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by ron k. 1 view

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This new TR is what we've got. Let's make the best of it. WE haven't even seriously tried to break it like we did the last go 'round. That was fun.

For me, TR works. I don't like change anymore than the other guy but let's quit the moaning and complaining and just get on with business. I used to be one of the biggest crybabies, I liked the way it was in 2005. No going back there.

One of the biggest nuisances has said farewell or so he says. This will be a better site for it, you ask me. One down, one or two to go and I don't care what anyone thinks of that.

These are just my thoughts. Agree/disagree, it's likely not to change my mind.

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by santeewelding

Except about the "nuisance" part.

I like my nuisances visible, up front, and accounted for, so I can see what they're about. You know: the thing about keeping "enemies" close.

That's what my nuisance value is about. Present, accounted for, and in your face.

by ansugisalas

I agree about what we can do, take it or leave it, the latter is not first on my list.
About nuisances, I wouldn't want to be rid of any of the regular "layman contributors" here, even the ones I have little use for directly, help in raising the activity level.

These enzymes here, they need a certain working temperature, and every activity helps towards achieving that temperature.

Also, I've recently seen first hand what happens when only participants that agree are allowed - that kind of mental detritus is not something I'd want happen to myself.

by av .

I don't care about the esthetics of the site, but I don't like the bugs that I encounter every time I'm on here and the lack of functionality in areas like "my stuff".

As with any upgrade, there are always problems to work out. If we don't voice our concerns, they will think everything is AOK, and it isn't. We're the ones that use the site and we are vetting it for them. They might not be aware of a lot of the problems. I think its important to keep communicating the issues we have with site usability so they can address them.

The PTB's should be interested in what we have to say instead of pretending that its all good. The site usability affects not only us regular folks, but also anyone else that might want to participate in the forums.

Ron, until I upgraded my browser from IE7 to IE8, I couldn't even post a new discussion. The buttons didn't work. There are alot of people out there that don't have IE8 and the bottomline is that they wouldn't be able to post. I think TR should know about that issue and I've told them through some of those moaning and complaining posts. I'd love it if they'd put back the feedback button and have someone look at the replies and work through the problems. They should be happy that we are willing to do it.

I don't like to see anyone leave TR and usually they don't leave for long. The mix of personalities is what makes it.

AV

by cg it

I've nothing relevent or worthwhile to say but can't delete the post tisk tisk

by santeewelding

That is, speak with relevance and honor. I clicked because of your name. You can't shed me so easily; nor others, I wager.

by av .

We're the icing on the cake and our opinions should be highly valued, not ignored. I look at it this way, the regular "folks" here create the community. That isn't easy to come by online. Having loyal users of a site for many years is not the norm. I hope they aren't thinking we can be easily replaced.

AV

by peconet tietokoneet

But it could better than this, and this is what we all want on here.
Better functions, better control interfaces. Let us build on what we have and make this site even better (bugs and all). :)

by av .

I still can't post anything new. Every now and then, one gets through. I'm willing to work on it, but its disappointing that the upgrade is so non-functional and they think its so good.

AV

by av .

I'm not going to use IE8 to post. I think I'm going to try Chrome. I looked at Firefox 4 and thats a contender too, but I want to start with simple.

There is something about this upgrade my computer doesn't like. I have XP Media Center edition. First, I was using IE7 and I could post to existing discussions, but not start new ones. So I upgraded to IE8. Now I can barely post to existing discussions. This is what I have to do. Its really insane.

After I click reply, the subject and comment boxes start to come up and then they disappear and all I have is a blank space. If I highlight the blank space several times, the accelerator square, for lack of a better name, pops up along with the subject and comment fields. THEN, I can reply to a discussion.

If I try to post a new discussion anywhere, the submit buttons are still dead.

I'm not whining, just saying this is not good. This is the new improved TR experience for me.

If anyone has some suggestions for me, I'm open.

AV

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