I Dont Like Change Not One Bit !

[katsass]

Bluesman, I hear you. I've got some years on you, but this site CAN be worked out - what sent me off recently was that my 10 year old, 36", 200 pound TV took a sh- uh - DUMP on me. Now, for years, you called a TV repairman, or took the thing to a place to get it fixed, or maybe just pulled some tubes and ran them in to check them -- not anymore. I had to buy a new one. I toddled up to a joint to look at the things and find that my old TV (which was a pretty good sized one back when I bought it) is now a dinky little thing, squashed down in height and stretched sideways a bit. I ended up with a 50" thing of about the same size as the old one, so that it would fit where the old one was. A kid shows up to load the thing in my car. Runs it out on a hand truck, looks in the back of my vehicle, says 'it'll fit", picks it up and slides it in. My old one weighed almost 200 pounds, and this kid picks this new one up like it's nothing!!. Get it home and my son shows up to help me out. He pulls the new one out and just carries it into the house - the thing can't weigh 60 pounds. He looks at the wires all over hell and half of Texas,from the Direct TV box and the DVD player, and starts yanking them out. He say that I won't be able to use the DVD player 'cause it's too damned old - won't look or work worth a crap on the new 'Hi Def' machine. I say what about hooking the TV to the Direct TV box? He pulls out a single cord, says that he knew that I wouldn't know to buy one, but he had an extra from when he remodeled his house, then just plugs the one cord from the box the the TV. Messes with my remote a bit and turns the new TV on. It fiddles and farts for a bit, talks to itself and finally I have bright, new picture, and off he goes. I don't think much about it, other than to think that this Hi Def stuff isn't any better than my old one. About a week later a friend drops by, sees the new TV and says that the picture looks like hell. I tell him it's just as good as the old one was. He jumps up, messes with the box, pushes a button a few times and all of a sudden, I can count the hairs on a dog's - uh - tail-end. Anyway, I can remember our first TV, an Emerson with an 8" black and white picture, and initially we used a coat hanger out the window for an antenna. This technology stuff is getting to me. I can remember that my grandmother had a cast iron cook stove, mostly wood fired, but with two gas burners on one side of the top. She never used the gas burners because she was afraid of the gas. I guess that now I understand how she felt. Mike

Edited September 20, 2012 by katsass

[Mike516]

Wow, had a big storm the other day and my internet is out for a while and I come back to a shocker lol.

I like this site and the people regardless what it looks like, but my first thought was; I think the old brown look looked more leather-ish. The blue is kinda generic like 3 or 4 other sites I frequent. The old look was more unique and unlike any other sites I read regularly. No offence intended, just an honest observation. On the other hand the blue has a new and fresher feel to it.

Other than that, great work on the new stuff. Much gratitude for a great forum and all the hard work on the updates.

[Mike516]

PS...is there a "Mark Forums Read" button somehwere when you "View New Content"? I'm probably looking right at it without seeing it.

Thanks.

[tnawrot2]

The "Follow this topic" finally works. I now get an email when there are replies to a checked topic. If there wasn't change we would be driving stick cars, watching a small black and white TV, our phone would be the black candlestick, and there wouldn't be any smart phones, lap tops or internet. Instead of bringing out your negatives about the new format, we should embrace it like we all have with the 441 clone. As the 441 clone was drastcally new to first time sewing machine owners, they learned to overcome, and now their machine is the best thing since sliced bread. I for one would like to thank the owners of this fabulous site for keeping it updated with new features.

Terry Nawrot

[Johanna]

The blue is temporary. When we get the car running properly, we'll paint it.

~J

[Phatdaddy]

PS...is there a "Mark Forums Read" button somehwere when you "View New Content"? I'm probably looking right at it without seeing it.

Thanks.

At the very bottom of the page, left side. It also provides options on what to mark read.

Kevin

PS. I like the changes, it's a common verson to a number of other forums I frequent. (hunting/fishing forums).

[particle]

As someone who's seemingly built a lot of websites recently, and built (and then again) rebuilt my own website from scratch due to a hacker, I can appreciate all the hard work that goes into making and maintaining a website. Thanks to the leatherworker.net team for all the work you do to keep this international community alive and well! I love the "New Content" menu on the left - A LOT!!

[Merl]

Hey all!

I'm brand new to this web site (but not to the planet) so I don't know what it used to look like however, if there is one thing I have learned it's that I need to be grateful that there are sites like this where I can log on for free and connect with people of like mind and interests.

I don't like change either. We have owned exactly two computers since 1997 and every time I turn this one on it pesters me to install the new updates (ones that I did not ask for and have no idea who decided that I need them) and has been doing so for 3 or 4 years now. I don't care what the updates are, I liked this computer the way it was when I first turned it on and I don't want to have to sit and stare at the dam thing every other time I go to use it, wondering if it will work for me this time?

I hear ya Bluesman, I really do.

I guess if we want to play in someone else's sandbox we have to play by their rules, right?

No big deal cause we still get to play anyway...

[Johanna]

A couple people have commented that the board seems much more responsive and fast. I like all the hover previews (drive your mouse around and explanations pop up, or more detailed views) and the cleaner layout. We want to make this board easy to use YOUR way. That's why all the options are there, but you have to explore and experiement to set your account up to please yourself. I noticed one cool feature this morning- see someone's signature, and it gets on your nerves? You can block a signature displaying without blocking the person. It's the little things like that that make customization possible, and that's what we want to provide- your board, your way. Excuse me, gotta get back to this Gallery thing.

Johanna

[particle]

A couple people have commented that the board seems much more responsive and fast.

I agree - it definitely seems more responsive. I have AdBlock running in Chrome, so I'm not aware if there are banner images up top currently, but those previously were a HUGE part of the delay when loading a page - adding a couple seconds or more to the load time.

One thing I'm beginning to miss is when I click on a link to view a post, it takes me to the beginning of the thread. Previously, it would take me to the newest post that I had not seen yet so I don't have to navigate through several pages of posts to catch up and find where I left off... Perhaps there is a setting to enable that feature I haven't found yet?