Author: Richard Sutherland
Date: 17:21:36 11/23/03
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On November 23, 2003 at 20:08:53, Russell Reagan wrote: >On November 23, 2003 at 14:51:06, Richard Sutherland wrote: > >>This message board is very difficult to follow > >I disagree completely. I find this board much easier to follow than other boards >similar to phpBB. > > >>and I was wondering if it >>would be possible, for whomever runs the site, to upgrade to another free >>message board like phpBB. > >People read this board for content, not flashy graphics (which I personally find >annoying). There is no need for subsections or much of that other stuff that >those kind of boards provide. Where exactly, did I ask for flashy graphics? > >This forum is also free, and I imagine that the providers would like to minimize >the resources it consumes, such as the extra cpu usage consumed by processing >php, or the extra html involved in making the site look so pretty. What extra resources and again, who asked for "pretty"? > >Personally, I like it basic and uncluttered. Very easy to follow. I don't think it is easy to follow at all. > > >>This would keep threads together > >The threads in this forum are together... No, they're not. You constantly find threads starting with "Re:" because the threads aren't kept together, or the thread is several pages back. phpBB brings the most recently updated thread to the top of the first page. Surely that is a huge plus? > > >>and make it much >>easier to find information from previously posted threads without having to ask >>the same questions many times. > >There is a search engine... Duh? I know there is a search engine. Using a better message board would reduce the necessity of using it. Popular threads would rise to the top, crap would sink out of sight. > >This has been brought up countless times in the past, and it hasn't changed yet. >I really don't find it hard at all to follow, and I prefer the current version. >I post on other boards that use an approach similar to phpBB, and I prefer this >one by far. > >If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It ain't broke. It is broke, but I feel you are merely sputing out the usual resistance to change attitude of most people.
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