Rolled Back to the Old ET

Baron,

Clicking on the Forums tab on the home page returns a 404.

New, old, whatever, can we at least have a site that functions normally?
 
AAA did a great job summing up my feelings as well. I had some complaints about the new format, but kept them to myself as I assumed tweaks and feedback from others would evolve the interface accordingly.

We can't thank you enough for all you've put into this and all you do for us!!!


Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

Thank you Baron. It takes a real leader to admit a mistake. You have guided this site with great insight and judgment for 15 years or so, maybe more. I first started on the site when you were selling Colographic video cards here. In all that time, this is the only misstep I can recall. Like a good trader, you quickly cut your one bad trade short.

I've been away and missed much of the debate on the new site, but let me echo what some of the other oldtimers said. ET has always had the most brilliantly useable interface of any message board. It was (is) a model of how a site should look and feel. Sadly, the new version fell short. Personally, I felt the avatars looked juvernile and detracted from the professional look of the site. There was way too much other stuff going on as well. Leave that crap to Facebook, et al. Keep ET lean and mean.

A crucial feature of ET is the ability to scan recent threads under each forum from the forum page. Many of us like to do a quick scan of what's happening on the site from that page. We are just not going to take the time to click on each forum heading if the recent threads are not visible.

For now at least, life can return to normal.
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Quote from Magna:

Thank you for your efforts, that was a monumental task you took on. I'm sure some time in the future, with the experience you gathered here, changes will be implemented. Maybe incremental instead of comprehensive to smooth the transition and ease us all into it. Anyway it's nice to see an old friend again. She does the job without glitz or fanfare. Simple. Clean. Straightforward. And as the old song says, "You don't know what you got until you lose it..."
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Amen;
this one is easier on the eyes also.LOL:cool: :cool:
 
Quote from Baron:



This has been the toughest month of my life... period. I kid you not when I say that I have slept about one night for every three days this past month trying to get this migration done. Considering the outcome, I regret having to put you guys (and my family) through this. ET is my life and I appreciate every one of you who takes the time to participate here. Always have. I tried so hard to move us forward, by my effort didn't work out like I hoped, so I fell short, and for that I'm truly sorry.
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Sorry to hear about your troubles with the failed migration, Baron. Agree with your conclusion here which is step by step improvements. We all have our temporary periodic drawdowns, no matter how successful. In such times, it helps to look at the big picture. You've built a very popular, lively and successful forum, and this is just a small setback.
 
Quote from BSAM:

Brother Close, why is the old version easier to read?
I had no trouble at all reading the new version.
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For me I prefer the old format because 1. I like the way the Forums main page has a list of the 5 most recent posts for each section 2. The older format seems smaller or less bold, I thought the font on the new format was kind of big.
 
Hip hip hooray
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Quote from justrading:

Baron,

Clicking on the Forums tab on the home page returns a 404.

New, old, whatever, can we at least have a site that functions normally?
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All works well for me, just delete cache in the browser. I have seen this issue many times across various sites.
 
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