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Site Design Going WAY downhill
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too much work to even try to respond to a thread. ad space is overrunning the site.
Bleh.
Time spent on here was never much, cuz i always prefered TGR's material to here.
Now, with site layout causing shit to run slower than shit, shit shit shit.
Nahmean?
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This is something that has definitely come to our attention.
The funny part is that the site design has been pretty much the same all winter long, but now with spring coming about its when everyone starts to notice all the things wrong.
We're very concious about how currently the site is kind of a mismash of various ideas, and that we have upped the ante with the ad serving. This all leads to the fact that it needs to be cleaned up a TON.
As we do every year, the summertime will be when we begin the overhaul of NS. We're going to address all the issues affecting the site, and really take a long look at how everything is looking. I know that cko (who does all web design) is REALLY excited to sort out the mess that this site has become.
So know that we're aware, and we want to make this into the best site in the world, and that we are right now working to make that happen.
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Uh, it already is. The thing is, we gotta stay ahead, eh?
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Really? The new site was unusable back when it was first launched but it works fine now. Replying to a thread is exactly the same as it was when I joined 6 years ago. Nothing changed.
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it also works fine for me
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i find it runs quite slowly. especially when i bring up the "reply thread" page. that's where i notice it the most anyway.
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that only happens to me when i have the fancy editor on.
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I've always loved NS because I can open 10 threads in new tabs while I'm scrolling down the forums. If sacrificing a "modern" looking site is what you need to do to keep it running fast then I'm down. Any other forum I can only load a few pages at once, not 10+ like here. Vbulletin etc. is cool, but looks the same everywhere and all the features and shit annoy me sometimes and slow my computer.
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how do you turn that off?
also, i think something that should be considered is that the reply box should be at the bottom of the thread page. alot of times i forget what i was going to say and have to go back to the thread page which is pretty annoying. idk, it might just be me that has this problem though. this might increase post whoring and useless posts though
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go to my NS and then account tools.
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if you download the ad blocker plus add-on for firefox you won't see any adds at all. then everybody wins. newschoolers still gets the cash for the adds, and we all get to browse the site advertisement-free.
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