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Posted by: Eliot 2 years, 6 months agoI'm sure many of you noticed some of the many changes we made today to the member pages. Here is a detailed description of what's new.
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Eliot Phillips is a mechanical engineer who until recently was based in Nebraska. Growing up on a dairy farm he gained a strong mechanical aptitude ...
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STONERS
Dec. 13, 2006, 12:07 a.m.Not to bad so far.Few problems on mine but all in all not bad.Thanks Eliot for the info..
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JasonCalacanis
Dec. 13, 2006, 12:09 a.m.looks cool... some thoughts:
1. I'd show the comment on the top level of the comments page.
2. The add button doesn't seem to work on the My Friends Page for suggested friend (it just hangs)
3. The bio section kind of sucks... you can't put a return in, you can't post Javascript, and you can't put in images. I suggest making it a WYSIWYG... let folks get creative!!!
4. I'd let folks upload photos of themselves. Photos is a great way to get to know someone.
looks nice!
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coreyspring
Dec. 13, 2006, 12:52 a.m.Yeah I'd like it if people could spruce up their bio with some formatting a little bit
I also liked the old section of seeing what stories a user had submitted made the homepage, that should be brought back in some way. As long as we're requesting feature, it would be cool if users could set up a list of tags they like and have it generate a page of stories with those tags.
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ekklesiawarrior
Dec. 13, 2006, 5:29 a.m.Agree with Jason and Corey, some things been best left as it were.
Some buttons do not work. Our Mac version of Firefox became stuck. Switched to Neyscape browser.
Cheers Jason, we have missed your comments.
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PinkyPie
Dec. 13, 2006, 12:33 a.m.I may be the lone dissenter but I hate it. I liked opening my profile page and being able to see everything at a glance. I could check quickly on the latest stories I commented on & whether there was any action on the thread. Same with stories I submitted. I could also see if anything I submitted made it to the front page--where is that available now? Now I have to click between several different pages to get the same info.
I don't like that everything is laid out like the front page now--too confusing. It all looks the same. The avatars are too small to see clearly which renders them useless. They are no more than blobs of color now.
Other than that, everything's swell :0
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stephen-johnson
Dec. 13, 2006, 8:38 a.m."And if you're going to make such drastic changes, COULD YOU AT LEAST INFORM US ALL OF IT BEFOREHAND? That was like a dousing of ice water"
So true. Like PinkiePie said, it was better to see everything together in the old format
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turnitupsidedown
Dec. 13, 2006, 10:21 a.m.i agree with luv. i also prefered when the thread went in order. it was more fun reading the comments that way.
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mozzer
Dec. 13, 2006, 4:15 p.m.I'm going to print your rant, frame and hang it next to my computer. Bravo!!!!!
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michaelgoonan
Dec. 13, 2006, 5:29 p.m.I agree. The profile pages were one of the few parts of the design that I actually liked. Figures. I also can't find the "send message" button that used to be located so conveniently. I urge Netscape to change to profiles back and actually listen to their audience this time instead of shoving us off as "not giving it enough of a chance".
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PinkyPie
Dec. 13, 2006, 1:03 a.m.While I'm bitching, I hate the boxes in the friends section. I don't need to constantly see their stats. Likewise, I don't like that feature on the front page for the top contributors. Bring back the avatars--I'm sensory deprived!
Complaining aside...love you all & appreciate what you're doing. I also appreciate that you listen to all of us....HINT, HINT ;)
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STONERS
Dec. 13, 2006, 1:15 a.m.I half to agree with PinkyPie on this..--Too confusing.Too disorienting.:}:}:}
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takeitorleaveit
Dec. 13, 2006, 7:59 a.m.Stoners,
I agree with you and Pinky. But what's with this "half" thing instead of "have". Not criticizing you, but just happen to notice it in many of your postings.lol
BTW, I like many of your posted articles.
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STONERS
Dec. 13, 2006, 1:27 a.m.I also liked opening my profile page and being able to see everything at a glance.The avatars are too small to see clearly.They are useless NOW....And I have a huge flat screen moniter,,,lol-still useless.Oh well...thanks:}:}:}Im done venting..:}:}:}
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tehranchik
Dec. 13, 2006, 1:30 a.m.How can you see all of your friends? Sending messages other than from postings or returns????? I'm old and slow :)
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3monkeys
Dec. 13, 2006, 2:26 a.m.Damn it. I noticedd the change within minutes. I sat on the story for hours.....
Goood luck guys
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blainegarrett
Dec. 13, 2006, 2:43 a.m.This is Blaine from the NS dev team. Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for their feedback so far - positive or otherwise, it helps shape the direction of the features you use. Your suggestions will be taken into consideration! I will say that the current profile setup is based on a lot of feed back on making features people use more often easier to get at and features people use less often buried.
