Some of us 'members' remember the last forum change and it broadly elicited the same polar views and, occasionally, extreme reactions.

It's only an audio forum. 

G

The Dude posted:

...I hope the motivation driving the forum layout change isn't indicative of Naims approach (modus operandi) to future product development   ..  Why?

Sloop John B posted:

Can we change the quoted text colour from this horrible blue?

Sorry you have decided to leave Peter.  PS lobbied to keep the forum as was, but unfortunately because it was an entire platform change for Hoop La we had no choice but to go with the changes.  Many changes are for the good but we hope to minimise the impact of some that are not so relevant or welcome for a forum such as this.  One way or another we'll do everything we can to make it work  as well as possible.

Yep, Naim didn't have any choice last time round. But Richard and Ryan will do their best to make it tollerable.

The main thing is we can still exchange view about our systems and offer advice to newcommers.

That's better. I can read the font now.

Line spacing's about right too.

PS I hope you reconsider Peter.

911gt3r posted:

Dear future Forum.

I shall as usual be honest allowing myself to express my sheer discontent with this new lay out. I felt very comfortable with the ease at which you could previously pop in to see, what was going on and which familiar faces were saying what and why. I am glad to say ' familiar faces ( read avatars) as I have been blessed with meeting quite a few here and also made some lovely friendships at various gatherings and am in weekly contacts with several here both present and past ( JulianH). After I believe 4 years ( wouldn't even have a clue to look my join date up now- I really must be getting very old) I have learned a lot about the gear and maybe particularly it's crucial set up brilliantly helped by DBs OCD insight based on his experiments and tireless box-moving. ( Hopefully I will meet DB face to face at some point and thank him personally). 

I have landed in a place with my system now, where I actually have no urge to change anything DR or no DR, and I have to say, that the whole 500 system- bashing from a few members over the time I have been here, are now both getting on my tits and are also getting very very tiresome ( but hey maybe after a 30 year journey with this brand, we have turned into a group of numpties).

I feel that this is an opportune moment for me to wave this place goodbye ( I really really don't like this change for the sake of- nothing wrong with the old one as I see it). There is a long list of members I would like to thank for their helpful contribution and first and foremost the lovely banter, we used to have here.

Thank you Peter

Oh dear, Peter. I do hope you change your mind at some point.  Your contributions and sense of humour will be missed by many of us.

Mike

Harry posted:

That's better. I can read the font now.

 

 

 

 

Line spacing's about right too.

 

 

 

 

PS I hope you reconsider Peter.

Brilliant Harry...SOP   Save our Peter!!

Please don't go.....Please don't go......!

I am going to play the fool and ask where are the "3 white lines" that several people have mentioned on the upper left; I see (or don't seem to see) this on my page...

DrMark posted:

I am going to play the fool and ask where are the "3 white lines" that several people have mentioned on the upper left; I see (or don't seem to see) this on my page...

Mark,

I think it depends on what equipment you are using as to what you actually see.

If, like me, you are using a PC, you will have a "toolbar" across the top of the page but no "3 white lines"

If you are using an i-pad or similar, I gather you will not see the toolbar, but instead - "3 white lines". If you click on the 3 white lines, a drop-down menu appears with the contents of the toolbar.

I think !

DrMark, You get them on iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch, but not on a windows PC for example.

Im not sure about all the other possibilities but I guess you are reading via a laptop or PC?

You were too quick for me Don!

Yes, that is what I have seen using iPad & a PC

Font size can be

changed or

centered  or

_{made to look really small}

_{or boldly shoved to the right}

_{or meekly to the left}

_{with bigger and bolder colours following big gaps}

Don Atkinson posted:

Font size can be

changed or

centered  or

_{made to look really small}

_{or boldly shoved to the right}

 

_{or meekly to the left}

 

 

_{with bigger and bolder colours following big gaps}

911gt3r posted:

Dear future Forum.

I shall as usual be honest allowing myself to express my sheer discontent with this new lay out. I felt very comfortable with the ease at which you could previously pop in to see, what was going on and which familiar faces were saying what and why. I am glad to say ' familiar faces ( read avatars) as I have been blessed with meeting quite a few here and also made some lovely friendships at various gatherings and am in weekly contacts with several here both present and past ( JulianH). After I believe 4 years ( wouldn't even have a clue to look my join date up now- I really must be getting very old) I have learned a lot about the gear and maybe particularly it's crucial set up brilliantly helped by DBs OCD insight based on his experiments and tireless box-moving. ( Hopefully I will meet DB face to face at some point and thank him personally). 

I have landed in a place with my system now, where I actually have no urge to change anything DR or no DR, and I have to say, that the whole 500 system- bashing from a few members over the time I have been here, are now both getting on my tits and are also getting very very tiresome ( but hey maybe after a 30 year journey with this brand, we have turned into a group of numpties).

I feel that this is an opportune moment for me to wave this place goodbye ( I really really don't like this change for the sake of- nothing wrong with the old one as I see it). There is a long list of members I would like to thank for their helpful contribution and first and foremost the lovely banter, we used to have here.

Thank you Peter

Peter - I can't recall seeing you use paragraphs so effectively before - visually a delight  - although perhaps it was the layout of the old Forum that was the problem. 

911gt3r posted:

Dear future Forum.

I shall as usual be honest allowing myself to express my sheer discontent with this new lay out. I felt very comfortable with the ease at which you could previously pop in to see, what was going on and which familiar faces were saying what and why. I am glad to say ' familiar faces ( read avatars) as I have been blessed with meeting quite a few here and also made some lovely friendships at various gatherings and am in weekly contacts with several here both present and past ( JulianH). After I believe 4 years ( wouldn't even have a clue to look my join date up now- I really must be getting very old) I have learned a lot about the gear and maybe particularly it's crucial set up brilliantly helped by DBs OCD insight based on his experiments and tireless box-moving. ( Hopefully I will meet DB face to face at some point and thank him personally). 

