggest problem we EVER had was the annual East Indian festivals in the PNE buildings. ALWAYS major fights, ALWAYS people sent to hospital and ALWAYS a never ending cache of weapons (mainly knives and bats) recovered.

It was like an annual Hindi vs Sikh war, but I had spent a few years watching indians battles across the street from my house each summer in the park. Sikhs would have their community field games day on one side of the park, and Hindu's would have their games on the other side. After a hot afternoon of wrestling and soccer, they would start attacking each other with signs, pickets, knives and anything else they could find.

Was always a great day for a lemonade stand out front of the house for spectators.

Even when my keyboard types in English, with English characters on other sites, it seems to keep getting stuck with French characters on TR. Such as using SHIFT, question mark, comes up with ? instead fo a question mark.

It will take all day to shut off, even though the keyboard is already switched to ENglish it will still type all day on TR with the stupid french accent characters.? -kin FRENCH PEOPLE IN MY KEYBOARD!!!

Anyway, I always thought Hawaii was part of Alaska, Alaska is part of India right.

YOu are really clever to see though tthat one and figure out what I meant, no wonder nobody gets the idea of comments here, you simply disect groups of words and look for meaning.

Now I see how Americans all have a different take on the world and nobody really gets the big picture. Thanks for that, Scumbag. :)

I think they get transferred to China when they are bought
out in a few more years...

they already own a great deal of our city, and suburbs. However they don't seem to like the interior and outlining cities in BC.

Look at Vancouver International airport on a map. It is located on a small island between Vancouver and Richmond. IN Asia they see Richmond as the fire in the dragons mouth, it is their most desired destination for wealth and good fortune. A friend who often takes in exchange students said that in Taiwan (where he lived for 20 years) they all soeak abotu Richmond BC and if you move ot North America, Richmond is the most desireable destination (very superstitious bunch). In the 90's the immigration gates were opened and over 300,000 immigrants came in in ONE year, mainly ito Richmond, which now has a population wher caucasians are now listed as a minority, with Oriental immigrants totallign 60% of the population. THATS A LOT!!!!!!!
You can't read signs at the mall, all Chinese no English, there are no more parks and farms, all bought out and now with condo towers on them. You can't drive 10' without stopping for traffic, it is INSANE.

So, to get back on track here, IF Alaska gets sold out, it will be to BC, because THEY all live here now. Nice thing about Canada though, MOST and I mean tha vast majority, of our citizens live in the lower part of teh country, in fact mainly in the heavily populated cities near the US border. Oriental immigrants avoid sunlight and work like the plague, which leaves the best parts of the country, mountains and lakes in more remote areas, completely untouched. So just like Red Dawn, when THEY come to town and it gets too much to take, I's-a-gone to them thar hills in a hurry

Terrorists are nothing, these guys just come in through an endless series of international flights and before you can even say Mao Tse Tung they have purchased everythign around you.

they even had to pass a new legislation in Richmond that ensures ALL homes must have 15' of grass between teh front door and sidewalk and muct have 5' of gress between homes. Otherwise they would pave the whole place from sidewalk to alley, house to house.

In Taiwan there is no greenery, except in museums, they do not have room for it nor do they see any value in greenry, it is not livign space and therefore worthless.

god help us all!

The timeout on the Workspace Updates appears to have been greatly reduced. It used to take 4 hours or more to update, now it's well under that.

Edit: under an hour, as a matter of fact.

I love to see folks being tormented. "Forum Boarding".

Holey mackerel: Those are frags, not pellets.

:D

that when you make a post you can peer mail yourself, may not be useful but it is there.

I cannot remember if this option was there before but it is there now.