FerrariChat.com update - Day 1 Poll

Mark.

I get it.

But hell, if you're already here and looking at the site, what difference would it have made to take an hour to look at the new site before it launched, and then tell Rob what you didn't like?

I have a job too, and it ain't here, but I also value the site, and decided that despite my well known issues with Rob (most are in the past) that if I could lend a hand, I would.

Rob can sometimes be an ass, but he's a well meaning ass, and there certainly was no intent to roll this out half baked, I'd say it's more like medium rare.

You didn't want to help with the beta testing, that's cool, but I did help, and did not have the issues many of the guys here seem to be having. Perhaps more eyes on it would have helped, but we'll never know now.

And going bigger on the font size really does make it a lot more legible here, eh?

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Thank you for all of the work you guys put in. I think you guys did a pretty good job considering. There are a lot of whiners, and there were when Fchat switched to vbulletin back in 2003.

 

You do know ALL the moderators do it for free, right?

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Yes, and that's their choice, of course. Cannot complain when that's what you signed up for.

Honestly, I never saw the invite to test the new format.

 

+1 on both of these.

 

And none of them (er us) do complain, at least not at the moment.

Which is what the beta testers could also have done.

Would you have invested an hour to make the place more to your liking?

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You should also be aware that a good portion of my complaints were meant in a lighthearted manner. I wasn't trying to be a complete ******* until I saw dismissive responses and insults being thrown out (mostly to other members). Had I tested it, I would most certainly have raised the same complaints I've raised since it went live.

 

Interesting. Not based on what I've heard....A LOT. Don't ask, I don't breach confidences.

Yeah I probably would have poked around a bit. Can't say I would have committed to hours and hours, though. I did poke around Motorsportinteractive or whatever it's called and really didn't care for the format...hence why I haven't been back. I don't remember being asked for feedback.

 

I may be wrong, but I seem to recall a very short window of notice that the new software was coming, IIRC, less than 1-week (initially, before you pushed it out). You probably would have gotten more people to do testing (me) had a larger window of notice been posted, or perhaps a thread specifically looking for beta testers. I've upgraded many critical systems (for my business) and do very extensive testing prior. Upgrading our ERP (even just a version) can be a make or brake situation.

That said, I think the folks working on this have done a pretty nice job with the correction in a short period. Does not mean I still don't prefer the old format though

 

At this point it's all pretty much transparent to me. I use the "Old Style" and I hadn't even noticed that the stuff at the right of the page is now gone. Just goes to show. Initially I didn't care for that "wasted space" but after a few days my field of vision narrowed and I didn't even notice it was there or that it is now gone.

The only thing I did notice was that if a post contains a link to another thread and I click on it, that link displays the thread is displayed in the New Style. And unless I close my browser, any posts I click on from then on are in the New Style and I am logged out even though my preference is set to Old Style. To get back to the Old Style I must close my browser and reopen it, and then go to Ferrari Chat.

 

I still like it, if anyone's interested.

 

We who care the most, are thrilled!!!

 

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I would have gladly volunteered to do testing if I had known that was needed. I don't recall seeing that posted anywhere.

I didn't really care for it at first, but have gotten used to the look and feel. 90% of users will be used to it in another week. Then they can all go back to complaining about the government, F1 and timing belts.

 

Of course. I liked my old rectangular style avatar better however...no one likes change. Like everything, we all will get used to it.

 

Looks good!