Re: AREA V2 is Active - your old links may not work

Garry wrote:
> I just had a look at the new Area and I'm a bit dissapointed really, It 
> seems like they asked us loads of questions about how it could be improved

> and then just did what they wanted anyway. To me it dosn't look that much 
> different to the last one.

They've made /some/ changes, but not enough IMO.
For example, the "themes" are a good start, but they only affect the 
actual posted messages - they should affect the WHOLE site.

> Just looking on the front page there was a couple of things that I noticed,

> a featured image with a description " rose - done in 3ds max and
renderin 
> done by vray" and a section called "Behind the Screenz". I
mean come on, 
> lets have some professionalism please. I'm not a 15 year old kid with a 
> baseball cap on back to front.

I'm inclined to agree, but there are a /lot/ of new, younger users who 
frankly don't know any better. Should we "close the door" on them or 
attempt to accommodate them? I suspect that the "renderin" is a typo,

the "Screenz" is obviously deliberate.

> So is this weboard going to be abandoned? I access it via nttp so it's a
bit 
> hard to tell. Is the new forum a brand new thing or is this one being moved

> over?
> 
> Will there be nttp in the new place, I can't read the new site as the 
> colours hurt my eyes, so I'll stick with a newsreader.

I /really/ hope they don't abandon NNTP - disregarding the colours 
issue, it is still *so* much easier to access as a "newsgroup" rather

than a as a forum.

> Sorry if I come over as a grumpy old man, but there are loads of other 
> forums that are easier to use and read than the new Area

/me is a GOM as well :-P

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