More urgently, a few minor bugs have been discovered and we will be pushing out fixes tomorrow (Wednesday). I have personally been squashing bugs and fielding comments all evening throughout the wee morning hours. Gotta love the coffee and the Netscape!
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geographer47
Dec. 13, 2006, 9:04 a.m.I'm still trying to find the Stories Submitted by Friends list. Any hints?
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mntnman444
Dec. 13, 2006, 5:40 p.m.Dont know if you're in FLA but a nice stroll on the beach might help you stay awake.
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charbarred
Dec. 13, 2006, 3:07 a.m.The good:
1. The friends page loads much faster
2. I can finally get rid of all the non mutual friends
3. easier to find unclaimed friends
4. easier to see friends' activity
the bad (sorry)
1. add friend on a user's profile doesn't work
2. how do I send someone a message? do I have to locate one of their comments and send the message then?
3. The friends submitted stories is gone. I'm not going to go one by one and see what they submitted. It was nice to be able to see all the submissions on one page. For me this is a DEAL BREAKER. It's hard enough to vote on Netscape as it is. THe "find new stories" page is awful, and I could always rely on just getting good friends and reading their stories. Is this going to be gone forever?
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takeitorleaveit
Dec. 13, 2006, 8:44 a.m.Charbarred,
"The friends submitted stories is gone"
This is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes, it is unfair that someone post an article several hours later than someone with fewer friends and it makes front page.
I have experience this many times.I don't know what the solution is, but somtimes it seems like a popularity contest.
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HMTKSteve
Dec. 13, 2006, 9:07 a.m.I liked seeing what stories my friends submitted. PLEASE bring that back!
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uncle-dave
Dec. 13, 2006, 9:31 a.m.1. add friend on a user's profile doesn't work
I had this problem too.
Sending a personal message is a problem too.
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charbarred
Dec. 13, 2006, 3:14 a.m.Found another problem:
1. The friends list pager doesn't work. I can only see the first page of friends, and cannot go forward, it just takes me to my profile page.
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ind06
Dec. 13, 2006, 3:56 a.m.I have the same problem with only being able to see the first page of my friends and the second page takes me back to my profile.
And I'd like to second the itty-bitty avatar complaint. If they're going to be so small, why even have them?
It's also a lot more difficult to send a friend a message or see what my friends have posted. I too used both of those features.
And finally I'd like to make the comment that around noon I discovered that everyone currently on line had their IP address posted next to their name. Myself included. If you guys had anything to do with this I'm pretty angry. I'm sure you don't need to be told what a security breach something like that is...
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RealTalk
Dec. 13, 2006, 4:05 a.m.I agree with all of PinkyPie's comments and ind06 I seen that too and was not all that happy either,It showed peoples addresses,suite numbers and phone numbers even their Internet carrier.The last line is what got me, said some number# at the bottom to find more info out on this person.
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coreyspring
Dec. 13, 2006, 4:22 a.m.The mistake you are referring to earlier exposed IP addresses when the changes were being rolled out - the WHOIS information associated with those IP addresses would be for your internet service provider, and not *your* addresses, phone/suite numbers.
Of course it shouldn't have happened in the first place.
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TheAttacks
Dec. 13, 2006, 4:47 a.m.I thought the "add" links on the profile page didn't work as well, but when you click them a message shows in the right side of the page saying "suchandsuch was added to your friends"
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brenchris
Dec. 13, 2006, 5:52 a.m.I love the new Netscape.
It is much improved and I enjoy the various features.
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misanoel
Dec. 13, 2006, 8:04 a.m.I'm having trouble sending private messages to members (except as a reply in an existing message thread).
When I go to "message center", click on "Send a message", "select a friend" from the list, and "send message", it comes up "Message not sent: You must provide a member name to send to".
It DOES work if I manually type in a "recipient", but, as I say, NOT if I select a friend.
I cleared my cache and cookies, so what gives?
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saneman
Dec. 13, 2006, 8:18 a.m.Leave it the way it was. Too much effort is being placed on friends especially for someone who doesn't have any or want any.
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RealTalk
Dec. 13, 2006, 8:38 a.m.Hey what's this little dodad ofa clicker right here...Hot daggit you get to rate your own comment yourself ..but only once hahaha...Decisions,decisions do I like what I just said LMAO...yeehaww
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not2needy
Dec. 13, 2006, 9:02 a.m.I guess it's just like anything else, it will take some getting used to, then we will all probably love it. At least that's what i am hoping for!!
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stratton
Dec. 13, 2006, 9:17 a.m.I'd go so far as to say I don't like one bit of the change. I'm not going to re-hash all the complaints that have been made already. It's obvious to me, and most of the user I think, that this was a bad change.
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deathray
Dec. 13, 2006, 9:37 a.m.I don't particularly like the change.
The private messages dont scroll past the first page. It's as though any archived messages past the first page dont exist.
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