Originally Posted by anderson
i disagree , the simplicity and ease of use with the current design is far superior
+ yet another.
i disagree , the simplicity and ease of use with the current design is far superior
+ yet another.
This forum badly needs to move to a modern platform/back end.
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There are always trade offs. I'm OK giving up some of the newer forum features in order to maintain simplicity. A lot of other forums that I frequent are so tricked out these days, it actually detracts from the content itself.
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I see lots of whiners but no ones offering up any money LOL
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Originally Posted by JohnnyJohnson
I see lots of whiners but no ones offering up any money LOL
I'll say it again. I'm pretty sure the current software and server hosting costs money, it's just moving to something else that, you guessed it, also costs money.
I see lots of whiners but no ones offering up any money LOL
I'll say it again. I'm pretty sure the current software and server hosting costs money, it's just moving to something else that, you guessed it, also costs money.
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
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If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
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Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
Really?
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
Really?
Originally Posted by kschachn
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
Really?
Really what?
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
Really?
Really what?
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Really what?
I have the attention span and patience of a flea, but I've never been so triggered by an aspect of Bitog that I post it is "a big time suck", that's all.
And BTW I like how it is now. Clean and direct without the severely overbuilt format you find on so many other boards.
Really what?
I have the attention span and patience of a flea, but I've never been so triggered by an aspect of Bitog that I post it is "a big time suck", that's all.
And BTW I like how it is now. Clean and direct without the severely overbuilt format you find on so many other boards.
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by gathermewool
My only complaint, and one of my favorite features of other sites:
When I click on my control panel I want to see threads I've participated in or subscribed to that have NEW posts in them. I can's stand that I have to click on MY previous posts to see if someone else has posted after me. This wastes a bit of time and I'm sure I miss some responses to threads I haven't posted in for a long time.
YES THIS!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!!
If you are that interested in conversing with someone, what's wrong with simply sending them a PM based on what was posted before?
This way you can avoid all the pointless garbage notifications (something I despise when using other sites).
Originally Posted by gathermewool
My only complaint, and one of my favorite features of other sites:
When I click on my control panel I want to see threads I've participated in or subscribed to that have NEW posts in them. I can's stand that I have to click on MY previous posts to see if someone else has posted after me. This wastes a bit of time and I'm sure I miss some responses to threads I haven't posted in for a long time.
YES THIS!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!!
If you are that interested in conversing with someone, what's wrong with simply sending them a PM based on what was posted before?
This way you can avoid all the pointless garbage notifications (something I despise when using other sites).
Originally Posted by Lolvoguy
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by gathermewool
My only complaint, and one of my favorite features of other sites:
When I click on my control panel I want to see threads I've participated in or subscribed to that have NEW posts in them. I can's stand that I have to click on MY previous posts to see if someone else has posted after me. This wastes a bit of time and I'm sure I miss some responses to threads I haven't posted in for a long time.
YES THIS!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!!
This way you can avoid all the pointless garbage notifications (something I despise when using other sites).
Yes, that little dot that shows up by your username in the top right corner is TERRIBLE! God for bid you be notified that someone replied to the UOA you just posted without going back to the actual thread! The horror!
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by gathermewool
My only complaint, and one of my favorite features of other sites:
When I click on my control panel I want to see threads I've participated in or subscribed to that have NEW posts in them. I can's stand that I have to click on MY previous posts to see if someone else has posted after me. This wastes a bit of time and I'm sure I miss some responses to threads I haven't posted in for a long time.
YES THIS!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!!
This way you can avoid all the pointless garbage notifications (something I despise when using other sites).
Yes, that little dot that shows up by your username in the top right corner is TERRIBLE! God for bid you be notified that someone replied to the UOA you just posted without going back to the actual thread! The horror!
Originally Posted by user52165
I disagree. I belong to 2 forums using that platform.
BITOG is much easier to navigate.
BITOG is a wonderful forum platform, probably the best on the net. It's simple, uncluttered, fast and easy to use. Unlike more modern offerings.
I disagree. I belong to 2 forums using that platform.
BITOG is much easier to navigate.
BITOG is a wonderful forum platform, probably the best on the net. It's simple, uncluttered, fast and easy to use. Unlike more modern offerings.
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by Lolvoguy
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by gathermewool
My only complaint, and one of my favorite features of other sites:
When I click on my control panel I want to see threads I've participated in or subscribed to that have NEW posts in them. I can's stand that I have to click on MY previous posts to see if someone else has posted after me. This wastes a bit of time and I'm sure I miss some responses to threads I haven't posted in for a long time.
YES THIS!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!!
This way you can avoid all the pointless garbage notifications (something I despise when using other sites).
Yes, that little dot that shows up by your username in the top right corner is TERRIBLE! God for bid you be notified that someone replied to the UOA you just posted without going back to the actual thread! The horror!
PM's my friend. It's the way of the future!
