And I thought I was the only one...I also come here for the commentary and interesting threads, and like others, the redesign had made it much less usable for me.
I feel bad about that because, well, lbb already said it better than I can. This is a free site to me and hate to bitch about it, but hope it gets a better UI so it can get back to it's awesomeness.
BoKnows: As far as the wiki is concerned, knock yourself out. But that does bring up another sore subject with me. rcade, why are you avoiding the wiki? Gary (and others) have asked about including it as part of the site (with a little navigation love) and it seems to fall on deaf ears.
Also, not one mention about the UI. Has kirk jumped ship or is he still unavailable to help? You mention all of the features, old and new, but nothing about how the site looks. I am hesitant to refer to the site as ugly knowing you are cribbing from Workbench, and I don't want to insult that site. But when COMPARED to how the old SpoFi looked the new look is hideous and awkward to negotiate.
rcade also skips over my repeated questions about returning old threads, especially the lockerroom interviews. why? if they won't be back, then say so. I miss them, but I thought it was mentioned in previous threads that one of the benefits of this move was the return of the MIAs.
I am reading the RSS feeds, but I miss the commentary and camaraderie. I truly hope that something will be done soon.
Thanks for the opportunity to vent. Back to lurking.
You don't have to be shy about mentioning my design skills, or lack thereof. Kirk's just waiting for me to hand over the site for his design work. He needs all the information in place -- like the user page with bios -- before he can redo the CSS.
As for fixing the old threads and finding the rest of the missing ones, I'm working on that too but it's lower priority than getting the interface back.
He needs all the information in place -- like the user page with bios -- before he can redo the CSS
This is helpful. When *I* design sites, I come up with something in Photoshop and then build the CSS divs, etc to fit match the design. I find it is easier for me to move layers around, tweak things, etc, before creating the code. To each their own, *obviously*. What I am getting at is that know that makes everything else clearer...
The last I recall reading was that Kirk was going out of town, and from comments above it seems like I am not the only one who recalls things that way. I am glad to here he is still involved with the UI. The corners of my frown are starting to inch upwards like the Grinch.
