The NEW A.Org

[Wayne]

I see it says 'beta' in the logo. Is this a joke or something?

No one, including apparently you, was bothering to read the continual "we're working on things" explanations that I spent about 8 hours total posting in the forums, so it makes sense.

[Wayne]

seems like a fresh update but the old site was easier to navigate....

I'll gladly grant you that, save for the fact that the old site had about 1/10th the feature set of this one.

Just like the Amiga itself, can't make it better without it getting more complicated.  No matter how hard you try.

Wayne

[Wayne]

I'd find it hard to believe the new A.org will have as much of an appealing "feel" or look to it as the old, but it *is* getting better every day. Fonts are too small (as per the obligatory IBM way) and options/functions are not yet in logical or intuitive places. Would like to see a large FORUMS section up toward the top. Something so important should not be hidden from plain site, in a tiny font, on the left hand side of the screen, under the 'privacy policy'. Sure, someone could get used to anything, but...

Never noticed how nice Amigaworld.net looks until now - especially on my A2500  :-)  

Ahem... the calendar is cute! Is there going to be birth dates and anniversaries of important Amiga people and goings on we can click on?  lol

@save2600

.... again, another case where you haven't bothered to read anything that's been posted previously.

"forums" bar. -- working on it.

"Avatar on left -- working on it.

"side bar order" -- working on it.

"calendar" -- anyone can add any event they like.  Even Jay Miner's birthday should you choose to do so.

Anything else you want to bitch and whine about which is already long since being addressed?

Wayne

[Wayne]

I must admit I don't particularly like the new site either!  Just MHO.

TrevorD

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but short of "make it what it was" -- which everyone will just have to get over -- how exactly could we make it better, or what exactly bothers you?

See, that's the thing I don't think people get.  It's not enough to bitch and say "I don't like it" without trying to constructively offer a way to fix it.  All I ask is that you read what's already been posted for the to do list before repeating the same thing that's already been said.

Wayne

[Wayne]

@Trevor.

Trust me.  The Amiga community has been forced to use Xoops on all three of the "big" sites for so many years that most of you simply got overly comfortable with it.

Xoops is, and always was a very simplistic package which did a lot of things, but did absoluntely none of them very well at all.  It -- like other CMS's of it's era -- tries to be too many things for too many people

Unfortunately Xoops is -- in no doubts -- a dying product, which means that some (like AW) might have to stick with their custom 1.x version forever while others will meet up with a dead end which drives them as batty as it did me.

vBulletin, which has been in production almost as long, is first, and foremost, a great forums package with features that Xoops has never even thought of.  It also has a thriving community which has adapted it to do just about everything, meaning GREAT forum package, good at everything else.

You just have to give us some time to build it, and give it some time to grow on you to cover up the stank of what was Xoops.

Wayne

[Wayne]

I can't explain it exactly, I don't know if it's the color scheme or what but so far I just don't like it. The old amiga.org sort of felt like you were using an interesting content rich Amiga and this one makes me feel like I'm using a cold empty unfriendly microsloth pee see. It just doesn't have that warm and fuzzy feeling but hopefully it will improve.

I respect that, but can only offer "it is what it is"...

I'm sure in 8 years, you'll pretty much feel the same way about this one.

[Wayne]

The Amiga can display at least 30,000 fonts that are each 32x to 256x better than the new Amiga.org logo font.

The font thing is settled by popular vote guys.  Sorry.  Give it a rest, that was the deal..

Wayne

[Wayne]

Hi,

Really hate the new style, it reminds me of I am a pc site. Nothing unique, just a plain simple pc site. From the blocky looking "Amiga Org" to the color of the screen, to the little beta marked on it, to the way that the board looks.

Repeat after me

"I am a PC"
"I am a PC"

smerf

Point of parliamentary order sir.  The "color of the screen" is almost exactly what it was before.  A shade or two off, but the same nonetheless.  

The logo is not permanent, but feel free to submit one and we'll consider it.

"The way the board looks" is what it is, like it or not.  If you have a real suggestion rather than gripes, we have a features request / bug reporting engine where that goes.

Remember, no one is forcing anyone to be here and partake of these free services.  

Wayne

[Wayne]

I love it. I love it so much I fed the kitty!

The kitty, and I sincerely thank you very, very much.

Wayne

[Wayne]

That's better.  Gone is the blocky logo, it looks so much better (IMHO).  Anyway, I'm so pleased I've just fed the Kitty too!

TrevorD

Thank you very much on all counts...!

Wayne