A good word for the site
Posted by: Arye_Gur on 01 December 2000
As few of us had complained about some odd things that happened to us, I think it is time to say that the site functions very good !
Arie
Is there are news on configuration changes, i.e. showing all the posts when you click on a topic rather than only 20? This really would make things hugely easier to use.
Also, while we're in the mood, can I request a change to the 'view posts since your last visit' function?
Firstly Could it show all the postings, not just the headings? If not, then can you fix it so that when you click a heading it takes you to the correct item, even if it's not on the first page. (Big hint - this would be resolved if it showed all of the posts rather than just the first 20).
Also, if there have been five postings into a topic then it lists all five. Why? When I click on a heading all five are right next to each other at the end of the topic. I'm sure someone would moan if you changed how this works, so could I therefore request an additional list of topics which have changed - and that the links work properly, too.
Oh, and by the way, the "e-mail this page to a friend" function doesn't work on second and subsequent pages. (Another big hint - this would be resolved if it showed all of the posts rather than just the first 20).
thanks, Martin
P.S. Sod's Law - I started getting this message as soon as I tried to post this (and have been, now, for several minutes)!:-
"Saturday December 02, 2000
The OpenTopic™ database that powers this Community is momentarily unavailable.
Your browser will reload your request every few seconds until messages appear normally.
The Infopop System Administrators have been notified about the problem and are working to correct it.
Thank you for your patience.
Infopop Corporation"
[This message was edited by Martin Payne on SATURDAY 02 December 2000 at 15:41.]
the site was absolutely appaling yesterday - just couldn't be used, lost several of my posts.
Also, do InfoPop also host WWW.Naim-Audio.Com? When I try to type this in I get sent to:-
206.159.209.119 (which doesn't work).
If I follow the link from the conference I get sent to:-
216.149.62.210 (which does).
Shurely shome mishtake???
Martin
For several weeks I have no problems with the site and I think I use it a lot. Anyway if there are problems, I'm not the one to be blamed....
Arie
This is all very strange. I look at the conference a fair amount and I don't often have a problem. I have seen the message you copied into your post but only a couple of times.
Brian
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Andrew
Andrew Randle
2B || !2B;
4 ^ = ?;
The figures are probably more indicative of the increasing popularity of Naim and the Internet. I'm sure that when the threading feature is implemented we will find a dramatic increase in the posting/member ratio.
It would be interesting to see the graph.
Andrew
Andrew Randle
2B || !2B;
4 ^ = ?;
I had previously placed several entries in my etc/hosts file, and this was still pointing to the old address for Naim-Audio!
That'll teach me to be a smart-arse!
Apologies all round, and especially to Paul.
I will update here again in a few days to see if this has also resolved my reliability problems.
cheers, Martin
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Can you add to the stat -
The best annoying poster ?
Arie
If there is anything or anyone linked to annoyance in this forum, it must be you.
Having said that, I will admit, that although you are on most occassions, a total pain in the ass, you are also a nice guy. A somewhat unique combination.
I cannot make up my mind in saying... "keep them coming" or "bugger off".
Regards
A rather indecisive Mick
While reading your post I didn't know if to cry or to laugh.
Arie
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I for one am curious of the lastest statistics.
It seems someone posted a short time ago the forum was boring and a "boring?" thread was started, then out of nowhere there were all these new members, great topics, and excellent posts!
Also, I know one of the reasons for the forum is to create excitement for Naim and get people buying it. Are sales at Naim up? And can you attribute it to the forum? The reason I'm curious is my hi-fi now sounds better than ever and I'll soon be buying brand-new Naim for the first time in almost ten years!! And even though the "Music" forum doesn't get as much postings as you'd think, I for one have been getting a couple records a month based on recommendations from members.
Thanks For The Forums,
Ron The Mon
P.S.
My only complaint about the forum format is when doing a search and a topic with multiple pages comes up you must manually "search" each page.
Stay with us, Arye ! The forum would be a drag if the threads were only about Ekos-vs-Aro/Lingo-vs-Geddon/52-250-vs-82-135.
But, please, no more Mana threads either
Bernard
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I, pre net days always fancied arranging a Naim owners club and when this forum technology became available it was a perfect vehicle for Naim enthusiast World wide to utilise.
Thanks for the invitation to stay here.
I reduced my posting here.
Most of the issues in the forum are coming again and again and I have a feeling that if you read the issues here for several months, you are finding yourself reading the same materials sometimes even with the same words.
So at first, I had a great interest to read the forum - but now I find myself less and less interested in what is going here.
But I love the members at this forum. As I involved in several forums, the members here are more pleasent and I think usually wiser (this includes me I hope ???) than usually, and I guess that maybe people who love to listen to music are sharing some equal characters each with the other.
I also thought that I'll be able to come to the Naim barbi but unfortunatly for me I can't.
Arye
In contrast, there’s a German hi-fi forum I sometimes read just to gross myself out. It is occupied by a merry group of “professional sound engineers” who advocate the idea that most CD players and amplifiers above a certain price point (approx. 300 quid) will not deliver more music, just more falsification, and slag off 1. any equipment that’s remotely British in character, 2. analogue technology (as something vastly inferior and outdated), and 3. anyone who does not bow to the linear test readout (if it’s not linear, it CANNOT sound good). Timing is a concept they mock! (I have to admit that, perhaps, the term “fast” is a bit misleading for these people – maybe they believe we are all in search of equipment that increases the beats per minute.) Sorry, just had to have a bit of a rant …
Anyway, many thanks to Naim for providing this platform. And it is somehow reassuring to see you’re not the only nutcase out there.
Thomas
[This message was edited by Thomas Kunzler on SUNDAY 06 May 2001 at 10:25.]
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