Look we recognize that the more fancy background has made the site a bit slower. That was a pretty concious decision, and we added the connection speed choice for just that reason.
If you want to speed up the site, do two things in your account tools:
1) Set "Net connection speed" to the lowest.
2) Set "Enable the Fancy Editor (GUI)?" to NO
If you want the site to look more like classic NS, on the same page pick:
3) "Page Justify" to left
4) "Enable Thumbnails in Picture Galleries?" select NO
And if you want to get even crazier:
5) "Show Cover Page" = no
6) "Show quick facts when logging out" = no
You'll be back almost all the way to classic NS in no time!
We just liked the new layout. The GUI coudl certainly use some work though, its got some fucking pesky slowdown issue that we haven't been able to track down yet.
Ahhh the memories....
July 2008
April 2006
Sometime in 2005....
Personally I'm stoked at where we've come to. Sure there's improvements to be made, but the site has come a long, long way.
