ASF Mark III

[joea]

Joe Blow

I think people will soon start to realize that " ASF Mark III" is unique when compared to other forums.
I for one am intriqued as the changes roll out before us.

Cheers... to your crew for Xmas

 

[IB12]

I like the old version better in terms of how you could see the most recent forum posts.

 

[Joe Blow]

I like the old version better in terms of how you could see the most recent forum posts.

This is something that is on my list of design changes that I will be emailing to the designer today.

All feedback is useful in helping me decide what is fine the way it is and what needs to be improved.

 

[sails]

...To those who aren't sure about the new design, please give it a few weeks. There are quite a few minor changes to come and there is a good chance that it will grow on you as the bugs are ironed out. I've been a member of quite a few forums that have changed their design unexpectedly. Initially, it was a bit of a hassle to get used to a new way of doing things, but in all cases after a month or so I found I could barely remember what the old design was like and had completely adapted to the new one.

Joe, I agree that the brain becomes accustomed to change over time. The funny thing is that I really didn't like the green font initially when you changed last time. I got used it it and now I find the darker blue font almost dazzling! Thankfully, it's just a time thing to adapt again.

Thankyou for the effort you put into ASF. I can only imagine the workload that has gone into this major upgrade and appreciate your dedication...

 

[IB12]

This is something that is on my list of design changes that I will be emailing to the designer today.

All feedback is useful in helping me decide what is fine the way it is and what needs to be improved.

The new site design actually lets you see new posts, but you have to click on Forums --> New Posts. And then it only shows you like a max of 6.
I would rather see like 20-30 of the most recent posts. And there are new "new" links i.e. New posts, new group messages, new events and new articles.

not sure which is better, but keeping it simple is definitely better and seeing 20 of the new/recent posts is better. One button or link should do the trick.

 

[nulla nulla]

Hey Joe

Looks good so far. Noticed that the cookie has changed. Was there a problem with having the aussie flag as the cookie? kinda liked it myself showing up in the search box at the top of the screen and on the favourites list.

 

[Trembling Hand]

Hey Joe luv the phone connectivity. I'm tapping this out on my HTC Desire using Tapatalk.

Looking forward to seeing how you use twitter.

 

[Trembling Hand]

Here is a little bug. If you edit a post the edit doesn't change on the homepage post. I was so excited about posting for the first time on my Droid have a look at how I spelt Twitter on the home page.

 

[Joe Blow]

Looks good so far. Noticed that the cookie has changed. Was there a problem with having the aussie flag as the cookie? kinda liked it myself showing up in the search box at the top of the screen and on the favourites list.

Will check into this. It should still be there, and is on my browser, but it could just be that it's still in the cache.

Looking forward to seeing how you use twitter.

Once I get it figured out I'm planning on publishing new threads to the feed. Same with Facebook. Am always open to suggestions though.

Here is a little bug. If you edit a post the edit doesn't change on the homepage post. I was so excited about posting for the first time on my Droid have a look at how I spelt Twitter on the home page.

Will check into this as well. Thanks for the heads up!

I think I need a nap... been burning the candle at both ends!

 

[Agentm]

This is something that is on my list of design changes that I will be emailing to the designer today.

All feedback is useful in helping me decide what is fine the way it is and what needs to be improved.

i agree on that point

the forum design looks great joe

the sites colors dont clash with my avatar which of course it critical and your first consideration..

still trying to get used to it all.. very scary high tech stuff from the way you make it sound..

my screen is much wider than the sites format. so feel free to spread it out width wise any-time you want..

cheers

 

[shinobi346]

I like the old version better in terms of how you could see the most recent forum posts.

+1

Same here. the older scheme was easier to read and much easier on the eyes. Everything is too spaced out in this one which is not too good when many are moving to smaller screens eg netbooks, smartphones, ipods etc.

 

[Miner]

I like the old version better in terms of how you could see the most recent forum posts.

Hi Joe
Thanks for briniging the change.
Change is always good.

Changes driven by IT many a times frightens those living in comfort zone of an old system. That is me and I agree with IB12. The new one is not as appealing as the old one.

The others are IT saavy, clever and love changes as a challenge. That is you Joe and few others have already endorsed the change

To me bottom line is please keep the changed site as Beta Testing for few more days and let us understand the functionality and give you feedback. My guess the Aussie sign is much bigger to frighten the POMs in Ashes. That strategy is working. But after Ashes finishes, the symbol is too loud and IMO should be reduced to look sexier.
One comment I can not see private messages icon in the new system or the chance to put different symbols to express some expression next to a comments
Spell checker could have been nice to be introduced. It is long overdue

I will return to this thread and see how the experience is mine and others

Regards

 

[Trembling Hand]

+1

Same here. the older scheme was easier to read and much easier on the eyes. Everything is too spaced out in this one which is not too good when many are moving to smaller screens eg netbooks, smartphones, ipods etc.

When we went from the standard forum skin to the one we just changed many of the coments were the same as now. "I don't like the size/color/contrast". Guys give it time. You have just woken up to find your partner of 5 years has had a face lift. Still the some gal, just a few changes to get use to.

Just a note when you use a smart phone you are more likely to use an app rather than a traditional browser. So the layout will not be what you see on a computer screen.

 

[Sean K]

I'm liking this more than the last upgrade Joe. It's instantly pleasing to me.

 

[ParleVouFrancois]

One suggestion I can think of is an increase in the amount of "recently posted" posts, I used to just cruize though the recently active ones, maybe double the amount currently on offer?

Love the rest of the site, a bit more bandwidth hungry but I think the new look is a good thing, again just the recent posts things is annoying (I usually rely on it to see what threads to visit).

PVF.

 

[Solly]

Hi Joe

Great evolution, good to see ongoing change, ASF is a great community.

I'm even starting to upload my pics.

Looking forward to a turbo charged NBN driven Mark IV.

S

 

[Happy]

Hi Joe!
Hope you don't get too stressed out with change of Webpage.

Just wander, why new design had to be so difficult to implement?

Was this Web Forum specifically developed for you?
Or it was one off the shelf and all the changes that make you tear hair out are some improvements that were not part of original design?

Hope all goes well for you.

 

[Joules MM1]

joe,

great hub and I hope the traffic contnues to grow......

cheers and merry christmas

may we all have a prosperous 2011

julian

 

[Joules MM1]

.... Still the some gal....

freudian ??

 

[Julia]

One comment I can not see private messages icon in the new system

Agree here. On the old format you didn't have to use the drop down box to see if there were any private messages. Now you have to specifically think about checking this. If we have previously enabled notification via email of PM's, will this continue?

Spell checker could have been nice to be introduced. It is long overdue

Agree absolutely. It becomes so annoying to see repetitive spelling and grammar mistakes. If there were some sort of spell/grammar check, it might actually help the people who have trouble in this respect.

Joe, what is the purpose of this upgrade? Presumably it offers additional features which I have yet to discover.

It seems to be overall slower than the previous version. Is this likely to change?