I'm not sure how I feel about the changes to BladeForums

[yablanowitz]

I agree, Switchback. The pages seem to take a long time to load on my machine.

I guess I'll get used to the new format - but why fix it if isn't broken?

TedP

There's the problem, right there. It was broken, you just didn't know it. It was in the same position as Windows 98. Yes, it still works, but if you have any problems, you better be able to fix them yourself, because nobody is going to help you. If some punk kid decides it would be funny to hack the site and scramble everything, the whole thing goes down for good, or at least until this update gets done, and quite possibly all the data gets lost.

Spark didn't want to do this. The old software was just that - old. It was older than the version in use here. It should have been updated a couple of years ago, but he knew from past experience what a PITA it was going to be and the tide of vague griping he was going to have to endure, so he put it off until the software company said "update or find a new program to use."

If you have a specific issue, tell him. "I don't like it" is not a specific issue. He can't do anything about your likes or dislikes. "It's too cluttered" isn't specific enough. Does that mean there is too much text? Does that mean that that the font is too small, the spaces between the words are too small, there are too many words per line, the ads are too big, or what? Give him a specific issue, suggest a specific way to correct it and see what happens.

[GohawnFG]

I have no problem with the colors, but I keep the brightness setting on my monitors fairly low. Whenever I'd use anyone else's workstation at work, I needed sunglasses and when anyone used mine they'd ask if there was something wrong with it. :o

I see, I can't quite get used to a low brightness setting on my monitor. I only put it all the way down when I bring it to classes or if for some reason I'm using it in the dark. I'm just used to having it on high I guess. Sometimes I have trouble recognizing the "true" colors in a photo(like G10 scales) unless I amp up the brightness.

I totally agree with every word you've written. :mad: It's just I'm finding that for myself the only way to compensate for the bad colors and clutter is to make EVERYTHING BIG. :p :eek: :o :mad: :mad: :mad:

Lol, I hear ya. Maybe you'll have some luck lowering the brightness level of your monitor like Deacon suggested?

There's the problem, right there. It was broken, you just didn't know it. It was in the same position as Windows 98. Yes, it still works, but if you have any problems, you better be able to fix them yourself, because nobody is going to help you. If some punk kid decides it would be funny to hack the site and scramble everything, the whole thing goes down for good, or at least until this update gets done, and quite possibly all the data gets lost.

Spark didn't want to do this. The old software was just that - old. It was older than the version in use here. It should have been updated a couple of years ago, but he knew from past experience what a PITA it was going to be and the tide of vague griping he was going to have to endure, so he put it off until the software company said "update or find a new program to use."

If you have a specific issue, tell him. "I don't like it" is not a specific issue. He can't do anything about your likes or dislikes. "It's too cluttered" isn't specific enough. Does that mean there is too much text? Does that mean that that the font is too small, the spaces between the words are too small, there are too many words per line, the ads are too big, or what? Give him a specific issue, suggest a specific way to correct it and see what happens.

Well said! Things will fall into place in time.