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From: TEDennis	11/12/2019 11:41:27 AM
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The solution to all this grumbling about the "new SI" is to create a "new SI" ... ... IN ADDITION to the existing SI that nearly all of us old-timers loved in the past before "somebody" started dorking around with "enhancements". Provide a "legacy link" somewhere on the "new SI" landing page that will give the old-timers the slicker-and-quicker version, while the newer fans (if any) will fall in love with the graphic-laden too-busy interface. The old-timers can use a direct link to the old (current) version and save the URL so they can access it directly instead of having to land on the graphics-heavy new version. The only glitch is (could be?) the database. I suspect they have re-architected it to contain new info bits that provide the opportunity to add functionality. Store ALL the data in one database (the "new" one), and put a re-format-as-needed function between the access requests from the "old SI". When new posts are added from the "old SI", provide null data to fill in the fields available only in the "new SI". The "old SI" won't care about any additional info from posts added in the "new SI" user interface, so its presence in the database won't affect it. The "old SI" is pretty stable, so it can be frozen to its current state. No new features will be added to it, and only critical patches will be applied to it. I helped out with some technical issues in the early SI days, and would help out again if needed. However, I'm pretty sure the primary techie and I would not get along well together. I would have liked to have been in the room when the decision to create a "new SI" was made. I wonder how they justified the business expense of creating a "new SI". There had to be significant personnel costs, as well as opportunity costs of using those (that?) personnel for developing the "new SI" instead of developing another product to satisfy a separate market need. Competitive analysis, anyone? Will they really generate enough new users and advertisers to offset the cost of development? I doubt it. This is management's toy to do whatever they want with it. However, if I had bought a piece of the company when it was sold so many years ago, I would be a very unhappy owner right now. Just is case anybody has forgotten ... I absolutely HATE the time format. Sure is a pretty day. TED

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