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Pastimes : SI Beta Site Launch - 7/01/99 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RTev who wrote (376)	7/10/1999 12:01:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2340

This is a change in the design that will make SI more appealing to new users -- to someone coming upon SI for the first time. Those who prefer to discourage new users would rather keep a look that shuns "newbies". If the new design attracts more members then I am for it. We need more posters. Bigger fees means more people have been excluded..not a good thing IMO. It is hard to call this a 'new' design. It looks a lot like some other boards. It seems like SI is now copying other formats...others used to copy SI. Long time users are used to change. We used to get a lot of change...with a lot of user input. It has been stagnant for a long time..and now a significant format change that only makes us look like some other sites..not a lot of creativity IMO...just copying. I think long time users were looking for something more uniquely SI. User functions that enhance the quality of posts should be a prime consideration. Simple things like a more advanced spell checker...something that can offer suggestions... can do a lot for the quality of the end product. Enhanced search capability also can help reduce redundant posts. I remember back at the time of the takeover Brad indicated Go2net thought our search capability was primitive....so why are we still waiting for better search? I do not think there is a reluctance to change..I think we were looking for something better. I would like to be a part of a first class message community...it seems like now it is becoming just one in the crowd. Zeuspaul

To: RTev who wrote (376)	7/10/1999 1:37:00 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2340

"Long-time readers do not like change. Any change." this statement is wide of the mark by a long shot. anybody who is on the internet is familiar with change. the longer one has been connected, the more change one has seen. this isn't little house on the prairie we're talking about here. this is a medium that defines change, was born of change, and is about change. there is abundant change everywhere. "Maybe everyone who was here before is indeed wiser and smarter than everyone who has arrived since. Maybe." i don't think anyone was suggesting that. "some of those old timers combine a bad eye with a loud mouth." does a statement like this help in discussing and resolving an issue? :) mark