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

To: appro who wrote (1018)	7/29/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2340

Ah, but how differently some of us learn (fortunately, it seems). I've recognized for the several months that I've used it that the old SI was kludgy, anti-intuitive, and downright ugly. I put up with all of that because I enjoyed the quality of the discussion here. (At least in most threads. This one is becoming an exception, but that will happen occasionally.) I really have come to appreciate the elegant design of the new site, and appreciate it even more during the server burps on the beta system when I have to jump over to the old system. Two examples: When reading multiple messages (which I still usually do one at a time), I find in the new version that my mouse rarely travels more than a few inches from the right edge of the screen. I have "SubjectMarks" set as the last item on my toolbar. When I'm done with a message, I can move the couple of inches to the top or press the right-justified "View SubjectMarks" at the bottom of the message. Once I get to the SubjectMarks, I can renew the page using the same method I used to get there originally. (On the fossil site, one must use a different method to refresh the screen.) That "SubjectMarks" stays there whatever I'm doing. I can read news from Reuters, check market conditions with "Market Monitor", read an article like "SI Daily", and always get back to the most important things -- the messages -- with just one click. That's elegance.

To: appro who wrote (1018)	7/30/1999 4:52:00 AM
From: marcos	Respond to of 2340

Yeah ... also maybe it could remind us to appreciate SI in general. I used to hang out at a broker's office even through periods when i had no money in the market. It was a great place - free coffee, piles of Northern Miner back issues, Quotron ticker chattering away, bunch of guys telling lies and debunking other guys' lies ... a very educational experience, especially in learning to judge credibility. Far better than all the sell-side 'analysts' lined up in their Sunday clothes. And now thanks to Brad and Jeff and Jill we can do the same internationally - there are people here from all over the planet - and in a vastly more usable form, with each post date-stamped and archived, and improving search capabilities. There's huge value here, in between the inevitable chaff. No complaints tonight. Classic SI, the real thing, working well ... ¡Viva SI!