POLL: Who likes the new forum look?

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:16 am

This is more a test of how polls work, so I fully expect Rich to whack the topic with a sledgehammer...but someone has to be the first to get whacked, right? Da Cat is volunteering!

Post by **rich** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:25 am

Naw, it can stay. (Hrm, I suppose I ought to vote.

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But keep in mind that this is what modern forum software looks like, whether PhpBB or vBulletin or whatever other. The stuff we were using before was a year and a half old and was no longer being developed. I'd patched a bunch of security holes myself, since the developers won't fix them anymore -- but the last couple of weeks involved sufficient abusive behavior that the alternative was shutting down.

To emphasize: We did not upgrade because it looked prettier; we upgraded because this version is being actively maintained by the developers, and because it has extensive anti-abuse features that were missing from the previous version.

I only had one evening to spend on it (and I was up until 3 am at that) to get things going this weekend, so there's been little to no performance tuning yet. I'm not sure how fast/slow it is compared to how it could be yet, but that will get attention later this week. We're also getting a new disk controller, probably next weekend, which will speed things up tremendously in some cases.

Cheers,<ul>-Rich</ul>

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:27 am

I tried to cast more than one vote, but the system wouldn't let me. So that feature works.

carrie · Post by **carrie** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:30 am

Thanks, Rich, for your hard work.

Carol

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:35 am

Cool, I can do a righty/lefty survey now!

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:36 am

I think it's great Rich, and many kudos to you for all you do!

All the best,
Andrea

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:47 am

This is really nice Rich. Thanks again for all the work you do on this.

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:50 am

Mike J wrote:I tried to cast more than one vote, but the system wouldn't let me. So that feature works.

We know you, addictive South Florida voters.

But it's ok, in Corsica, voting is also the major national sport: all of the graveyards vote! Must be something about southern peninsulæ or islands :roll:

Here, i'll insist Rich recounts all the votes and disassembles all cookies by hand!!!

Roger O'Keeffe · Post by **Roger O'Keeffe** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:51 am

What's a Cooperman?

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:08 am

Roger O'Keeffe wrote:What's a Cooperman?

scrummy cheap whistle sold at souvenier stores.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:10 am

I like it a lot.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:15 am

I can get used to the new look. What I don't like is that, unlike the old version, it refuses me on a spamblocked email address.

Isilwen · Post by **Isilwen** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:17 am

I really, really like the new format!

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:24 am

Look forward to seeing you on chat again! Keep up the good work!

serpent

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:27 am

Just want to add my thanks and appreciation to Rich as well for all his work on this. Looks like some cool new features to try out and get used to.

Cheers,
David

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POLL: Who likes the new forum look?

Cool !

The look is alright.

Rich! Good job!