Fewer threads since update?

brettw22
brettw22 Posts: 7,624
edited September 2011 in The Clubhouse
Is it just me or have the number of threads shrunk considerably since the forum upgrade?

Had I known that the upgrade would shut some of you up I would have been bangin on Patrick's office door getting this done years ago......
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited September 2011
    i dont like the colors at all. I think subconsciously i have been visiting this forum less frequently now that you mention it.

    Or maybe I'm just starting to realize how much I really hate you guys. The floor is still open for debate.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited September 2011
    I really don't like navigating around the site anymore. It's going to take some getting used to. The colors, icons, user functions that have moved, etc. make it less than optimal at this point.

    Hell, yesterday it took me awhile to find out where they buried the "subscribed threads" link.

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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,079
    edited September 2011
    It looks like all of "the other sites" now and is much less desireable to me.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2011
    Bunch of Luddites! :D
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,501
    edited September 2011
    brettw22 wrote: »
    Is it just me or have the number of threads shrunk considerably since the forum upgrade?

    No, it's not just you.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited September 2011
    I used to check the forums multiple times a day... This is the first I've visited this week...

    And yes, it's because I don't like the look.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited September 2011
    Oh get over it already. Life is built on change. Change with it and adapt or get left behind. This site gets hundreds of visits every day with other people who will be happy to take your place and keep this board active.:tongue:
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,501
    edited September 2011
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Oh get over it already. Life is built on change. Change with it and adapt or get left behind. This site gets hundreds of visits every day with other people who will be happy to take your place and keep this board active.:tongue:

    Change for the better is a welcome thing, but when that change is for the worse it's time to speak up.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited September 2011
    I'm glad there's a mobile theme for my iPhone now... I guess that's my one good thing to say
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,830
    edited September 2011
    I have to agree with the majority (so far) on this subject.

    Change is not always a bad thing, nor is it always a good thing, and it seems most of the people who are speaking up have a great deal of time here.
    For me, it just seems like too many things "run together" for lack of a better description? There is way too much blue, bluish-gray, gray, light blue, darker blue, blue hi-lites, you get the picture. I think a few contrasting colors will help quite a bit, should make things a lot easier on the eyes? Just waiting to see if these changes come about.
    My .02, anyway.
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited September 2011
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Oh get over it already. Life is built on change. Change with it and adapt or get left behind. This site gets hundreds of visits every day with other people who will be happy to take your place and keep this board active.:tongue:

    I defended Patrick and the guys working on fixing up the site but I agree with the majority on this one. It is hard to look at the site for any extended period, it is confusing to navigate in some ways and just doesn't look like a Polk site anymore. It looks like any old stereo forum or a yahoo group to me.

    It needs more attention to the details. More grey in the border, deeper reds and blacks in the headers, stuff like that.

    I am just hoping that this isn't how it will continue to look as the colors are very tiring.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2011
    Pops, go to settings, then general settings, there are a couple of different color schemes available.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2011
    It's less filling.
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  • seeclear
    seeclear Posts: 1,242
    edited September 2011
    I agree with the last couple of comments, and a couple more--WIDESCREEN, for one. Secondly, navigating for me is tougher as every time I go "back" it goes back to the top of the page, not to where I had previously scrolled to, if that makes sense.

    Also, the little box to click to go to the newer posts in a thread seems to "reset" quicker, so that once I go to the new posts in one thread, the option to go "back" and do the same for other threads is gone.

    I am using firefox 6/7, fwiw.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2011
    Could be worse. I frequent the PC Gamer magazine forum a lot or rather I used to. They had a problem with spam so they went to that captcha thing. You know that supid thing that has two words written all weird and you have to decipher them and put them in right to join a forum or something. Well they use that for every post. Every time you want to post, you have to deal with this. Wouldn't be so bad if they use actual words but they use random letters so chances are good you'll have to do it twice or more. I've just about quit posting there and traffic is way down.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2011
    Jesus Christ you people are a bunch of old ladies.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited September 2011
    Face wrote: »
    Pops, go to settings, then general settings, there are a couple of different color schemes available.
    I can't find this anywhere. I MUCH preferred the old look. This may function better but it is far less appealing. I liked the different colors for the FYI, Karma, For Sale headers. Now, everything just bleeds into one. Sorry Patrick, I appreciate the hard work but it's just not as visually appealing or easy to navigate as before.
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited September 2011
    Just scroll to the black bar at the bottom of this page and change the theme in the bottom left corner
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited September 2011
    Fongolio wrote: »
    I liked the different colors for the FYI, Karma, For Sale headers. Now, everything just bleeds into one.

    I agree. That is the main thing I don't like now. Other than that I don't find the other "upgrades" all that terrible. People hate changes of any kind no matter what they are but will adapt. I think.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2011
    Fongolio wrote: »
    I liked the different colors for the FYI, Karma, For Sale headers. Now, everything just bleeds into one.
    Remember the drama when those were first introduced?
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited September 2011
    polrbehr wrote: »
    I have to agree with the majority (so far) on this subject.

    Change is not always a bad thing, nor is it always a good thing, and it seems most of the people who are speaking up have a great deal of time here.
    For me, it just seems like too many things "run together" for lack of a better description? There is way too much blue, bluish-gray, gray, light blue, darker blue, blue hi-lites, you get the picture. I think a few contrasting colors will help quite a bit, should make things a lot easier on the eyes? Just waiting to see if these changes come about.
    My .02, anyway.

    I think your .02 cents is worth much more than a couple pennies.:smile: I agree 100% about the contrasting colors. I do like the top part better (the reddish-orange and black). The part you look at the most (i.e. the posts section) need to be done in a similar way. Not necessarily the same colors, but with as much contrast. It sure would make it more pleasurable to read things on the site.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2011
    Also, just a reminder that they didn't upgrade the site for no reason. The forum was hacked badly and they needed to upgrade for security reasons. They promised that in the coming WEEKS (it has been maybe a week?) they would tweak the look, and asked for people to be patient.

    If you're coming to a forum because of how it looks, not because of the people there and the content on it, I'd say the place deserves to die anyway.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited September 2011
    I also hate when free stuff gets an upgrade and continues to be free..................
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited September 2011
    mrbiron wrote: »
    I also hate when free stuff gets an upgrade and continues to be free..................

    lol... what wouldn't continue to be free?
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited September 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Jesus Christ you people are a bunch of old ladies.

    +1 bobman
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited September 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Jesus Christ you people are a bunch of old ladies.

    +1

    It took me all of 30 seconds to get used to the new look. Maybe that's because I'm on the younger side of things here, so having grown up with computers and the internet, I find the new site intuitive to use, and, thus, my panties stay nice and unwadded. :tongue: jk old-timers, no need to get mad.:smile:

    Seriously, though, that gives me an idea for a poll...

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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited September 2011
    Ya, this wasn't a '**** about things that are in the pipe' thread, but just an observation that traffic seems to have massively drawn down as of late......

    It's like I tell people that I work with.........it's not going to get easier if you never use it.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited September 2011
    Where's the damn black paint thread?:biggrin:
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  • Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith Posts: 764
    edited September 2011
    It tastes like "New" Coke.
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited September 2011
    Do ya want some Cheese with that Whine?
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