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Welcome back (& forum design changes today)

Tom MillerTom Miller Posts: 1,257
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Hi all,

First off, apologies for not heading into the forums earlier. I've been on leave for a few days (supposedly, anyway - rest assured that you lot saw to that! :D) and missed the majority of the fallout earlier.

Secondly, huge apologies on behalf of all at DS for getting it wrong with the design changes. Tech have done their best to revert the changes but I'm sure you've noticed the new header is here to stay in the meantime.

The 'right hand side' is something we need to incorporate in essence but there are better ways of doing it so back to the drawing board we go.

We're the first to admit when we've gotten something wrong so, again, very sorry for not being able to jump in sooner. May I long be destined to forego annual leave.

Thanks for your patience and for being so understanding.
Your (exhausted) forum manager
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    CharnhamCharnham Posts: 61,511
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    didnt get chance to comment on the 1st change earlier (busy busy busy) but this current one at 17:10 is alot smarter.
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    pickwickpickwick Posts: 25,739
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    Excellent, Tom, I'm really impressed with the speed of the rollback and the fact you didn't just assume people were complaining about change for the sake of it! Good work!

    (Hope you get a holiday soon :D)
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    user1234567user1234567 Posts: 12,378
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    Yay it's back to normal! :D
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    solarflaresolarflare Posts: 22,393
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    Everything looks normal again! Good to see.
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    BelligerenceBelligerence Posts: 40,613
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    Much better use of the space. :D
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    pothuthicpothuthic Posts: 47,104
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    Its fine Tom, Was just a bit too much to handle xD
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,455
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    Much better :D
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    molliepopsmolliepops Posts: 26,829
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    Thank you Tom glad to hear you do listen
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    PunkchickPunkchick Posts: 2,369
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    Much better!
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    GogfumbleGogfumble Posts: 22,155
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    Thanks for getting things back to normal.

    Sorry you had to forgo your leave... but saying that, maybe it wasn't a good idea to schedule a redesign for when the forum manager was on leave? :p
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    The screamThe scream Posts: 2,338
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    Yey! my left eye has now gone back to normal lol
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,223
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    It looks a lot better now. Thank you. :)
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    RecordPlayerRecordPlayer Posts: 22,648
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    Thank you.:)
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    jojo01jojo01 Posts: 12,370
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    Thank you for bringing the good old forum back!

    Only thing I'm missing now is the left hand nav but that I will be able to get used to!
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Tom Miller wrote: »
    Hi all,

    First off, apologies for not heading into the forums earlier. I've been on leave for a few days (supposedly, anyway - rest assured that you lot saw to that! :D) and missed the majority of the fallout earlier.

    Secondly, huge apologies on behalf of all at DS for getting it wrong with the design changes. Tech have done their best to revert the changes but I'm sure you've noticed the new header is here to stay in the meantime.

    The 'right hand side' is something we need to incorporate in essence but there are better ways of doing it so back to the drawing board we go.

    We're the first to admit when we've gotten something wrong so, again, very sorry for not being able to jump in sooner. May I long be destined to forego annual leave.

    Thanks for your patience and for being so understanding.
    Your (exhausted) forum manager
    Why are you guys testing on a live site?
    Why not put up a beta/test version that people can try out and comment on?
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    Speak-SoftlySpeak-Softly Posts: 24,737
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    Did someone get fired?:D

    Thanks very much for listening though, it was pretty dire this morning.
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    hornbeamhornbeam Posts: 9,483
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    Thank you so much for this - its a delight for sore eyes :)
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    TipptopTipptop Posts: 991
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    Thank you for the roll back, I hated the way threads were deleted everywhere people voiced their opinion on the new layout and thought it was going to be a case of put up with the changes or else get banned!

    Great to see your back to normal and the site is re-added to my bookmarks again.
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    KapellmeisterKapellmeister Posts: 41,322
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    Nice to get some response but I'm still curious to know how the changes were ok'd in the first place when they were so obviously grim, the massively-expanded RHS especially.
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    ResonanceResonance Posts: 16,648
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    Well done on reconsidering DS.
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    skunkboy69skunkboy69 Posts: 9,506
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    Much,much better now.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 197
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    Thanks it looks much better now :D
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    kjh84kjh84 Posts: 651
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    Thanks very much for bringing it back :D
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    Deaf LeppardDeaf Leppard Posts: 2,682
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    It's better than the original now!! Much prefer the links at the top instead of the left side!!
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    kittenkong42kittenkong42 Posts: 4,968
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    Thanks for listening and reverting the changes - it's good that you responded to the complaints.

    Maybe when trying out the planned revision you could get volunteer users involved in a "beta" test so you can get some feedback before implementation? Could be useful and I'm sure there's people who'd be willing to help (I know I would...)
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