I have landed in a place with my system now, where I actually have no urge to change anything DR or no DR, and I have to say, that the whole 500 system- bashing from a few members over the time I have been here, are now both getting on my tits and are also getting very very tiresome ( but hey maybe after a 30 year journey with this brand, we have turned into a group of numpties).

I feel that this is an opportune moment for me to wave this place goodbye ( I really really don't like this change for the sake of- nothing wrong with the old one as I see it). There is a long list of members I would like to thank for their helpful contribution and first and foremost the lovely banter, we used to have here.

Thank you Peter

I'm sorry to see you go - fully understand.

I'm not personally in raptures at the new forum layout. It reminds me of going from Windows 7 to worse than Windows 2.

But since I survive in a world where people think mp3 is fine, I think I'll survive this too.

DB.

Donuk posted:

why not try to reduce the practice of posters repeating large chunks of repeated comments.  When posters want to reply they often quote all of a poster's contribution. 

Donuk posted:

Well, you could try to stress it as one of the forum rules - put it right up there with discussing internal modifications and fuses.....

Thanks Don & Crish for answering my question.

 I can tell you from my third job (soon to be stopped - too much work and not enough down time for me) which is a WFH contract gig for an outfit out of Ireland that rates internet search query results (they are a contract "front" for Google), that using a PC/laptop is becoming passe - they are orienting everything to the tablet/phone market almost 100%.  My phone is now where I have to do about 90% of that work.  Six years ago when I started the job it was 100% PC based.  I am sure that is a lot of what Hoop.la is trying to accomplish with the "upgrade."

911gt3r posted:

Dear future Forum.

I shall as usual be honest allowing myself to express my sheer discontent with this new lay out. I felt very comfortable with the ease at which you could previously pop in to see, what was going on and which familiar faces were saying what and why. I am glad to say ' familiar faces ( read avatars) as I have been blessed with meeting quite a few here and also made some lovely friendships at various gatherings and am in weekly contacts with several here both present and past ( JulianH). After I believe 4 years ( wouldn't even have a clue to look my join date up now- I really must be getting very old) I have learned a lot about the gear and maybe particularly it's crucial set up brilliantly helped by DBs OCD insight based on his experiments and tireless box-moving. ( Hopefully I will meet DB face to face at some point and thank him personally). 

I have landed in a place with my system now, where I actually have no urge to change anything DR or no DR, and I have to say, that the whole 500 system- bashing from a few members over the time I have been here, are now both getting on my tits and are also getting very very tiresome ( but hey maybe after a 30 year journey with this brand, we have turned into a group of numpties).

I feel that this is an opportune moment for me to wave this place goodbye ( I really really don't like this change for the sake of- nothing wrong with the old one as I see it). There is a long list of members I would like to thank for their helpful contribution and first and foremost the lovely banter, we used to have here.

Thank you Peter

Don't leave for good Peter. There are many people on here that will miss you. I recently visited TonyM and he said that you were one of the nicest gents that he has had the pleasure of being acquainted with. Take a break for a few months and check in on the forum periodically

Minh Nguyen posted:

911gt3r posted:

Dear future Forum.

I shall as usual be honest allowing myself to express my sheer discontent with this new lay out. I felt very comfortable with the ease at which you could previously pop in to see, what was going on and which familiar faces were saying what and why. I am glad to say ' familiar faces ( read avatars) as I have been blessed with meeting quite a few here and also made some lovely friendships at various gatherings and am in weekly contacts with several here both present and past ( JulianH). After I believe 4 years ( wouldn't even have a clue to look my join date up now- I really must be getting very old) I have learned a lot about the gear and maybe particularly it's crucial set up brilliantly helped by DBs OCD insight based on his experiments and tireless box-moving. ( Hopefully I will meet DB face to face at some point and thank him personally). 

I have landed in a place with my system now, where I actually have no urge to change anything DR or no DR, and I have to say, that the whole 500 system- bashing from a few members over the time I have been here, are now both getting on my tits and are also getting very very tiresome ( but hey maybe after a 30 year journey with this brand, we have turned into a group of numpties).

I feel that this is an opportune moment for me to wave this place goodbye ( I really really don't like this change for the sake of- nothing wrong with the old one as I see it). There is a long list of members I would like to thank for their helpful contribution and first and foremost the lovely banter, we used to have here.

Thank you Peter

Don't leave for good Peter. There are many people on here that will miss you. I recently visited TonyM and he said that you were one of the nicest gents that he has had the pleasure of being acquainted with. Take a break for a few months and check in on the forum periodically

Don't suppose Tony mentioned me...did he!!!

Dustysox posted:

 

Don't suppose Tony mentioned me...did he!!!

We were talking about cars during our little break and Tony mentioned that Peter was also a petrol head.

I'm afraid we didn't have time to chat much because Tony was busy educating me about his music library and flipping discs on his LP12

Can't believe Tony didn't mention me, are you sure? Tony would never forget his ol mate Dusty 

Dustysox posted:

Can't believe Tony didn't mention me, are you sure? Tony would never forget his ol mate Dusty 

He may have but I was probably distracted by his flatulent dog

That's right Minh, blame the poor old dog! I'd expected better of you. 

Of course I mentioned you Dusty old bean! I mentioned everybody! Love you all darlings!!

O, John was there as well 

Dusty ducks for cover 

with big gaps, just like eh.....