Originally Posted by Lolvoguy
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by gathermewool
My only complaint, and one of my favorite features of other sites:
When I click on my control panel I want to see threads I've participated in or subscribed to that have NEW posts in them. I can's stand that I have to click on MY previous posts to see if someone else has posted after me. This wastes a bit of time and I'm sure I miss some responses to threads I haven't posted in for a long time.
YES THIS!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!!
This way you can avoid all the pointless garbage notifications (something I despise when using other sites).
Yes, that little dot that shows up by your username in the top right corner is TERRIBLE! God for bid you be notified that someone replied to the UOA you just posted without going back to the actual thread! The horror!
PM's my friend. It's the way of the future!
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Yes, that little dot that shows up by your username in the top right corner is TERRIBLE! God for bid you be notified that someone replied to the UOA you just posted without going back to the actual thread! The horror!
Yeah, okay.
Yes, that little dot that shows up by your username in the top right corner is TERRIBLE! God for bid you be notified that someone replied to the UOA you just posted without going back to the actual thread! The horror!
Yeah, okay.
Originally Posted by Cujet
Originally Posted by user52165
I disagree. I belong to 2 forums using that platform.
BITOG is much easier to navigate.
BITOG is a wonderful forum platform, probably the best on the net. It's simple, uncluttered, fast and easy to use. Unlike more modern offerings.
Originally Posted by user52165
I disagree. I belong to 2 forums using that platform.
BITOG is much easier to navigate.
BITOG is a wonderful forum platform, probably the best on the net. It's simple, uncluttered, fast and easy to use. Unlike more modern offerings.
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
I guess that I'm not getting your problem. When I'm on here, all unread threads are in bold and the ones I've read are not. I've never had an instance where it was not in bold if I hadn't read it or it has been updated. It even shows the number of replies with the number of new replies in parenthesis. I like the site the way it is, but I guess that's the gen x'r in me.
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
I guess that I'm not getting your problem. When I'm on here, all unread threads are in bold and the ones I've read are not. I've never had an instance where it was not in bold if I hadn't read it or it has been updated. It even shows the number of replies with the number of new replies in parenthesis. I like the site the way it is, but I guess that's the gen x'r in me.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyJohnson
I see lots of whiners but no ones offering up any money LOL
You mean like me? $12/year isn't much, but I'm just one person.
I'd pay $24/year if they formatted this site like NASIOC.com, which offers a control panel that ONLY populates a list of threads that you have subscribed to (or posted in), which has had a new post since you last logged in. THAT is one simple feature that should be worth exploring.
I see lots of whiners but no ones offering up any money LOL
You mean like me? $12/year isn't much, but I'm just one person.
I'd pay $24/year if they formatted this site like NASIOC.com, which offers a control panel that ONLY populates a list of threads that you have subscribed to (or posted in), which has had a new post since you last logged in. THAT is one simple feature that should be worth exploring.
Originally Posted by HemiBenny
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
I guess that I'm not getting your problem. When I'm on here, all unread threads are in bold and the ones I've read are not. I've never had an instance where it was not in bold if I hadn't read it or it hasn't been updated. It even shows the number of replies with the number of new replies in parenthesis. I like the site the way it is, but I guess that's the gen x'r in me.
Mine usually do but often I log in and get redirected to the category I was recently looking at and boom, no bold font and no red letter in parenthesis and it acts as if I'm all caught up when in fact I'm nowhere near.
Originally Posted by jayjr1105
Originally Posted by nickaluch
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Hey look, just logged in and PCMO section shows as if I read all the updated threads except I didn't. Now I have no idea which threads I already read through and which I didn't. Unread threads should show up with BOLD font but clearly here it isn't. Again, a big time suck.
I guess that I'm not getting your problem. When I'm on here, all unread threads are in bold and the ones I've read are not. I've never had an instance where it was not in bold if I hadn't read it or it hasn't been updated. It even shows the number of replies with the number of new replies in parenthesis. I like the site the way it is, but I guess that's the gen x'r in me.
Mine usually do but often I log in and get redirected to the category I was recently looking at and boom, no bold font and no red letter in parenthesis and it acts as if I'm all caught up when in fact I'm nowhere near.
Originally Posted by user52165
I disagree. I belong to 2 forums using that platform.
BITOG is much easier to navigate.
Also, it is full of SPAM.
Just to clear up any possible misunderstanding of my first post.................. I meant the other forums, not BITOG, are full of spam.
No one commented on it, so guess they saw what I meant.
I used to be a regular on other forums that adopted their new format. Sadly, I don't frequent them much any more.
I do this for relaxation and information, not frustration.
I disagree. I belong to 2 forums using that platform.
BITOG is much easier to navigate.
Also, it is full of SPAM.
Just to clear up any possible misunderstanding of my first post.................. I meant the other forums, not BITOG, are full of spam.
No one commented on it, so guess they saw what I meant.
I used to be a regular on other forums that adopted their new format. Sadly, I don't frequent them much any more.
I do this for relaxation and information, not frustration.
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