Rolled Back to the Old ET

[moarla]

this old version is MUCH better

never change a winning team!!

 

[gwb-trading]

Quote from nkhoi:

Hip hip hooray

Somehow I assumed that this is what most of the ET moderators looked like...

...after having to put up with complaints from all the members.

 

[Schaefer]

Ahhh...much better, thank you. I hated the gawdawful new version look. As for the threads, as long as we're able to access, "Cassie's Pictorium" thread, we're all good

Schaefer

 

[caementarius]

Baron -

At times like these, I find the following poem particularly fitting:

The Palace ~ Rudyard Kipling

When I was a King and a Mason-a master proven and skilled-
I cleared me ground for a Palace such as a King should build.
I decreed and cut down to my levels, and presently, under the silt,
I came on the wreck of a Palace such as a King had built.

There was no worth in the fashion-there was no wit in the plan-
Hither and thither, aimless, the ruined footings ran-
Masonry, brute, mishandled; but carven on every stone:
"After me cometh a Builder. Tell him I, too, have known."

Swift to my use in my trenches, where my well-planned ground-works grew,
I tumbled his quoins and ashlars, and cut and reset them anew.
Lime I milled of his marbles ; burned it, slacked it and spread;
Taking and leaving at pleasure the gifts of the humble dead.

Yet I despised not nor gloried; yet as we wrenched them apart,
I read in the razed foundations the heart of that builder’s heart.
As though he had risen and pleaded, so did I understand
The form of the dream he had followed in the face of the thing he had planned.

When I was King and a Mason-in the open noon of my pride,
They sent me a Word from the Darkness-They whispered and called me aside.
They said-"The end is forbidden." They said-"Thy use is fulfilled,
"And thy Palace shall stand as that other’s-the spoil of a King who shall build. "

I called my men from my trenches, my quarries, my wharves and my sheers.
All I had wrought I abandoned to the faith of the faithless years.
Only I cut on the timber-only I carved on the stone:
"After me cometh a Builder. Tell him I, too, have known."

 

[vicirek]

Quote from Baron:

Yes, I want to upgrade the site eventually,

Please do not upgrade. Keep it simple as it is, plain, ergonomic and easy to read. Please do not follow the trend of web page clutter, fancy backgrounds, fancy fonts, coloring etc. It makes it more difficult to read.

 

[Ol' Yella]

No need to turn ET into another BMT

no need for all the clutter, and needless bells and whistles...

simpler is better

 

[1a2b3cppp]

Whenever a forum changes people always complain because it's a change, even if eventually they realize the new format is better. As a huge internet nerd who is a member of many forums (some of which are susbtantially larger and more active than ET, which doesn't even make the top 25), I will tell you that everyone always complains anytime a forum is changed

That being said, the missing threads were more important than the layout of the forum.

Also, as a huge internet nerd who is a member of many forums, I can tell you that the current ET format is not really that awesome. I understand why Baron wanted to change it. That being said, the huge amount of content here makes up for it. It's not like this forum sucks, it's just that it's not really the standard for forums anymore. ET is like a mid 2000's Honda Accord. It's reliable, it gets the job done, it looks pretty decent, but is the best car on the road? No. But there's nothing really wrong with it.

But I'd rather have it the way it is with all threads intact.

Changing forums over can be a pain.

 

[newwurldmn]

I found elitetrader from a google search which got me to an old thread.

 

[ElCubano]

Quote from vicirek:

Please do not upgrade. Keep it simple as it is, plain, ergonomic and easy to read. Please do not follow the trend of web page clutter, fancy backgrounds, fancy fonts, coloring etc. It makes it more difficult to read.

KISS format is the way to go.

 

[atticus]

The current site limits Baron's ability to monetize the traffic, so I certainly don't blame him for wanting to upgrade. There were a lot of useful features with the new site.