New WoV Format
July 26th, 2015 at 2:43:11 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18222 |
I remembered that, but most of the beef seemed to be along the lines of "pick a scheme and keep it!" Amazing how just changing colors affects the user experience so much. The President is a fink. |
July 26th, 2015 at 6:23:53 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5116 |
OMG the last guy to post there was monkeymonkey ... is it possible? I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
July 28th, 2015 at 2:34:47 AM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5116 | I can't tell if WoV is going to continue to make changes for the better there, or if they're close to done. I guess it isn't all that bad, but it is bad enough ... I still don't like the background and the way you surf around now. I doubt that I will continue to go there all that much. I can't seem to adjust to the changes generally. All for the people with smart phones I guess. I might surprise myself, but I have no intention of joining their ranks, so this makes me really resent the need for the change too. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
July 28th, 2015 at 12:17:31 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25013 |
Frankly, I've never seen such a poorly designed site. It looks cheap, like it's somebody's first attempt. It's hard to see, hard to navigate, and hard on the eyes. It will drive people away, wait and see. I just went there for the first time today. After about 15sec, a voice inside my head is saying 'hurry up hurry up hurry up' and get out of here. There is nothing soothing or welcoming about it, it triggers the flight response in me. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 28th, 2015 at 1:00:41 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18775 | Once the Internet ventured beyond the simple link it all went downhill. : ) How many people here were surfing the Internet when it seemed all personal sites. It was the early web. Sure there were government sites, but mostly you were moving from one private space to another. I say private, as in one person operation rented from a company and you got a couple mb to build a web page. There were some discussion areas, like Greenspun was an early one. I posted on there for awhile. You could form a group and call it something and people might show up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Greenspun You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 28th, 2015 at 1:05:26 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Remember Geocities? There were a few interesting sites which are long gone. Some have hung on, though mostly not personal sites per se. In part blogs today replace personal sites. But only in part. Nothing prevents anyone from setting up a personal site, either. Granted free domains are long gone, but it's not expensive to get one. HTML editing tools are available free. Remember when some domains went for a fortune? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
July 28th, 2015 at 1:22:51 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18775 |
Yes! Had one of those. I had an unpaid one -- talk about slow loading. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 28th, 2015 at 1:56:40 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I had one, too. I don't even recall what I put in it. Except a button that would play "The Funniest Vorlon Joke Ever!" What it did was play a .WAV file of Vorlon "speech" (more like an intelligible but musical sound), followed by "It cracks the Vorlons up." That was when Babylon 5 was on the air.... About three years ago? :) Later I tried to set up a site with book reviews, which would serve as a link to Amazon. It never had much traffic... Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
July 29th, 2015 at 7:23:36 AM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
They still do. Just less likely to move around now, as they are capitalized. It's not the wild west any more. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
July 29th, 2015 at 7:55:27 AM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 | Oh, there's still more bugs... profiles can't be updated, among others. This is after a week or so. Sorry, Zuga's web development team is a joke. This is 'we can't test every little thing'. This is 'we tested nothing at all'. And all the Wovvers are doing it for free. Terrible, terrible management. I've only looked at the redesign thread. I can't be bothered to log in again. I think my time is done there. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |