I Dont Like Change Not One Bit !

[Johanna]

Will you mobile device users please check the board and make sure you are getting the mobile skin displaying correctly? I want to make sure that is working fine before Tapatalk goes on. Thanks!

[Northmount]

Display is blue. Each post is on a relatively narrow strip. No message # like non-mobile. Thumbnails okay, and open okay. Minimal poster info, which is probably best for mobiles. No signature displayed. Thumbnails line up down the left side. I'm sure you know most of this since you must be picking what you think fits for the template.

I viewing from an iPad in landscape mode.

I think it is looking pretty good. Don't forget the color!

CTG

[Northmount]

I'm finding updates real slow at the moment, whether it is increased site traffic this time of day or something else.

I did get a couple SQL errors today, one when loading a picture from a thumbnail, the other when selecting a link from related similar topics. Both worked when retrying the link.

CTG

[LNLeather]

I hate to admit it, but the older I get, the less I like change.

I'm trying to keep an open mind, but I really dislike the new layout and some of the new features. In particular, I find the huge popups when you cursor over someone's name (which I do by accident all the time) objectionable.

I also strongly object to how much time I'm online being recorded and publicly displayed. It's nobody's business how much time I spend online on this site. I'm one who likes her privacy, and that really bothers me. So much so I won't be visiting much now until it's gone or can turn it off.

As it was said before, it is the people on a forum that makes a forum what it is, and I don't believe there is a finer group of folks than what you find here on LW. One can get used to a new look, even if you don't like it much. But, as I mentioned some of the new things are objectionable enough that it may be I visit only when I need to, and not because I want to, and I'm saddened by that.

When you sign in you have 2 choices

1. Remember me

and

2. Sign in anonymously (Don't add me to the active users list)

If you don’t want others to see when you are online here, you should choose 1 and 2.

hope this helps.......

[Johanna]

I was doing a lot today, and am probably responsible for the sql errors. I'm just about done "under the hood", so I think these errors will go away. At one point today the whole server went down for a few moments. I think my heart stopped beating and I broke out into a cold sweat. I took off the mod that allows you to see your time spent on the forum. Some boards have members that get a kick out of knowing. I turned it on about 4pm yesterday, and off about the same time today. Unless you folks want it back, it's gone. The popups are intended to be a convenience. I will look for a way to allow members to use them or not. There may be a mod for that. The mobile skin is blue by default. I can put colors on it and make the icons spiffier, but I want to get the Gallery sorted and a couple odds and ends done first before I start skinning our phones. The favicon is back- but I had to hit F5 half a dozen times for my browser to figure it out. Give it time, and the cow will return.

Please keep the feedback coming. I want this board to be flexible enough to let you use it your way, and easy enough to use that no one smashes their keyboard with a hammer. Let me know if you notice any errors or bad links. I'm pretty sure we're good, but I can always use the extra eyes. I know some folks don't like change, but there are many security improvements that came along with this update, and that alone is worth the hassle. You might get cooties from FB, but you won't get it from LW.

As far as the speed goes- we're a lot faster at page loading than we were on the old board, and I'm not done optimizing yet. It should keep on improving. Let me know if you continue to have any issues with pages loading.

~J

[DoubleC]

Johanna, I like the board and my pages do load faster. I like being able to shut of the FB crap and that's about all that was bothering me. I don't come here to talk religion, politics, or even sex although all these handsome men float around here :-) I come to talk leather....all aspects from designs I'm working on that aren't working to the totally off topic which some how seems to be about leather most of the time. I asked for help and give it and when someone else asks for help on something I can answer I give it. What more could you ask for from this diverse group of enormously talented folk that I want to be like someday. Cheryl

[Horrrk]

Hi Johanna..

Just viewing the site on my mobile now..

Samsung Galaxy SII on Android.

The site looks and loads the same as if I was using my pc..

Terrible..

Nah..Joking.!! lol.??

Everything is brown and I'm having a much better experience than when we had the old site, whilst using my mobile..

The headers take a short while to load, but besides that, each image loads quite well and I can use the 'two fingered zoom' (no, not a euphemism..lol..) on my screen to easily resize text and pics..

Posting is also easier..the text, stays all the same size (it used to look larger in places when I was typing..lol)

So,overall,a good experience and also a better one, so far on Android..

Thumbs up, well done.!!

Hope this helps..

Take care..

Regards

Phil

ps. Hmmm.. Just found one thing.. I went to quote someone when posting a reply and it doesn't put the quote in the text box too..

Edited September 28, 2012 by Horrrk

[Johanna]

You got me, Phil!

Thanks for the kind words. I'm trying.

[Horrrk]

You got me, Phil!

Thanks for the kind words. I'm trying.

Sorry Johanna, I couldn't resist..lol

Regards

Phil

[Cascabel]

Will continue to investigate speed issue.

Yes, please do !!!!!! Like a wise man once said, "Grandma was slow, but she was OLD !!!" New and improved should not be this slow.....