JB wrote:I can tell you with certainty that the current ("old") format is far superior for my use -- the ability to see all at a glance as I drop in during a few free moments here and there.
It's still easier to see everything that happened on this site since I last logged in.
I got home, started my browser, opened up the front page of this site (among several other sites), clicked the "View posts since last visit" in the upper right, and all 21 threads popped up that were active since this afternoon (including this one).
As much as I also liked the simplicity of the layout & low-bandwidth friendliness of the old site, I'm happy to see it on this software now. What once took me twenty minutes to check is now taking me five -- including typing this reply.
I no longer have to ignore the For Sale posts, since I'm not in the market for anything. I can see twenty posts in a thread with just one click. I've already been IM'd by someone on the board, which, on the old board, would have required one of us to try to catch the attention of the other, exchange email addresses, and proceed from there. If I choose, I can be informed of when someone adds to a thread in which I posted (VERY helpful for those of us asking for opinions or selling things).
We all learned to walk, use forks, drive cars, and type on keyboards. We can learn the new website. Even learning to play an instrument was more difficult than any Web surfing I've ever seen.