New Ragnar Message Board vote

[SpikeTheCylon]

Blade said:

You have to register because it s diferent type of board but your post count gets carried over by me

Ok, Thanks

[siouxsmn]

MarkusB said:

I thought the new one is pretty solid. Runs a little slower that this one. Might be temporary. Anyone else notice its a little slower?

a "home" button at the top for easy navagation w/b cool to

The smilies are wayy nicer. Didn't see the :cheers one yet.... - that one is my fav

When I checked it out last night, it was moving a little slow, but that could be any number of things. Looks good to me. I like the new icons!!

[LeeAdama]

New one looks good, I found it a little slow when posting a message, but overall excellent

;D

[Blade Runner]

LeeAdama said:

New one looks good, I found it a little slow when posting a message, but overall excellent

;D

It's faster at my end but theres a lot of things that could cause the slowdown.

[ViperPilotMomma]

I had a slow internet connection overall last night (it seemed like everything took forever to load even though I have DSL!)

Its been like that for the last few days. My husband said that he noticed the same thing with his internet connection at work - he feels like the 'net, on a whole, has been slow. In other words, its not just our PCs at home or our IPS provider.

Has anyone noticed slowness in other 'net functions and with other sites in addition to our new (Invision Free) forum board?

[Blade Runner]

Its been easter, kids at home swamping the net

[ViperPilotMomma]

Oh, yeah! You're right, I'd fogotten about that aspect!

[ViperChickKaliyla]

Well, my first impression of the new board was this:

The Pros:

*If we move to the new board, I'll be reduced in rank from Ensign to Specialist it appears... (Whoah! Talk about taking a career hit!) However, despite that, I have to say I like the expanded ranking system on the new version!

The Cons:

*Larger text--especially for the titles of the sections of the board, the explanations of what said sections are about, and for the names of the inidividual threads (more like the text for those two things on this board) would be really[/b] nice for those of us viewing the board off of our little laptop screens... ;D

*I like the aqua color (against the black) on this version of the board better than the darker blue color against black on the new version. For some reason, I actually think the color sceheme of this board is easier on the eyes than the new one--it seems brighter than the new version (again, this may have to do with the fact that I almost always view from a laptop screen...)

*I like the stars better than the new bar at the bottom that gets progressivly more filled. But that's just me

Unknown:

*Smilies: Would it be possible for you to put a thread in the new board where you showcase all the new smilies? (If there already is such a thread, then forgive this request and instead please point me towards it...)

...in other words, the old board is currently winning out for me, but a lot of that difference could be erased if you would please, please just equalize the text sizes on the two boards.... ;D I'll give a mroe detailed analysis alter after I get the chance to register on the new version and test it out for a day or two, but the tiny text--especially for section titles and then later for thread titles as well) makes me shudder at the thought of doing so....

[Daliden]

Come on people, the new board supports direct links to new posts in threads.

That's reason enough to move

[Mordraken]

New Board >> current board.

When do we move? And are you going to have a redirect from this board? And can you migrate the posts & content?

[caseOrange]

The new board, definitely! Two thumbs up! ;D

[Blade Runner]

Mordraken said:

New Board >> current board.

When do we move? And are you going to have a redirect from this board? And can you migrate the posts & content?

Still waiting for Xenu to surface before we do a mass email and let everyone know. This boards content will have to stay here as a back up board, so ithink posting on the new one would be wiser.

s9.invisionfree.com/Ragnar_Anchorage/index.php?

[ViperChickKaliyla]

Hmm. I appear to be the only one fond of the old board. Regarding the new one...As I said, my feeligns towards it could improve greatly simply from an increase of text size to a comperable size w/ this (old) board....Come on, do all us laptop users a favor... ;D

[Blade Runner]

ViperChickKaliyla said:

Hmm. I appear to be the only one fond of the old board. Regarding the new one...As I said, my feeligns towards it could improve greatly simply from an increase of text size to a comperable size w/ this (old) board....Come on, do all us laptop users a favor... ;D

Its cosy and what your used to. i was thinking the same but we will get many more members and the restrictions on this board will make it difficult for both members and staff. i've looked at the other board on a laptop and had no trouble with the fonts or size, maybe it's because i've got use to seeing it

[ViperChickKaliyla]

i've looked at the other board on a laptop and had no trouble with the fonts or size, maybe it's because i've got use to seeing it

Actually, it probably is that difference in how long we've been seeing the new board (as I can still see and read the text on the new site just fine, I just find the smaller titles of sections annoying becuase they don't "jump out" at you as much, so you have to actually may have to scan the page to find any particular section...Yeah, I know, I sound lazy there ;D ) that's causing my discontent versus your acceptance...Possibly also plus difference in our screens, as well as potential differences in how we usually view our laptops (i.e., distance from us, level relative to our eyes, lighting levels, angle we set the screen at, all that...) So, I guess I'll resign myself to the majority vote here and head on over to register at the new board....