How brilliant is the new forum ? Poll
Posted by: Don Atkinson on 12 February 2011
Only just realised that the poll option has been re-introduced, so thought i'd give it a try....
Posted on: 12 February 2011 by Don Atkinson
Don't know how long this poll will survive, but suggest that if it does, it's capped at end of Feb then re-run after the next upgrade.
Having an even number of options prevents fence-sitting.
As a guide, I would suggest
80-100% happy, go for Absolutely brilliant
50-79% happy, go for As good as...
20-49% happy, go for Dissapointing
0-19% happy, go for Dreadful
Cheers
Don
Having an even number of options prevents fence-sitting.
As a guide, I would suggest
80-100% happy, go for Absolutely brilliant
50-79% happy, go for As good as...
20-49% happy, go for Dissapointing
0-19% happy, go for Dreadful
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 12 February 2011 by u5227470736789534
Bloody nightmare to negotiate on an Android mobile. Half the buttons don't work
Posted on: 12 February 2011 by James L
Dude, checking the Naim Forum via your mobile.....is that classed as being obsessive? 
Posted on: 13 February 2011 by Salmon Dave
I'm disssapppppointed in the spell checker.
Posted on: 13 February 2011 by BigH47
I still ask why anyone would won't to use a mobile to keep their life on, and there fore need to look at forums on mini screens(ignoring tablets)?
I'm now in a position where don't need to use a phone much when at work, I'm there for a little enough time so that forum visits can wait until I'm home. So I can that see everything on a big screen.
I've tried to use my mobile and on any forum the effort is just not worth the hassle, either micro writing you can't read or large enough to read and scrolling every other word.
Mobile phone ? Clue in the title. Smart phone? An oxymoron.
Don't have IPhone/Pad/Pod, and unlikely to unless it's a gift.
It is still no excuse for this implementation though. I am assuming that previous version of the forum actually worked on those various mobile devices, OS's and browsers. So as a minimum so should this one and not weeks /months down the line.
iMac/Chrome, a spellchecker somewhere in there works fine, No grammar or punctuation checks though.
I'm now in a position where don't need to use a phone much when at work, I'm there for a little enough time so that forum visits can wait until I'm home. So I can that see everything on a big screen.
I've tried to use my mobile and on any forum the effort is just not worth the hassle, either micro writing you can't read or large enough to read and scrolling every other word.
Mobile phone ? Clue in the title. Smart phone? An oxymoron.
Don't have IPhone/Pad/Pod, and unlikely to unless it's a gift.
It is still no excuse for this implementation though. I am assuming that previous version of the forum actually worked on those various mobile devices, OS's and browsers. So as a minimum so should this one and not weeks /months down the line.
iMac/Chrome, a spellchecker somewhere in there works fine, No grammar or punctuation checks though.
Posted on: 13 February 2011 by Mike-B
BigH, it should be formally classified as a medical & mental condition.
Its like an addiction, no IT IS an addiction to some people
must text must score an app need to see who loves me on facebook, must tweet.
How many people do the non afflicted know who cannot live, cannot actually get out of bed even without sms'ing surfing or just f-f-f-f fiddling around on a smart/pod/cell phone thing, iPing or Gooseberry every waking hour.
Its like an addiction, no IT IS an addiction to some people
must text must score an app need to see who loves me on facebook, must tweet.
How many people do the non afflicted know who cannot live, cannot actually get out of bed even without sms'ing surfing or just f-f-f-f fiddling around on a smart/pod/cell phone thing, iPing or Gooseberry every waking hour.
Posted on: 13 February 2011 by fasterbyelan
Originally Posted by Don Atkinson:
Only just realised that the poll option has been re-introduced, so thought i'd give it a try....
Does it work ?Karl
Posted on: 13 February 2011 by Adam Meredith
Originally Posted by Don Atkinson:
Only just realised that the poll option has been re-introduced, so thought I'd give it a try....
Odd -
Posted on: 13 February 2011 by Don Atkinson
Originally Posted by Salmon Dave:
I'm disssapppppointed in the spell checker.
ahhh!! a spell checker is one of the things i've been suggesting. Now you can see why!
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 13 February 2011 by Don Atkinson
Originally Posted by Adam Meredith:
Originally Posted by Don Atkinson:
Only just realised that the poll option has been re-introduced, so thought I'd give it a try....
Odd -
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 13 February 2011 by fasterbyelan
Originally Posted by fasterbyelan:
Originally Posted by Don Atkinson:
Only just realised that the poll option has been re-introduced, so thought i'd give it a try....
Does it work ?Karl
And I see that the spell checker is another barrel of laughs..............
There must be some really wacky coding going on!Karl
Posted on: 14 February 2011 by Don Atkinson
Well, the search function has now been added (according to Fredrik - i'm afraid to admit that I haven't found it yet so haven't been able to try it out)
So I imagine a few more votes will soon appear in the "brilliant" option.
Cheers
Don
So I imagine a few more votes will soon appear in the "brilliant" option.
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 14 February 2011 by Redmires
If you use firefox, there's a "British English Dictionary" add on that
spell checks as you type. As for the new forum, I can't remember what
the old one was like. Can't see what all the fuss is about.
Posted on: 17 February 2011 by Don Atkinson
Originally Posted by Don Atkinson:
Well, the search function has now been added (according to Fredrik - i'm afraid to admit that I haven't found it yet so haven't been able to try it out)
So I imagine a few more votes will soon appear in the "brilliant" option.
Bloody optimists......So I imagine a few more votes will soon appear in the "brilliant" option.
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 18 February 2011 by count.d
Who are these 3 people?
Posted on: 18 February 2011 by Richard Dane
Probably not the 3 people you think...
Posted on: 19 February 2011 by Svetty
Forum seems to be designed on the re-inventing the wheel principle.
Posted on: 19 February 2011 by Don Atkinson
Originally Posted by Svetty:
Forum seems to be designed on the re-inventing the wheel principle.
illustration of progress to date attached
cheers
Don
Posted on: 23 February 2011 by Don Atkinson
93 votes to date. A few more would'nt go amiss.
The distribution has been pretty consistent over the past week or so as the votes came in.
Hopefully, the distribution will change after the next upgrade by Hoop.la
Cheers
Don
The distribution has been pretty consistent over the past week or so as the votes came in.
Hopefully, the distribution will change after the next upgrade by Hoop.la
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 27 February 2011 by Don Atkinson
96 votes so far - and the total percentage still only adds up to 98. Even Excel can do better than that!
It would be nice to see what happens to the percentage distribution when the actual number of votes is exactly 100.......
Cheers
Don
It would be nice to see what happens to the percentage distribution when the actual number of votes is exactly 100.......
Cheers
Don
Posted on: 03 March 2011 by Don Atkinson
101 votes. Poll has been pretty consistent throughout, more or less as follows:-
15% consider the new forum is brilliant or good
85% consider it is disappoining or dreadful
2nd upgrade is due next week or thereabouts (unless things have gon from bad to worse)
Perhaps the upgrade will lead to a significant change in the poll distribution figures..........
Cheers
Don
15% consider the new forum is brilliant or good
85% consider it is disappoining or dreadful
2nd upgrade is due next week or thereabouts (unless things have gon from bad to worse)
Perhaps the upgrade will lead to a significant change in the poll distribution figures..........
Cheers
Don