Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 19:54:19 11/23/03
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On November 23, 2003 at 20:21:36, Richard Sutherland wrote: >Where exactly, did I ask for flashy graphics? I don't think you did. Where did I say you asked for flashy graphics? The fact is that a lot of boards that people think are good are very graphic intensive. There are lots of websites out there made by artists who spend all of their time making some finely detailed, monolithic user interface for their site which has very little actual content. Lots of younger internet users think this is good web design. I disagree. You seem to think that phpBB is better, but I also disagree. This forum is simple, clean, probably very resource friendly for the hosters, and easy to use. >What extra resources and again, who asked for "pretty"? Who said that I implied that anyone asked for it? The graphical nature is usually intended to make the site prettier. I don't know your technical background, but php is a scripting language, which means the hosting computer has to do some preprocessing each time a user loads a page. The more graphical nature of a lot of sites with phpBB-like forums will require more bandwidth. I don't know who asked for pretty. >I don't think it is easy to follow at all. Yes, you already made that clear. >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. That isn't true. The threads are together, and you can change the amount of time the main page goes back to up to 7 days. So as long as you read once every 7 days, you can see entire threads together. >phpBB brings >the most recently updated thread to the top of the first page. Surely that is a >huge plus? I suspected you would think that was better :-) I strongly disagree that bringing the most recent posts to the front is alawys useful (even though it IS possible with CCC, in a more useful way than phpBB-like boards, maybe you should investigate a little before claiming that there is a problem?). I know one particular forum where I post questions sometimes, which is a particularly high traffic forum, and it works as you describe. The problem I have run into again and again is that I post a message, and if I post it at a non-peak time, it is quickly moved off to the second or third page and barely anyone even reads it. Here, a thread will stay on the page for 36 hours (adjustable), in the order of when it was posted, and people don't have to be constantly reading CCC to avoid missing posts. >Duh? I know there is a search engine. Using a better message board would reduce >the necessity of using it. Yes, using a better one would. Using one like you describe wouldn't. >Popular threads would rise to the top, crap would >sink out of sight. Lucky for you, we don't use that kind of board :-) >It is broke, but I feel you are merely sputing out the usual resistance to >change attitude of most people. How is it broke? It seems you are the one who doesn't like to change. You read other boards that aren't like this one, and you instantly want it to be like the others you read. I know that feeling, because I had it when I first started reading CCC, and now that I've been exposed to both for a number of years, I prefer this one by far.
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